Eleanor Roosevelt says “Just Do It”.

I love quotes. Love them. I can rattle off inspirational quotes as if I was a copy writer for those companies that makes inspirational posters featuring pictures of bald eagles and a guy hanging onto a mountain with an ice pick.  There is just something about being able to get energy from reading something quickly [...]

Meet My New (and FREE) Personal Trainer

Ben, my younger brother, is moving to Tallahassee. We look nothing like each other. He’s tall, lean, and muscular. I (and my mother and father) are short, squat, and dense. Contrary to the complete lack of physical resemblance, he’s not adopted.  Though I’m not putting him being the mailman’s kid out of the realm of possibility.
 He’s a [...]

I’m a Master! A Double Master!

Saturday I attended commencement and was conferred with a Master of Public Administration/ Masters of Social Work by Florida State University. It was a exciting and I was really glad I went to the commencement ceremony. I know a lot of people nowadays dismiss it as long, boring, unnecessary, and expensive (renting cap, gown, and [...]

Expensive Water Bottles and Following Dreams (albeit for a month)

 I bought a new water bottle and I think I am in love. Expensive? Yes. BUT… when I did the math it makes sense:

Diet Coke Refill at work = .75 x 3 (refills) x 20 days = $ 45.00
1 Diet Coke/Day at work + water = .75 X 20 days + $30 (Kor’s bottle) + [...]

Losing Oneself in Service

“The best way to find yourself
is to lose yourself in the service of others”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“Kick….kick… breath!… Joey you have to BREATH!!!” I swim along Joey, a young man with down syndrome, holding my arm under his stomach to keep his backside from sinking. He struggles to coordinate kicking, taking strokes with his arms, and [...]

Birthday, Impending Graduation, and the Anticipation of Free Time

Friday I turned 26. It was a great day as I felt much loved and very blessed to have all the people I have in my life. Birthday wishes came from those near and far from long-time friends to those I’ve only known a couple days/weeks (yay for Facebook). My girlfriends and I went out [...]

The Stress Eater Giveaway Winner & An Update

And the stressed out reader who is the winner of The Stress Eater Diet book is Sagan! Yay Sagan! Utilize the tips and techniques in this book and be ooohmmmmm-ing your way to eating healthier and being happier!
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Life has been hectic. Really, really hectic. And I’m not back on track yet. Waking up early [...]

Self Image: Askewed View Realigned

Last night Sarcasman told me a story about one of his friends in his architecture class. He jokingly told his friend Jermaine that he should date a single girl in the class to which Jermaine replied “Are you kidding? That girls got no ass! It’s like her legs go straight into her torso!” Nathan laughed [...]

Weekly Update: Starting Over

Starting Weight: 224.8 (1/16/09)
Current Weight: 224.8
Weekly Loss: –
Total Loss: -
Random Reflections:

Ah to be a life-lution/resolution cliché. Sadness I tell you. This week was rough. I fell into a funk. How do I nurture feelings of sadness? With food of course. Falling off the wagon [...]

Adventures in Therapy: Describing Why I Binge

“It’s like…” I paused, looking down and stroking the teddy bear in my lap, “I have a train station in my head. And the trains zoom around too fast. And I can’t stop them. And by eating… by binging… it slows them down. I am…” I looked the wall, lined with therapy books, “everything gets [...]