Hmm I think I meant “flash by you any day,” but saying I’d “flash you” is just plain fun (but so *not* true!)! If you’ve seen my recent challenge updates, I’ve been rollerblading… a lot… How does an avid runner who usually shuns other versions of cardio as “frou frou” bring herself to rollerblade? Umm…it’s [...]

Hello friends! It’s been three weeks of the This Ain’t No Freshman 15, This is the Final 10 Challenge and that means it’s WEIGH-IN time!  Before you read my stats below, make sure to check out Jen, Prior Fat Girl’s, blog to see how she’s coming along! Here we go: Starting Weight: 138 lbs. Weight [...]

It was an abnormally gloomy and chilly day for being summer in Southern California, but the weather has been schizophrenic lately, so I guess it’s not that surprising.  I was alone running on the beach. The wind blew through my curly fro mane, the waves beckoned to me as they coyly hissed and sizzled, and [...]

It’s been two weeks of the This Ain’t No Freshman 15, This is the Final 10 Challenge and that means it’s WEIGH IN time!  >:[ Before you read my stats below, make sure to check out Jen, Prior Fat Girl’s, blog to see how she’s coming along! Alright, I bare all: Starting Weight: 138 lbs. [...]

*Edited. Addendum at bottom. I needed a title that would encompass all of the things I wanted to touch upon in this post, and I thought making a sentence from unrelated topics would be fun! It is, dontcha think? So first up on the list… RUNNING I ran for 20 minutes yesterday after a month-long [...]

Hi, my name is Annabel and I am a recovering extremist. It began as a subtle transformation, six years of this journey has been me slowly and healthily weaning myself off of bad habits and gaining the knowledge and determination to gain and stick to good, healthy habits.  Then I said, “Bah! I want it [...]

My best friend Tamara and I have been training to run the Salt Lake City Marathon on April 18th for a while now.  Like most friends, we push each other to excel and support each other through all of life’s roadblocks, potholes and whatever other figurative street images you can think of that express challenges.  [...]

We’ve all been dreading this word, but I have to say it…GYM.  I know, I know.  Immediately you groan and images of sweat and grossness are conjured.  Come on guys — exercise is an integral part of maintaining your health.  Here are the five ways I’ve learned to keep myself going back to the gym [...]

I am a calorie counter and to this day you will find me running tabs on my computer calculator or on a sheet of paper.  Knowing how much you’re consuming and how much you’re burning is a dummy-proof way to manage your weight whether you’re trying to lose or maintain it (or even gain if [...]

At nineteen years old, my twin brother Chris and I had enough with our personal “status quo” of obesity. Of course, we had had “enough” countless times before and danced the hokey pokey on the weight-loss bandwagon. But getting fed up and ignited to change something within us seems to be a recurring theme (see [...]