Why I Went to Rehab for my Summer Vacation
To say it’s been an interesting year is an understatement.
It started off okay, but took a serious detour when I had my left hip replaced for the third (and hopefully last) time.
It seems my body doesn’t like foreign objects; a fact born out by the fact that the cup in my acetabulum, secured by bolts during my second procedure, had once again shimmied out of place, leaving me in pain, frustrated and pissed off.
The Case for Daddy’s Girls
I am a Daddy’s girl; always have been.
That’s because I got lucky; the Universe paired me with Ehret Oscar Ramey to be my counselor, teacher, mentor, protector and friend. Ehret Ramey was my adopted Father.
As a child he had curly hair, and his lower income family moved a lot which made him vulnerable to teasing and bullying. He learned to fight at an early age, which knowing him as I do, must have been hard because his inherent nature was so gentle. I suppose those fights helped define who he was and who he wasn’t because as my Father, he never chose a fight, but also never stepped away from defending what he believed was right.
A LETTER TO MY MOTHER ON MOTHER’S DAY
My mom was 89 years when she died. She was also feisty, and hard-headed and a little more than off center. This wasn’t a product of her age- it was just her being Ruth Wylodene Sturdivant Ramey.
Five days before she was gone, she was eating with my brother at her beloved Applebee’s, crying tears of joy because he’d come to visit her.
Exercise, Calories and Fat Loss
In our last T School Intensive discussion about the importance of keeping track of your food, exercise and sleep, one of our participants asked how best to record our exercise calories burned in the MyFitnessPal app. She asked for a simple way to record calories burned through common activities, like walking, weight training, High Intensity Interval […]
Is Sitting the New Smoking
Many thanks to my friends Michelle Davidson and Joel Nichols for welcoming me every other Thursday morning to discuss what we can do each day to be proactive, healthy, and happy! I am so grateful for the opportunity to share! Is Sitting the New Smoking? This caption was coined by research scientist Dr. […]
Boredom and Buried Treasure on my SurgiBattical
The Power of Three. Three years. Three Hips. Three Weeks. Three days. It’s been three weeks and three days since my third hip replacement, each of which I have had exactly three years apart. Seems like a pattern here. A pattern that needs to stop. It’s not that I don’t like hospitals (I don’t like […]
The Truth About Fat in Your Diet
Many thanks to my friends Michelle Davidson and Joel Nichols for welcoming me every other Thursday morning to discuss what we can do each day to be proactive, healthy, and happy! I am so grateful for the opportunity to share! Is Eating Fat Bad for You? Over the past thirty years, it seems […]
Good Carbs Bad Carbs
Many thanks to my friends Michelle Davidson and Joel Nichols for welcoming me every other Thursday morning to discuss what we can do each day to be proactive, healthy, and happy! I am so grateful for the opportunity to share! This week we talked about “Good” vs “Bad” Carb choices and why they really do matter […]
Maximizing Your Workout Investment Time
Take it from me, the Ex-Cardio Queen of Kansas City, “MORE” doesn’t always lead to “LESS” of you. In fact, the opposite is quite true! Research solidly supports the concept of short interval high-intensity training followed by intervals of rest to be the most effective way to burn calories, lose fat and change your body […]
The Dangerous Effects of Sugar
You’ve heard it over and over: Sugar is bad for you. The more you have of it, the more you crave it. More than likely, the images that this statement conjures up include ice cream cones, candy bars and powdered donuts. But sugar is far more deceptive than to just find it’s way into […]
