January 2012

Darkness

January 30, 2012

The past couple of weeks, I've dealt with a black cloud following me around. I've questioned myself many times, and for some reason can't pick myself up from the bootstraps as I normally do. I don't say this to cause any alarm - I say it to show that this is normal. Source: imgfave.com via Emily ...

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Laughing at Yourself

January 25, 2012

I know I'm generally a very *rah-rah* person on this blog. There is something about taking all of the jumbled, over-analytical thoughts from my mind and dissecting them into something that makes sense. Like many of you, I am trying to find meaning in the journey - success or failure. How can we learn to ...

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Plus Size Fitness Writer & Brand Representative

01.24.2012

There are things that I used to regard as impossible. My mind, like many of yours, has an awful tendency to insert nasty seeds of negativity when it dared to dream. Slowly but surely, however, doubts are subsiding as I recognize that I have succeeded at many things in the past, and I am succeeding …

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Sunday Ramblings

01.22.2012

Blah. Another weekend down the drain and I feel even more behind than I did when the weekend started! I’m one of those people who has a lot of ideas that come up through the week, and then on the weekend rush to try to figure out how do to them. This week, I had …

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Beauty Resolutions: More than Skin Deep

01.17.2012

Thanks to Walgreens for underwriting this post. I was paid as a member of the Clever Girls Collective, but the content is all mine. Visit http://www.discoverbeautywithin.com/. Sleep has been a huge focus of mine the past month as I try to solve my insomnia, sleep apnea, and other issues going on with this wacky body of …

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Ultra Beginners Fitness Guide

01.16.2012

Once upon a time, I was sitting on my sofa at 455 pounds watching a workout DVD I had put in. It was labeled “beginner” so I thought that I could do it. I didn’t even make it past the warm-up before flopping down on the sofa out of breath with tears running down my …

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Workout Videos On Demand

01.16.2012

When I was 455 pounds and thinking about starting some sort of workout routine to get healthy, I had lots of excuses: I can’t work out because I’m too heavy and will hurt myself I can’t be seen in public trying to work out I need someone to tell me what to do I don’t want to get bored After months of …

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Vlog: Health isn’t “all or nothing”

01.11.2012

If you’re embarking on a new health journey (or even continuing the one you’re on), remember that you can still be successful with slip ups.

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