Just before the Indy Mini, I got brave. And by brave, I mean that I stepped on the scale.  No matter how much I exercise or how many...

On Jan. 8, Mark celebrated his 36th birthday. It's always a challenge to select a good gift, as his birthday is two weeks to the day aft...

The scale and I have a mutual agreement: I hate it, and it hates me. It's not the ideal relationship but it's not messy or dirty. Si...

remission (reh-MIH-shun). A decrease in or disappearance of signs and symptoms of a disease. In partial remission, some, but not all, signs ...

I've been doing something novel lately. I've been eating eggs. Like the whole egg - yolk and all. Not too long ago, it was...

With $40 in my hand as I pushed the cart, I was testing the definition of a tight grocery budget. I looked for the cheapest cuts of meat an...

The 2.3 miles that separate my house from daycare are not marked by traffic lights and stops signs. Rather, the seven-minute drive is punctu...

1. Another week has gone by, and I am happy to report {to myself}that I am still rocking the no-grain, no-sugar experiment. It wasn'...

It all started with a conversation about my boobs. And, if you have seen a picture of me recently, you might be inclined to ask: What boobs?...

I was sure I had left it there - in an Office Depot paper box, tucked in the attic of our first apartment - three moves ago. Tucked inside t...

It was one of those dinners that, even years later, I remember clearly. I was at Applebee's with my good friend, and we were enjoying a ...

I was a puddle of sweat walking down the stairs at the YMCA, enroute to the locker room. It was slow going, tired after 5 miles, and so I fe...

My work husband and I had returned to the cafeteria at work, anxious to fill our second (or third) bowl with mashed potatoes from the compan...

My old self would sort of hate me right now. She would hate me for checking out a "diet" book from the library. She'd hate m...

You want to know something insane? Don't answer that - I'm going to tell you anyway. Now that the racing season is over and I'...

My plan was to run on the treadmill this morning and catch up on the current season of "The Walking Dead." I had my alarm set for ...

The warning signs flashed brightly. Intensely. Incessantly. There were the most obvious - excess weight and sedentary lifestyle - but...

My advice was succinct: KISS -- otherwise known as Keep It Simple, Sassypants. I was recently contacted by Joy Bauer's people, who wer...

1. Last week, I was the recipient of a bag of clothes from a friend of a friend of a friend. Confusing, yes, but to actually explain it woul...

"My friend is going to come," C said with a smile as she returned to the aerobics area of the gym. It was Tuesday night, and I w...