No, this isn’t about me checking out French Maid costumes for halloween… Yesterday was my birthday – I celebrated the 13th anniversary of my 30th year. 🙂 I’m not sharing this tidbit for attention seeking purposes (though you /know/ I’m more than happy to get well wishes to extend my b-day celebration for as long […]
Category Archives: progress
Thoughts for Thursday: Crockpotting in a Microwave World
“The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.” – Max Depree I’ve alluded to the roughness of this past year, especially the last half, several times. I won’t go into all the gory details at this point, because […]
This is the end.
Sort of. But not really. I’ve been having the thought/realization that I should put together a ‘wrap up’ blog about the Whole30… experience… thing. I mean, it’s been almost a couple of weeks, it’s about time, right? But have been struggling with it, mainly because I really don’t like the whole ‘this is what I […]
More Basics: Unapologetic Change
Basic: [bey-sik] –adjective. Something that is fundamental or basic; an essential ingredient, principle, procedure, etc. —Synonyms1. elementary, essential, key, primary; basal; underlying. Back in my SCA days, at any event, around any firepit, a story or three would be shared that invariably would start out, “No *bleep*, there I was…” That’s how my life feels […]
Being Brilliant with the Basics
That’s what I ‘dubbed’ the theme for 2010… Last year I declared it to be the year I got comfortable with discomfort… and right now is the time I’m asking myself “How’s that working out for me?” I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my journey, about it’s start, where it’s taken me, the hills […]
Thoughts for Thursday: The hardest step
Motivation…it’s a fickle thing. Sometimes your goal is burning brightly in your brain and your heart, making you so excited you can hardly sleep. You have no trouble sticking to the plan because you are soooo motivated to keep moving forward. Other times… not so much. But you have to take that first step. These […]
Friday Free For All
(that’s really just a nice way of saying that I’m about to share the random jumble of things that have been bouncing around my head. 😉 Awesome quote that I had to share… Apply it to everything – money, fitness, health, hearth, home, heart. “Today is the first day of the rest of your life. […]
March Madness!
So, first off, a BIIIIG shout out to my Canadian Peeps!!! Congrats on getting the most Gold Medals of all the Olympics, and for the Gold in Women’s Hockey and the Gold & Silver in Men’s hockey (I know the folks who won the silver were wearing USA uniforms, but really, we all know they […]
Friday Follies: Non Scale Victories
Looove me my NSV’s! You know what they are – if you’ve been in the health and fitness* realm for any amount of time you hear about it. When you hit a ‘plateau’, that’s when the NSV advice comes out of the woodwork, usually under the title, “Other Measures of Success.” These are hints and […]
A Bittersweet Victory
Today I had one of those moments that made me do a happy dance and caused me to be a little sad at the same time. I had to change the weight on my Heart Rate Monitor. I have one that calculates your calories burned, which means it needs info like my weight. It’s something […]