Welcome to Becoming Me, a monthly blog series where I set out to answer questions developed by Christie Inge, HHC in an effort to dig a little deeper and get to the heart of some of my esteem, body, and food issues. Last month, I tackled the issue of hunger and fullness: whether I eat when […]
Once upon a time there was a girl who lost some weight, but still had a lower belly pooch. She tried ab exercises, which only helped a little. She took up running, which only helped a little. She thought that maybe she was destined to have the lower belly pooch forever. Then, one day, she […]
I am in the middle of another summer road trip with my family. We drove about 7 hours the first day, which is a lot of time to talk about…you know…STUFF. Since my husband and I are both runners, our conversation eventually leads to training, races, and just running in general. He’s been having a tough […]
Welcome to Becoming Me, a monthly blog series where I set out to answer questions developed by Christie Inge, HHC in an effort to dig a little deeper and get to the heart of some of my esteem, body, and food issues. Last month, I tackled the issue of whether or not I trust my body […]
This week is going to be a little crazy for me. My brother is visiting for a few days and then we (my brother, the kids and I) are packing up the car and driving to Ohio. It’s only a 7 hour drive so it shouldn’t be too bad, but it begs the age old […]
Every once in a while, I’ll try to think back to when I was in heavy duty weight loss mode (I’m currently maintaining/not weighing). What things was I doing then that can help me overcome obstacles now? I started doing this again a few weeks ago because of three bad habits that were sneaking their […]
Have you ever really paid attention to the way you talk to yourself? Now, compare that to the way you talk to your kids or your friends. I would venture to guess that there is a big difference between the two. If your friend had a less than ideal workout, would you tell them that […]
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. ~Anna Quindlen Here we are! It’s time to start off the year long series Becoming Me. I got the idea for the name from the Anna Quindlen quote I put at that top. […]
Hey! Guess what!! It’s Wednesday, guys! Time to weigh in. You didn’t think we were going to leave you hanging did you? Just because we are between challenges doesn’t mean it’s time to rest on your laurels! We’ve got three weigh ins before the next official challenge starts so let’s get to work! You’s got to […]
As I was sitting around thinking about what to write, I realized that I’ve been going through my closet a lot lately. Which made me think of this post I wrote a couple years back. It’s definitely still pertinent, so take another look, if you please. While clothes may not make the woman, they […]
Guys! There’s only two weeks left in the challenge! It’s time to sit down, take a look at your goals, and see what you have left to do. How are you doing with your eating? Is your tracking going ok? Do you need to ramp up the exercise a little? Make it happen, friends. Two […]
A few weeks ago, we introduced you to Christie Inge, life coach extraordinaire. Please take a second to go back and read her guest post! As I mentioned then, I’m going to be tackling some of the questions that Christie presents in her getting started guide. The good, the bad, the ugly…I’m going to bare […]
5:30 – Alarm goes off. Curse the fact that I broke the snooze button. On purpose. Get dressed and head downstairs. 5:35 – Grab phone, water, and a book and head downstairs to the basement. 5:37 – Catch up with Words with Friends. 5:45 – Start treadmill. Walk for 1 mile while reading, checking e-mails, […]
I am so excited about today’s post, friends. I first heard Christie Inge speak at Fitbloggin’ 2011 in the Ditch the Diet: Eat Intuitively panel. I started following her on Twitter and soon after signed up to start receiving her weekly emails. The way she approaches her relationship with food and her body image really […]
“I’m training for a 5k/10k/half-marathon/marathon” sounds really cool. You don’t have to think…everything you need is already spelled out for you. You can use an excel spreadsheet (happy sigh) and color code it for each time of training run (NERD ALERT!). If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere […]