Category: Health

My First Whole30 Experience, Results and Recommendations

I chose to do the Whole30 for one reason. I felt gross and needed to detox my body. I was experiencing a lot of bad bloat and stomach issues that left me with a constant feeling of fullness no matter how little I ate or how many herbal remedies I tried. I hadn’t ever tried a […]

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Visiting Bend Oregon for the Bend Marathon

Best places to eat, stay and other things to do There are so many awesome things to do in Bend when visiting for the Bend Marathon. I’m an Oregon native who lived in Bend for 8.5 years (late 2005 to early 2014) enjoying the outdoor lifestyle prior to relocating to Chicago suburbs. The company I […]

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Intuitive Eating – A New State of Mind

I don’t want to start off this blog by saying, “I’m on a weight loss journey” or “I’ve started my weight loss journey” because honestly that shit has already started. In my opinion, which is the only opinion that matters when it comes to my “journey” into healthily eating, is that I started becoming more […]

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Learning to Run and Completing a 5k

For years I have wanted to be a “runner.” You know what I mean. One of those lean, tall, thin-bodied beauties who are sucked into their skin with the help of a neon colored spandex that you pass on the road. Or one of those hard-cored, muscular calved folks who can go for marathons and […]

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