learning to love exercise: not urban legend, it happened to me

The one where this life-long excuse-maker realizes it takes work and commitment to make a lasting change. And I learn to love the process, in the process. Fancy that.

breaking a trail to prom

I just want to look nice in a prom dress, she said quietly. Her words squeezed my heart tightly. No. I won’t cry. I will help her. Gatherings with my side of the family often end in deep conversations about health, weight loss, and exercise. All the women in my family inherited the curse of the apple body type. Not a…

hitting the reset button – part I

Playing the do-over card. Because sometimes that’s the right thing to do.

building a life

Todd’s story.

part 6: the power of perspective

The one where I realize how much the lens we view life through skews our perception. Perspective really is everything.

part 5: divas also sweat (and other lessons the Russian Princess taught me)

The one where I shift from jealousy to love.

part 4: confessions of a control freak

The one where I start to get vulnerable.

part 3: self-analysis: it sure ain’t pretty (or easy)

The one where I take a good hard look at myself.

part 2: how my week of tears became my year of sweat

The one that started the journey.

turtlehead peak: red rock canyon

The one where I first summited big, bad Turtlehead Peak.

should I stay or should I go?

Life is all about choices. We face countless decisions every day. Some of them are trivial. At a wedding reception: will it be chicken or fish; red or white? At the gym: will you take a group class or do your own thing? Others may have a bit more consequence. In a rush hour traffic jam: do you stay…