What started as an ordinary night at the gym, turned into a night that would forever change me. It was a year ago today that I ran for the first time. I put all my fears and doubts aside, stepped outside of my comfort zone and just ran. To be honest, it was more of [...]
I absolutely love the premise of the Exposed movement: Get in your skivvies, snap a photo, write a few words, and then hit “Publish”. I started putting my “Exposed” post together almost 2 weeks ago and am just now able to hit “Publish.” Yes, it took me that long to finish this post, but since [...]
I weighed in this morning at 207.5 lbs which is a .5 lb loss for the week. This brings my total weight loss so far to 48.5 pounds. Today was another “heavy” day for me and it started from the time I got out of bed this morning. I’m not sure if I mentioned this [...]
Thank you all so much for your comments on my post last night. I felt silly vulnerable after posting it and considered deleting it almost immediately after publishing, but now I’m glad I didn’t. Getting it out did me good…reading your comments did me better. Yes, I was crying too, holy cow! I’m pretty speechless [...]
Remember the other day when I was talking about emotions? and how I could no longer pretend like my weight-loss journey was merely a physical challenge unaffected by anything mental or emotional? Well, today was very tumultuous for me, both physically and mentally. So, here I am tonight, entering brand new territory on my blog [...]
The other day I read a post over at Kim’s blog about how a comment by her coach caused her to panic and start gaining weight again. One of the things I love about Kim’s blog is how open and honest she is and in her comments I wrote: I can completely relate to why [...]