Yesterday was another huge day for me in the fitness department, but before I get to that, you have to see Meghan. I haven’t shown you her pictures in a couple weeks. It’s not because she’s fallen off the wagon… In fact, quite the opposite. She’s been working her ass off. Literally. She is starting […]
Sound Mind Sound Body
I don’t know what’s next. But I’m excited to find out.
It all began with the decision to To start taking charge of my life. To start working out. To start running. To start getting healthy. That decision to start led to the decision to do this: That decision eventually led to this: and this: and this: And the decision to do that, led to the […]
God Money
I’m running the NYC Marathon in 40 days. I have a friend who is also running it, and her son is in the same class as Number 3. Last week after Number 3’s Open House, we were talking. My friend asked me what I was doing the night before the race. When was I going […]
Success is a journey, not a destination. Although the destination is pretty freaking awesome.
8 months ago, I allowed someone to take my picture. Maybe not a big deal, you say. But to me, it was. Because I felt really, REALLY bad about the way that I looked. The past 8 years have been spent avoiding having my picture taken. At all costs. And there were some heavy costs. […]
No time like the present to give yourself a present.
My birthday is in 2 days. I’m going to be 44. On my 43rd birthday, I looked like this: In fact, for my last eight birthdays, this is pretty much what I looked like: I felt the same way I looked. Heavy. Burdened. Slumped. Slouched. Well… Fuuuuck that. Not anymore. This year, on my 44th […]
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
On Saturday morning I took Number 3 to baseball practice. I looked pretty much like this. Well, from the neck up. I wasn’t wearing a bikini; I had jeans on. And even that is an accomplishment. The jeans, I mean. A year ago, if it wasn’t elasticized, I wasn’t wearing it. Anyway, at baseball practice, I saw […]
