We finally got to our 5K yesterday after the kids got out of school! I know, I know, I organized the freakin’ race and I can’t even get it done on the actual race day? Fail! Turns out we were visiting my husband at the rig, you know, in the middle-of-nowhere. Which is fine, because [...]
shrinkvivor, week 1 {go green}
getting back into the routine
It’s confession time!! This is going to be somewhat boring this week, but I am pretty sure that is a good thing when it comes to my confessions lately. We are going through some big changes around our household. It’s going to be completely different this year, and it will take some adjusting for all [...]
by inches and bounds
Things are not going at all as planned. I was supposed to be all SUCCESS! MOTIVATE! LOVE LIFE! this challenge, and I am just not any of those things. Good intentions, little follow-through. The thing is, weight loss and fitness are all in the follow-through. Which leaves me with the scale creeping up and the [...]
the uncreative, untitled weigh-in post
Another week come and gone! Hard to believe it’s mid-May already! Craziness. Last week, I was in a complete funk, and I will admit, I went a little lenient with the sugary-goodness called candy. I shook myself out of it by Monday, though, and am feeling good as I have made it through those horrible [...]
confessions of melissa
R.I.P.
Dear beloved, underused, abused Sportcraft treadmill, You have been in my life for three-quarters of a decade. You patiently waited for me each and every day in the chilled and gloomy basement. Sometimes I would visit you, but more often not. You made move after move with me… North Dakota, Colorado, and then North Dakota [...]
To Celebrate 31…
January 11th marks my 31st birthday. Thirty wasn’t the greatest year, so I have decided to make 31 the best year yet. As most of you know, some friends and I are challenging ourselves and formed a national team with Team in Training to raise money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Each one of [...]

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