What a Difference Coffee Makes! Wrapping up my January Challenge is a little tricky since I ran out the door this morning for my week-long vacation and forgot to take my body measurements to see what changed, if anything. I hope that after a month of being on a strict, healing diet, there were at least some […]
Month: January 2016
The Thirteenth Challenge
Lucky 13 is the reading challenge. Like a ninja, it is stealthy, and has been hidden in the background, waiting until it can spring up and kick my ass if I procrastinate. The 13th Challenge spans all 12 months. We have to read 50 books in one year, to fulfill categories such as: Award winning […]
January: Entering the Homestretch
Day 22-ish… Lately, a few of you have asked for more details about what I’ve been eating and how I’m managing to eat a severely limited elimination diet while traveling almost weekly. A few others have asked what my next Challenge will be, and even more have asked me to drinks. I miss drinks. More […]
January AIP Challenge – Traveling for Fun
Eating on an extremely restricted diet is challenging enough during a regular week. The food preparation required, as well as the additional planning is enough to drive me crazy. Add the travel on top of it and I mainly just feel like I need to run away (on one hand it’s exercise), have a drink […]
January Challenge – Nine days In!
Pre-Challenge – 10 Days Ago…. Getting ready to start an extremely strict diet creates it’s own challenges: Making a mental list of the foods I’ll miss the most Enjoying my lunch of sushi and dinner of tacos Shopping and filling house with healthy foods Removing/giving away/drinking the things I don’t want in my house during […]
It’s January, What are We Waiting For?
Let’s get these challenges started January! The month of new beginnings, fresh starts, new goals, and resolutions. It can’t help itself, that is what January is about. For January, I’m going to follow the same path I have the past two years, only I’m making it harder, because what sounds like more fun than starting […]
Getting Started in 2016: The Plan
2016 is all about challenges. Last year I ended up signing up for: a year-long reading challenge, a whole-life health challenge, and a writing challenge. In thinking about the different challenges and the impact each had on me, I started to think about what else I want to do, how I want to feel, […]
2016: My 3 Words
Three years ago I found Chris Brogan’s approach to each new year and quickly adopted it as my own. Instead of making a lot of resolutions, or goals for the new year, he chooses three words to act as his guiding force throughout the year. In 2014, I was clearly new to the idea and after around […]