The Tao of Me

I finished my last run of the year (a short, uneventful 3-miler). As I logged the workout, the OCD in me decided to crunch some numbers – rather shocking since I am not a numbers person. Here’s the 2011 numbers: 72 Spin/Bike Trainer workouts 43 Swim workouts 76 Yoga classes (!!!) 41 standalone Core workouts [...]

Earlier this month, when I first started thinking about 2011, all I could think about was the 2 DNF’s I had this year. And then I didn’t want to reflect upon the year anymore. But I’ve had a lot of downtime during this week’s staycation, looked beyond those 2 unfortunate incidents and found that there [...]

It’s about that time of year when everyone is setting goals for the New Year. Most people set fitness goals, so if you are someone who is just getting into fitness, I’m going to share a bit of advice that I wish someone gave me 8 years. 1. Take a Before Photo Not only will [...]

A FitBit is a tiny, wearable device, sort of like a pedometer that tracks your everyday steps, activities, calories burned, sleep, etc to help you stay fit. You can log your food, workouts, track your weight, blood pressure, and heart rate, keep a health journal – it does almost everything. A friend first introduced the [...]

Motivation isn’t something we have or don’t have. Motivation isn’t a thing. It is a phenomenon and a series of practices that get us going and doing the things that give us the body and life we want and it is unique to each of us. Motivation is not discipline. Motivation isn’t about doing what [...]

After 2 days of family, fun and lots of food (we could’ve fed a small nation with the amount of food consumed), it’s time to get back on the bandwagon and start rebuilding myself to where I was a month ago. Last week I had my regular appointment with Dr. Eva, my chiropractor. I’ve been [...]

As with my therapist, I also meet regularly with my nutritionist, Danielle. This nutritionist is a free benefit that I get through work. I’ve been meeting with her monthly for the past 18 months and she has been instrumental in helping me deal with such things as the GI issues I developed earlier this year. [...]

There is a funny little sticker that says, “Running Is Cheaper Than Therapy.” Well ironically, therapy is helping me because I haven’t been able to run – 18 days and counting. I started seeing a therapist 8 months ago after dealing with terrible insomnia for 6 months before that. I was tired of taking the [...]