A friend messaged me tonight and asked me that question … and yes, I know it’s Google-bait, but I thought, “that would make a great topic for a post!” When I started on my “fitness journey” (god, that…
Things I learned losing weight
This diet has not been going well
by Pattie Reaves • November 11, 2012 • 0 Comments
Blog friends, I have been avoiding you. This diet was not going well. And it’s a lot easier to write about how great everything is, and how easy losing weight is, and the pressure to feel inspirational, motivational, etc., etc. So…
Build a habit by working on little victories
by Pattie Reaves • August 24, 2012 • 1 Comment
Guys, I’ve had a really good week this week. And the week’s not even over. Sometimes you have bad weeks, training-wise, and sometimes you have good weeks. I feel like I’ve had a lot of bad weeks lately. Just pounding…
Work, rest and food
by Pattie Reaves • July 30, 2012 • 3 Comments
Training is this delicate balance between work, rest and nutrition. You need to work hard in order to get stronger. You need to eat in order to get energy. And you need to rest in order to heal. So, I’ve…
Does monitoring your weight help you lose weight?
by Pattie Reaves • February 2, 2012 • 1 Comment
A leading blog title. So sue me. To review, for those of you who are new: I’ve been clinically overweight for most of my life, at least since I was 14. My latest continuous effort to really curb my weight and improve…
TIL: Recognize (and work towards minimizing) stress.
by Pattie Reaves • October 12, 2011 • 1 Comment
This is the first in post in my promised series: Things I learned losing weight. It’s a list of principles that guided me along the way, and patterns of behavior that made taking and keeping the weight off easier. One…
Introducting: Things I learned
by Pattie Reaves • September 22, 2011 • 2 Comments
I just wrote a crazy long post (pictures, really) about what I looked like before and after the Couch to 5K. I had a few things up on the blog back when it was on Tumblr, and I’ve posted a…