Category Archives: weight loss
Burning It Off
In my last post, I wrote about what calories are and how I set my goals. In that post I noted that a simple equation for caloric balance was: Energy consumed – energy expended = energy balance I wrote a … Continue reading
A Simple Equation
After I downloaded the MyFitnessPal app, I jumped right in! My calorie goal was 2,040 calories. When I first started this adventure, I understood that a person needed a certain number of calories a day. Thanks to nutrition labels and … Continue reading
Part of a Complete Breakfast
How do you define running? I never thought much about that until well into my running career but in the beginning, running was just whatever was faster than walking. For me, running wasn’t (and still isn’t) a fixed concept. If … Continue reading
The Luxury of a Chunky Puppy
Before I go any further, I want to note that this story is my own. I’m not a medical professional and so on. I’m just a person who found some stuff that made her happy. After I quit smoking, I … Continue reading
No Epiphanies
People sometimes ask how I lost 100 pounds but I think that the better question is why I lost it. The answer to this question isn’t short but I’d like to share a few key points about how I arrived … Continue reading
Spent the morning running a 5k in Wakefield with the Mystic Runners. It wasn’t my best time but it’s a nice course. You can see, though, that this is not a conventionally beautiful image. I’m sweaty, sloppy, and winded. I … Continue reading
Two Hundred and Eighty Pounds
When people talk about quality of life, they don’t tend to get into the details of what that means. For me, it meant not being able to climb stairs as easily as I liked. It meant not being able to … Continue reading