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December 2, 2024 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I do a lot of driving. With five teenagers – 2 who are in college, 3 who can’t drive yet, and 5 who all swim competitively and travel to swim meets out of state, there is a lot of driving. I love road trips, so I don’t mind doing a lot of driving. (Unless it’s […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned Tagged With: dealing with menopause, menopause, road trip hacks, road trips

How I Lost Twenty Pounds and Started Changing My Body (After 50)

September 3, 2020 by not your average mom 7 Comments

Back in May I had hit an all time high, non-pregnant weight of 181.4 pounds. Getting up into the 180’s was due to a number of factors. A hysterectomy two years ago threw me into menopause last summer. That seriously messed with my body. I’m also in the middle of a divorce, and I was […]

Filed Under: Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: losing weight after 50, menopause, strength training, weight loss

Week 63 — Struggling To Lose Weight

June 28, 2019 by not your average mom 6 Comments

I have been trying to lose weight for the last year. For the last 63 weeks, actually. I need to lose weight. In order to be at my healthiest and most comfortable, I really do. If I want to run a sub 4 hour marathon (and that’s still a goal of mine), I need to […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: before and after photos, before and after pictures, before and afters, menopause, menopause and weight loss, weight gain and menopause, weight loss

Menopause Is Awesooooooommmmme.

June 21, 2019 by not your average mom 9 Comments

I got my tubes tied when I was 43 after giving birth five times after the age of 35 to five beautiful kids and feeling like I was kind of pressing my luck in the “advanced maternal age” birth department. Then when I was 48, I had a hysterectomy because my uterus was trying to […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: garbage, menopause

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