Sometimes the worst part about Facebook is seeing your friends live the life you thought you'd have right along with them. I think I'd rather have a... Read more
Things have changed in my life since I last blogged. A lot. I lost the battle with emotional binge eating for quite a while. However, I was able to re... Read more
Another step towards positive again today. Went for a little local hike around Cranberry Lake today. I made my fruit goal, and got my checklist done... Read more
Long restorative nap today, and 45 minutes of Yoga to wind down in the evening. I took care of myself at the end of the day. Tomorrow I'll do some... Read more
GULP!
the resounding thought in my head yesterday when i looked to my countdown timer on my phone.. YES I have one.. would any of you expect ANY... Read more
Worn out really. Right when I need to be taking the best care of my self, I'm too tired to do it. Things really do keep falling off and my habits ar... Read more
For those of you who don't know... the Ironman training plan counts down.. not up.. this week has me @ 6 hours of training... OY! I've been struggling... Read more
The last few months have brought monumental changes in my life. Last sunday was not only my birthday, but also the day I officially wrapped up the ski... Read more
OK i Know i'm a motivator.. but even i need a swift kick in the butt of motivation some times..
OK some know i'm doing an Ironman this year in... Read more
I was on my should be daily walk today thinking about when I was fat back during my rubber room days dating Dave when I hit 195 pounds back in 2009-20... Read more
Its been a while since I've been here, 2 years to be exact. In that time frame I lost 19lbs and then gained 17lbs back. In the next two years I plan... Read more
I get sick so easily after my bike rides if I don't pay close attention to what I eat before I go out riding. I need just the right balance of calori... Read more
Alright that's a very cheesey title but the cleaning lady is coming tomorrow and then the new furniture is coming in 2 weeks and I already got rid of... Read more
Was able to move the house cleaning appointment to Saturday at noon. I won't be able to be here, my dad will have to come over for that. That gives... Read more
Having my coffee, looking around at the mess that is this apartment right now. I'm starting the cleaning today, and I know I'll be using the foyer to... Read more
It all started with the kitties waking me up for their breakfast. I would have liked to have slept later, but it was at least later than I'm used to... Read more
This was me 6 years ago! I don't remember looking that... sad. I was so miserable. I hated the way I looked, the lack of confidence, my unhea... Read more
I know I love the windows being open when they can be now, my boys love it even more. When I open the window they both jump for joy. It will be so n... Read more
Although my relationship with Spring Break is only 4 hours and 21 minutes old, we are already in love. This break I'll be doing the major spring clea... Read more
And not start a new blog at 10:16pm. So instead of continuing to bore my kids for the rest of the week and rush a test on them this Friday I decided... Read more
Super long busy day and I'm glad I'm planned out for the week. I was busy every period today, including lunch. I did get a paid coverage and just ab... Read more
Need to get that improved and fast! I will make my goal of of 1000 miles this year, I know I will. If I was able to get over half of my goal accompl... Read more
I went to a nutritionist last week because my blood sugar was up, even though my weight has stayed down. Her recommendation - 5 -6 days a week of aer... Read more
Mom is doing great and now we just wait for the next steps. I decided to come home yesterday. At first we were doing to do it over two days and then... Read more
Well I am still here.. still sparking away.. I enter my workouts daily.. my food...3/4 of the day.. Winter was an adjustment to upping my fitness.. wo... Read more
I've been away a bit and a lot has changed that I just haven't wanted to write about. Actually I wrote a huge blog about it, and then deleted the ent... Read more
First morning of the break, I'm relaxed and rested and my mind is quiet. I'm looking forward to leaving work today and coming here and hanging out be... Read more
I'm taking a week off from my apartment. At first I turned it down and then I reconsidered a short break. Visiting for the week isn't moving in for... Read more
No matter what you turn into when you grow up, when you're raise a good Catholic kid, you pick up some life long habits that just happen and one of th... Read more
That is all the time I'll have to train. Seven weeks to Spring Break and the Appalachian Trail. It's long break due to the timing of Passover so I'... Read more
1) Set up exploratory meeting with new client for work.
2) Relationship with both daughters very good at 60th birthday.
3) Maintained motiva... Read more
Is that I ate way too many cupcakes this week. Thing is, I'm a very excellent cook and baker and wanted to start to learn to pipe icing for cupcakes... Read more
Try to imagine how weird I felt when I got on the scale that morning January 31st on a whim and saw that weight loss. I hit 167.5 somehow this week a... Read more
Spark Coach Motivation Challenge for Day:
Give yourself a pep talk. Write it down so you can use it again when you feel down.
Here's the me... Read more
All the bedding washed, all the towels and the clothes. All the floors vacuumed and mopped, rooms cleaned, bathroom scrubbed, dishes done. Food shop... Read more
I had to go out and buy coffee, so I was wandering down the isle at CVS and saw some sales. Now I'm baking little brownie bites that will be topped o... Read more
I recently received my last maintenance lesson from the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Diabetes Not Me Study. The final lesson has an excellent... Read more
Well....last I blogged I was very discouraged. I had just visited my Allergy & Asthma doctor -- new to me -- and learned that my inflammation was out... Read more
I always start out being nice to people and even after that I'm nice to people. What I don't understand are people that just start out unpleasant and... Read more
Hello and thanks to everyone for supporting me in my public accountability experiment. Now I have a three week period full of special events surround... Read more
