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Eat, Eat, Eat
30 April 08 03:04 PM | Corinne | 2 comment(s)

Most of you know I'm training for my first competiton in August. It's pretty exciting because Bill from our site and Lisa my friend (and PNP member) are doing it with me. The training is going well and I wanted to spend today discussing lessons...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Children, stressful situations, time management

My Home WAS My Diet Sanctuary
22 April 08 02:13 PM | Corinne | 4 comment(s)

I would blog about this on the autism site , but this is more about my resolve with food than Logan's new diet. Just for those who aren't familiar, Logan is on a GFCF (gluten free and casein free) diet. All of his food is now cooked naturally...

Filed under: Food Choices, Diet, Fat Girl Thinking, Children, stressful situations, lifetime, maintenance, cleaning out the pantry, goals

Stress and Weight Gain
10 April 08 10:48 AM | Corinne | 7 comment(s)

"Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Coincidence? I think not!" ~Author Unknown I belong to a weight loss support group at my husband's office and I just happened to open up the agenda for today. It's all about stress and it's...

Filed under: Sleep, stressful situations, cortisol

The REAL Reason for My Weightloss
08 April 08 06:47 PM | Corinne | 2 comment(s)

I have always said that my son inspired me to lose weight. He was one when I started feeling unable to keep up with the active little man. I feared he would learn my unhealthy eating habits, have a mommy he was ashamed of, and I would spend his youth...

Filed under: Motivation, stressful situations, lifetime

Facing Life's Issues
26 March 08 06:45 AM | Corinne | 1 comment(s)

We all have stress. There isn't a single person reading this blog right now who can say their life is perfect. What is "bad times" for one person is a "walk in the park" for another, but we CANNOT judge others by this. We all have...

Filed under: Making Exercise a Lifestyle, stressful situations, lifetime

Light Bulb Moments with Weight Loss and Exercise
28 February 08 02:33 PM | Corinne | 2 comment(s)

I'm going to tell a favorite joke of mine that illustrates a story one of my clients told today in our forums about her light bulb moment. Once there was a huge flood and a guy realized his house was going to be washed away. As he watched from the...

Filed under: Motivation, stressful situations

I Am Committed and Flawed
26 February 08 06:17 PM | Corinne | 8 comment(s)

A good friend of mine sent this to me and I thought I would share it with you. One evening an old Cherokee told his granddaughter about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My child, the battle is between 2 wolves" inside us all. One...

Filed under: Motivation, Fat Girl Thinking, stressful situations

Getting Fit and Losing Weight in 08: Tell Everyone You Know with a GOOD ATTITUDE
18 December 07 10:29 PM | Corinne | with no comments

Last night I went to dinner with my husband and son for the first time in awhile. We had some good news, it was late, and to be honest, I had no desire to clean up the kitchen. We went out and by the end of a pretty healthy meal I said to my husband,...

Filed under: Motivation, Fat Girl Thinking, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, stressful situations, food pushers

Prepping For a Stressful Day
31 October 07 05:58 AM | Corinne | 6 comment(s)

Today my mother is having a heart cath done. She's been having heart problems lately on top of other issues and today we will find out exactly what is going on and where they want her to go from here. Being a Personal Trainer and someone who's...

Filed under: Fat Girl Thinking, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, stressful situations