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About Leah@MyNewEnding

I'm a 44-year-old wife and mother who begins her day with God and coffee. When my youngest of 3 kids started college I went from a SAHM to a full-time job. I love being an attendance secretary. A lot has gone on since I started this blog in 2009, but one thing remains the same: I will not give up on my health. Join me as I share what that means for the season of life I'm in.

A Lesson Learned from Social Media

To know my frustration you have to know the story.  Sorry, it will make for a long post, but I feel better [as always] giving you the full story.  My intention is not to offend with my reaction to a … Continue reading

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Healthy Holidays Challenge – Week 3

Many thoughts have been going through my mind this week with regards to weight loss, but first let me get this update done for you.  I’m going to post separately about a couple sentences that threw me for an emotional … Continue reading

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Healthy Holidays Challenge – Check In #2

I was an OU wife for 4 years and now I’m an OU mom. Whew!  What a busy day I’ve had.  One of my daughters is home for the weekend and we enjoyed lunch after she got here and then … Continue reading

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My Emotions Didn’t Stop Me

Monday morning I woke up in a bit of an emotional mess.  It was the kind of mess that made me want to drop my son off at school and return home to cry and pray through it.  I went … Continue reading

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Healthy Holidays Challenge … CheckIn #1

This first week of the Healthy Holidays Challenge has been great!  The majority of the participants are on Instagram and there are some great goals posted.   As for my goals…here’s how my week went: (For those who haven’t followed … Continue reading

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This Kid Has Inspired Me

Enjoying National Coffee Day today! This is my son.  He has just turned 16 and I’ll never forget just over a month ago when we were ordering Sonic slushes for the family and he declined. What? “How am I supposed … Continue reading

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Pre-Meeting Panic Thoughts

Since going back to Weight Watchers I’ve been weighing in on Monday mornings and my routine has been exactly the same every Monday morning.  Take my son to school. Come home and do devotions, drinking a cup of coffee and … Continue reading

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Here We Go! – Healthy Holidays Challenge 2016!! (and why I am hostessing this)

Today marks the beginning of the last 100 days of the year and you know what that means around here… the beginning of the Healthy Holidays Challenge 2016!  Woo Hoo!  As of a few minutes ago there are now 14 … Continue reading

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I Had to Ignore the Scale

Sunday as I was getting ready for church I was feeling slim.  No bloating going on and just generally feeling good about getting regular exercise in all week and not eating ’til I felt stuffed at any meal.   Monday … Continue reading

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Healthy Holidays 2016 Sign-Up

This is the official blog sign-up for the Healthy Holidays Challenge being hosted by myself, Leah, of “My New Ending”.  🙂  Information and guidelines for this challenge are on this post:  Introducing … Healthy Holidays Challenge 2016.  There are a … Continue reading

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