People struggle a lot to meet goals, and there is a lot of writing on the subject. Hey, me too! I can write about it too! As a morbidly obese alcoholic with depression, I had a lot of behavioral health goals that eluded achievement. In fact, most of my life, I knew nothing but failure… Continue reading #Life Goals
I’ve been hearing for a long time that emotions are something you feel in your body. Something angers you, or makes you afraid, or skyrockets your anxiety, and your body is responding almost before you know there’s something to respond to. Your autonomic nervous system elevates your heart rate and prepares you to fight or… Continue reading Love in the Body
Everyone hates the Fat Kid. The Fat Kid is always annoying, whiny, and soft. No one in the 80s had any hesitation making fun of the fat kid’s weight. From Vern in “Stand By Me” to Chunk in “The Goonies,” there were abundant models of what the Fat Kid is like, and how you should… Continue reading Fat Kid
To lose weight, you have to exercise. Right? My whole life, that’s what I heard. The doctors said, find exercise that you enjoy and can sustain, and you’ll have fitness for life. Calories in, calories out. Nevermind that it took literally hours of strenuous work to burn off the calories in a single modest meal.… Continue reading Huffing and Puffing
Spoiler: It sure is! After years of success on keto as a meat-eater, I went vegetarian last year. I wasn’t sure how that was going to work – I really loved all the bacon, and chicken breasts, and sausages, and perfect steaks I got to enjoy on keto. Every meal had meat at the center,… Continue reading Is It Even Possible? Vegetarian Keto
I have talked in this blog about a long, dark time in my life when I was 300 – 350 pounds. You don’t get to that kind of weight without having some serious binge eating disorder. I have struggled for years with compulsive overeating – and it truly is compulsive. It is something I do… Continue reading My First Addiction
I’ve bragged a few times in this blog about how good the food is on keto. Every diet involves sacrifices. I had to decide what I was okay living without, what was available to me instead, and what I got in return for those sacrifices. When you can eat a crab and bacon omlet smothered… Continue reading Kicking Carbs with Keto
