: About Me

I have been writing short stories and articles for the past ten years, and my work has appeared in many online publications, including Haute Mama Magazine, This Month Magazine, Dad's Divorce.com, Quietpoly Writers’ Magazine, Helium, Triond, Demand Media, The Daily Topic, Frazzled Families Magazine, and WebUpon, HealthMad, Socyberty, Gomestic and Authspot Magazines. I have also been published in literary magazines, Long Story Short, The Pow Wow Paper, Lily and Evening Street Review.  I have won numerous short-story contests and had a short story published in the hardcopy winter, 2003 issue of AIM Magazine. Recently, I was published in Holidays, an anthology.

My husband have four grown children and four grandbabies. We live in Southern California with our sweet, rescued mutts and two very independent Persian cats.

Twitter me at: ragamuffin57

My E-Mail: jennapope@yahoo.com

Linked in Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=63066411&trk=tab_pro

HubPages Writing Site: http://jennapope.hubpages.com/

Triond Writing Site:http://www.triond.com/

My Blogs:

Catholic Blog: http://www.jennapopewrites.blogspot.com/

Writing Blog: http://www.jennapopewrites.blogspot.com/

Blogfrog Communities:

Caring Catholic Community: http://theblogfrog.com/1503652

Jenna's Jewels - Artlcles Galore! Community: http://theblogfrog.com/1503600/forum

My passion is ...

helping people and writing

I know too much about ...

those nasty little calories and fat grams

My parents always told me ...

that good things come in small packages

My childhood ambition ...

to be an astronaut

My favorite memory ...

when I gave birth to my children

Why I write ...

because I need to for sanity

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

"Rome Sweet Home"

My first job ...

Candy girl at a theatre

My best moment ...

My Wedding

My inspiration ...

My Catholic faith, My Husband, Anne Lamont

Health & Fitness > Weight Issues Reasons why it is difficult to lose weight

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Today's American Society is supersized. We think nothing of sitting at a desk all morning long, and then driving through McDonald's at lunchtime where we order a Big Mac, French fries, and a coke - supersized. The non-supersized version of the above meal is 1,350 calories. A 5'2", 30-year-old female needs 2,004 calories a day to maintain a weight of 130 pounds. Even if she has the non-supersized version of the Big Mac lunch, she will have only 654 calories remaining for breakfast and dinner. Otherwise, she will gain weight. * Our Lifestyle Doesn't Help * Because we are in such a hurry thes...

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• Marketplace Premier Writer
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• Mental Health Specialist
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