So, I totally understand that now days not too many people use a calorie counter in print form...like I personally used in the olden days. For that reason, I went out to the Internet in search for more modern tools.. After investing some minor effort, I came across various websites that help you figure out how many calories you should consume per day for your age, gender, height and current weight. And if you would like to lose weight, it tells you how many calories to eat per day in order to lose a given amount (and it gives you the amount!). It goes further to tell you how many calories you can burn by doing a given exercise activity for a certain length of time.
Just check them out, play with these and see which ones you like best and would add value to your goals. Or simply find your own website that you prefer to use.
On a future post, I can discuss how to use these by giving an example. Here are a few of the many I found when I searched for online calorie counters. I am not a member of any at this time. I simply clicked and clicked and found out lots of good info for free.
http://www.calorieking.com/foods/
http://www.fitwatch.com/caloriecounter.html
http://www.cancer.org/healthy/toolsandcalculators/calculators/app/calorie-counter-calculator:
http://caloriecount.about.com/
https://www.my-calorie-counter.com/

Good luck!

Who is Laura?

Laura is the main character of the book. I created her as my fictional character to tell various stories that are meant to teach a lesson, perhaps to inspire, and perhaps to make the reader think about making changes, doing some things differently or not doing some things at all.
Laura is who I want her to be, at times being many people all rolled up into one, and at times being...you guessed it!

Welcome to my blog: Girlunity.blogspot.com!

I am Margaret Vence. Do you know what Vence means? It means to win or to overcome.

This is a blog for girls/ladies/women to empower one another, for girls/ladies/women to help one another during stressful and difficult times. This blog is for us to take a stance again girl bullying. It's for us to help change those behaviors and speak out against this hurtful type of bullying. The blog is also meant to provide ideas and information on how some of us have personally overcome various challenges in our lives, from eating disorders, to leading a healthier life, to believing and loving who we are.

I wrote the book "Valuable Lessons from a Thing Called Life" because it felt good to talk about these topics and let them out. I did so for my benefit and for that of my friends but, most important, I did it because I know I am not alone and know that somewhere out there someone can benefit from reading these very real experiences about trials and how to begin to change things for the better.

I want "Girlunity.blogspot.com" to be available for those who would like to talk to other ladies of any age about any struggles and get ideas on how others have overcome them. I want this blog to be a medium of help for those who visit.

If I can start a girl to girl conversation that can be healing, life-changing and uplifting to those who visit my blog, then we are helping one another...and we are to help one another. It is all about girls helping girls here at girlunity!
TTYL-Margaret Vence.