Kay Lynn Akers

Kay Lynn Akers is a long-distance grandmother who lives in Southern California with her husband and pets after their five adult child fled the state. Her day job in at a technology company but she never lost interest in writing. After serving as the newspaper editor in high school and a community newspaper journalist in college, Kay Lynn didn't publish again until she found blogging in 2009. Her current blogs are Two Savvy Sisters /(co-founded with one of her sisters) which is a frugal living site and Weight Chronicles which is about wellness and health. Instagram: weightchronicles

healthy eating, dining out, restaurant meals, healthy choices, healthy weight, midlife, midlife women

10 Ways to Eat Healthier When Dining Out

10 Ways to Eat Healthier When You Go Out to Eat After weeks of eating healthy at home do you throw those good habits away when eating out? If so, you’re not alone. It’s much easier to avoid temptation when it’s not in the home. But it’s not realistic or fun to eat every single meal at …

Grieving and Looking Ahead at the Holidays

During the holidays grieving for lost loved ones can be especially painful. Kay Lynn Akers of Weight Chronicles chooses to look forward to alleviate the sadness she feels. In 2011 my husband and I were traveling to Kansas to spend the Christmas holidays with my mom, stepdad, sister, brother and many other family members. For many …

crossfit, fitness, exercise, pilates, midlife, midlife women

5 Reasons I Won’t Be Doing Crossfit

CrossFit has become a very popular fitness option in the past couple of years. Friends at work and online liked it… a lot. With all that enthusiasm, I wanted to give it a try and bought a Groupon to a nearby “box”. For those that haven’t been initiated into the CrossFit language (which is everybody that …