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No Excuses

By Jennifer Owens

Or the epic tale of how wife, mom of two and Working Mother Editorial Director Jennifer Owens regained her sense of health, both for herself and her family.

“As I was saying before I was interrupted…” — Jack Paar, 1960 Well, that took longer than expected.  I was all set to get back to blogging about my personal health (weight loss) adventures, when first our annual vacation hit in June. That ... Read more...
So there’s good news and there’s better news. Between work travel and family vacation, I spent the last two weeks or so away from the office – and then came back to a pile of emails and work. (It’s nice to know you’re missed, right?!) Anyway, we had a great t ... Read more...
I’m taking my commitment to better family health on the road for the next few weeks. My family and I are off to Cleveland to visit my family and take a well-deserved break from school and work. My plan is to eat healthy, sleep well and spend a lot of time doi ... Read more...
I’ve been writing this blog and keeping to my new plan for six months now, and I’ve got to say it’s going great. But let’s be honest – six months is a long time. So long, in fact, that I’m going to fully admit to getting a little distracted. That said, I have ... Read more...
Yes, Jennifer, you are 100% right: Having a good night sleep has a major impact on weight and on someone’s ability to stick with a healthy eating plan. It sounds like one of the easiest recommendations to put into effect, “Sleep more and you will lose more weight.” ... Read more...
Ok, so the Diet Coke thing was a little too hard to give up in one go. My schedule has not my own right now. In fact, for the first time last week, the hubby and I hired a babysitter to help get the kids to school one morning because I was traveling for work and he ... Read more...
Last week I wrote about giving up Diet Coke as my next step to health. It had become my crutch in lieu of giving up my beloved Starbucks chai latte. (Oh, don’t be jealous Diet Coke, I’ll always love you, too – maybe too much.) Just like with the chais, the co ... Read more...
First, so sorry for the radio silence. I’ve been traveling a lot lately and something had to give. But if you’ll forgive me for that, I’ll give you the good news: I’ve hit the 25-pound mark! I’ll be honest (when am I not?!), I am completely thrilled with that ... Read more...
The feeling of control is so important when working on losing weight. The feeling of being out of control is really a yucky feeling to have (to use clinical terms) J. This is important to think about when you notice that you are “sneaking” food. It is hard to really ... Read more...
Big news! I’ve crossed the 15-pound mark! O.M.G. I really don’t have much more to say this week except YAY! (I was going to say Yahoo, but them I remembered Read more...
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