…came from a teenager! Imagine that! Most of the time we think of teenagers as difficult, angsty, and disrespectful, right? That’s the stereotype. Luckily, I have never thought of teens that way. Good thing, in my line of work. But for as admirably as I think of them most of the time, even I was [...]
Archive for August, 2011
My Best Compliment Ever…
Posted in Do Life, feeling good, healthy outlook, inspiration, life, motivation, self esteem, weight loss, tagged beauty, compliments, teaching, teenagers on August 31, 2011 | 8 Comments »
HYC Update: Progress on 2011 Goals
Posted in anticipation, Do Life, excitement, exercise, family, feeling good, fitness, food, friends, goals, gym, health, healthy choices, healthy outlook, Healthy You Challenge Update, inspiration, life, mental changes, moderation, motivation, organization, preparation, self esteem, weight loss, working out, tagged aspirations, focus, goals, hope, intention, new year's goals, objectives, resolutions, stay active plan, targets on August 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Happy Tuesday, Everyone! After reading Carina’s post recently, I’ve decided that it’s about time to review my progress on my 2011 goals that I set way back in January. Scale Junkie also mentioned that we’re entering the last quarter of the year – only 4 months left in 2011 – so I think it’s about [...]
Quiet Weekend Update
Posted in Do Life, food, goals, healthy choices, meal planning, organization, preparation, weight loss, tagged puppy training classes, Sofi!!!!!!, The Help, weekend update on August 29, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This past weekend was really quiet. I wasn’t feeling very well – I’d gotten a bit of a back-to-school cold – so I took it easy. I laid low most of the day on Saturday, but then when my friend called me at the last minute to ask if I was able to join her [...]
And the Winner Is…(Announcing the 900th Blog Giveaway Winner)
Posted in anticipation, Do Life, excitement, feeling good, friends, life, tagged Amazon.com, Apple iTunes, blog anniversary, giveaway, prize, winner on August 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Thank you all for helping me to celebrate my 900th post. I received 33 comments, twitter follows, and blog subscriptions. Each time someone commented, tweeted, or followed, I entered their name in the list, which is why you’ll see some people’s names there multiple times. I put everyone’s name into the Randomizer and here’s what [...]
HYC Update: BtS Plan Update
Posted in Do Life, exercise, feeling good, fitness, food, goals, gym, health, healthy choices, healthy outlook, Healthy You Challenge Update, inspiration, life, moderation, motivation, organization, preparation, self esteem, weight loss, working out, tagged Back to School Weight Loss Plan, BtS Plan, happiness, HYC Update, pep, pride, update, vigor on August 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Happy Tuesday, Everyone! Before I get into today’s blog post, I wanted to let you all know that Sofi is doing wonderfully well, and is back to her adorable self (if you want to see the cutest puppy photo ever, click that link). And in keeping with dog health, I wanted to say that [...]
FMM: The Last Thing
Posted in Do Life, feeling good, friends, life, weight loss, tagged FMM, Friend Making Monday, The Last Thing on August 22, 2011 | 5 Comments »
If you’ve taken part in FMM then you know the rules. If you’re new, please take a moment to answer this week’s question on your own blog then add your link in the comments section at: www.alltheweigh.com so we can all see your FMM questions and answers. Please invite your blog readers to add their [...]
For Scale Warfare
Posted in anticipation, Do Life, excitement, friends, goals, health, healthy choices, healthy outlook, inspiration, life, motivation, weight loss, tagged BFF, blogging, blogging buddies, get well soon, recovery, Scale Warfare, surgery, VSG, WLS on August 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As many of you may know, Scale Warfare is my blogging BFF. More than that, she and I are in communication with each other every single day, which is a lot more than I talk to many of my “real life” friends. She and I have shared this journey for several years now – through [...]
Bella’s Back-To-School Weight Loss Plan
Posted in anticipation, Bella Cooks, Do Life, exercise, fitness, goals, gym, health, healthy choices, healthy outlook, inspiration, life, moderation, motivation, organization, preparation, weight loss, working out, tagged Back-To-School Goals, dreams, eating plan, goals, plans, workout plan on August 21, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I’m sorry for my lack of posting this past week; it’s been so busy with getting ready for the start of school tomorrow. But I promise to be back to my regular blogging from here on out. I missed writing and I had so many ideas to share that I was practically bursting at the [...]


My 900th Blog Post – A Giveaway!
Posted in Do Life, excitement, feeling good, health, inspiration, life, motivation, weight loss, tagged 900th blog post, Amazon.com, Apple iTunes, blogging, comments, giveaway, Twitter, writing on August 22, 2011 | 9 Comments »
That’s right! This is my 900th post. I can’t believe I’ve written that many posts in a little under 3 years. Then again, I am verbose, so it shouldn’t be too surprising. Over the course of that time, I’ve written about my triumphs, my tribulations, my victories, and my letdowns. Through it all, you guys [...]
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