A Little Bit Of Me | Lifestyle Blog by Charnita Fance

It's been almost a month since I posted anything here, and honestly, that's not like me. So I wanted to come back and just talk. Not a polished post about a topic, just an actual update on where things stand, because a lot has happened since I went quiet. Losing Adah If you've been following along, you already know I lost Adah on June 6th to GI lymphoma, something that got missed early on before we knew what we were actually dealing with. I wrote the full story here if you want the whole thing, so I won't retell it all again. But I'll say this. It still hurts just as much as it did that first week. Some days, it feels like a bad dream I haven't woken up from yet, like she's just going to come around the corner. I got a small memorial for her that I've got set up now, a little wooden heart that says "No longer by my side, but forever in my heart," hanging above a little glass jar with her collar tucked inside, right next to her picture. ...

I've always been fascinated by near-death experience stories. There's something about hearing that someone died, saw something on the other side, and came back to talk about it that I just can't look away from. Are they really seeing Heaven? What does it look like? What does it feel like to be in the presence of God? When I was offered a free copy of 18 Days in Heaven by Gabe Poirot for review, I said yes immediately. Stories like this always pull me in. Little did I know that by the time I sat down to read it, I'd be walking through some grief of my own. I lost my sweet girl Adah to feline GI lymphoma a few weeks after I said yes to the review, and reading a book about someone who visited Heaven and came back hit differently than I expected. Disclosure: I received this item free in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are 100% my own. ⚡ Key Takeaways ✝️ Gabe Poirot was 20 years old when an electric skateboard accident left him flatlined ...

Sixteen pounds doesn't sound like much. I know that's probably the first thing you thought. But when you're managing PCOS, insulin resistance, and prediabetes all at once, losing 16 pounds over 6 months while also building muscle is a real win. Some weeks the scale didn't budge at all, but my body scan scale showed I was losing fat and gaining muscle at the same time, which balanced everything out. I started on December 22, 2025, when I was 44. I turned 45 in February and I'm still going. I haven't missed a single day. This isn't a before-and-after story with a dramatic finish line. It's an ongoing thing. But here's exactly what I've been doing and why I think it's working. ⚡ Key Takeaways ⚖️ Losing 16 lbs in 6 months with PCOS is a real win, especially when muscle gain is also happening at the same time. 📱 Tracking every calorie with the Cronometer app (1,400–1,500 daily) was the foundation that made everything else work...