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Seeing a Woman: A conversation between a father and son

Seeing a Woman: A conversation between a father and son.

October 28, 2013 in Body Image, Change, Family, Love, Random thoughts, Self Image, Things of Beauty.

Health and Weight Stigma at All Sizes: Brad Zehring, DO

Health and Weight Stigma at All Sizes: Brad Zehring, DO.

October 22, 2013 in Body Image, Celebration, Change, Fitness, Intuitive Eating, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Obesity, Random thoughts, Self Esteem, Things of Beauty, Weight Loss.

Others’ thoughts…

I know, I’ve been away for more than a week. Life has been keeping me busy. Never fear, I will be back tomorrow or Tuesday with some new thoughts on intuitive eating. In the meantime, I wanted to share two articles/blogs that caught my attention. Feeling bad about your body What a real yoga body…

October 20, 2013 in Body Image, Change, Fitness, Intuitive Eating, Mindfulness, Obesity, Random thoughts, Things of Beauty, Transformation, Weight Loss.

For those having judgments…

October 11, 2013 in Celebration, Change, Intuitive Eating, Love, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Obesity, Random thoughts, Self Esteem, Things of Beauty, Weight Loss.

What a difference a year makes: Worry? Me?

So a year ago I had a list of worries related to my surgery. I was worried about money, leave, and all sorts of other things. They all proved to be much less important than I thought they would be. And in the end, I have actually learned to worry less about all sorts of…

August 27, 2013 in Family, Love, Mindfulness, Random thoughts, Things of Beauty, Uncategorized.

What a difference a year makes – Lucite!

A year ago today, I was attending the first bodybuilding competition for my friend Tammy. She and I have both made many changes in our bodies and lives over the last few years (see her blog at: http://liftingmyspirits.wordpress.com/). I could not have been more proud of my friend and yet, there was a part of me…

August 24, 2013 in Fitness, Heart Surgery, Random thoughts, Things of Beauty, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Transformation, Uncategorized.

Beauty

Work has kept me too busy to post. However, I found this so powerful that I had to take a moment to post. Please, do yourself a favor and take a look at this. Beauty – do we really see who we are? Dove – Real beauty sketches

April 16, 2013 in Mindfulness, Random thoughts, Self Esteem, Things of Beauty, Uncategorized.

Hot flashes, change, and other random thoughts

I cannot remember whether I have posted before and after pictures here. So, I apologize if you have already seen these. While I have been larger than this (with an all time high of 235), this is a pretty good representation of what I looked like for most of my adult life (except that I…

April 11, 2013 in Fitness, Mindfulness, Random thoughts, Self Esteem, Things of Beauty, Transformation.

Day one, year 2013

I read a post on a social media site that said something like: year 2013 , day one of 365. It brought several things to mind. First, the obvious, today is the first day of a new year. However, it also brought to mind the idea that today does not have to be perfect. It…

January 1, 2013 in Family, Fitness, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Random thoughts, Things of Beauty, Uncategorized.

My ultimate cheat meal following 5 very trying weeks and several stressful months…

Have I told you just how wonderful my boyfriend is? Despite my waking in a foul mood (thinking I would have to have a second thoracentesis), he planned a wonderful evening for us following the appointment with my heart surgeon in the San Francisco Bay area. He booked a room in Santa Rosa and then…

October 18, 2012 in Heart Surgery, Love, Things of Beauty.

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