Even my “off days”, from concerts and social media, need precision planning and truck loads of energy. [Read more...]
Miss Lori is at 12 days and counting of her birthday blessings and wishes
May 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
There are twelve more days until my 41st birthday. For the last 14 days of my year of forty I am counting down my blessings and counting up my wishes. I’ve already posted number 14 and number 13. Here is Number 12.
My whole life one of my greatest personal difficulties has been letting go. (As in I couldn’t, or didn’t, or wouldn’t, or …well, you get the idea.) Things that would happen to me, from slights to full on assaults would haunt me day in and day out. (More the latter.) I didn’t let those ghostly indiscretions keep me from moving forward in my life, at least not obviously. I am a trained actress you know. But they did slow me down. I especially see that now, as I look back down my path from childhood to here. I now realize that the remnants of events past were blinding me to better choices for me in my future, and I didn’t even realize it. [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: Miss Lori has a stress busting dinner with her daughters
February 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As I wrote earlier this week last week was a particularly stressful week for me. As may parents know, when we are stressed our kids not only know it, they feel it. We try to keep things even and in check for them, but we are human and can’t always get it right. Lucky for me my girls are not only in-tune with me, they also are creative, empathetic problem solvers. Before my stress could completely envelop me they sent me out of the kitchen and took over the preparation of dinner. When I was finally allowed back downstairs I was overwhelmed by their treat. [Read more...]
Miss Lori fell off the Mamavation track this week and lost sleep
February 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
So, this week was trouble. I was supremely stressed filling out financial aid applications filing corporate taxes, prepping my 2010 taxes, you sense a money theme here? Yup, that’s what stresses me most, money. The problem for me is that when I have to immerse myself in my personal and professional finances the numbers take over my brain and it’s extremely hard to turn it off. Do you ever have that problem? So what does any of this have to do with Mamavation, losing weight and the price of beans? Well, sleep is an integral part of a health plan. Yes, you heard me, SLEEP. It was stress and a complete lack of sufficient sleep that got me into this metabolic mess in the first place. [Read more...]
Miss Lori Go Red BetterU Week 8: Down with stress, up with life
July 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
This Summer I am serving as the Ambassador for the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women BetterU Program. It’s a 12 week program designed to help U be Better, especially where your heart is concerned. Week 8 is all about blood pressure and keeping it normal. Now I am a lucky person, I know, because I have always had very even, very normal blood pressure. 110 over 80. That’s what it has been for as long as I can remember. And that is within the recommended guidelines.
Optimal = below 120/80 mmHg
Prehypertension = 120-139/ 80-89 mmHg
Elevated = 140/ 90 mmHg or higher
I know that because I know my numbers. (Which is the first step towards being better.) Now even though I have never experienced a problem, I might be playing Russian roulette here. How will I know? Well I have to rate my risk. Your risk for high blood pressure is calculated by several factors- some that you can control and others that you can’t. [Read more...]
