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I completed a Mamavation 2 Week Challenge!

A few months ago I came across a Twitter campaign that was focused on taking down some negative billboards in Atlanta that tried to shame parents into getting their kids to slim down.  One of the most vocal leaders of this campaign was Bookieboo.  Turns out that Bookieboo also happens to be the founder of [...]

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Stephon Watts vs. John Q. Public

Like many people, I have several different hats I wear throughout the day.  One of those hats happens to be as an advocate for autism families. When I heard that Stephon Watts had been shot and killed by Calumet City Police in February, I was very upset.  According to news reports (and yes, I understand [...]

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Serving myself a massive helping of guilt

Avoidance. I can be pretty good at that sometimes. I’ve been avoiding this blog because no matter what I seem to do these days, I keep losing and gaining the same 2 pounds week after week.  It’s embarrassing.  I read Facebook posts of friends who are obese like myself and I see them posting “I’ve [...]

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Making Changes That Last

So I told you a few weeks ago that I hired an online personal trainer.  I was expecting some fitness routines, goals to work towards – the usual you’d expect from a trainer. But what I got was something a lot more difficult. My trainer, Nichole, is very much into the mental health aspect of [...]

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I hired a personal trainer

I’ve been doing a lot of reading and self-reflecting this month and I finally came to the decision that I have to do something different — something I’ve never done before — in order to shake my fitness/weight loss struggle. I hired an online personal trainer. Her name is Nicole Kellerman and I found her [...]

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