The Year of Tam

Three years ago tonight I was at home, lying in a hospital bed, sick… and I knew I was dying.  I was trapped under the weight of my body at nearly 700 pounds painfully suffering with degenerating discs and weight… Read more ›

It is official: I am the same weight as I was in college, the lightest I have been in 22 years!  I am proud to say I have lost 125 pounds so far this year making a grand total of… Read more ›

Ahhh no wonder my skinny pants are loose… I’m down 56 pounds!!  I knew something was working when a favorite gal of mine (a 12 year old young lady) noticed me “looking thinner… especially my ankles!!”  Love the honesty, and… Read more ›

Three months on the new program and I’ve dropped 41 pounds.  Year 3 is off to a great start!! 

Three weeks ago a new nutritionist decided the other gal was wrong telling me to eat MORE, and put me on a low fat diet consisting of 12 ounces of protein and 10 grams of carbs per day.  Yup. No… Read more ›

Sometimes I just want to run through the streets yelling, “I obviously can’t do this alone. Chris Powell … I need your help!” Although I’ve had past success, I’ve failed time and again. I’ve made excuses. I’ve let injury stop… Read more ›

My phone went nuts and froze me out of most of my aps.  Yep, shut-down.  Thus the reason I haven’t posted.  Seems the only access I have to the outside word is thru my phone (and the internet when I’m… Read more ›

Since the knee damage from the fall I took last summer, my activity came to an abrupt halt. No exercise to me meant cut the calories so I don’t regain weight.  But something wasn’t right. Hello 25 pounds added back… Read more ›