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When I first met my husband, I worried about my weight. So much so I didn't want to do things like ride bikes, go to workouts together or anything where I'd really put myself in a situation of embarrassment. That meant I'd automatically excluded several activities...

Small victory at Eddie Bauer–one jeans size down, five to go.

It's a holiday weekend and that means one thing--lots of high fat, fabulous, delicious not healthy things for me to eat. Growing up, holidays were always filled with lots of dip/chips, snacks, and all sorts of things on the grill to (over)fill our bellies and bring us...

So, I had it all planned out. I would drop my daughters off at their respective schools and I'd have the morning to workout and write at a coffee shop, by myself. Oh, bless you who invented preschool. Of course, it didn't work that way. My older woke me at 3am with...

After seeing Eat, Pray, Love I’ve come to realize it’s perfectly alright to enjoy eating.

I'm excited! I've not hit the exercise hard yet and I've dropped 5 pounds and 2% body fat. To think what's going to happen when I start up the marathon training tomorrow. The possibilities are huge (excuse the pun). I'm so ready to be a good 20 pounds less. I think I...

Patricia has lost her head and signed up to walk/run a half-marathon.

Well, after watching Melissa and Rick Lawson's Tony Robbins Breakthrough on Hulu last night, things began to make sense to me. I spent a good part of my night realizing a few things. When did I become afraid of succeeding? Was it when I knew I'd be financially okay,...

My weight loss journey has begun. I hope I can successfully finish it without going nuts.