Archive for the ‘Alana’s Journey to Health’ Category

“There are two kinds of perfect: The one you can never achieve, and the other, by just being yourself.”   ~Author Lauren King Iʼm not perfect.  I want to do better and sometimes that has to be enough.  I have struggled the last two weeks just to keep it all together.  I am usually the positive [...]

American novelist Peter De Vries said “Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.”  Nothing describes my former life better.  It wasn’t like I ate 4 bags of chips or 2 gallons of ice cream, but I overate at most meals, and I ate whatever I wanted.  Overeating still is a part [...]

I love the quote by Edmund Hillary, “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”  Looking up at the mountain in front of me at mile 8 was daunting.  I couldn’t help but wonder how in hell I was going to get up there!  I knew that if I stopped it would be over.  [...]

12 miles seemed like an impossibility, and the hardest part of the whole run was about mile 5 or 6.  I may have the numbers wrong, but it was from the picnic benches to Sulphur Rock that was excruciating.  I didn’t think I would ever get to that stupid rock.  It is a big rock [...]

When life changes and becomes more difficult, change yourself to be stronger.  I am 3 weeks away from the half marathon.  I have really struggled with all the training and my self doubt.  I felt very confident about all I had accomplished going into the training, but have been brought to my knees more than [...]

I really thought I had this whole weight loss/exercise thing figured out.  I have been doing it awhile, and have been very happy with the results.  Just when I thought I had it down, it all got topsy turvey on me!  Training for a half marathon has meant that what I have been doing for [...]

When is enough, enough?   It wasn’t enough when I had to ask a stewardess for the seat belt extender.  It wasn’t enough when I couldn’t go through the turnstiles at Disney like everybody else.  It wasn’t enough when I was anemic and put on bed rest or when I was borderline diabetic.  I was sick [...]

Oscar Wilde said, “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”  I didn’t want to just exist anymore. Looking back over the last 3 years, I am astounded by the domino effect of the decisions I made.   That night on May 1 that made me realize I wanted [...]

Tony Robbins said, “By changing nothing, nothing changes”.  Change is not easy.  It requires stepping outside your comfort zone.  Deciding to diet and exercise was a big change in my lifestyle.  Eating whatever I wanted whenever I wanted was a choice.  A choice that did not take much effort.  Eating healthy and eating less takes [...]

I get asked all the time “how did you lose the weight”? Although I went with a commercial diet program, the truth is it doesn’t really matter what diet I used.  I am convinced that it is 100% mental.  I had been on every diet known to man, but this time I was really ready.  [...]