When Mom is on a Diet

Dieting on your own... hard. But dieting with a family...well that’s a whole new set of craziness and challenges. How on earth do you diet with a family? When I was in law school I lost 80 pounds. I lived alone and therefore had complete control of my life and my surroundings. I could control …

What is Food?

What is food? Answering this seemingly common sense question was not only the key to finally ending the never ending diet yo-yo circuit but it also was one of the hardest things I had to do. I know this question seems obvious but do your REALLY know and understand what food is?? I certainly didn’t. …

Walking

Tying up my walking shoes this morning... Let’s talk about walking this morning. Walking, yes simple walking was how I dropped 75 of my 130 pound loss. I was too out of shape when I started to do anything but walk. I was too self conscious to join any class. I was so skeptical that …

Labels

Titles....Labels. They are pretty powerful things in our life. Being a “captain” on a team, earning my doctorate, the first time I was called an attorney... daughter, sister, friend... And of course the most important labels in my life... when I became a Mrs. and a Mom. Those are the good labels, the one we …

The Unexpected Diet Expert

The diet industry is a multi billion dollar industry. Type it into Google and you will see that people spend $35 BILLION dollars a year on weight loss products. People rush out in droves to find that miracle cure - the solution that gives us the biggest results with the least work. We long to …

This is Me

Recently, I’ve had a lot of new followers join us here on the blog. Thanks so much to all of you who continue to share my story or tell your friends to message me. I can’t believe what amazing people I have met along this journey! This little blog continues to grow bigger everyday and …

Greetings From the Orange Zone

Greetings from the Orange Zone! Just finished yet another Orange Theory workout and now I’m ready to kick off my day. Have you tried OTF yet?? Seriously people get in a studio if you haven’t. I spent the year trying every workout under the sun and nothing works like OTF. There is a reason these …

Tough Love

Okay time for some tough love. There are things in dieting that we don’t want to hear but we HAVE to hear. Sometimes we want things sugar coated but hey we are giving up sugar so we have to give up sugar coating too!! Sugar coating dieting actually makes the process harder to swallow no …

Supplements

My morning “coffee”... I start my mornings with a 4:30 am wake up call. I know that sounds crazy to most people but when you are a busy working Mom and wife you have to take the time where you can. 4:30-7:00 am is my time. And the best part is since my family is …

Orange Everest

I have found, much to my surprise, that the scale is not the best way to measure your success in a lifestyle change. Yes scales suck. We measure success with how many pounds we have lost. Oh sure I do it too... I lost 130 pounds and so yes the scale measured some of my …