Today is my 37th birthday.  I dreaded this morning, but not because I knew I would be another year older, but because I knew there would be no “Happy Birthday” sung to me on the phone by my sister, Brandi.  This is the third birthday that I have had without her and I don’t think [...]

It has been no problem not eating sweets for the past two days.  I do wonder if I should have cake for my birthday or not.  It is still up in the air.  I went to the zoo with my girls and friends and loved my packed lunch.  I just love myself when I plan [...]

I did it!  I made it through the day without eating processed sugar.  Amazing how my stomach didn’t make horrible gurgling noises at all.  This day shall be known as The Day Without Sugar Day One. I was planning to run four miles this morning, but I ran about two.  Getting back into the swing [...]

At times I feel like I have conquered bad habits and over time that I have broken those habits and they will never present themselves to me again, but like ridiculous sub-plotted soap opera characters that have been killed off of a show, they resurface sometimes more than once. I have always had a lifelong [...]

I went to Body Pump class at the Y, yesterday.  BP is a weight training class that consists of a bench, weight plates, a weighted bar, and a butt load of squats.  As hard as I work out at times, this class was very challenging for me.  I really had to keep going and push [...]

I have given this a great deal of thought and have decided to run the half marathon.  As crushed as I am to have to come to terms with this, I do not have the time to build my distance up enough to be ready to run the full marathon by April 24th.  Taking the [...]