• Love Yo’ Self

    For years I was worried how my body looked. I was worried that my belly was showing too much in a dress or that my hips were too big.I’d look in the mirror and take a big sigh (and an eye roll, fist to the sky ugh!). I didn’t want…

  • What Does it Mean to be Beautiful?

    How would you answer that question? I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. When I look at my friends, I see so much beauty. I think, ‘You’re so beautiful.’  I get different responses back: Thank you Aww, that’s sweet No, I need makeup Maybe after 40 pounds Ugh I…

  • What We Gain

    Of course, I had to do a play on words for this because I love a good pun. I was thinking a lot about why I constantly was on a lose-regain cycle of weight loss over the years. I did a quick calculation. The difference between my highest weight and…

  • I thought I wasn’t good enough.

    I lost weight and gained it back so many times that I lost count. Every time I started I was genuine and really was ‘all-in’ for results. The amount of time that I lasted varied, but inevitably, I’d get overwhelmed, disappointed in myself, frustrated with the process, or some combination…

  • My Plant Based Journey

    Well I decided to try something different. I want to see how my body feels if I started moving towards a plant based way of eating. There are a couple documentaries that recently sparked my interest. The benefits of a plant based diet have been chatted about for a long…

  • How Do I Do It?

    I remember asking a health professional many moons ago how to stop eating candy. I was referring to chocolate candy, not the wimpy stuff. LOL I was asking a free health & fitness coach on an online chat. He began listing out different foods to eat and gave me windows…