Day 38 – After 3 weeks of wearing my blood glucose monitor from @dexcom @signos and 3 weeks of 40-70 min of cardio a day I am starting to stay in my target zone most of the time. This device and this data keep me accountable for my actions and give me a depth of insight…

Day 9 – A test of willpower: My son’s 3rd birthday party. The most delicious-looking chocolate cake calling my name. At this stage in my health journey making the right choices is still a significant struggle, there are many temptations, and folks (trying to be helpful – maybe), will push you to indulge and say things like…

Today is day 159 on my journey. Day 159– I ran in a 5k today. I may have slowed down at times, but I never stopped. I didn’t #win and came in 25th out of 36th and had a final time of 33 min. But, I also– didn’t get winded, my…

Start with small changes. My first change as part of my journey was walking 20 minutes every day. My second change was removing 70% of added sugar and processed food from my diet. One week in, I was already sleeping better and feeling better. As…

This summer I made over 100 different salad combinations. The best part– all of the product was sourced from my local farm! Some of my favorite salad ingredients include zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, string beans, avocado, cucumber, red onion, peppers, and spinach. I almost always…

Steamed brussel sprout salad with onions was the star of tonight’s salad along with string beans, cauliflower, tomato, greens, and spinach. All from my local farm. Protein was pea protein flakes and seasoned with 21-season salute from trader joes and lemon juice.