Taking care of myself: it’s in the little things, too
About a year ago, I started flossing daily. It wasn’t that I had a dentist tell me to floss better (though that had happened previously). It was just that as I was embracing taking good care of...
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Able-Bodied
When I was 22, I had my first major abdominal surgery. Prior to my surgery, I had been in a period of body loathing. Part of that loathing came from malfunctions in my body that were very frustrating...
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Another Victory
My 100th post on this blog: a great time to celebrate a new level of fitness. It’s me . . . in a size-8 top and size-10 jeans! This isn’t the first size-8 top I’ve bought lately–it’s the fifth or...
View ArticlePatterns Matter
Why is this such a difficult post to write? For about two days now, this screen has been up on my computer, and I have been struggling to say what I am trying to say. I guess it is because this topic...
View ArticleThe Small Things (A Short Post of Gratitude)
I was just scratching my collarbone, and I’m still amazed that my collarbones have emerged from my body in the last 15 or so pounds of weight loss. When I’ve had abdominal surgery before, it’s always...
View ArticleSelf-Control Vs. Self-Care
I was reading a book in the steamy, hot bathtub this morning when my mind wandered off the page and into my life history. Particularly, for some reason, I remembered the winter several years ago that...
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Oh My Goodness
What a week this has been! Let’s recap the highlights: Early in the week, I bought a pair of size-8 jeans! These are the smallest-size pants I have ever worn. I had to whip out my cell phone and call...
View ArticleThe Year of Self-Care: Embrace Gradual Change
We want change to happen instantly. We want fast results. We want to dive head-long into something and discover success within days, or even moments. We think that instant success will feed us for...
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Six Days Without Sugar
We–my husband and I–are at the end of Day Six of a 60-day trial of being sugar-free. For the past six days, we haven’t had any cane sugar (table or unprocessed), honey, brown rice syrup, maple syrup,...
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Crossfit, or A Very Long Story About How I Spent My Thirtieth Birthday Evening
The older I get, the more I think success in life is about maintaining flexibility: to recognize when you need to change and to be ever willing to evolve. It’s easy to want to stick with what has...
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