Yesterday I shared this post written by an anonymous person about what it’s like to live with depression. The post likens living with depression to living where it snows every day. It’s the best analogy I’ve ever read. At the conclusion of the post, the author says: I don’t have a message for people with […]
Sound Mind Sound Body
I’m Ready To Start Shoveling Again
I have been on a downward spiral for the past couple days, and things came to a head last night. I cried myself to sleep and even though I haven’t had a drop of alcohol in almost a year, I woke up this morning feeling incredibly hungover. I had stabbing pain behind both if my […]
Warm BLT Breakfast Salad
Now that I’m trying to really take better care of myself and not fill my body with total garbage, I have made the biggest changes with breakfast. No more sweet stuff. Not only has this cut down on cravings for sugar, but it has changed my palate. In my quest to find savory breakfast dishes, […]
Week 10
I am entering week 10 of taking care of myself. My body is not only changing, but so is my level of fitness. There are a few things I do to help myself stay on track. I weigh myself to monitor change. I take pictures to remind myself of where I started and where I […]
Mission Accomplished
I did a triathlon today. It was a sprint triathlon — a half mile swim, ten mile bike, and 3.1 mile run. The kids all came to cheer me on, along with my parents. I did very little to prepare for this. And when I say very little, I mean I have swum approximately five […]
The Night Before Triathlon Day
Tomorrow is triathlon day. It will be the 6th one I’ve ever done, and the first one I’ve done in four years. I hadn’t put my wetsuit on since 2014, so I figured I’d better make sure I could still get into it. All I have to say is that it’s a good thing I […]
