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The Importance Of A Strong Support System
That “politics of safety” post that I wrote? That was tough for me. I mean, there’s nothing more foolish than feeling like you don’t even want to leave your house. Turning yourself into a hermit....
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You Never Forget Your First: My @GoArmy Ten Miler Experience
Written at 3AM, the morning of the race You know the feeling you get when you’re anxious – soooooo anxious – that you can’t sleep, but your eyelids protest the idea of staying open? That’s where I am...
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Returning Home
I made the awful – awful, awful, awful – decision to return back home to Indiana. I was basically leaving Miami in the middle of their cold snap, only to travel up North for a cold snap that actually...
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Eating Disorders When Dieting Wasn’t Enuf
Note from Erika: I am not a counselor, a nutritionist or anything other than a woman who writes what she thinks and feels, and rarely proofreads. If you fear being triggered, by all means… please don’t...
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Motivation and Measuring Weight Loss Progress: The Progress Dress
June 9, 2009 I’m almost tickled to tell this story. Partly because it’s lightweight embarrassing, but what the hey – it can’t hurt, right? Right? In 2007, I ordered a...
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BGG2WL vs Hurricane Sandy
To those who dropped me less-than-kind notes chewing me out about not talking about how the BGG2WL household was handling the Superstorm… I’m sorry! My bad. For me, I’ve spent so much time in Miami and...
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A Day At The Pentagon
That’s right. The Pentagon! As a part of my ability to work with the US Army, I was granted with the opportunity to visit the Pentagon. And, really, security was so unbelievably tight, that all I am...
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A Very Big Piece of My Weight Loss Story
The other night, on twitter, I was asked about different pieces of my story. I guess that means… more about my struggle? How I came to a point where I was comfortable with my efforts and my ability to...
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Why Am I Calorie Counting?
Calorie counting helped me see... that this one pot pie is two servings. Yes. TWO. I get so annoyed by people who say things like, “Oh, I don’t believe in calorie counting.” or “Calorie counting is...
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A Weekend With BlogHer 2012: Recaps, Rants, Raves and Relaxation
It was a stormy night… y’know, the kind where lightening strikes… …let me stop. I have to admit — attending conferences would’ve never been on my radar had it not been for Eden BodyWorks sponsoring me...
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Day 6: Coasting Into Day 7
So… it’s Friday. For those who’ve been following their hardest since Sunday, you’re probably feeling the pinch. You’re probably recognizing the way your life has changed – how much more time you devote...
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Finding My Purpose, And Getting Out Of My Own Damn Way
So…I guess I have to admit it. I’m having a quarter-life crisis. And since I plan on living well beyond 120 years old, it’s safe to call this quarter-life… maybe even premature. Whatever. When I...
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Video Vault: My Interview With @GoArmy For The #ArmyTenMiler
I am so overwhelmed with emotion right now. The US Army’s YouTube account posted video from my experience with them in DC, everything from the workout at the expo to the actual race, and even bringing...
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The Champ’s Toughest Fight
It really, truly felt like any other Friday. Like any other Friday, I rushed across the house like a madwoman, and Ed had to help me get myself together while I tended to Kyli, my daughter. Like any...
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My Quest For Michelle Obama Arms
I make no bones about the fact that I love our First Lady. Did I adore Laura Bush? Yes, but something about Michelle Obama just rocks to me. Maybe it’s just her arms. I’m not playing either. She looks...
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How Do You Know When You Love Someone… Or Yourself?
The title question is one that I saw come across my screen the other day and, in my usual fashion, I replied snarkily. “You know it’s love when you start giving up stuff you really like to see them...
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The Probationary New Yorker
It just dawned on me that 2012 is ending, which means that I’ve spent a full year living as a [probationary] New Yorker. As I’m marrying a life-long New Yorker who tends to take the title of “New...
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Weight Loss… and Your Libido
"Sex In Progress?" Nope.. not over here. If I can talk about stretch marks, cellulite, emotional eating and poop… surely, I can talk about this. Besides, it’s my blog. C’mon. C’mooooooooon. As I’ve...
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On Becoming “That Fit Bitch”
I used to be annoyed by her presence. She always had on workout clothes… whatever those were. She just always looked like she was headed to orrrr just leaving a rough and rugged workout session. I...
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Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, & Weight Gain: Facing Facts
I made the decision to pause on my post for the Clean Eating Boot Camp today because there’s something that, over the course of the past couple of days, has been bugging the daylights out of me. I may...
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