Fat? or Fit???
I can’t believe that it’s already November. The past few months have literally flown by — and it’s hard to believe that in just about a month and a half, I’m going to be heading out west for Christmas break at my parents’ house in British Columbia. I’m looking forward to the getaway, but I’m also looking forward to seeing my sister from New Zealand, who I haven’t seen in three years. She and I are quite close, and traveling this journey towards better health is something that I always thought I’d do with her by my side. Needless to say, the first moment that I see her is likely going to be an emotional one — but it’s

Finding my hero…
As many of you know, I have recently taken up indoor cycling as an amazing way to crank up my cardiovascular training. Things were getting a bit boring on the elliptical machine at the gym, so I went to a spinning class, and got hooked instantly. I wrote about it in a recent blogpost, and since then have grown more and more excited by the prospects of getting stronger and better at this new activity. I suppose that one of the reasons why I get such a great kick out of it is because I feel like I’m part of a community of sorts. I know that many people participate in exercise classes, go through the motions, and don’t necessarily feel any sort of connection to the people around

It is what it is.
I’ve taken a bit of a break from running in the past two weeks. I did my 5km run and am still feeling incredible about my accomplishment. But, the weather has been crappy, and life has been a bit nutty. My landlord decided to put the house up for sale, so for the whole of last week, I hardly got to spend any time at my place because teams of agents and potential buyers were coming through for private viewings and open houses. This surrender of my home really threw a wrench in my week. My friends Liza and Lindsay were a tremendous help with my dog — Rosie was able to go hang out at there house during the day while complete strangers walked through my house (without taking off

Defeat and Determination
Exerpt from this post … All the people in the diet world strive for the following situation: “Man, those chips look good. I’d like to eat those…. wait… wait… I don’t need these. I’m not that hungry. This will not help me lose weight, and I won’t feel any better.” And you move on without eating. This is still so far from the truth from me that I don’t make it past the first sentence. The food goes from my hand to mouth before I realize what I’m doing, it seems. It’s like I

That’s Going To Leave A Mark
I woke up early today with the intention of going to the gym and having the rest of my day fall into place. Instead, I lounged around for two hours and slacked on getting ready. At one point, I was convinced that I was going to flake out and skip today. I mean, I skipped last night so what’s one more day? A lot. That’s what. Eventually I decided that enough was enough and I got my ass in gear. On the way out I swung open my door which hit my shoe. Unfortunately, my brain thought there was enough clearance to move forward and I ended up walking straight into it. My forehead got nice and red within seconds. I looked in the mirror and thought to myself, “Yep. That&#