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What I Preach
Yesterday's blog post was about my need to prioritize. My battle with obesity and creating, living a healthy life comes with all sorts of twists and turns. So I was […]
Priorities
The other day, my instructor mentioned in class that perhaps we should re-frame our way of thinking. Instead of saying we don't have time to __ we should say I […]
Worthy: Isernio’s Chicken Breakfast Sausage
Recently, while grocery shopping I spotted Isernio's Chicken Breakfast Sausage and decided to give them a try. I'm so glad I did. Juicy, flavorful, and a great alternative to pork. […]
Food and Your Health
Super-excited to be learning lots in the Fitness Trainer program. My favorite class this quarter "Food and Your Health" is centered around food. Not because we taste or prepare food […]
Baggage
I opened my third motivational speech on Friday by holding up my old jumbo jeans. A baby Rhino could easily fit in those jumbo jeans and oh wee they are […]
Touching Lives, Making Connections
I'm so very fortunate to share my weight loss and self-transformation story. It has become so much more than about ME. Never did I imagine the lives I would touch […]
“To Save Our Lives”
Yesterday, Exercise Technique class was all about the pull-up. For some reason, I was so pumped up during the class session. Maybe because I like to see folks get gritty […]
Sneaky like that
As I was making my breakfast the other morning I relished how colorful my plate was. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and since I'm on a […]
PE Flashbacks
It happened. I thought I was beyond it, but there I was in my Exercise Technique class having flashbacks. Flashbacks of being the slowest, last, and fattest girl in PE […]
Out and About
I notice that I move around a lot better now that I'm 170+ lbs. lighter. There were so many things I could't do as an obese person. Some of which […]