“If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.” – Zig Ziglar Man this journey of going from a college athlete to a VERY active 20-30 year old, playing any sport I could, to having surgeries, changing careers and putting on… Read More I’m Learning
I did it y’all. I have wanted to go skydiving for years. Let me start from the beginning and how it came to be. At the beginning of the pandemic Zach Braff and Donald Faison started a Scrubs Rewatch Podcast called Fake Doctors Real Friends. They would rewatch an episode for each podcast and talk… Read More I Went Skydiving… (sing it, I know you want to)
You know how it is…. when you have put on some weight and then you get into, what I would consider, a healthier routine? You look in the mirror and you see – a thinner face, less weird flabby areas and dare I say it… MUSCLE? When you put your clothes on, they’re the same… Read More Yo Weight-Loss, Where Ya At?
I feel restless. Most weekend days I woke up and my cat would crawl up on my chest purring. I know what you’re thinking, Amy, all you talk about is Peppers these days. Well, she was 50% of my life before Monday. She was my confidant, my friend, my entertainment, and my dependent. Now it’s… Read More Life Update – 3.26.2022
I’ll tell you this, I’m not doing great. Before Peppers’ forever sleep, I spent every minute of every day worrying about that sweet little cat. I had a camera in the room she was sleeping in and would check it every time she moved. By every time, I mean I had the motion sensor turned… Read More How’m I Doing? (Post Peppers)
Everyone knows losing an animal sucks. My particular animal was the only other soul at my house, my best friend, my fluffy protector. You think I’m kidding. More than once she cornered people by the front door, downstairs, and in the living room. She could be terrifying. I contemplated calling this, “V. Pepper Potts –… Read More V. Pepper Potts – the Cat, the Myth, the Legend
It’s NOT the end of the pandemic. What Amy? Like, why are you saying that in a Weight Watcher’s update? Well here’s the thing, I got vaccinated and I feel much safer doing things I was doing prior to the pandemic, but I’m also recognizing that for those who are unvaccinated and a few vaccinated… Read More Weight Watchers Update 7.19.2021
Listen Me, You saw the pics from your dance class on Sunday. You saw your friends who somehow, remarkably, manage to never put on any weight and remain in phenomenal shape that you have let yourself get away from. You know…. you have some challenges that other people don’t. You can’t be so hard on… Read More A Letter to Me – 6.9.2021
Losing weight is HARD. I know now why Weight Watchers has accountability meetings and the such. At first when I started my weight dropped about 15 pounds pretty quickly. My clothes got looser. I got cocky. It was like, oh I’ve got this, I just need to be careful. Then I started having some cheat… Read More Weight Watchers Update – 5/25/2021
Here lately I’ve realized that I have some compulsive issues that I have developed over time. Maybe it’s always been there but I’ve finally assigned goals to set up a schedule that works and I feel like I NEED to meet these goals or keep this schedule to bring joy into my life. Really, for… Read More Compulsive