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.
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.
The one where I shift from jealousy to love.
The one where I start to get vulnerable.
The one where I take a good hard look at myself.
The one that started the journey.
Originally posted May 13, 2013 – edited The mountains were calling. Mr. Enthusiasm suggested we check out an area just outside the Red Rock Canyon state park, an area called Calico Basin. I cautioned that my hiking guidebook didn’t list any trails for that area, so we’d be going in blind. He shrugged and told me to live a…
Originally posted May 30, 2013 – edited My friend, TJ, the hiking program director at the Biggest Loser Resort Fitness Ridge, posted some pictures on Facebook, sharing details of some cool and challenging hikes she had recently completed. I was planning a mini vacation, and looking for some challenge myself. Fueled by TJ’s recent adventures, I focused my online research…
It’s Thursday and I’m in the throes of a crazy Rim to River (and back) day hike at the Grand Canyon. In preparation for today’s madness hike I did a training hike at Mt. Charleston this past Monday – Memorial Day. I scrolled through old posts to see if I had written about hiking this trail before –…
Originally posted March 5, 2013 – edited I’m feeling all kinds of feisty today, so please indulge me. It’s day 64 in My Year of Sweat journey, and my body is changing in amazing and beautiful ways. I’ve lost fat, added muscle and feel so much …happier. Not because I look better, but because I feel better.…
I’ve decided to pay homage to the Throwback Thursday phenomenon (#TBT) by sharing a post I originally published six months into my 365 day challenge, on June 7, 2013. It seemed a fitting one to follow up the last post on Dove’s Beauty Patch. Plus, I had like 12 followers at the time, so very few…
I was looking for some motivation today. Feeling like I should probably go for a run, but lacking the energy or desire. Something told me to go into my old blog files and see what I was up to this time last year. I wasn’t blogging quite so frequently back then, so imagine my surprise…