Aunt Verna isn’t technically my aunt. She and her husband, Uncle Chris, were besties with my mom and dad since high school. Maybe even earlier than that. Uncle Chris’s sister, Aunt Kathy, married my dad’s brother, Uncle Peter. Uncle Peter was my dad’s youngest brother. He and my dad were really close – they worked
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An Awesome Girls’ Weekend
Ingrid had her high school championship meet this past weekend at Franklin & Marshall University in Lancaster, PA. We were there last December for another meet where, as luck would have it, both her high school team and Kristofer’s club team were swimming. Kasen, Gretchen and Marit came with me to watch the meet in
My Friend Brooke
Many many years ago, I was running an online fitness course, and a woman named Brooke joined the program. She was a single mom living in Florida and had two very young twin boys. She was pretty gung ho for about two weeks, and then life became extra lifey, and she kinda fell off the
Taking Care of my Whole Self
Last week I shared this post on the NYAM FB Page: The text on the post read: What’s the difference between these two pictures (besides about 30 pounds)? the cumulative effect of small, sustainable changes Learning to focus on MYSELF FIRST Learning to stop trying to control shit I can’t possibly control Self-healing and tons
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
One of my current weekly goals is 10 minutes of strength training 5x/week. This week I won’t hit that – I’m 1/5 so far but will probably finish at 3/7 days this week. I have eight sets of dumbbells in my room: 3lbs, 5 lbs, 8 lbs, 10 lbs, 12 lbs, 15 lbs, 20lbs and
I’m still perpetuating the problem
I’m a recovering people-pleaser. It’s something I’ve really been working on, especially in the last two years. It hasn’t been until fairly recently that I even realized this was a big problem for me. It’s led to some unhealthy behaviors and habits. It’s prevented me from taking care of myself. And ultimately, it makes me