Hello friends and followers,
This is just a reminder that my Blogger's Health Club starts the health challenge tomorrow, Monday, January 10. Read my original post about this challenge right here. Please pass on the word. There are great prizes to be won every Monday for the next five months.
If you are looking for a great way to get healthy and lose weight, I posted a great blog about the 17-Day Diet.
I'm asking you to put a link to my blog on your blog about this challenge. The more people we can get involved, the more motivated we will be ourselves. Let's make 2011 about being the best we can be for our family, friends, writing, and most importantly, ourselves.
Take care,
Kelly
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
17-Day Diet Craze.
Hello everyone.
So, today earlier today I suggested starting our very own health club. Well, talk about timing...I caught today's episode of Dr. Phil, and there is this new diet that is sweeping the nation called "The 17-Day Diet". Dr. Phil and The Doctors highly endorse this diet and are hosting their own challenge. If you would like to be part of this challenge, in conjunction with being a member of our blogger's health club, you can only order the diet book here. If you would also like to be a part of the show's challenge, you can choose which team you would like to be on right here.
I'm looking forward to getting started, so while I'm waiting for my copy of the diet book to arrive, I'm going to start with my 60 minutes of activity today.
I hope you decide to be a part of this group. Check it out here. Let your followers in on the group as well.
Here's to a healthy, happy 2011.
Kelly
So, today earlier today I suggested starting our very own health club. Well, talk about timing...I caught today's episode of Dr. Phil, and there is this new diet that is sweeping the nation called "The 17-Day Diet". Dr. Phil and The Doctors highly endorse this diet and are hosting their own challenge. If you would like to be part of this challenge, in conjunction with being a member of our blogger's health club, you can only order the diet book here. If you would also like to be a part of the show's challenge, you can choose which team you would like to be on right here.
I'm looking forward to getting started, so while I'm waiting for my copy of the diet book to arrive, I'm going to start with my 60 minutes of activity today.
I hope you decide to be a part of this group. Check it out here. Let your followers in on the group as well.
Here's to a healthy, happy 2011.
Kelly
New Group - Are you interested in improving your life and having a chance to win great prizes?
Happy New Year, fellow writers. I can't say I'm sorry to have 2010 behind me - it's been a hell of a year. I have decided that 2011 is going to be my year to meet goals, and I am excited to add a NEW goal to my list, and I am inviting all of you followers, and your followers, to join me. What am I suggesting, you may be asking? Well, let me just start off by telling you all that writing has been taking it's toll on me physically - I've been carrying around an additional 30 lbs due to my shameful lack of self-discipline in the "get my ass moving" department of my life. Now, I'm going to do something about it...and if you can relate to my predicament in even a small way, I'm inviting you to do something about it as well.
I'd like to start a group for bloggers that will help us motivate ourselves and others to get a little healthier, and possibly lose weight in the process. And there will be rewards for those who are willing to share their progress every week for five months. Read on...
Starting Monday, January 10, members of this group will pledge to incorporate 60 minutes of physical activity into their day, each and every day for five full months - ending Friday, June 10. You don't have to do the full hour at one time; you may break it up into as many intervals that suit you each day, as long as you get in your full 60 minutes, and as long as you break a sweat each time.
Each week, on Sunday, you come back to here to post your progress. You don't have to mention your weight, as it may not be your goal to lose weight, but to just move. You should mention, though, how you spent your hours during the week. However, if you think it will help, please mention any weight loss you've had each week. You can tell us how many inches you've lost, or how much better you are feeling, or how much energy you now have, or even post pictures of yourself showing your progress. The point is to set a health goal and strive to attain it, then post your progress.
We have five days before we get started, so please help me grow this group by mentioning it and putting a link to my blog on your blog.
If you are interested in doing this, leave a comment after this post stating your name and the goal you want to reach in five months. Invite your followers to join. Once we have our group together, let's do all we can to motivate each other. And here's the REWARD...
For everyone who posts their progress each Sunday (starting January 16th), I will put all of those names into a hat for a draw each and every Monday morning for a $20 Amazon gift card. There is potential for each dedicated member who posts their progress each week to win $80 per month in Amazon gift cards.
I will be the first to comment after this post, but I am not eligible for the draws, of course. Just follow my lead in the comments area, and come back each Sunday to post your progress. I hope you're as excited as me. Good luck.
P.S. If you can think of a clever name for this group, let me know before the 10th.
Kelly
I'd like to start a group for bloggers that will help us motivate ourselves and others to get a little healthier, and possibly lose weight in the process. And there will be rewards for those who are willing to share their progress every week for five months. Read on...
