#12:  I learned how powerful using delayed gratification can be.  As I wrote in the book, I don’t know how other people learn this.  I actually looked online to see how parents can teach their… Top 25 Lessons: #12

People have asked how I pieced together all the details of my health journey.  The same way I took back my health:  step by step by step by…

One of the things I did to take back my health was follow Jeffrey Fox’s advice to “do something hard alone”: I chose early morning runs. Just one of the rewards.

Just shared this excerpt with a friend confronting the colon prep demon for the first time: “High-intensity training makes me tough. And speaking of tough, I simply must share my colonoscopy prep story—yes, really! This… YOU CAN DRINK IT!

Sharing the Top 25 Things I learned from taking back my health: I learned to be comfortable with the discomfort I felt from breaking barriers (going farther, going faster, going out when I didn’t feel… Top 25 Lessons: #11

Sharing the Top 25 Things I learned from taking back my health: explore adamancy. How often had I declared that “I don’t go outside once it gets cold” or “I don’t go outside if it’s… Top 25 Lessons: #10

I learned from taking back my health: #9: I learned to overcome psychological barriers: if my goal was to run one mile, I started feeling tired at three-fourths of a mile. If I wanted to… Top 25 Lessons: #9

Momentum is everything. Every day I drew a star on a calendar for something good I did or something bad I avoided. Seeing the stars add up was the wind in my sails. The BAD… Top 25 Lessons: #8

Sharing the Top 25 Things I learned from taking back my health: #7: I can do anything for 15 minutes (working on a hard project), or longer (giving up cheese and candy for Lent, a… Top 25 Lessons: #7

Sharing the Top 25 Things I learned from taking back my health. #6: I can always “just hang on”: fighting the the temptation to gobble down a Krispy Kreme, finishing a jog when I feel… Top 25 Lessons: #6