Health and Fitness
Movement! Spin, run, swim, dance, instructing, training, picking up heavy things!
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Big ol’ Bucket
Today marks my 208 week streak (4 years!) with Peloton. It’s no secret that dumb things motivate. Hello?! I ride a bike in my house that goes nowhere and get virtual badges for my efforts. On paper – I get it. SO. DUMB. But…it works. This is the longest stretch of consistency with nutrition and… Continue reading
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Run #50
I have started more than a few organized running programs, such as Couch-to-5k and others from famous running coaches and apps – but I’ve never completed any of them in 13+ years of running. Because dumb things motivate me, such as virtual badges of achievement, I started yet another program, only this time it was… Continue reading
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HOPs
It’s no mystery that being outdoors is amazing medicine for our mental health. Personally, it’s been an oft-used tool in the anti-depressant toolkit. (Moving closer to the equator had a big role in that as well!) We started this thing in a fitness group chat called HRPs, or Happy Run Photos, that morphed into Happy… Continue reading
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Running
I had planned to do a couple of runs a few days ago. Well over halfway done with an 8-week running program, the kids’ spring break demolished my carefully laid plans to workout. I used to run all the time. Over a decade ago, I ran multiple times per week and cross trained with bootcamp… Continue reading
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What Are You Eating?
I have been asked this question many times. Someone I haven’t seen in a while remarks on body composition changes, or clear skin, or some muscle definition. I get a message along these lines: “What are you doing? Is it 75 Hard? Whole 30? Give me the deets! You look great!” And as has happened… Continue reading
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Hard Things
Got a message from a friend asking if I’d listened to the latest Huberman Lab podcast. I hadn’t, but quickly went to load it onto my “Up Next” list because I love Huberman and have recommended his episode on What Alcohol does to the Body about a bazillion times. (No lie, actual number.) I’m halfway… Continue reading
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Sports – A Love Letter
Ahhh, sports. Athletics hasn’t been a huge thing for us as a family. Our son dabbled in little league for a couple of years. He was more interested in picking dandelions in the outfield than watching for pop fly balls. (Later we learned that his right eye is blind and of course that impacts his… Continue reading
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Face Punch
On the Peloton platform, they’ve gamified fitness utilizing badges and milestones to mark significant workouts. Garmin does this too, as does Apple and other fitness trackers. I have no judgment about this – I find them motivating. I would still move my body without them, of course, but it is fun! We have a Sober… Continue reading
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Lightbulb Moments from Sharing Sobriety
I recently shared my getting sober story within a fitness group online. It was a conversation that was real and honest and vibrantly highlighted the lessons learned in early sobriety, from the vantage point of where I am now. It was a great experience to be able to articulate why I find sobriety important and… Continue reading
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2000 Days
I don’t think about the day count much anymore, until someone mentions it in sober circles and I pull up the app and take a look. I recently hit 2000 days of sobriety. 2041 days today in fact. Reflecting back on the sober time – it’s motivating, but definitely not a daily forefront-of-the-mind thing like… Continue reading
Life and Other Stuff 