Life happens every day. Good stuff, bad stuff, all sorts of stuff. How we choose to deal with it is what’s important. I find that when bad stuff happens (my basement floods) I end up eating my emotions. Never a good thing. But lately it seems that I find excuses in every day bad stuffContinue reading “Life Happens”
Category Archives: weight loss
Self Sabotage
On this journey of weight loss and healthy living, I’m finding that the voice in my head just doesn’t want to go away. I constantly hear, “who are you kidding? You know you can’t do this. You can’t sustain this.” Most of the time, I can shut her up and prove her wrong. But thereContinue reading “Self Sabotage”
The Journey…..so far……
I talked about starting my weight loss journey and so far, it’s going pretty well. I’m down 15 pounds in 5 weeks (not too shabby if I do say so myself). I feel much better and have more energy. I love this program I’m on because not only does it help me take the weightContinue reading “The Journey…..so far……”
Chaos of the Brain
Have you ever heard of stream of consciousness? Or chain of thoughts? My brain lately isn’t so much a chain as a tangle. One big pile of thoughts, reminders, alerts, decisions and items that slip through the cracks. What are some of those things? A normal day in my brain looks something like this: getContinue reading “Chaos of the Brain”
Bigger
Being a bigger person is not a fun situation to find yourself in. I know, I’m a bigger person. Well, let’s call it like it is. I’m fat. Diagnosed obese. Yeah, not a fun diagnosis, not a fun word, not a fun life. It took me years to get here and it’s going to takeContinue reading “Bigger”
Preparing for a new journey
If any of you out there have ever gone on a journey to lose weight, you know how difficult it can be at times. I feel you. I’ve been on this journey many, many times. I’ve taken different paths on the journey (Weight Watchers, Atkins, Slimfast, Keto, Whole30, Fast Metabolism and Doctor managed). You getContinue reading “Preparing for a new journey”