I’m super excited to share some amazing news about my personal weight-loss journey. I came into 2018 at 338 lbs. There are many things that contributed to me going from someone weighing 220 lbs and being solid muscle to where I’ve found myself today. There was a major injury that took me almost 15 years …
Category: Fit4Autism
Jun 01 2018
This goes in the win column
We managed to beat the bad weather this afternoon and sneak in a a roughly 30 minute walk. It’s the first family walk we’ve gone on in at least a week. One of my goals this summer is to get the kids out walking at least a few times a week. We are going to …
Feb 27 2018
The main way I’m coping with the stress of being an #Autism parent
One of the things I’m pushing myself to do right now is manage my stress in more natural ways. My life is so full of stress, there’s times it hard to find room to breathe. What I’m trying to do is make the room for me to breathe and in doing so, give myself a …
Jan 19 2018
I’m making progress
Today is my second full day with the Fitbit Ionic. I’m really pumped to be using this to help me with my weight-loss journey. I’m very motivated to make the changes in my life that I need to, in order to improve my health, both mentally and physically. I’m setting reasonable goals and achieving them. …
Jan 13 2018
It’s worth swallowing my pride
I weighed myself today and I’m down two pounds. It’s important to understand that whole this is a good thing, I actually gained over the holidays. I actually hit 333 lbs over Christmas. I’m not entirely sure what happened but part of that was poor choices and the minor surgery I had in my back …
Jan 12 2018
It feels good to hurt like this again
I’m working in getting my fitness goals back on track. The holidays were rough and so were the first couple of weeks of withdrawaling from Paxil. As I’m feeling better, I’m trying to make a consistent effort to get things back on track. There are a few key areas I need to focus on: Improved …
Sep 20 2017
Weigh-in Wednesday: 9/20/2017 #healthiertogether
Okay, I’m really trying my best to keep making progress on this weight-loss journey. Stress is one of my biggest enemies when it comes to dieting and I’m not always doing as good of a job as I could be. With that said, while I’ve been met with temporary setbacks, I’ve also reaped some rewards …
Sep 19 2017
Sometimes I have to really push myself
It was a rough morning with before school meltdowns, that left me wishing I’d ignored the alarm and continued sleeping. Having said that, I want to make the best of what time I have in the day. Rather than giving into my desire to go straight home after dropping the boys off at school, climb …