Posted in Midlife Musings

    It seems that things are changing so fast lately.  My oldest will be a real live teenager in just a few short months and come June there will no longer be a baby in the house.  If the truth be known the baby is already a walking and talking toddler but I refuse to let the baby go before he is two.  My daughter told me she thought a boy was cute the other day - she is only EIGHT!!!  My five year old is reading everything he sees.  If that wasn't enough my darling husband just turned 41 and I am heading to 40 in a little over six months. 

My body is rebelling, it seems.  Anyone that has moved past 35 can understand what I am talking about.  I never had to fight weight issues before like I do now.  I never had to fight fatigue and wakefulness at night before.  I have never been so cranky and hard to live with in my whole life... well, my Mom might say that she does not believe that.  ;)  There are foods I have had to stop eating because I just cannot take them anymore.  I am having to watch sugar and caffeine and now chemicals that I never had to think about before, either. 

My brain is in a fog, by bladder is on emergency mode and I have fat... well, let's just say I ain't a thin whispy thang no more...  I have SO gotta get it together!  After reading at Stacey's as she is making changes and doing a personal challenge and then Maria is taking on her own challenge and then finally I stopped by to see Carol going through some of the same thoughts in changing to be more healthy I am confirmed in my resolve to make my own changes for a permanent life change.  It is coming as I read, and in some cases reread, about all of this.  My plan will come from all I am learning.  I really need something I can stick to and so far I have not found that until now - I really think I can make these changes one at a time and develop some new healthful habits.  Here are three VERY HELPFUL books that you might be interested in, too...