Shadow of Success
On and off. Black and white. Ying and yang. Success and shadow. What? It was something I hadn’t considered — that every success has its shadowy side, the underbelly that you don’t always talk about. …
Category: eating habits
Shame monsters
I didn’t intend to take a little summer hiatus, but I guess that’s what happened, regardless of intentions. If I’m being truthful, it wasn’t that I didn’t want to be here, but rather my words …
Ice picks, chemistry, a doctor’s intervention and an opportunity
Ice Picks I sit on the couch, eyes barely opened, the TV just white noise in the background. There’s an ice pick stabbing me over my right eye and another one stabbing me up through …
Fat Tuesday
It’s Paczki Day (pronounced “poonch-key”, these are in the donut family and made for Fat Tuesday specifically)! One of my most favorite days of the year, even more so in the past few years since my …
Accountability Sunday #3
This is Accountability Sunday where I look at the past week and how much work I did towards my goals and then set some goals for the coming week. Interested in joining me? You, too, …
Coaches, food and gold stars
For the month of January, I’ve committed to posting every day, having accepted the 30-day challenge. This is day 30 of 30. Like I said yesterday when talking about the book Better Than Before, …
Accountability Sunday #1
For the month of January, I’ve committed to posting every day, having accepted the 30-day challenge. This is day 24 of 30. This post is the fault of my Ironman friend Mary. I blame …
Is there a trick to eating? 4 easy lessons I’ve learned.
For the month of January, I’ve committed to posting every day, having accepted the 30-day challenge. This is day 17 of 30. Some of the things that I’ve learned over the past year or …
The Half-Life of a (Bad) Habit
For the month of January, I’ve committed to posting every day, having accepted the 30-day challenge. This is day 9 of 30. That’s the technical definition of a half-life and unless you spend a …
Pizza and a smile
For the month of January, I’ve committed to posting every day, having accepted the 30-day challenge. This is day 7 of 30. Just a short vignette for today — something I forgot to put in …