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  The back is made up of a variety of small, stubborn muscles that often don’t feel like they’re doing much during your back workouts and take their sweet time to grow. Thus, it’s no wonder that so many people are interested in finding the best back exercises. Now for the good news: the best back exercises all have a few things in common, and if you do these exercises consistently, you will build a bigger, stronger back in just a few months’ time. Specifically, you want to focus on what are called compound back exercises.  These are kinds of...

One thing that has become abundantly clear to me over the last year is that everything you do has a ripple effect. When it comes to taking care of the planet, that's a good thing — if you stop purchasing paper towels, for example, that's one less tree that has to be cut down. As your new habits become routine, remember that what you're doing is making a difference, even if you can't see it right away. Everything adds up! If you're ready to say goodbye forever to traditional paper towels, plastic wrap, and facial tissues, you're in luck —...

One thing that has become abundantly clear to me over the last year is that everything you do has a ripple effect. When it comes to taking care of the planet, that's a good thing — if you stop purchasing paper towels, for example, that's one less tree that has to be cut down. As your new habits become routine, remember that what you're doing is making a difference, even if you can't see it right away. Everything adds up! If you're ready to say goodbye forever to traditional paper towels, plastic wrap, and facial tissues, you're in luck —...

Stay Healthy!  Well, I’m 12 days into the low iodine diet thing {and eating clean} and let’s just say I will be soooooo glad when I can eat real food {pie, bread, cheese} again {Saturday}. I’m just trying and stay busy so I don’t have to think about food. I found the salt free matzos though, so there’s that.  Weigh What I Weighed When We Got Married  {128 pounds} Weigh-ins are the first Sunday of each month. My April 4th weigh in was 133.4 My March 7th weigh in was 135.6 My February 7th weigh in was 137.3 My January...

Black LGBTQ books got a bump in June of 2020. With the George Floyd protests at their peak and Pride month still happening, lists of queer Black books to buy or preorder built up steam on social media. You Should See Me in a Crown, a Black YA F/F novel, was sold out everywhere. Unfortunately, this follows a pattern that Black and LGBTQ books often see: a peak during Black History Month or Pride month, but forgotten in between. Or, a hateful act will make the news, whether it’s police brutality or violent transphobia or a worrying new law, book...