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Oh Hey.
Dudes, my life has been bananas lately. My job is craaaazy, for a lot of different reasons. Tons of responsibility, somewhat unreasonable expectations and just the inherent stress that comes with...
View ArticleGym Plans: Adjusted
I'm back. I need to write some things down. Here goes.Topic 1: I am horrendously out of shape. Sure, I am a size 4-6 and weigh 131. But squishy and flabby. The definition of skinny fat. I started Lean...
View ArticleBack to That Other Way of Eating
Good God, I'm already annoyed just even READING that headline.That OTHER way of eating. As if there's distinct ways, as if there's one way that's better than the other.Which is exactly why I've backed...
View ArticleIt's on like Donkey Kong
Ok peeps. After jacking around and eating too much/too little, getting on the bandwagon, jumping off face-first, I am going to do a little challenge. I mean, it doesn't make much sense to keep paying...
View ArticleWhoops
Not sure what happened last week, but peeps, it was bad. I felt super moody, almost in tears daily, my clothes were tight and I felt super puffy. I suspect my period is making a comeback soon (it...
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Here I Am
It's been a brutally tough week, where I have contemplated running away to escape the simultaneous and unrelenting pressures at home and work. Mama couldn't catch a break this week. Sigh.However, I did...
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Need A Plan, Need Accountability
I stopped doing WW a month ago, and have no idea what I weigh, but I will tell you a wicked stomach virus certainly likely helped nudge things down. The fact is I don't have batteries for the...
View ArticleOne Two Oh
You guys. I am starting anew for realsies on Monday. Jamie Eason's 12-week Live Fit Trainer and WW. My goal is to get to 120. I felt like the weekly check ins really helped my accountability when I was...
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Week 1 Update
Week 1 of the Jamie Eason Live Fit Trainer was pretty awesome. Bodyspace has an app so you just open it and follow the workout along that way, and log in how much you lifted as you go. As a complete...
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Week 2 Update
I'll keep this short, but Week 2 was pretty great in the workouts. It was my first week of getting up at 5 and into the gym by 6-6:15 without caffeine, and I'm thrilled to say it wasn't hard for most...
View ArticleStill Over On FB
I'm still posting super thrilling updates over on my FB page, where I was delighted (insert sarcasm) to recently learn a frenemy is an avid reader. HEY THERE!!!!
View ArticleGivers and Takers
Something pretty profound shifted in me when Espen got so sick in February. The trauma of the events that unfolded in the PICU shook me to my core. I have never associated with combat veterans, but...
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The Self-Prescription List
I woke up in a funk. Unreasonable expectations for myself and tons of negative self-talk. Moving is hell, I had forgotten. It takes a while to develop new routines. Not to mention the stress of trying...
View ArticleI'm here
I miss writing, so I'm posting again here. For a long time, I cared way too much about what you guys were reading, responding to and even thinking about my posts. I had completely negated the positive...
View ArticleCircular habits
As I mentioned in my last post, I've been working really hard on addressing the root cause of my anxiety. It's going well. Without going into a lot of specifics, there are some very significant parts...
View ArticleStill Navel Gazing After All These Years
Hooboy I could write 5,000 posts about my current deep thoughts on eating and all that stuff. I'll try to boil it down to the minimum here.Basically, the Paleo (I use that term with an extreme...
View ArticleStress Eating
A few months ago, I was having a massive amount of anxiety, and rushed over to the cafe here to get some food. I was also "hungry" (but what I'm finding is my anxiety often acts like hunger), but I got...
View ArticleSitting with the Annoying Parts
I was with a friend of a friend recently, and we've seen each other socially before, and she rubs me the wrong way, each time. I feel competitive and threatened, inexplicably, and end up acting well,...
View ArticleSo thankful for this archive
Deja vu, for reals today. Exactly what's going on and how I'm feeling. I'm so thankful to know it will get better, and I'm not trying to sound ominous or anything. Just life feels SO FUCKING HARD...
View ArticleSo. Much. Growth
I feel like the last 5 months have been among the most explosive for growth in my life. After accepting that I've always had high-functioning depression, and emerging from that, I've started taking a...
View ArticleBoundaries
One of the biggest struggles of my LIFE has been around issuing boundaries and feeling like it was OK. I've always known my boundaries. I've always been keenly aware when they've been violated. But I...
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Somewhere between the narcissist-empath dance, and the walking away from all of that, there sits a weird feeling, like you've forgotten what you're supposed to be doing right this minute. But then you...
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Upon Return...
My friend Mary and I share a term when we return from vacation; everything feels just really rough. We've always compared it to the scenes of the space shuttle re-entering the atmosphere, with the heat...
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