It’s a Marinara-thon!
But, really, why? Why the pasta, why the blessing? [...]
Fitness
Run Tulsa, Run!
Running down the middle of Boston Avenue, flanked by tall buildings and the gathered crowd, hearing your name called over the speaker—it’s a feeling you can’t get any other way. [...]
Pro Strategies for Drinking More Water
You already know water is good for you, that it’s got plenty of health benefits, and that you should be drinking more of it and less of other drinks with sugar in them. You don’t need me to tell you all of that, so I’m not going to. [...]
Being Gracious with Yourself
For most of us, the journey toward improved health and fitness—toward weight loss—is slow, the path rocky, winding, and steep. What happens when we mess up, when we get off course? [...]
Sustainable Changes: Living at Peace with Your Food
I am anti-diet. If I go on a diet, I’m almost certain to be unhappy while I’m on it, and I’m just as likely to gain most if not all or more of that weight back afterward. [...]
Logging: A Two-Week Challenge
You’ve heard the old cliché that you can’t out-exercise a bad diet. Like so many clichés, it’s true. [...]
The Sustainable Struggle: Enjoying Exercise
Now if you’re expecting me to tell you to suck it up and start running, rest easy. I ain’t gonna. I hate running. [...]
Holiday Habits: Surviving the Calorie Apocalypse
Our instinct is to take food when it’s offered. Before you do, stop and ask yourself, “Do I really want to eat this?” [...]
More Than a Race
My feelings on finishing that race were not what I expected. The freezing weather demanded a heightened sense of focus on my basic physical needs: Stay warm. Find food. [...]
The Sustainable Struggle
We don’t have multiple hours a day to work out, or a personal chef to get our brown rice and chicken breast on the table every three hours. If the farthest you’ve ever run in one go is three miles, you wouldn’t go out tomorrow and try to run a marathon. Why take that sort of approach to weight loss, to health and fitness? [...]