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Getting Motivated and Making It Happen

Getting Motivated and Making It Happen

Many people in my life have known me from “before” as a (funny) obese, chain-smoking couch potato and are fascinated by my transformation into a (funny) healthy living advocate and runner. One of the questions that I get asked most often is where I found the motivation to change my life so drastically. Before I [...]

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What does it take to be a change agent in your community?

What does it take to be a change agent in your community?

  “Motivation” isn’t always about losing weight or “dieting.”  It can be about simply setting goals and working to achieve them. Sure, that could be about your own weight loss (in which case your motivation may be to “feel better”), but it could be about a whole range of other things. One of my personal goals, as [...]

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The Widow

The Widow

“I don’t want to be a widow so young!” Those are the words that changed my life. Those are the words that motivate me everyday! When I was over 400 pounds, I was a walking time bomb! I knew there was no future. How could there be? Walking was a struggle, breathing was a struggle, [...]

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Strawberry Banana Breakfast Bake

Strawberry Banana Breakfast Bake

  I love all kinds of Big Batch breakfast casseroles and bakes. You know why? It means we have amazingly tasty and healthy recipes within reach whenever we need them for busy mornings. Of course, having such a delicious meal ready for weekend nibbles is fun too. This way you can have lazy mornings at [...]

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Motivating Motivation through Willpower

Different people have different ways of becoming and staying motivated.  There is the camp of those that need the benefit of social pressure to encourage adhering to goals.  Alternatively, there are those that rely on internal mechanism to push toward such goals.  I tend to fall in the latter camp.  I have never had a [...]

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