Tag: fitness
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100 Days. One Shift. When Everything Finally Made Sense.
Every year, before my birthday, I begin a 100-day countdown. Not to celebrate age. But to rebuild myself. This year, as I step toward 56, Day 1 didn’t begin with a plan. It began with a prayer. That morning, I stood facing the sun, something I’ve done for years, but this time was different. There were…
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When Hunger Roars
When Hunger Roars: Understanding ‘Stuff-Your-Face’ Hunger in Peri-menopause For the past five years, my life has been anchored in discipline. I walked my way back to health. I learned to eat consciously. I controlled portions, understood my body, lost weight, slipped, recovered, and stayed committed. Food was no longer chaos, it was managed. Until suddenly……
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Mission Impossible – Final Countdown for the both of us
Back in 1996, when the first Mission Impossible movie hit the screens, I was 26, close to 90 kilos and gradually tipping the scale past 100. While Tom Cruise was leaping off buildings and outsmarting villains on screen, I was silently battling a mission of my own — the long, slow war against weight gain,…