A New Attitude

Guacamole, quinoa chips, fancy cheese and crackers Ready to make cinnamon rolls. Yum! My experience this weekend was enlightening for me. Maybe it doesn't really square with PN principles, but it's a positive change for me so I thought I'd record...

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New Phase

A new phase means we ended the old phase with photos. I still don't love taking those photos, but this time, I did see some differences. Last month I wasn't at home when I took the photos (different background, different outfit, etc.) so it was harder...

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Back Home and Settling In

The weather is changing to fall. I'm cozying up. I'm back home and feeling settled. As for Precision Nutrition, I've lost about 5 lbs or so, which thrills me. I've lost some girth, and the jeans are feeling different. Not loose yet, but thinking about...

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Doing It Anyway

Something I learned to say out loud from Melody Ross was "She did it anyway." What that means to me is:  It doesn't have to be perfect to be worth the effort. That is a pretty big deal for me.  "It" is anything from working out to being...

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Fear, Difficulty and Doing it Anyway

Ah, we're getting into some deep things over at PN. Today's questions are about fear, following up on yesterday's lesson about doing difficult things. I identified that my difficult-easy thing is worrying all the time about everything. Gosh I'm a worrier....

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Where Happiness Lives

I listened to The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. It was a good listen, and I hope to study it more in weeks to come. The main idea that is starting to distill in my mind with all this work through PN, Brave Girls, the scriptures and my own prayers...

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When Traveling...

It's hard to stay on track. I started a thread on the forums about how to do well on the program while traveling and have already had some great ideas posted. I'm excited for the next time I travel to be better prepared to stay on track. I just got...

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It's All About Me

So, sorry about yesterday's post looking like a ransom note. I had copied and pasted some text from the PN website and forgot to change the formatting of that text.  Today, I did my workout. The PN one. Start to finish. I was challenged. I was...

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Sunday's Lesson

Here is a big question from today's lesson on Precision Nutrition: How can I plan and prepare for my week ahead to give myself the best chance of succeeding with my lessons, habits, and workouts? I struggle so much with a question like this, because...

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Measurement Day

Today we posted our measurements and took our first baseline photos. While of course I think I look ugly in the photos, let's just get that out of the way right off the bat,  it wasn't a huge deal for me. Two things. One: As a visual, artistic...

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A New Creative Habit

This blog is languishing, so I've decided I'm going to use it to record my experience with an organization called Precision Nutrition.  I consider it all to be part of the same process. Creativity in art, in health, in eating, I believe it all comes...

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