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.

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.

get out of your head and onto that mountain

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…

mt. san jacinto, ca

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…

climbing up and letting go

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 –…

let the term crash diet be forever stricken from our vocabulary

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 can see you…why can’t i see myself?

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…

…and this little piggy ran wee, wee, wee all the way home.

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…