Author Archives: Wendy DeBord

If someone would have told me that at the age of 71, I would be doing 45 walking lunges at the end of a weight lifting workout to reach the exit or be rhythmically swinging battle ropes while sweating profusely in a deep squat, I would have just laughed.  Instead, it turned out the laughContinue reading “A Weight is Lifted”

           Almost 30 years ago, my best friend, Leitha, dragged me kicking and screaming to a six-week goal setting class.  (Okay, maybe I was just whimpering and a bit bewildered.)  She, on the other hand, was kicking around the idea of perhaps going to college now that her own children were grown.  I still didn’tContinue reading “A Bit About Me”

This post is about a meditation technique that I use to relax and recharge. I’m going to introduce something so simple a child could do it. It sounds crazy, but it works especially well for people that have trouble achieving clarity by sitting quietly and trying to watch their cloudy thoughts pass by. Doing meditationContinue reading “Cloud Sourcing”

You’ve probably been glued to your electronic devices just waiting for my next bit of fascinating information, so here it is! My goal is to once a week send out a Blog. But, I started back to work last Monday, the 11th, which also happened to be my birthday. Do not ever have a birthdayContinue reading “Not Your Mama’s Cumin!”

Emotional eating is when you use food as a tool to stuff down unpleasant emotions, such as, being upset and agitated or sad and sluggish. When people eat out of anger or frustration, they tend to pick crunchy, salty foods to attack. When people are unmotivated or depressed, they often choose the soft pillow typeContinue reading “Eating Your Heart Out”

A big part of my adult life has been devoted to reading diet books. I sometimes even followed them for a few weeks, days, or sometimes just a few hours. I’ve been around long enough to travel from “A” for Adkins to “Z” for Zone, with many stops along the way in places like SouthContinue reading “Best How Not to Diet Book Ever!”