Why do you do this? Why subject yourself to the pain of running? You may never be first but you may be last. Being overweight and endeavoring in what I, at times, call the ‘realm of athletes’ is fraught with emotions. The world tells me that I am fat because I do not work hard …
Continue reading I have nothing to prove and everything to prove
I feel lucky to have written a post for Your Level Fitness. This is the same blog that I did a podcast with a couple months ago. You can find that podcast here. For this blog, I wrote it to be published on their site so please click this link to read it. I am …
I ran my first Turkey Trot... but more on that down below. First, I hope all of my U.S. readers had a wonderful thanksgiving. I extra hope it was restful and full of love. Now a quick note on thankfulness. I find that taking an effort to count our blessings and to be thankful, can …
Continue reading trotting for turkey, thankful, and needing better follow-through
Letting my past be the guide for my future I recently launched back into writing to you all. I have found myself thinking back to what was. Thinking about my prior success and, at time, dwelling too much on the lack of recent success in my health journey. But I need not dwell on my …
change in weight (3/16/21 – 3/22/21): -1.2 LBS It is going to be a short post this week, folks. But... 6 weeks in a row! I have continued the downward trend for 6 weeks in a row. With another 1.2 pounds lost this week, I am now at 56 total pounds lost and I feel so …
L - R. High Weight, down 30, down 50 1 year ago I decided to make a change. Years of self deprecation, low self confidence, low self worth, and lack of motivation boiled up to the surface by stepping on the scale right after Thanksgiving, 2019. So many things about me manifest themselves in the …
Continue reading what 1 year of change and dedication can do
Change in weight (9/1/20 – 9/7/20): -0.6 LBS I feel like I had another solid week. It was nothing extraordinary, but it was good. It was not bad, it was good. I am happy with that. I hit my cardio goals this week. I am very pleased with this because I was quite tired after …
Continue reading relationship with food and weekly reflections: 9/1 – 9/7
Got to spend a little time on the water yesterday. That was good for the soul. My change from last week – Change in weight (5/18/20 –5/25/20): -1.0 LBS First of all, I received a tremendous response to my last post about how I have lost 30+ pounds so far. Thank you to everybody. That …
My change from last week – Change in weight (5/12/20 –5/18/20): 0 LBS No change in weight. Zero, nada, nuthin', zilch. That must mean nothing happened this past week, right? Wrong. A lot happened this last week. A lot of good things and some things that I should work on. -I really am not upset …
When the ride makes you yell... My change from last week – Change in weight (5/5/20 –5/11/20): -5.2 LBS Last week I talked about my check-in being a wake-up call. Well I answered it. I am super pumped this morning because I have been feeling really good the past couple of days and when I …
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