I’ve always considered myself to be a healthy individual—I’ve only had to take off one “real” sick day from work in the past 3 years (the others were used up for maternity leave and mental health days), I went years without having a doctor to call my own, and the greatest health challenge I’d ever …
It seems like the last month went by really fast, and it makes me freak out a little inside to know that my baby is already two months old. (FYI, Raven will get her own little update after she has her doctor’s appointment on Monday, in which she has to get all those dang shots. …
You all knew this post was coming, right? I mean, with as many posts as I’ve done on running and clean eating and health in general, it should come as no surprise that I’d have to do some kind of conglomeration of thoughts on body after baby. And boy, do I ever have thoughts on …
It’s true, folks—you can actually, legitimately live and survive without your gallbladder firmly in place, dishing up extra bile to your kidneys (or whatever the heck it does). I’m living proof. It’s been an odd week, though–there have been stitches to get used to, some interesting trips to the bathroom (TMI?), and a lot of …
I never made it official here on the blog, but the way I’m doing new year’s resolutions this year is to pick a different thing to focus on each month. That way, I won’t be torn into a million different directions like I usually am with resolutions, but at the same time I’ll be …
One thing I quickly realized about being pregnant is that I can basically use it as an excuse for everything– I forgot we had that meeting today? Blame it on pregnancy brain. I was late for work yesterday morning? Blame it on morning fatigue and my struggle to move quickly. I almost started crying over …
Well, I made it through—even if there were several close calls involving hidden amounts of sugar, processed-food temptations (like cold cereal), and my brain rebelling against the idea of so many banana peppers in one week. Just for a refresher, here were the rules: For seven days, I challenged myself to avoid processed sugar in …
Time to get real here, folks— I have been 100% guilty of spending a lot of time lately with the Ghosts of Weights Past & Future. In other words, instead of focusing on my current body shape and what I’m currently capable of, my mind keeps drifting back to “happier” weight times (like back …
