Now Introducing... The Chubby Bunny Blog!

I chose the name "The Chubby Bunny Blog" because I wanted a blog about wellness that was welcoming and embracing of people at all kinds of different points along their path to better wellness.

You don't have to be chubby or even working on weight loss to be included in my vision for this blog: chubby is my particular angle because weight loss is a big part of my focus.  But I'd like to talk about wellness more generally: physical, psychological, emotional, social, spiritual, whatever!  You also don't have to be thin, or happy, or even already motivated toward wellness of any kind.  If you just want to dip your toe in and think about things, that's okay too.

The hope I have for this blog is that it will become a community to connect the people in my life who are working toward better wellness, and allow us all to support each other.  I hope to have posts about what different people view wellness to be, and what efforts they are making or even just dreaming of or considering making in order to increase their wellness in some way.

I want to do posts about my own experiences, but I would also LOVE to receive submissions (even anonymous ones) about other people's experiences.  I'm thinking about doing interviews with some of the people I know who are focused on wellness and doing posts about that.  I may even at some point learn how to do podcasts and start doing some of those.

I've had a lot of friends and loved ones ask me what my secret is, since I've lost 50 lbs in the past year.  I don't think I have any brilliant earth-shattering insights to offer, and it's been a long hard road so far (with a much longer road ahead, since I have almost 100 lbs to go!).  But I have picked up a few things along the way that have helped me.  And since I'm only at the very beginning of my wellness journey, I hope to pick up a lot more!  I want a forum to share the things I'm learning. I also would like to provide a forum for others to share what they're learning, what they're struggling with, and their victories - big and small - along the way.

Do you dream of being able to ride on a plane and not have to extend the seatbelt out as long as it gets and suck in and squish your tummy into it?


Did you go to the gym for the first time ever this week?  What was it like?


Are you envious of the people around you who don't have depression or anxiety?


Have you tried out psychotherapy or medications, and did that help?


Have you lost a lot of weight and are now struggling with your new identity as a thinner person?


Do you hope to be able to hike someday, but can't imagine that for yourself?


Did you have a battle with cancer (your own or a loved one's) that taught you a lot about your own strength, or what makes life worth living?


Would you like to learn how to knit, or play guitar, or meditate because you know it would help with your stress?


Do you have a hard time motivating yourself to eat right, even though in theory you care about doing it?


I wanna know about it!  
And I know other people would, too.  Shoot me an email or stop me when you see me, and tell me about it!  Maybe let me interview you, if you're brave!