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Thoughts on turning 31… and the
future of Map Your 30s blogPlease subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. When I first started writing about turning 30 years old and decided to create the Map Your 30s Blog, my idea was simple: I wanted to write about all of the changes happening in my life and I wanted to make the point that life doesn’t end when you’re 30. In fact, in my very first post after turning the big 3-0, I said that “my goal with the Map Your 30s blog is to prove that turning this momentous decade doesn’t have to be the end of your journey.” I wanted to write about how it’s okay not to have everything…
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MamasLatinas: November 2016
Healthy You 7 Steps you NEED to take to lose 20 pounds or more Home 5 Tips para que no te vuelvas loca planificando tu fiesta navideña Food & Fiestas How to make the most delicious turkey EVER, with my abuelita’s recipe Want more? Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter!
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How I’m writing about the things that seriously SCARE me
Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. A couple days, I wrote about the scariest thing that I could imagine: my recovery. It’s funny to think about how recovery, which many would consider a “success,” is something so scary to talk about. But I was terrified of admitting that I had a problem and I was even more terrified of the stigma I may face from friends, loved ones and acquaintances (as well as random strangers on the internet) who didn’t know about my issues and who may not be as kind as the very select few that I had previously shared this with. But I must be the…
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Here is the full story of my 100+ pound weight loss (plus some resources)
Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. I was always a chubby kid. I remember wearing shorts in 5th grade and hating the way my thighs looked. I lost 20 pounds in the beginning of high school by experimenting with diet pills, not eating breakfast and only having a 20 ounce bottle of Wild Cherry Pepsi for lunch (yes, really!). But I was never happy with myself. At 5’2″ and 150lbs, I was still not within my normal BMI weight range. It wasn’t long until I started to regain the weight and was a bit over 200lbs by senior year. In February, my parents paid me to quit…
