Ten tips for eating healthy on a budget
Most people don’t find grocery shopping fun. When you are shopping on a budget and trying to eat healthier, it can become even less enjoyable.
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Living in a 'food desert': Tips to help maintain a healthy lifestyle
Having convenient access to fresh, healthy food options can easily be taken for granted. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, 2.3 million Americans
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Planning healthy meals to accommodate my family and my disability
On many occasions I’ve made a meal that is healthy for me, and something I think the family will like—but the first to complain is
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Keep it simple: How to use adaptive cooking devices
When you’ve lived your whole life with a severe mobility impairment as I have, you don’t blink an eye when the label “accessible” or “adapted”
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Keep it safe while breaking a sweat
Concerns about safety can be a real barrier to exercise for people with physical disabilities. Knowing what your safety risks are can open possibilities for
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Blubber control!
In hindsight, my spinal cord injury sustained in 2000 seems so easy now. It was challenging to stay fit following the injury, but my aerobics
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The power of virtual reality: It’s all in your mind
In our previous blog, Terri O’Hare, a member of the GoWoman community advisory board, wrote passionately about her awakening to the excitement and fun of
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Losing real weight in a virtual world
I use a manual wheelchair every day. So for me, one of the best features of the GoWoman Weight Management Program was participating in the
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Finding the right online tools to reach your weight-loss goals
I am a disabled woman and I always have been. I was born with cerebral palsy (CP) and have always used a wheelchair to get
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Challenges in weight loss: Doing it blind
Losing weight can be pretty complicated for most of us. Imagine doing it while going blind! That’s where I’m at these days. Retinopathy of prematurity
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