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  • Know Better, Do Better: The Myth of the Fat Burning Zone

    In the spirit of paying it forward, I am planning on sharing interesting and helpful information I have learned through my preparation for my Certified Personal Training exam. A Weight Watchers leade...
    Mar 06, 2012 4 Comments

  • Disney’s latest attraction: fat shaming?

    I know everyone by now as seen the campaign put out by Children’s Healthcare of Georgia to bring awareness to childhood obesity. Along similar lines, Disney World has opened a new interactive ex...
    Feb 29, 2012 No Comments

  • Mary Henslee, CPT

    I did it. I passed. I am a certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. The challenge wasn’t so much in learning the material (although it was a challenge.) The ch...
    Feb 24, 2012 18 Comments

  • Challenge Accepted

    Some of us rise to them. Others shy away from them. The challenge. The shall-onje. A battle of wits. A binary duel between the forces of good and evil, out of which rise a glorious winner and a defeat...
    Feb 09, 2012 5 Comments

  • Not buying it

    Among the great plays, polar bears and Clint Eastwood tear-jerkers, last night’s Super Bowl had another recurring theme. Nearly naked women. Now, obviously, this is a huge sporting event that at...
    Feb 06, 2012 10 Comments

  • Certifiable

    My first day in the gym, back in 2007, went something like this. Trainer: “Do you want to warm up on the elliptical?” Me: “Um, sure.” <The spinning thing over there? I guess...
    Feb 03, 2012 2 Comments

  • I am Wonder Woman, or how I gained perspective.

    Perspective is a powerful tool. A subtle shift in thinking can make everything around you appear different. Powerful tool or super power? I haven’t been a very good Weight Watchers person latel...
    Feb 02, 2012 4 Comments

  • Why I Don’t Write

    Words move me. I love the way they come together, the way your brain searches for a juicy descriptor, elegant transition or witty play on words. They snap into place in a sentence, and you know when t...
    Feb 01, 2012 2 Comments

  • Weekly Weigh-in 11/4/11

    Previous weight: 183.2 Current weight: 180.8 Change: -2.4 Total Loss: 76.2 lbs What a week! I had set a goal to get under 180 by November 4, and while I didn’t get there, I got really darn close...
    Nov 07, 2011 4 Comments

  • Weekly Weigh-in 10/28/11

    Previous weight: 183.4 Current weight: 183.2 Change: -0.2 Total Loss: 73.8 lbs I’ve got 2 words to describe this weigh-in: Manchego cheese and jalapeno cornbread with maple butter Vanilla ice cr...
    Nov 01, 2011 2 Comments