Mom Works It Out by Angela Gillis

Angela June 30, 2016

The time I tried something new for lunch

If you haven’t noticed, I’m a creature of habit. We eat the same thing all week for dinner, if it’s good I’ll suggest that we have it again the next week. I’ll eat the same things for lunch too. It doesn’t bother me. Most people don’t like leftovers, but I love for them. I guess there’s a little comfort in knowing what I’m getting. What’s the point on wasting calories on something you don’t like? I DO understand there is something a little bit wrong with that, but my weekends are for experimenting…not my weekdays. Yesterday I strayed from the…

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Angela June 27, 2016

Getting back on track

It’s Monday! It’s the beginning of the new week and it’s time to start anew. Remember, there are good things about Mondays. There are a couple of things I have gotten away from that I think are very important and I don’t know why I stopped going them. The first thing is setting weekly and monthly goals. The monthly goal post was something I did regularly on the blog but I got away from it for some reason. Maybe I thought no one was interested in my goals or just thought it was a meaningless post…and that may actually be…

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Angela June 21, 2016

The moments of change really happen

I should have posted this yesterday but I guess you didn’t need to know that part of the story. I just didn’t know where I wanted to post to go. Change is a powerful thing. Sometimes change is good and sometimes change throws the world into chaos. But I guess I’m more interested in what sparks change. This week I was taken back to that moment when I decided to change. I’m often asked why we decided to go on our weight loss journey. What was the thing that changed our minds? I’ve said it before and I’ve been reminded…

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Angela June 14, 2016

My biggest motivation

There’s one thing I’ve learned about motivation over the past few weeks. In my case, I definitely need that dangling carrot to chase. When I was on the weight loss journey, the carrot was of course losing the weight. Motivation came in the mirror and just being able to move around better. Since losing the weight and experiencing a whole new world, I’ve constantly been on the go. I’ve been running these races and traveling across the country with goals…and then all of the sudden I’m not filled with that. That became my normal and all of the sudden it’s…

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Angela June 1, 2016

Win a Headsweats trucker hat for Global Running …

Hello all! I’m still here. More on this later…keep reading. I’m coming at you to talk about Global Running Day aka National Running Day! It’s time to get out and celebrate running. I haven’t been running much lately. I’ve been doing a lot of walking. Walking is really great, but I would rather be running. Running has my heart and I can’t wait to get back to it! Running has changed my life in so many positive ways. It’s one of the reasons I love to share our weight loss story because the weight loss opened my world up to…

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Angela May 19, 2016

The calzone cooking fail

I really wanted a calzone carbs this week but I was trying to be good. I was going to stay away from the bread. I looked a pinterest for all this wonderful ideas of variations on a calzone. Spoiler alert: I should have tried one of those ideas instead of what I did. Today I’m sharing with you my calzone cooking fail. On pinterest I came across a calzone made with egg roll wrappers and I thought it was a great idea considering egg roll wrappers are lower in calories than some other choices. But the problem was I didn’t…

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Angela May 17, 2016

What happens when moderation doesn’t work

I’m a big proponent of eating what you want in moderation because if you don’t eat it there are several things that happen. Like you you start to constantly think about eating that one thing and then that can manfiest itself into something else. Then instead of just eating a small piece or just enjoying whatever it is you want…you hit the binge. The binge is never a good place to be because in my case, it just leaves me feeling horrible about myself and then I’m stuck in food regret. I don’t regret many things in life, but I…

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Angela May 9, 2016

Life doesn’t happen without the internet

Hey all! It’s been a minute without a good blog, right? There is a reason. I haven’t had internet…at work. I know it sounds stupid but I do most of blog planning and writing at work because I try to keep it away from the house. Sometimes it becomes a little distracting in the house setting so I try not to spend time doing it there. Plus, by the time I’ve gotten home, I’ve been too tired to work on the blog. Life doesn’t happen very well without the internet. It was sad a miserable and no fun. So have…

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Angela April 26, 2016

Five Things You Can Do to Lose Weight …

It’s not a hoax or whatever. People often ask what we did to lose weight or how we got started. The is a simply answer and long answer so I’m going to give you a clif notes version. It starts with a few simple things that will help you develop healthier habits. Cut the soda. This is where we started from day one. There was no more soda to be had. I really have no idea how many calories I was consuming just by drinking soda. It’s a mindless habit but those soda cans add up to major calories. Or…

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Angela April 19, 2016

Why must a black woman choose between her …

Welcome to Transformation Tuesday and I wanted to talk about something different today. I can’t and won’t deny the fact that I’m a black woman and once upon a time, I didn’t want to work out because it would mess up my hair. This blog post may not appeal to you or be something you can’t relate to so it’s ok to skip this one if you want. But for now, I must keep talking. (Afterthought inserted here) I want to preface this blog post by saying that our hair is not more important than our health. I am writing…

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Angela April 14, 2016

Why I stopped showing up to running group?

My running group is great. I love being a Strutter as most of you can tell from my race pictures. These people have come into my life and made it so much sunnier. My Monday and Wedesdays have been filled with hanging out with these people until recently and maybe it’s time for a little transparency. There are a few explanations that I could offer here. Let’s start with the easiest explanation: I was just injured. It’s not that I don’t want to run but I just couldn’t. It hurt. It was painful and it kind of made me sad.…

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