Archive for the 'self-esteem' Category

when I don’t feel awful about myself and, in fact, think I am kind of cute.
when I want to eat cheese and crackers and drink wine until 3 in the morning.
when I give in and do just that.
when I wonder if there is something wrong with me — a tumor, hyperthyroidism, etc. — that makes [...]


SparkPeople

24Oct06

So,I’m a human. I use tools. Like a big-brained monkey. And I’ve decided that in my quest to defatty-fy, I’m going to use SparkPeople. I’ve used the site before, well, I’ve looked at it before. I’ve been on their mailing list for months. They send weekly updates and profiles of success stories and little digital [...]


Well, I blew it. I had a good thing — no, a great thing — going for two whole months. In Exercise Time for me, that’s a very long time. I felt great and I was making tangible progress. But I took a trip to visit my friends for a few days and when I [...]


On hotness

27Jun06

One of the things I grapple with most about this quest to get fit is my motivation. It is true that I don’t want to have heart disease and diabetes when I get older, and that the surest way to offset my more unhealthy habits is to move the body around and get the blood [...]


Seriously, how is it that I have gone two weeks without writing here? It makes it impossible to catch up. The good news is, just because I haven’t been writing doesn’t mean I haven’t been working out.
I’m in the gym at least three times a week (I think I was there four times last week; [...]