Calorie Counting Just Got Easier

Posted on July 23rd, 2007 in Personal by Vegan Momma

This is a sponsored post.

MyFitnessPal

I was recently given the opportunity to review My Fitness Pal, and I was more than happy to take the offer. I’ve used their service in the past and will continue to use it. You can see what my log in screen looks like above.

Oh No, Not Another Update?

Posted on July 23rd, 2007 in Personal by Vegan Momma


Town CrierIt seems I’m constantly writing about changes, right? There’s a reason for that. I get bored easily so I need to be stimulated in different ways. I imagine there are others out there like me so hopefully I can keep my readers entertained in the process, lol.
I look at Vegan Momma as my virtual spot where I can write about whatever interests

Dare To Be Different?

Posted on July 23rd, 2007 in Mentoring, Personal by Vegan Momma

 

Flower

As my long term readers know I was a group mentor this past school year and now I’ve moved on to one on one mentoring. I worked with six fabulous sixth grade girls. They are all brilliant, and they each had their own personalities. Finding the right way to reach them was a challenge.

Flowers

Something that my mentee, Stacy (not her real name) and I shared in common was our love of the Harry Potter series. Stacy would actually read anything written by J. K. Rowling’s so for me this was my way to interact with her. Even if I weren’t a Harry Potter fan, I would have become one since I knew this was something she was interested in.

She actually quizzed me to see whether I really had read the series based on my answers I guess I passed the quiz. The simple fact that I shared a common interest really opened up the doors of our communication. She finally had someone to talk to about the series, and other things in her life. Her friends and some of her family members thought she was a “freak” or “weird” to be reading such nonsense.

Dare to be Different

I told her throughout life you will find people that will, unfortunately, form an inaccurate opinion about