Tag Archives: Inspiration
How #100HealthyDays Changed My Life
A few weeks ago, my Weight Watchers group leader told us us about a concept about exponential returns. She challenged us to find ways to make tiny healthy changes in our lives and how it would pay off big in the long run. This reminded me of a project my friend, Maggie, and I worked […]
Running: A Love Story (Part II)
After running a marathon, I have new perspective for the smaller races. I ran the Shamrock Shuffle this past weekend and on Saturday, I realized all I knew was I would most certainly be wearing was my socks and shoes. I have so many other “tried and true” running pieces, I wasn’t really too worried […]
Food Prep (For Normal People)
I wrote this piece on meal planning earlier last week and the feedback was incredible. Since it appears I’m not the only one struggling with this, I wanted to share best practices. When I thought of food prep before, I’d think about my weightlifter friends, grilling 12 chicken breasts at a time for the week. […]
Let’s Get Really Honest: Grocery Shopping Stresses Me Out
I’ve been pretty open about my struggling relationship with food and up until two months ago, I thought the primary source of anxiety for me was around eating it. I’d place food in categories in my mind of good and bad, what I should eat, what I’d admit I ate, and so forth, struggling with […]
Running Like a Girl – Again
I have a confession to make: I’ve only run once since I ran the Chicago Marathon in October last year. My hiatus began after I started to feel a pinching in my hip two days after the race. I went to the doctor (who also ran the Chicago Marathon – we shuffled around the office […]
84 Days and the Next Big Thing
After running the Chicago Marathon last month, I knew my friends and family were waiting to know, “What’s next?” Within hours of crossing the finish line I started to receive texts and Facebook messages asking what my next goal would be. I didn’t have a solid answer for them because I didn’t want to start […]
Watch Out World, I have a Passport
When I was eight, I remember watching An American Tale and thinking it was the scariest movie of all time. Granted, it’s a children’s movie about an adorable little mouse family that decides to come to America on a boat to seek a better life; one of the little mouse children falls off the boat […]
To Love and Honor: One Mile at a Time
When one of the other girls on my marathon charity team had asked for requests to dedicate each mile on her marathon run to someone else, I initially thought it was a sweet idea. I thought about why she would ask for names of strangers she didn’t know and the impact of what that would […]
Ten Years to the Marathon
It’s been five days and I still am having a hard time wrapping my brain around one simple concept: I’m a marathoner. I’m a marathoner for life. And it’s pretty awesome. I wasn’t always sure I’d make it. About ten years ago, I read this book called The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer. Without any running skill […]
Marathon Training: A Love Story
I never thought I’d ever dream of running a marathon again; I had this dream a few years ago and quit when I thought it would be impossible. 26.2 miles is a really long distance and I just couldn’t wrap my brain around how I could ever manage running such a physical challenge. I’ve decided […]
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