Health - Window on the World

Category Archives: Health

Lysol Turns Spring Cleaning into Spring Healthing

There is nothing I hate more than when one of my family members is sick. Over the years we have developed our own family cleaning routine to prevent the spread …

Living With a Chronic Cough (Cough Variant Asthma)

What did one casket say to the other casket? –Is that you coffin? “You don’t have pneumonia, do you?” “Oh my God, are you okay?” I can’t remember the last …

Top Five Back Pain Prevention Tips

Art, Bud and I have all struggled with back pain at various times in our lives. Through advice from our doctors, tips from friends, family and the Internet, and lots …

Weight Loss Update – September 2012

Okay, so I am up 2 pounds total, which means a total weight loss of 23 pounds instead of 25. Does that mean the next time I get to 25 …

Revising Resolutions

At the beginning of 2012 I had some pretty lofty goals – mostly weight loss related. Here they are: Run/walk at least 30 minutes 3 days/week. Complete a 5k (may …

Weight Loss Update – 4/20/12

So, I’m actually a pound up from my last post, but I’m happy. In Sparkpeople, we talk about something called an NSV. NSV stands for non-scale victory. So here are …

Weight Loss Update for March 2012

So it took six weeks, but I lost the two pounds I gained back plus one more!! So now I can officially say I am 25 pounds lost!! Only 21 …

Crockpot Refried Beans

I am a HUGE fan of Mexican food – tacos, burritos, enchiladas, tamales, chile relleno… I could go on and on. But my all time favorite is the simple dish …

What are You Scared Of? (Why I am Afraid to be Thin)

My weight loss journey has been, in some ways, abysmally slow. I’m pretty sure I am averaging one pound a month lost. At this rate it will take another almost …