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Look Better Naked

My motivation for working out was to look better naked and while I love my healthy lifestyle, I still want to Look Better Naked.

I Went to the Gym so I Wore a Short Skirt

Also known as soundtrack for returning to the gym when you are feeling all that and out of breath. For the first time in quite some time it was warm. No threat of snow, no biting temps, leave your coat in the car type of weather. Surprisingly I am not experiencing the familiar panic of not being ready for the…

December Goals

Today, December 1st, starts on a Sunday which makes me smile. I love the idea of a month starting on a Sunday, whcih is the start of MY week. There is something so orderly about a month (or year!) starting out on a Sunday. Anywho, instead of bemoaning the lack of fitness progress from last month here are my goals…

#Scarfvember recap: What 30 (ish) days of wearing scarves taught me

When my friend Pam challenged us all to wear scarves for 30 days, I thought I would just be showing off some of the scarves that I made, keeping warm and taking selfies. The 30 days of scarf wearing was so much more than that and here is what I learned. Scarvember showed me that I am not as bad…

Disfigured

  The negative thoughts have returned. Some are uglier than others but they all have the same result: to make me feel bad for existing. The usuals are all there: I’m fat, I’m lazy, I’m chubby. These have been joined by a fresh set of insults: I’m dumb, I’m not good enough, THEY won’t like me. At first I ignored…

Revising My Fitness Goals #fitforty

  Remember that goal I had to “Look Better Naked“, the ideas and bold declarations to lose weight, get in shape and not sound like Darth Vader? Not only am I sounding like Vader having an asthma attack, but I am beginning to feel like I look like some awful mash-up of Vader and Jabba the Hut and it’s not…