I hate shoes. More accurately, I hate shoe shopping. My feet are big. They are an odd size that isn’t normally carried on store shelves. I also have very narrow heels. When I started taking up running (which was actually several years ago…this is just the latest incarnation), I knew that I needed to get [...]
Another week down in the Shrink For Good Challenge! Are you keeping up with the goals you’ve set for yourself? Are you seeing the results you hoped for? If you are doing the EA Sports Active Challenge, are you keeping up with your workouts? Is the scale headed in the right direction? Go jump on [...]
So, I’m training for this 5k. Again. I already completed one earlier this summer, but I wasn’t very satisfied with my time. So I decided to sign up for another one. This weight loss/exercise thing is so hard (whine). Anyway, I’m training for a 5k on September 12th and I have found myself in a [...]
So, I’m sitting here trying to think of some wonderful post about some wonderful topic that will make you all want to shout from the rooftops that Thea is an amazing writer and is an inspiration to all those who have, will, want to, have thought about or know someone who wants to lose those [...]
While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence – which, I believe, does make the woman. Mary Kay Ash (1915 – ) What’s in your closet? Right now. Need to check? Go ahead, we’ll wait… ………………………………….. Did you look? Cool. So what’s in your closet? Did you [...]
Change your thoughts and you change your world. -Norman Vincent Peale I knew this guy once. He was overweight and suffered from some minor health issues. He went on a diet and lost a lot of the weight. Then he stopped dieting and gained the weight back. Several years passed and the minor health issues [...]
“A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn.” O.K. So we’ve probably all been there at one time or another in our lives…you are doing everything right. You’re eating the right foods, drinking your water, exercising, but it seems like no matter what we [...]
One of my biggest issues is exercise. I’m not an active person, I never really have been. I make an effort, but I just really don’t like to exercise. Go, me! Realizing that I need to do SOMETHING, I wear a pedometer every day. It really is motivating to see exactly how many steps I [...]
I like sugar. I like sugar a lot. I like it on my cereal. I like it on my oatmeal. I like it in my coffee. I like it baked into stuff. I like it not baked into stuff. What I don’t like is how it makes me want to eat more. How one cookie [...]
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. ~Author Unknown First off, let me say CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who posted their numbers on Wednesday. Whether you gained, lost, or maintained, it takes a lot of courage to tell the world (or [...]
I’ve always been a night owl. For as long as I can remember, I would stay up very late at night and be exhausted the next day. When I was a kid, it would not have been unusual for me to sleep until 1pm or later on the weekends. I am no longer afforded the [...]
One of the biggest traps that you can fall into when you are on a weight loss journey is to worry too much about how far you have to go. What about focusing on how far you’ve come? Brian touched on this a little on Monday when he shared his Wii Fit weight chart. I’ve [...]
Thea, who blogs over at I’m a Drama Mama, has been a die hard Sister since we opened our virtual doors back in November. When we brainstormed new contributors, Thea’s name was the first to pop into our heads since she worked so hard with Beth on Tales from the Scales. And it’s our lucky [...]
