Recently, I was at a hip party in New York with several of my friends. It was a charity event and I was wearing a cool Ralph Lauren dress and feeling good. I spent the first part of the evening meeting different people and connecting. At some point I sat down at a table next […]
If you are currently at a stage where you are overexercising or don’t eat enough food in general, don’t read this. This is for the people who are unhappy with the extra weight they put on, keep on and can’t seem to get off. This is for all the people who say: “Food is my […]
“You are what you eat.”- Anonymous I recently hosted a friend who was visiting from out of town with her husband and kids. She opened up to me about her weight, because it was on her mind and she knew that I had lost a lot of it– 130 pounds, actually! She told me that […]
As many of you know from reading my blogs, I’m a procrastinator. For years I procrastinated about losing weight until I finally became serious about my body and got healthy. After that, I really took on my procrastinator trait in several areas of my life and “leashed it.” As you may have guessed, I still […]
I enjoy a good tarot card or personality test reading every now and again. I am not offended by the notion that I could learn more about myself through a new lens. But years ago, when my coach suggested my body was also a “reading,” I was taken aback. My body! I barely even […]
One evening in the spring of 2008, I was sitting at the kitchen table of my childhood home in Maryland, talking to my mom about life. I had lost more than 120 pounds and was wearing a size 6 (though I was still 10 pounds from my ultimate goal weight). I had left Maryland years before […]
Crap in, crap out. It’s just time to stop eating crap. I know it’s obvious, but what you put in obviously affects what you get out and I am not talking about your bowels only. When you eat dead, processed, sugared, preserved crap, how could you possibly expect to feel good, lively, clear-headed and brave? […]
When I first started coaching, I was 75 pounds overweight and desperate to lose it. I assumed that my work with my life coach, Lauren Zander would be about my body. Not so. Lauren told me I had to change my personality first, because that was what was impacting my body. What did my personality […]
I’ll never forget the day I walked away from my life in Los Angeles. It was a beautiful southern California day in the spring of 2005. I sat on the sidewalk outside a busy post office with a backpack and my laptop, waiting for a friend to pick me up. I weighed 265 pounds and […]
I’m back at it about health. Maybe it’s the Springtime inspiring me. And I see some of you working on the areas of body and health more than ever. Ain’t it grand? Doesn’t it just shift everything when you start an exercise routine? Don’t you feel better about yourself on EVERY single level? Or […]
As you probably know, I am coaching Mastin on his love and design of his dream body. What a great test case; he is one stubborn cookie! I have gotten in trouble in the past on this blog for my fixation on controlling the foods people eat. I have been accused of having and projecting […]
Greetings from an awesome summer time! This is my first summer living in my new house on the lake, and I’ve been relishing afternoons on the water and time in the sun (with sunscreen, of course!). It’s from a place of pride and self-love that I can recall – many years and 130 pounds ago […]
