Monica Weets, an advertising rep for the Mille Lacs Messenger is starting a blog talking candidly about her weight-loss journey.
She has reached out to us asking Danna and Melissa for some dietitian information/articles that will be published relating to weight-loss.
Below is the first ad that will run next week. This week’s story:
Weight loss resolutions have been a part of my New Year’s vocabulary since my eldest son’s birth 28 years ago. On January 1 of each year, I was determined to drop pounds by adhering to a strict diet plan but by January 2, I had inhaled a bag of Oreos while lounging in my recliner staring at a plateful of fried chicken bones. Weight Watchers, the Grapefruit Diet, the Cabbage Soup Diet, Atkins, Slim-fast, low fat diets, I have tried them all and have failed miserably year after year.
Welcome 2016 and my new New Year’s resolution- ‘to get healthy’. Instead of feeding my desire to look good, middle aged aches and joint pain are screaming at me to lose weight for my wellbeing. My taste buds tell me to have that extra piece of chocolate cake but my knees say, “Do it and I’ll dropkick you back to 1988.” It’s time to change and this year, I will.
Rather than taking on this challenge in my private world, I’m going to live it out in front of the entire Messenger audience. Incentive, right? To achieve this, I am enlisting the help of FirstLight in Mora Continue reading “Promoting Health and Wellness: Stay Happy. Stay Healthy”
