Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Over the last couple weeks I've had the chance to hang out with or watch over the milestones of the children of friends. Not little children mind you but the grown up children of friends. These are people that I have known, for the most part, their entire lives. I've interacted with them as children,... Continue Reading →
Not even going to sugar coat it. The struggles continue. Too much junk around the house, too much temptation and too much bad eating "on the road". My job right now puts me on the road a lot which means I eat out more often than in the past. And my eating discipline when I'm... Continue Reading →
I'm going to ask you to make a larger investment in this blog post than normal. What comes next will make much more sense if you watch this video. This is Ash Beckham, an LGBT advocate, delivering a TEDx talk in Boulder CO. It's 11 minutes long but worth the time. It's not really about what... Continue Reading →
There are things you don't know you value until they are gone from your life. For me, that has been any sense of regularity, any connection with routine. Now that's kind of funny because I've made a reputation for myself over the years as the person who can make the adjustment, can get caught on... Continue Reading →
I am now officially in the worst time of the year to lose weight. Halloween followed by Thanksgiving followed by Christmas followed by New Years. It's my favorite eating time of the year. My favorite foods. And they're everywhere. EVERYWHERE. So the following may surprise you. I will break through the milestone weight that keeps... Continue Reading →
Part of this process is getting in touch with your body. When I'm at my heaviest I try not to feel my body, try not to think about my body. As I exercise and watch my food I feel my body change. I learn what feels good and what doesn't. So this past week I... Continue Reading →
It begins to sound like excuse making, even to me. Another week that did not move in the correct direction. I know perfectly well not to get upset about a fluctuation of a half pound here or there. For all intents and purposes this is remaining steady. But I thought I was headed in the... Continue Reading →
Another stupid, long, stress filled week. Which is why this post is late. But today felt like I'd turned a corner, gotten some things behind me and headed in a positive direction. Then one thing went a little bit awry. When I came home several more things decided to go pear shaped. Sigh. There are... Continue Reading →
This is a tough week. Work is close to burying me at the moment and a variety of issues cropped up this week as well. My job, in fact, is one of the regular hurdles I need to clear in this weight loss effort. I work in Youth Ministry and junk food is virtually unavoidable.... Continue Reading →
There are days when life just gets hard. I've had days when it was hard because of BIG, SERIOUS problems and other times when it's hard because of an overwhelming burden of little, stupid problems. Recently it's been mostly the second category. Have you ever walked into a swarm of midges or lake flies? Tiny... Continue Reading →
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