Ovarian Cancer Month

October is almost here and soon we will delve into the glitzy, pink-ribboned, highly visible Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Before we focus on building awareness, sharing information and providing access to screening service for breast cancer, I’d like to shine the spotlight on another serious woman’s health issue: ovarian cancer.
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. [...]

Success Stories: Victoria Lost (and is Keeping Off) 65 lbs!

My best friend Victoria successfully lost 65 lbs and has maintained her loss for a year and a half. Besides just being an awesome person all around, she rocks a wonderful attitude about healthy living, lifestyle changes, and positive self-talk. I interviewed Victoria for Choosing Losing as a success story is a great motivation for [...]

Weekly Check-In: -3 lbs/ 76 lbs to go

Starting Weight: 224 (9/19/08, start of Biggest Loser Blog Edition challenge)Current Weight: 221Weekly Loss: -3Total Loss: -3
Random Reflections:· Joined the Biggest Loser Blog Edition challenge. Going to kick arse and take names! Yes, I’m a weee bit competitive. Seriously though, I’m really excited to be in a competition [...]

Yesterday’s Binge and Sleepless Nights

Yesterday was a rough day health wise. I had a big, important meeting with big, important people for work. I wore my “grown up suit” and everything; it was that important. And I was nervous. I am the project manager of a 40 million dollar project we are trying to cobble together. Being in charge [...]

Losing my Addiction…

It’s been three weeks since I’ve started reducing my caffeine intake. Some people have asked how on earth I ended up drinking 250 ounces+ of Diet Coke a day. Well it started when I was young. I remember always drinking diet coke for breakfast and getting scolded by my father for it. My response was [...]

"Your Boobies"

I was sitting on the couch, messing with my blog header image in photoshop. Sarcasman was sitting next to me playing Far Cry and semi-watching a TV show. We geek out on the couch together all the time now that he has a laptop; I love it! Anyways, the following conversation ensued:
Sarcasman: How is your [...]

Setting Up My Home Environment for Success

Miguel De Cervantes once said “To be prepared is half the victory.” Today I spent some time modifying my home environment to support the healthy living changes I want to make. Here is what I did:
1) Stocked the fridge with fresh veggies and healthy food
After two months of consistent exercising, it’s really dawned on me [...]

My New Running Partner

Tuesday when I was driving up to my house I almost hit a guy. He was running, it was dark, I was tired. He smiled at me, waved, said sorry (though it was totally my fault) and kept running. I’d never seen him before in our small cul de sac. I was happy to see [...]

Wannabe Biker

I’ve been craving a bike lately. When I went down south to visit my father in August we went riding and I remembered how much fun and how freeing riding a bike felt. I could go so fast! I could make it look effortless! I could weave in-between the paint strips in the middle of [...]

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