All Entries in the "Stories" Category
Adventures in fundraising for children
I’ve written a few times about my upcoming Adventure Challenge race, and I thought I’d share with you an article featuring our efforts. It’s from one of our local newspapers, Peace Arch News. Can you see that I’m wearing my Lululemon crop pants on inside out? Shh, don’t tell anyone, lol! Adventures in fundraising for [...]
Adventure Challenge Looms Closer
So excited!!! I’m still training for the Canuck Place Adventure Challenge, (5k kayak, 20k mountain bike, 5k trail run) and while I was hanging with the family at the lake I took some much needed me-time and hopped in the canoe for a little paddle practice. It’s not kayaking, but at least I’m still getting [...]
The Never-Ending Story of my Weight Loss Struggles
Susan Wenner Jackson is a 33-year-old mother of two, living with her husband in Cincinnati, Ohio. She blogs at WorkingMomsAgainstGuilt.com and runs her own writing and social media business. In 33 years, I’ve learned a few things about losing, gaining and maintaining weight. For people like me who have “what doctors call a little bit [...]
Why you should care your Employees are in Great Shape
Life has its many lessons and journeys that we go through and right now Robbie Ray’s is to bring health and wellness to as many people as he can. He’s passionate about being a personal trainer and looking forward to working with anyone who wants to change their life. “DARE TO BE GREAT AND YOU WILL [...]
Who Else Needs Help over the Wall?
Tammy is a 40 something “wanna be athlete” in training who like most women out there, wants to do and be everything but hasn’t exactly figured out what that next step should be. She thought it might be fun to warm back up into her love for writing with her experience of training for the half marathon and trying to [...]
Warning: Do not Stop Trying to Eat Healthy
Melodee has been blogging about the ups and downs of her weight since 2006. Do not send her cookies. Find her at DietNakedBlog.com. Five years ago, I weighed 225 pounds. I’d meant to lose weight before a rare visit to the in-laws and a long-awaited trip to Disney World. But I didn’t. A few months [...]
When is the Last Time you had a Tiff with Yourself?
I have a green scaly bug-eyed devil named Tiff. She’s my little – but loud – inner voice and I always picture her as a portly green monster sitting on my shoulder, doing her best to weigh me down with her negativity. (Why Tiff? It’s the name of a particularly nasty girl I once knew. [...]
Run ‘Til You Vomit?
Last week I started the P90X program (upcoming post). I also did the Grouse Grind, tried kayaking (post upcoming Sunday) and continued to run. All in the summer heat. Turns out (no surprise, right?), it was too much for my body. This I found out on a hot, muggy run. In retrospect, I could have [...]
My Bariatric ByPass Surgery
This week we welcome Sean Amore as our guest blogger. Sean, weighing 483 pounds at the time, had gastric bypass surgery in March 2007. Having lost half of his body weight since, Sean continues his weight journey while living with his wife and daughter in Wichita, Kansas and working in public relations – writing about [...]
Personal Fitness is a Wise Investment
Maruchy Lachance is president of Running Ninja!, a lifestyle brand for runners by runners. Running Ninja! offers a wide variety of apparel and gifts for runners to keep you happy and inspired while you’re on the run. One afternoon while talking to my friend, a geriatric social worker, about how aggressively one should invest for [...]
Sheila’s Amazing Weight Loss Journey
My quest for weight loss began in high school, freshman year to be exact. I can still vividly remember looking at my school year book picture and thinking, “Wow my face looks round!” That wasn’t really when the self-defeating beliefs started, but this was my first real memory of the gut-wrenching “I’m not happy with [...]
The inspiring Sarah Stanley – more than 68 tweets and 100 miles run (in one day)
~Melanie I first met sweet and sassy ultra-athlete Sarah Stanley a couple of months ago in California (photo on the left, Sarah on the right) and she told me she was training to run a 100 mile race. Yes, 100 miles. At one time. So what’s it like to run that far? Besides crazy? (But [...]
Deep Cove Training Hike – Take One
So uber volunteer and all around awesome chick Esther convinced me to tackle a super-worthy event benefiting sick kids and their families that visit Canuck Place. Canuck Place Children’s Hospice provides specialized pediatric palliative care for children living with a life-threatening illness and support for their families throughout British Columbia. I can’t think of a [...]
No Guts Know Glory-Overcoming Crohn’s
Rob Hill, a Crohn’s patient and outdoor enthusiast from our home town Vancouver, BC has embarked on the No Guts Know Glory Seven Summits campaign. His mission is to increase awareness of – and remove the stigma around – IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) by climbing the seven highest mountains on each of the seven continents. [...]
Becky’s Amazing 100 pound Weight Loss
Becky’s meet our GGS Readers, GGS Readers meet Becky. Becky is sharing her amazing story…… One of the biggest struggles for people who have dealt with weight issues all of their lives is the emotional element. Feeling insecure about one’s weight, and being ridiculed in the process, is a double whammy that keeps many people [...]
My First Duathlon
Sunday was a sunny, beautiful day. It broke a long standing tradition of rain & horrible weather for the UBC Triathlon Duathlon. I participated in the Duathlon which was: 5km run, 20km bike, 5km run. This was the first race that I’ve done that had a road bike racing component and I found myself absolutely [...]
