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Continue reading →: Transforming My Body: From 230 Pounds to a Healthy LifestyleOne woman’s journey of losing 90 pounds and becoming a marathoner and personal trainer.
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Continue reading →: The Cultural Value of FoodOne of my failed attempts to lose weight included the denial of the value of food, outside of its caloric value. Here’s what I mean: When you look back on your childhood, what kind of food do you remember? I remember the way a peanut butter and jelly on white…
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Continue reading →: An Ode to Women 50+One of the best things about being a personal trainer is that I get to meet lots of people from various backgrounds. It is fascinating to start noticing trends and similarities between people. Here’s what I mean: When women start talking about their history with exercise, they start by telling…
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Continue reading →: Where I Find InspirationI love to be inspired. “Inspire” is actually my favorite word. Here are some of the people that I find most inspirational: People who have experienced hardship. But not just experienced it— went through it and changed from it, for the better. Sometimes they come out the other side with…
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Continue reading →: 5 Character Traits You Need to Start a Fitness JourneyWillingness to face the facts and the determination to work through it. Before I started my fitness journey, I never weighed myself because it hurt my feelings and it was better not to know. When I started my journey, I had to face the facts and weigh myself which felt…
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Continue reading →: Fitness GoalsWhen I started my fitness journey 5 years ago, what I wanted most was “the appearance of thin”. I might have felt vain and insecure expressing it that way, so I disguised it as “my health”, but that’s what I really wanted the most. “Appearing thin” is still important to…
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Continue reading →: If, then…I learned recently that people are more successful in achieving long-term health and wellness if they adopt a mindset of, “if, then.” For example, “If I can’t workout 3 times this week, then I will workout 2 times and take a long walk.” Or, “If I’m going to eat birthday…
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Continue reading →: Be Present Where Your Feet Are
We all have trauma. Some of it’s from childhood, and we’ve grown up with it and we’re used to it. It has shaped who we are, how we think, and how we perceive the world. We may not even be aware of how it continues to affect us as adults.…
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Continue reading →: Guilt for Good
In my previous unhealthy lifestyle, I never felt guilty for not working out. I didn’t work out for like, 5 years in a row, so any feelings about my inactivity were just another day to me. They either weren’t significant, or I was skilled at suppressing them. Now that I’m…
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Continue reading →: Sober for LifeMy lifetime experience with alcohol is not that exciting. I have never felt dependent on it. I don’t miss it or notice it if it’s not around. I rarely keep any in the house and would usually only have 1-2 drinks on a special occasion. But, when I started to…
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Continue reading →: Discipline is Freedom“Only the disciplined ones in life are free. If you are undisciplined, you are a slave to your moods and passions.”- Eliud Kipchoge A few years ago, my life felt desperate and chaotic. I was working full-time at a job that was draining, had two small kids with special needs,…
Hello,
I’m Kate
Thanks for joining with me as I share my journey of losing 90 pounds and how I went from being an overweight and overwhelmed mom, to marathoner and personal trainer.
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