Beth’s note
Meet Edye! This past year she really slowed down from a life style that was filled with work & personal travel. Also Edye & Steven love the Baltimore restaurant scene. There are many in town that I’ve been in & bumped into them! A night out at a restaurant is a lovely treat, but nothing beats cooking at home to meet wellness goals (and this is a taste to stay turned to the next blog post!)
We took charge of our health this past year with Meal Planning. We wanted to eliminate multiple grocery store runs, and increase our home cooking. Within a few weeks, my husband, Steven, realized he had dropped 10 pounds. It was shocking in a very good way.
We also became diligent about moving our bodies. This was as much about supporting our mental health through social interaction as it was about our physical health. We took it to the next level in February when we had the blessing of spending 5 weeks in the spring like weather in the California desert. We enjoyed sunny days and massive vitamin D during the winter season when we would usually have been locked inside. We kept up our home cooking and added hiking & walking to our regular yoga.
Our rental home did not have a scale. To our surprise (once again!), we came home to the great news that Steven had kept off his previous 10 pound weight loss and I dropped 7 pounds!
The moral of our story is that for the first time in many years, we put ourselves and our health first this past year. We got to know each other all over again. Our careers took a back seat and our health was front and center. And by reprioritized our lives we bought a second home in the desert! We now look forward to spending more time together & taking care of ourselves.
Edye Fox Abrams
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