A Journey to Fit & Fast

I belong to a couple fitness and weight loss related groups on Facebook, and a lot of the posts today have got me to thinking. Our economy and our culture THRIVES on making people feel like they are less than, not good enough, broken, too heavy, and making people be self loathing.  A lot of people were talking about their habits over the weekend and often referred to their eating habits as 'bad' or foods as 'bad.' We put so much emotion or many characteristics on inanimate objects or choices. There is no emotion in those things. There are choices that make us feel proud of our choices, and make our bodies feel nourished, and then there are choices that make us feel less proud of our choices and make our bodies feel less nourished and sometimes even sick.  That's it. Simply. I think back to when I wanted to be 'thin' (which was a rather significant portion of my life). I came from a place of not honoring my body for all that it has done. I came from a pla...

I have never been a fan of 'resolutions.' I think they are often made in haste, and tend to be easier to let slide as the year's stresses and important events happen.  I am, however, a fan of goals. I tend to be 'Miss Accomplish Goals with vigor,' so I sat this morning and thought about my goals for 2016. Following my knee injury from the marathon (an overuse injury, no doubt), I have not put much mileage in, but instead have done shorter distances of running with my triathlons (so incorporating swimming and biking for the extra endurance). I love the sport of triathlon and want to go after that this year without a doubt. I also have physical goals that I want to accomplish to be healthier also.  So, without further ado, my physical goals for 2016: 1) Get down to my goal weight (my goal is essentially to be in the healthy range at Weight Watchers and for my BMI). It isn't a magic number, but a healthy range where I feel comfortable. 2) Complete Dam to Dam ...