Starting Monday, January 10, members of this group will pledge to incorporate 60 minutes of physical activity into their day, each and every day for five full months - ending Friday, June 10. You don't have to do the full hour at one time; you may break it up into as many intervals that suit you each day, as long as you get in your full 60 minutes, and as long as you break a sweat each time.
Each week, on Sunday, you come back to here to post your progress. You don't have to mention your weight, as it may not be your goal to lose weight, but to just move. You should mention, though, how you spent your hours during the week. However, if you think it will help, please mention any weight loss you've had each week. You can tell us how many inches you've lost, or how much better you are feeling, or how much energy you now have, or even post pictures of yourself showing your progress. The point is to set a health goal and strive to attain it, then post your progress.
We have five days before we get started, so please help me grow this group by mentioning it and putting a link to my blog on your blog.
If you are interested in doing this, leave a comment after this post stating your name and the goal you want to reach in five months. Invite your followers to join. Once we have our group together, let's do all we can to motivate each other. And here's the REWARD...
For everyone who posts their progress each Sunday (starting January 16th), I will put all of those names into a hat for a draw each and every Monday morning for a $20 Amazon gift card. There is potential for each dedicated member who posts their progress each week to win $80 per month in Amazon gift cards.
I will be the first to comment after this post, but I am not eligible for the draws, of course. Just follow my lead in the comments area, and come back each Sunday to post your progress. I hope you're as excited as me. Good luck.
P.S. If you can think of a clever name for this group, let me know before the 10th.
Kelly
Sunday, December 26, 2010
It's all about the "Righting".
It seems like an eternity since I've blogged...four months, really, but much has happened in those months. Just as I was getting into the swing of all things "writing", my family's life had a wrench thrown into it in early September which brought my writing momentum to a screeching halt. Followers of my blog know that it was then that my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and that it was then that I decided to stop literally writing fiction to concentrate on figuratively "righting" non-fiction.
To anyone who's experienced a formidable opponent such as pancreatic cancer in someone's life, than they would also know that time is of the essence. Not knowing which day would be the last with my mother, I was inexplicably able to dispose of decades of garbage that seemed to attach itself to our relationship each time we got together in our lives. I will even admit to wishing that there were times in our volatile - yet functional - relationship that she would just drop off the face of the earth. Yet, once we had received this news, even if I had tried my best, I would not have been able to find those familiar, snarky feelings. I very quickly realized that I loved this woman so very deeply just millimeters under the crusty tough skin I'd worked so hard to develop for all of those years; skin that had softened into a newborn baby's.
All it took to "right" those years of wrong was one simple line..."I love you more than you could ever know, Mom, and I will be here holding your hand as you write the final chapter of your life."
I was holding Mom's hand as the last flicker of light left her eyes. She passed away yesterday, Christmas morning, and the age of 63. My Christmas mourning was filled with great sadness, but also great joy, knowing that there was no question in my Mother's mind that she was able to die a very loved woman.
It's time to move onto the next chapter in my life. I'm writing...starting right here. And I will write tomorrow, and everyday after that. I've learned through all of this that I will also spend each and every day righting, as well. My relationship with my mother was one of many special relationships I have with people. I will never have an excuse to not "right" with so much inspiration to pull from around me. Thank you for your patience and understanding during the last four months. I appreciate it....
Kelly
To anyone who's experienced a formidable opponent such as pancreatic cancer in someone's life, than they would also know that time is of the essence. Not knowing which day would be the last with my mother, I was inexplicably able to dispose of decades of garbage that seemed to attach itself to our relationship each time we got together in our lives. I will even admit to wishing that there were times in our volatile - yet functional - relationship that she would just drop off the face of the earth. Yet, once we had received this news, even if I had tried my best, I would not have been able to find those familiar, snarky feelings. I very quickly realized that I loved this woman so very deeply just millimeters under the crusty tough skin I'd worked so hard to develop for all of those years; skin that had softened into a newborn baby's.
All it took to "right" those years of wrong was one simple line..."I love you more than you could ever know, Mom, and I will be here holding your hand as you write the final chapter of your life."
I was holding Mom's hand as the last flicker of light left her eyes. She passed away yesterday, Christmas morning, and the age of 63. My Christmas mourning was filled with great sadness, but also great joy, knowing that there was no question in my Mother's mind that she was able to die a very loved woman.
It's time to move onto the next chapter in my life. I'm writing...starting right here. And I will write tomorrow, and everyday after that. I've learned through all of this that I will also spend each and every day righting, as well. My relationship with my mother was one of many special relationships I have with people. I will never have an excuse to not "right" with so much inspiration to pull from around me. Thank you for your patience and understanding during the last four months. I appreciate it....
Kelly
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