12.
If you’ve struggled with weight loss at any point, then you probably have a span of weight you lose and gain over and over again. Depending on how long you’ve struggled with weight, you may have several spans of those pounds. For this point in my life, I’ve gained/lost the same 11 pounds since Wes was born. When I started treating my eating like an addiction, I... Read More
The One Where I Praise My Body Instead Of Curse It. For Once.
Early on in my adult life (the one post-college, with a real schedule) I realized that I had weird sleep habits. No matter what time I set my alarm for, I would start waking up an hour before (even if I had gone to bed late) and just keep waking up every 5 minutes until the alarm went off. Needless to say? I stopped using alarms. I haven’t used an alarm regularly in years.... Read More
“Just Make Time”…and do 10 other things to make it work.
This picture, of course, has nothing to do with the entry. But it’s a great one and I wanted to share. I think what bugs me a lot about people who exercise, is when they say, “If you want to do it, you’ll make time.” Like, you know, it’s just that easy. I know they have good intentions, and I know that most of my irritation with that statement is... Read More
I Truly Despise Exercise
During any of my periods of fitness in my life, whether it be training for a distance race or getting thin for my wedding, I’ve never been able to fully embrace exercise. (SIDENOTE: Exercise is one of those words I never EVER spell correctly. I always have to see the red squiggly line and correct it. But just then? In that paragraph above? ALL ME, BABY. I didn’t type... Read More
Making Time, Not Excuses.
I haven’t talked a lot about starting the chain reaction of awesome in my life, lately. While I was thinking about that this morning I noticed: I have a lot of “selp-improvement” type categories listed here. I think that observation says a lot right there, don’t you think? Like, maybe there’s a part of me hoping if I give it a category on my blog... Read More
