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Video Post: Coping with Negative Emotions

In this video post, I talk about how I am handling episodes of depression and anxiety while on my weight-loss journey. Please share your own strategies in the comments!

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How Do You Find the Right Plan?

It’s not hip to admit it, but I crave structure and routine on some deep, primal level. A big part of me wants an authority figure to put my trust in. The problem is that inside this would-be follower is a very stubborn, itchy, restless brain that finds holes in almost everything, and something to [...]

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A DIY Fat Loss Challenge

I experienced a minor pang of jealousy recently when I realized my two co-workers and another woman in our boot camp were going to be participating in the CrossFit Relentless Adventure Challenge, which is an intensive 8-week program. From the official website, here are some of the components of their challenge: 8 weeks of workouts emailed [...]

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Guess What? You Don’t Need Motivation

Back during some of my less successful weight-loss attempts, I used to beat myself up for not feeling motivated. I would wake up, not feel like eating right or exercising, proceed to berate myself internally for not feeling like doing these things, and then (surprise?) not do them. But it turned out I was misguided. And [...]

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Video Post: Good Weight-Loss Days

My first Tiny Glow video—just a quick reminder that good weight-loss days do happen!

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Losing a Pound (and My Sanity?)

It just doesn’t feel right to let a weigh-in day pass without a post, so although I don’t have lots to say tonight, here I am. I have been pretty quiet here on Tiny Glow lately, and in the past that would have meant I had fallen off the wagon, or strayed from the path, [...]

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