Morning!
It’s been over 2 years since I began my weight loss journey and to this day, I’ve managed to keep off 50+ pounds.  In honor of that, I’ve started The Fitness Brainery…the one stop place for all fitness-related questions.  I’d like to invite you to swing on by and check it out!
Enjoy,
Barbara

Morning all,
I’ve decided to move my blogging to my flagship site of BarbaraLing.com.  Thus, this will be my last posting here - it’s been a long great ride and thank you all for readership!  Please do visit my new blog and check it out.
Enjoy,
Barbara Ling

It’s been a few days since I’ve last posted here.  Not since I’ve last posted, mind you, as I’ve been posting all over the place at AskOwlbert.com … but since I’ve last posted HERE.
You know, I thought last Friday that I’d actually have time to indulge in my other pastimes.  :)   For 55 utterly blissful […]

Fascinating article

over here:
Researchers at Saint Louis University in Missouri compared a 35-pound (16 kg), floppy-eared mutt named Sparky with AIBO, a far-from-lifelike robot dog, to see how residents of three U.S. nursing homes would respond.
"The most surprising thing is they worked almost equally well in terms of alleviating loneliness and causing residents to form attachments," […]

Morning,

Check out
Can you believe this woman is considered a Plus-Size Model?
over at  Back in Skinny Jeans.   To wit: 
This woman does not look Plus-Size to me at all. I saw these ads for Marina Rinaldi inside O magazine, and thought wow what beautiful outfits. I had never heard of Marina Rinaldi before so I Googled […]

Morning,
I’ll admit it myself, I adore Korean food (especially the beef cooked directly at the table, not to mention Kimchi, the food of the gods).  Here’s a neat news […] Continue Reading…

You know
I’m always big on holding strong on boundaries and making kids follow their responsibilities. 
But now that my kids are getting older, they’re realizing there’s one way to […] Continue Reading…

Morning,
I just came across this clever compilation of 10 guy types that are guaranteed to make your life seem worse than the Black Death. It includes:
… One guy […] Continue Reading…

This breaks my heart:
…According to a recent survey by M.E. Collins, 42 percent of girls in first through third grade want to be thinner. That’s right, dieting is no […] Continue Reading…

Morning,
I read on my BigHugeMinds Diet/Fitness board earlier today the following post about Kimkins - it was posted by a member and went to her blog. The title […] Continue Reading…