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Archive for February, 2008

28 Feb, 2008

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

I think the general consensus is that you’re supposed to lose the weight for yourself, but sometimes, it’s hard not to have an ulterior motivator sitting on your shoulder. There was a thread on the 20-something’s board on 3FC asking “Who would you like to wow” with your weight loss. It doesn’t have to be [...]

26 Feb, 2008

The business of shame

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

In church on Sunday, my pastor talked about the story of the woman at the well. Obviously we’ve all heard the story before, but he brought up an interesting point: she had a lot of shame and felt very shameful. It’s different than feeling guilty about something we did that was wrong. If you feel [...]

12 Feb, 2008

Life begins and ends with food

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Food

I had the unfortunate opportunity to attend a funeral last weekend. My husband’s grandfather, after 85 vitality-filled years and 62 years of marriage (amazing!) passed away last week so the family came into town for his funeral on Saturday. It was a beautiful funeral, and the first one I’ve ever been a part of, so [...]



Inspirational Quotes

"People begin running for any number of motives, but we stick to it for one basic reason… to find out who we really are." - George Sheehan

"Have a dream, make a plan, go for it." - Zoe Koplowitz, Achilles Track Club member with multiple sclerosis

"I focused on reminding myself I was running my race and not trying to keep pace with somebody. It's about your journey—not everybody else's journey." - Jennifer Beals on her first road race

"Even after all these years, running continues to amaze me. Mostly in its ability to clarify - to make things OK and bring you back down to earth, even when things are insane. Especially when things are insane." - Mark Remy