Commensurate with me as we travel along the last summer before my son’s senior year of high school and how he’s making his own path as we prepare for some “last firsts.”
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My first realizations that my son has a full man-beard.
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I share my sister’s perspective and lessons learned as her son chooses to serve our country with the US Marine Corp.
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I share some amazing thoughts on how to manage those moments when you’re tempted to eat your face off and how life coaching is changing my life.
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I share the principle of Power Thoughts you can practice with intuitive eating.
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Today I share about my injury and foot surgery – my accessory navicular bone in my foot that has to be surgically removed. I share my vulnerability and worries, but I how I have hope that joy will return. Spoiler Alert: It does indeed.
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Race Report from my Third Half Marathon, the Go Girl Half Marathon… The one where I got lost.
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This one is pure vulnerability as I talk about the weight gain after losing 80 pounds in 14-weeks (something I do NOT recommend). I didn’t deal with the mental weight. I didn’t deal with the body image chatter or my disordered eating. I began working with a binge eating disorder therapist. I’ve learned so much and I share it with you here.
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Race Report on my second full marathon at the Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The one where I finished DEAD F***ING LAST. It was a beautiful experience – read all about it!
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I share here the top 5 lessons I’ve learned in my binge eating disorder therapy and recovery. Read about how gaining weight has nothing to do with our success, perfectionism, the storm always passes, progress is progress, and trusting the genius that is our body.
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Read here about how I relied on my tribe, my friends, my people, my binge eating disorder therapist. And learned a valuable lesson in the sky is falling self-talk.
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Here’s how I meal prep – with REAL FOOD!
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I share the pure joy in riding roller coasters again. I share one of the more humiliating moments of my life when I didn’t fit in a State Fair ride and how to be escorted off. So, this day was momentous. I rode all the rides. Riding those roller coasters is a permanent fixture on my Why List of staying healthy.
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This is the story of how I won a $5,000 weight-loss contest. I lost nearly 80 pounds in 14 weeks. I do NOT recommend this approach. It was not healthy. It was not sustainable. However, I do not regret it. It really opened the door to my relationship with my body and food. It showed me what I was capable of. I learned how to meal prep, that I love it, and I still do that today. I did and still do rewrite my story every single day. I learned how to box and LOVE boxing. And I won – I was the first and only woman to win this local contest. They didn’t do the contest anymore after this. And I am glad for that. All the way down the scale I never addressed the MENTAL aspect of health and weight loss. That’s what I teach today and that’s what is helping me on my journey to long term health. But this is a fun piece nonetheless. Enjoy! I’d love to have your feedback on this issue.
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I place a major caveat on this one: I had a lot of work to do around my relationship with food. I wrote this article BEFORE working with my binge eating disorder therapist and my life coach; so, if I were to re-write this today, it would be very different. So, keep that in mind as you read it. Today, I am not afraid of my relationship with food. I do not see it as an animal or tiger. I have learned that I can build a BEAUTIFUL relationship with and around food and myself every single day. I am not a food addict. I am not a victim to food. I have thoughts about food. That’s all. And I work on them every single day.
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This was written before the work with life coaching – HOWEVER, I LOVE that I already knew that circumstances don’t control your life – your thoughts do!
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Fit Tip Friday: I Am An Athlete

This is probably my favorite one. I convict the lie that was telling me I was not an athlete. Oh, yeah. This is a good one.
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Here I share some great stories and tips on traveling and meal prepping. And that one time I broke into a hotel kitchen. ALLEGEDLY. Here are some great tips on how to be a healthy traveler!
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It’s important to slow down – don’t let your health or mental well-being suffer at the hands of “busy”. And baby goat videos are awesome.
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Eating out? No big deal! Order what you want. You don’t even need to look at a menu. Order with confidence.
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Did you fall off the proverbial health wagon? Stop the beat down and self-judgment. Shame and judgment are a dead end street.
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My very first Marathon – The Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. My most favorite.
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