Posted on August 12, 2009 by melissact
I have been working on getting healthier and losing weight for so long. I’m talking years. And as of today, I have 20 more pounds to lose than I did back then, when I was struggling to lose 10 lbs. Inconsistency has been the order of the day…er… years. I’d get the nutrition right but [...]
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Posted on September 4, 2008 by melissact
Sometimes life throws you curve-balls. Some you strike-out with, others you get to first or second base with and then sometimes you hit home runs with them.
Looking back at the past few months of my life – professional and personal – I would say that in spite of my missing-in-action status on this blog, I [...]
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Posted on March 16, 2008 by melissact
It’s funny how when I have setbacks in my personal life, I am thrown off and I have to remind myself that it’s not the end of the world and that it doesn’t mean I failed. This doesn’t happen to me in my professional life, only personal. I don’t know why that is.
Having to [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2008 by melissact
Well… 25 days into the 30-day challenge and I could tell you that I failed at day 16. I’d been working on a huge pitch and when I was home I just wanted to do nothing, if I didn’t have to work… Just wanted to switch my brain off and decompress. So not exercising became [...]
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