Gradual Deflation

Do you remember blowing up balloons as a child? You’d huff and puff and turn blue and then you’d have this awesome balloon. You’d carefully pass it off to a parent to seal the top and you could play with it for hours. I don’t know about you, but I hated those kids who wouldn’t [...]

Not A Candidate for Collagen

I had a whole post in my head last night, but I woke up this morning in so much pain that I can’t even remember what I wanted to write! While I realize this is probably a completely random question, and one I may never get an answer to without seeing my doctor, does anyone [...]

2010 Goals Update – Under the Wire

Just getting this update in under the wire since it’s almost time for me to update you on this week’s progress! So last week (1/16–1/22) was filled with lots of ups and downs. When I posted my last update, I wasn’t too thrilled with the progress I’d made. Last week, I started and maintained the [...]

Beautiful Stars

Before I get to the real stars of this post, I have to thank you all SO much for your comments on yesterday’s post about being a “quitter” and my decision to end the Spark! cleanse early. Each and every one touched my heart and I’m going to respond to each of you later today. [...]

I Hate Being a Quitter

So as I told you yesterday, my fairly lousy race experience (only in terms of how I felt, not my time) resulted in my decision to end my 10-day detox. I wanted to take a few minutes to discuss my feelings about this, but forgive me if this isn’t perfectly organized. Basically, I decided to [...]