Avid – diva’s Blog (used to be fitafter40)

After what felt like a century, I am now beginning to feel less tired, I have my voice back, I am not coughing that much and I feel a lot better. So, if January started with a bang, medically speaking, that only means that the year is going to get better. The thing [...]

This might get a little distasteful so stay with me, I do have a point. In the last few months a lot has been said about the connection between health and your mouth. What people don’t understand is that if you don’t take care of your health, you are not going to care [...]

As I mentioned yesterday, I want to concentrate on why I can’t seem to move forward. The biggest hurdle on this journey is FEAR. Many motivational speakers agree that fear can be the biggest motivator. But some people seem to be paralyzed by it. Is that my case?
In my life and [...]

I have been working on improving myself for many years, and in the last year and a half I have been trying to loose weight. I am very ambitious and motivated. When I have a job, I try to give it 200%. I am talented in certain areas, just like most people [...]

Yesterday I had a soda. Big whoop! Today we had the family Christmas’s dinner (you see, in PR today is Three Kings Day and all 15 members of my partner’s family went to a restaurant) and I had Perrier with a lemon wedge. I could have had some soda, after all, I [...]

I am so excited because in the last 10 days, I have only had soda once, on New Year’s Eve. And instead of feeling defeated and getting right back to it and drinking soda every day, I now make all my decisions with the intent of avoiding it at all costs. A good [...]

It is with lots of hope that I welcome the new year. I am healthy, I am strong and I want to push my limits to see what I can accomplish.I am about to start working in 15 minutes, and so I cannot write for a long time tonight. What I want to [...]