Meet Bill and his daughter, Ashley…

I was going to dedicate this week’s Team in Training Run to my Grandmother but this story was passed on to me and the entire team is dedicating our run to this courageous family.

Her story:

Some nights, Bill Aven walks into his daughter’s bedroom to watch her sleep, just […]

OWiS #34…good stress / bad stress

Let me start this post by saying something really good about it: There is a loss! That being said, this has been a pretty stressful week both good and bad and both kinds have caused some sort of spike in my weight. Getting all freaked out about the marathon / half marathon saw the […]

To full or not to full…I have the answer

A little over a week ago I took on the idea of changing the Amica half marathon into a full marathon if I could reach a certain amount of donations in my Team in Training fundraising. For three days I lost sleep, I didn’t eat and I gained three pounds due to the stress […]

OWiS #33

Yes, I know it’s Friday. But out of habit and my love for the OWiS acronym (and not to mention this is my damn blog LOL) I’m keeping the weigh in title. For the next couple of months weigh in’s will happen on Fridays. Saturday posts will be set aside for Team in Training stories…

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Letting go of Demons to make room for Angels

I have had a lot of Demons.

We all have them. They manifest themselves in different ways but the function of them is the same: Too keep us from moving forward and finding the true meaning of SELF. My Demons come came in many forms. As a young child it was my mother […]

Friends / Fears / New Girlfriend

I have some pretty amazing friends. Many of whom I’ve never laid eyes on. We all share one thing in common: Fighting for our lives to regain control of our bodies. When I first starting blogging this journey back in February I was clueless about how large the online community was and immediately connected […]