Finding Radiance

John lost 43 pounds over the course of 2009 and hit goal in November of 2009.  He has maintained his loss for 6 months now. Before: Shexsy after! Here are answers to the questions you (and I) posed to John: 1.  What kind of weight issues have you had in your lifetime? I have had [...]

It’s Monday!Even though it is my 2nd workday of the week, it still feels like Monday LOL!  Headed off to the gym.  My legs felt really, really tired after Saturday’s outdoor run yesterday and still a little stiff today, so I lightened up the leg weights a bit today. After treadmill warmup: Chin ups:  2 [...]

I ruminated a little on Jinx’s comment about whether or not I ever let my guard down.  The short answer to that would be no, not ever completely. I actually ate a good amount of food yesterday.  I did not record the food I ate (except what showed up in picture form   ).  In [...]

I was going to title this something like struggles in weight loss and maintenance, but I really want to focus on reframing that word.   Debby wrote an eloquent post on this subject the other day, and she commented to me about how it was good to hear someone else with the same issues. I get [...]

I wanted to talk a little bit about my food philosophy now. I do blog about food a lot and thought I would share what drives what I eat and how I view it. 1. First and foremost, I have to like the food I am eating and that food has to be good. If [...]

Woke up this morning somewhat early as per usual.  Wanted to sleep more, but it was not to be.  Checked temp – it was in the low 40s!  So chilly.  I wore a jacket over my trisuit.  It was also very foggy out, so I nixed any street running in favor of the safer track.  [...]

Well, I was going to post about my day, what I ate, exercise, the usual, but I got a packet in the mail today and thought I would talk about that. I joined the National Weight Control Registry a year ago, as I had maintained at least a 30# weight loss for a year and [...]