Quitting Smoking
If you have read some of my previous articles, you have probably realized by now that I have an obsessive personality disorder… or at least I refer to my prior addictions that way! Unfortunately, back in Russia I started smoking at a very young age just to fit in. Before I knew it, I […]
You Are What You Eat
One day I came across a T-shirt that I really liked. It said: “You are what you eat, therefore I’m pizza.” Judging by this statement, I should’ve been called Junk Food. As I have mentioned in one of my other articles, some time ago I discovered a few Tony Robbins audio files online. I […]
Losing Weight ≠ Being Fit
I always thought that if I lost weight, I would automatically be fit. I thought that all through my weight-loss adventure, but when I actually got closer to my desired weight, I realized that losing weight is not the same as being fit. I made huge progress and was able to consistently keep off […]
Inconvenient Truth
Last week I started telling you about my weight loss journey and how it all started. Being overweight was an ongoing lifelong struggle for me. Once I have decided that I wanted to lose weight, I would lose weight and then gain it back. It felt like I was going in circles. But there was […]
Losing, Gaining, Losing, Gaining…
I know that some of you are patiently waiting for me to tell you how I have lost weight—and kept it off. I will not make you wait any longer. But first I have to tell you my story, my decade’s long struggle. It went all the way back to childhood, in fact. Even […]