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A Weight-y Life
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Words of reflection, encouragement, punishment, catharsis, narcissism, humor & accountability from a wife & mother on a journey to reclaim her body & keep her sanity. Sometimes heavy, sometimes light, always real life.
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Yes, Im a "Program" Girl

The Director of my local Weight Watchers called me early this week to ask if I would be interested in sharing my story at an employee function today.  While I can prattle on for eons in a blog p...

28 Apr 12

From the Outside, Looking In

Im having a moment.  From the outside, its easy to see the changes that Ive made as they manifest physically in the size of my tush.  But from the inside, Im just a mom of two little kids, ...

19 Apr 12

Weight Loss = MC Squared?

Recently Ive had a few people ask me some variation of, "What is more important for losing weight: eating right or exercise?" *sigh*  Its such a loaded question, usually packing the aske...

18 Apr 12

Jump Shout Boogie

My very first ever race/mile run was at last years Grand Blue Mile.  Its an awesome local event meant to help average people think about health & wellness through a simple one mile run/walk....

13 Apr 12

My First Feat of Strength

Lately Ive found myself doing a lot of reflection on my journey & today I was thinking about one of the unsung factors in my success.  This is your fair warning: Im about to talk about child...

10 Apr 12

Last Week on "A Weight-y Life"

I was all fired up.  I was excited to blend some of the great habits I have learned in my 2+ years of shedding pounds with the new passion for whole foods.  And then it happened...illness. ...

06 Apr 12

Avoidance Productivity

Remember in school when you had a big assignment due & you re-he-he-ealllllly didnt want to do it?  Your room was never cleaner.  Your hobbies were never more alluring.  And your b...

22 Mär 12

Thank You, Beyonce

"The time is going to pass whether you do something with it or not.  Next year it will be Next Year no matter what I do, so I might as well do something good with what Ive got in the meantim...

27 Feb 12

New Sara + The Machine

This song.  So much: I found myself hangin with Ursula this afternoon & discovered this as a kick-hiney running song.  I already loved it as a grooving-in-the-kitchen, but when Florence...

23 Feb 12

Our Daily Bread

Im a freak.  About a year ago, because I didnt want to dump whey (leftover from making yogurt) down the drain, I bought a bread machine & started making all of our bread.  At the time I...

20 Feb 12

Sleeping re-Booty

"Oh, boy, sleep! Thats where Im a viking!" --Ralph Wiggum In Week 1 of my reboot, I didnt exercise.  Not once.  Workouts & I are frenemies & we have to ease back to one anot...

19 Feb 12

Reminders

What was I thinking starting a reboot of healthy habits THIS week...otherwise known as The Festival of Sara at our house.  With Valentines Day, Coralines Birthday/My Life Changing Anniversary &a...

16 Feb 12

Food Creed

I know that there are people that look at me & say "Look!--shes DONE it."  Verily I say unto you: its never done. I knew this was going to happen.  After every "big" eve...

12 Feb 12

Just When I Think Im All Grown Up...

Im still waist deep in processing all of my swirly-twirly emotions about the news segment & how it went, but in the mean time... Apparently in my jump from momentarily slender college student to ...

03 Feb 12

What Would You Say...?

Tonight my TV interview airs on our local evening news.  While I was sitting in my living room talking to the reporter a couple of weeks ago, I was extremely comfortable, but now that ...

31 Jan 12

Control

Control (Now Ive got a lot) Control (To get what I want) Its Sara...Ms. Miller if youre nasty.  Thats right with this little ode to Ms. Jackson (apparently IM nasty!), Im having another epi...

28 Jan 12

Party Time

Ive had a bit of a revelation this week.  This years New Years Resolution was "Organize 2012."  Organization is nothing more than a series of lifestyle choices...something that I kn...

27 Jan 12

Last Call

As of this morning, in an effort to reign in some of the awful habits that we have developed in the last few months, Dave & I have instituted a last call for food: eight o clock.  We chose e...

24 Jan 12

I Love Internet

I love lamp...but today I am even MORE in love with Internet.  All of the SOPA & PIPA frenzy yesterday got me to do three things: Shut down my blog for a day to put my "money" (prove...

19 Jan 12

Gluttony

Ah, Gluttony...my favorite of the Seven Deadlies...unless you factor in how lovely it is to say Avarice, then I might have to change my mind.  Any-hoo... I was a freshman in High Schoo...

17 Jan 12

My Fifteen Minutes

 In October, I wrote a little blurb for a Weight Watchers essay contest.  It was a short little essay & in all honesty I wrote it in 20 minutes...Ive had a little practice at blathering...

10 Jan 12

Dangerous Curves Ahead

I went into today thinking that this would be my triumphant-return-to-Curves post.  It has been about 3 months since I have gone in to work out & at this point it is more a mental battle tha...

07 Jan 12

Sometimes Im a Crazy Cat Lady

I have a cat, seen here: He was in my life before Dave, before kids, before dog.  We are quite convinced that he is silently seething, waiting for all of the pesky interlopers to leave so it can...

06 Jan 12

Im Healthy & I Know It

The final nudge for me to start blogging came whilst I was sitting in a salon chair getting my hairs did in October of 2010.  It went a little something like this. Sara: yammer yammer "I wan...

06 Jan 12

Logging: Its Not Just for Lumberjacks Anymore

Dave at the finish of his first Half Ironman Heres a press release about my husband: hes going to be a Marathoner.  But for the occasional shout-out & this sappy swoon from a year ago, I try...

04 Jan 12

And We Will Call Her...

Wait for it... The Treadmills name is Ursula.  "The Little Mermaid" is my FAVORITE Disney movie & Ursula is my very favoritest villain. Cant you just hear me whispering "Ur-seu-l...

04 Jan 12

Moscow Filet

Last night we went out to dinner with my dad & step-mom prior to our annual viewing of Jolly Holiday Lights.  Theres nothing more magical to a car full of littles than Christmas lights as fa...

29 Dez 11

"We Were On a BREAK!"

Taking a page out of the iconic Ross/Rachel "Friends" break-up, I gave myself a break.  And made some bad choices.  Apparently Im Ross in this analogy.  I took a break from wri...

28 Dez 11

Auld Lang Syne

As the year is winding down, I think we all find our selves reflecting (if only briefly) on the past year & waxing poetic about our hopes for the new one.  Ive been writing up a storm over t...

13 Dez 11

Holiday Moderation

With a lofty goal on the horizon & holidays licking at my heels, I had to do a little planning when it comes to holiday indulging.  I believe in the idea of moderation.  I have to ...

07 Dez 11

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