Food Addict

Hello Friends! Yes, you read that right!  In my experience, sometimes setting the bar too high is enough to deter you from even getting started.  My example involves exercise (of course) but apply this to your own situation. I knew I had to get a workout in today (I'm in training---more about that in a future post) my program calls for High Intensity Cardio Intervals on this day.  They are just that...intense and require repeated bursts of energy, of which I had none this morning.  (busy week) I chose to do the Rutland Stairs.  115 steps, extremely steep and always guarantee a good burn!  It's about a 20 minute drive from my house. As soon as I was behind the wheel, I started making deals with myself.  I will just do eight repeats...that's a great workout...especially on a day when I have no desire to do it.  (I usually do 15 repeats) I arrived and got started...taking as little time as possible between sets I quickly found myself at six...I can do 10 I told myself.

Hello Friends. For as long as I can remember I have dreamed about being thin.  Life would be better, I would be prettier, people would like me more...if I was thin. Recently, I came across a picture of me that was taken 15 years ago...I was not thin...in fact the person staring back at me was 30 pounds heavier and almost unrecognizable.  It made me cry...not just tears, but sobs.  How could anyone have liked me...let alone love me?  Once I re-gained control of myself, I felt depressed, sad for the girl in that picture...but as I flipped through all of the photos (a trip to NYC with Curtis before we were engaged) I started remembering the places we'd visited, the laughs we'd shared and the memories made.  Wait, life WAS good then...I was just too obsessed with my weight to notice. Fast forward to the present and I now realize how much time I wasted 'vying' to be thin.  How much of our lives drift by while we're trying to be something else?  Now I am thin and I

Hello Friends! It's been a while.  I haven't sat down to write since I went back to the TV Biz!  It has been a very busy four months.  I can report though, that my family has adjusted well to our new and very packed schedule.  I feel like I am thriving and I have identified three very specific reasons for that. an extremely loving and supportive family (friends too!) two careers that fill me with inspiration a clean diet and regular exercise regime that keeps me energetic I'm so excited to let you know that I've managed to 'marry' my passion for food and exericise with my job at Global Okanagan.  A new series called 'Smart Moves' airs Friday's on CHBC News at 5 & 11.  It's a chance to share some healthy food and workout tips and hopefully it will inspire you to 'get moving'! I've enlisted the help of two local 'experts'.  People I trust and turn to myself for guidance.  Sean Hawthorne of One Life Health and Welln