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About Elisha: 30-something mom with 100 pounds to lose. Learning to run, eat healthy, and be more truly myself. Follow Me!
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The Voice of Reason
For those of you wondering about my health situation, I did have some tests. They came back normal. This leaves me wondering, a) WTF is wrong with me? and b) why do I feel the need to believe I’m sick? … Continue reading
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Finding My Joy
(Cross-posted to Elisha Learns to Fly, a new blog I started to talk about everything else in my life. Because there’s more to life than weight loss.) I’m reading If I’m So Smart, Why Can’t I Lose Weight?: Tools to Get it … Continue reading
What You Seek
I’m doing it again. Still. I’m seeking external answers. I’m looking to some new diet, some expert to tell me what to do, how to do it, exactly what it is that I’m missing, that if I just had that … Continue reading
Oh, Hello There, Trigger
Today was supposed to be a good day. I took the day off work, as my daughter had a mid-morning doctor’s appointment (3-year wellness check) that landed smack in the middle of my work hours. My mom decided to tag … Continue reading
Return to Above
Since I started physical therapy in August, my weight has been slowly climbing back up. Sometimes not so slowly (Christmas, anyone?). The 20 pounds I lost last spring/summer are suddenly only 10, are somehow suddenly only 7. How does that … Continue reading
Doctor, Doctor
I went to the doctor this morning, like the good little girl that I am. Can I just say that I really love the doctors at the office I go to? I didn’t see my regular doctor this morning, because … Continue reading
Pain and Paranoia
January 2nd and already I’m missing out on my goals. Specifically, my goal of walking (on the treadmill for now) for at least 20 minutes every day. This afternoon, something painful happened to my ankle–the same ankle I sprained a … Continue reading
New Year, New … Me?
I have been sick and/or injured since August. Me, the one who never gets sick or injured. I’m on my third cold in three months, and I historically haven’t had more than one cold a year, if that. I injured … Continue reading
Inertia
Noun: inertia A disposition to remain inactive or inert (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force With health, as with all things, the hardest part is getting started. Once I get going in the right direction, it gets easier to keep going. Of course, that also means that once … Continue reading
ReMix: Your Beliefs Are the Problem
Every Sunday morning I post one of my older posts, mostly for myself. Seeing as how I’m still doing the same mental work, a lot of them are just as relevant today as they were when I wrote them. This … Continue reading
