Listen, meal prepping is one of the most difficult parts of living a healthy lifestyle. It’s not necessarily that cooking is difficult, it’s figuring out what to cook that is. I mean I cannot tell you how many times people have told me since starting this blog that they just don’t know what to cook, …
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130 and flirty and thriving
So the title of this blog probably only makes sense if you’ve seen 13 going on 30, but if you haven’t the main character in her naive, angsty-age of 13 wishes to be 30 so she can be all the things she thinks 30-year-olds are, which in her book apparently means flirty and thriving. So …
Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions I keep my visions to myself…
Here’s the thing about big goals, in order to work towards them, in order to achieve them you need a lot of energy. Energy is a limited resource, therefore it must be used wisely and strategically allocated in the right places in order to accomplish what it is you are trying to do. If not, …
No rest for the wicked…or those on a weight loss journey
With a major milestone in sight, I’ve been putting a lot of pressure on myself to be perfect. To eat exactly what I was supposed to, to work out a certain number of times a week, to avoid eating out. When you’re undergoing a major weight loss journey it can be difficult to see the …
Born to Fly
Lately, I’ve been struggling with the fact that I often feel I’m walking down a dark tunnel unable to see the light at the end, because thus far in my life I haven’t seen the light I’m looking for. I’ve spent my whole life being overweight, and unlike many people I don’t have a point …
Top Ten Tuesday
Losing 100 pounds does not happen overnight, and there are some critical things and people that have largely contributed to being able to accomplish this goal (something I honestly doubted I would ever do). Now that I am here, I have truly been reflecting on what helped me get to this point because it is …
7 is the lucky number…
Admittedly, I’ve been on a bit of a blog hiatus, my apologies for neglecting this passion project of mine, but I promise I am going to get better! For now, here is a recap of the last few months and what’s been going on: October was a great month in regards to weight loss, I …
Ten days since, ten pounds away…
Ten days since I last went and walked…ten days since I started admitting to myself that some of the bad habits were coming back… ten days of choosing to ignore the bellowing signs of warning that historically have been the ten days that turned into months and years of erasing the efforts and strides made …
I lost my goldendoodle…
Ok, not really, in fact as I type he is walking around looking for his next target of destruction…what can I say? I love a good bad boy and my dog is no exception. Going back to the title of this post, what I mean is that I’ve officially lost my dog’s worth of weight …
Sleeving is believing…
When it comes to believing in God, to a certain extent it requires believing in yourself. You have to believe that He loves you enough to have a plan for you, and in the talents and blessings He bestows on you so that you will be willing to use them in order to carry out …