Rebellious eating…

This is what I ate yesterday

I have it.

I’m wondering if this is a “normal” phase of the weight loss journey. Do you get close to goal weight and then begin to eat such random things (or back to eating in old behavior mode) that you’re not sure who is controlling [...]

My Body…

I love it.

I hate it.

I touch it.

I cringe.

I squeeze.

I smile.

It’s the only one I’ve got.

I can’t go into a store and exchange it for a different style, or color or return it because it’s not functioning the way I thought it should. [...]

Taking advice from myself through friends…

Yesterday I got to hang out with Val over at SeattleRunnerGirl and through the course of our talking she gave me some really good advice:

Follow the advice you give to others.

I know I know, seems simple enough but truth be told we rarely follow our own advice that we give to others [...]

A giveaway…or rather a twitaway!!!

Yesterday in between going from one job to another, packing my food for today’s busy schedule and trying to remember to put clean underwear in my gym bag I took a few moments to enjoy one of my favorite go to foods: Chobani Greek Yogurt. I’m lucky enough to have a Costco that sells [...]

Houston, we have a problem…

I don’t have much control when out of my comfort zone.

People often tell me how impressed they are with my weight loss and how motivated they are by my ability to stick with the journey. Some days I have no idea who they are talking about. The person who gets up at [...]

Hidden Messages…

First of all I would like to preface this post by saying I am extremely grateful for all the comments on the last three posts.  “How much do you weigh Emotionally“, “Exposing myself to the world” and “Fear of making goal weight” were some very emotionally driven posts. I blog very truthfully not only [...]

Fear of Making Goal Weight…

Whoa, Tara!!!

Fear of making goal?!?

Don’t you mean Fear of NOT making goal weight?!?

Okay, seriously who’s is afraid of making goal? I mean when we start this LCJ and we look down at the scale for the first time in God only knows how long and see a number [...]

Exposing myself to the world…

This time last year I was still sitting around playing World of Warcraft for upwards to 8 hours a day. I weighed the heaviest I’ve ever weighed (270 pounds) and I was in a sad state of affairs. This time last year Mish was typing a post about exposing yourself and loving the body [...]

How much do you weigh emotionally?

We don’t often think about that question.

We’re so bogged down by the physical number that we base our successes / failures on whether or not the scale is moving and forget about the weight that weighs the heaviest on us: The emotional pounds. Now I’m not a therapist nor do I play [...]

Meet Maria…

Today’s Team in Training run is dedicated to Maria and her Mom.

It’s not easy writing about how Leukemia/Lymphoma affects your life. I asked Maria to share her story with me a while back and at first she was very willing. I know all too well that at first we think we’re ready [...]