The other day my sweet daughter had an “Invention Convention” project due—one of those homework experiences that is supposed to unite parent and child in joyous tangible creation of the imagination. Which means, it was left to the night before to actually make said tangible creation. My husband had a fabulous idea—let’s make it a …
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[From Chapter 4: Feel Fit & Fabulous] “Eliminate Emotional Weight! Years ago, President Thomas S. Monson retold a story from a Church News article about ships improving their sailing efficiency. He said that as ships travel the oceans, salt-water shellfish called barnacles attach themselves to their hulls. These barnacles “increase the ship’s drag, …
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Too often we women sacrifice our daily happiness for the self-focus of How Do I Look Today? Or, What Pants Fit Today? Or, Why is So-and-So Skinnier Than I Am? Just for today, forget about focusing on how much you weight, how fat you think you look, or how much you ate or didn’t eat. …
The other day my family and I were laughing at the dinner table until we cried. Why, you may ask? Because I found in our old family journals a copy of my two-year-old son’s “schedule” for when we went on an overnighter. The schedule is five pages long. It includes, but is not limited to, …
If life is screaming busy without time for workout or wonderful new meals, try these simple tips to look and feel slimmer! 1. Get poised! Stand up straight, shoulders back, just like your mother said—although we used to toss it right back to our Mother who would stand and stir spaghetti sauce with the rounded shoulder …
[Excerpt from “Marriage is Like a Box of Chocolates…”] “Sometimes in marriage we begin ‘melting’ into our spouses instead of ‘cleaving’ unto them, a description of the commandment given to Adam and Eve in the Bible. ‘Melting’ means to try to become your husband while ‘cleaving’ means to become one with your husband, two very different things. One is …
Woo hoo, I’m finally feeling more back to normal now that I’ve lost the holiday weight, thanks to Fit & Fabulous principles. If you’re doing this too, you’ve likely been focusing on two of the three pillars, Eat and Exercise, but what about Energize? The top three emotional triggers for women overeating tend to be …
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As I’ve reread Sister Julie B. Beck’s fabulous talk, “Mothers Who Know,” I’ve thought about the vital hats we wear (and a few that she shares) and what they mean. Mothers are Nurturers. What would our families do without the mother intuition of knowing when a child has had a hard day, and adding chocolate …
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I’m sure you’ve heard of bio-identical hormones but may not know just how they could possibly help. Of course I’m not a doctor and would highly recommend you speak with one well-researched in them. But here is an excerpt from my Faithful, Fit & Fabulous book on my experience using them. “Years ago, between babies …
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My teenage son who dabbles in writing has entered a writing contest. And being somewhat of a writer, I’ve offered to help him. Once again, I have to share how absolutely and wonderfully and enjoyably cathartic it is as a mother to share talents with my children. I see where he started both with writing …
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