Chris Pugh

Cravings & triggers have been a huge issue for me these past few weeks, I’ve been doing really good at handling them, for the most part, but sometimes you gotta just eat that cookie. I’m sure you know what I mean, right?
This weeks craving is pizza… so on a recent trip the local grocery store [...]

Another week down, another 3lbs lost.  This week seemed to be a little harder than the firs two, I think I was overdoing it a little bit earlier in the week and by the time Friday had come I was feeling pretty worn down.  I decided to take a few days off from exercising, which [...]

It is not good to settle into a set of opinions.  It is a mistake to put forth the effort and obtain some understanding and then stop at that.  At first putting forth great effort to be sure that you have grasped the basics, then practicing so that they may come to fruition is something [...]

I’ve been walking a lot this week and I just realized that I hadn’t posted anything in a few days, so here is an update on how I am doing…
A few days ago a friend emailed asking if I would be interested in getting together to talk about how we could support each other as [...]

I just came across this and thought it was such a great piece that I had to share it here.
“Be like water,
Flowing everywhere
Without striving,
Benefiting all
Without contention.
Live in touch with the earth,
Meditate deeply in the heart.
Be generous in relationships,
Truthful in speech,
Consistent in leadership,
Competent in work,
And timely in actions.
The path of peace
Is forever honorable.”
-excerpt from the Tao [...]

Well, week two has passed and I am down another 5.2lbs which is exactly what I lost last week.  I’m two weeks in and I’ve lost 10.4lbs and I’m feeling pretty good.  I’ve started drinking protein shakes again and I’m still easing into the whole exercising and walking thing…  Hopefully I can increase this in [...]