How long has it been?
So many new journeys and experiences – after all, the journey is as important (maybe more than) the destination.
You’ve decided to do what?
Every time I think that I’m going to blog on a more regular basis, life gets in the way and I don’t get around to it. Then, so many things change and it is hard to catch up in one post. When I last posted, I had this idea that I would run 5, 5Ks…
And it was a lot of uphill running!
Yesterday was my first 5K. I did not really know what the course would look like and was surprised to see that we would be starting at the highest point on campus (University of Nevada in Reno) and returning to that point. I also did not expect it to be as cold as it was…
My first 5k and running uphill as a metaphor
Six days from now, my first official 5k will be in the books. Running hasn’t necessarily gotten easy (I live at about 4500 feet, frequently run in wind, and have a hilly neighborhood); however, when I am not running uphill, it has gotten a lot less difficult. In fact, I focus on getting to the…
Old voices trying to sabotage me
I will do this differently this time! This morning, after not sleeping well, though staying in bed for a long time, I got up. I generally log the weight that is best (from Saturday or Sunday) so I weighed myself. 166.6. Really? My nutrition has been spot on, I am working out 5 days per…
Seeing a Woman: A conversation between a father and son
Seeing a Woman: A conversation between a father and son.
Where the heck did Chatty Kathy come from? (part one)
This is both a simple and difficult question to answer. It is pretty well accepted that a part of who we are and how we see the world comes from our childhood environment. I am cautious with this though. It can sound a lot like blaming others rather than just looking at history as a…
My allies in Intuitive Eating
So who are my allies in this process? Yesterday, I described the ways I can use my diet rebel and nutrition informant; but what about the food anthropologist, nurturer, and intuitive eater (aka me)? Tribole and Resch describe the food anthropologist as an observer, a scientist of sorts. There are no judgments, no opinions, no rules. This…
Whose are those destructive voices that work against me?
So we know that Chatty Kathy is the chief of my food police, in keeping with Tribole and Resch’s Intuitive Eating model, I know that I also have a diet rebel (sort of the James Dean of dieting) and a nutrition informant (Ms. Tattletale). So let’s look a bit closer at how each operate. Kathy does such…
Health and Weight Stigma at All Sizes: Brad Zehring, DO
Health and Weight Stigma at All Sizes: Brad Zehring, DO.
The EnLightened Journey 