Acceptance – Page 2 – Run. Laugh. Eat Pie.

Mental

11 April, 2011 RenéeBody, Mind8 Comments

My brain is against me lately. Not just with regards to my body, with everything. It was an emotional week for me to say the least. I was headhunted again and this time for a company very close to where…

The Diet Mentality

16 March, 201116 March, 2011 Renéeepiphany, Mind, Self20 Comments

Disclaimer: This is not a happy post, but rather a bitter one. It’s something I realized, while I was on holiday in the States, that I am still completely brainwashed from following Weight Watchers for so long. I know the…

Limbo

22 February, 2011 RenéeSelf, Weight Watchers7 Comments

I knew I hadn’t written for a while, but I didn’t actually realise just how long until this weekend. I tried to write on the weekend, and now I’m glad I didn’t publish, because, well, it’s not completely what I…

The Sports Doctor

26 January, 2011 RenéeBody, Self16 Comments

I went to the sports doctor (is that the right term? here in NL it is but I’m not sure what you would call these professionals in North America or the UK for example) this morning and it was an…

The Results are In

19 January, 2011 RenéeMind, Self, Weight Watchers6 Comments

I talked to my doctor today about my blood tests. The Good News: Nothing is wrong with me. I could say there is bad news. But there isn’t. Nothing is wrong with me. Am I sad, frustrated, and being driven…

Determination

14 January, 2011 Renéeepiphany, Mind, Self6 Comments

I hear this occasionally, that I have an amazing amount of determination and trust me I find that a very serious compliment. I used to think (because maybe I had been told many times) I was stubborn, rather than determined.…

Frustration leads to Frustration

13 January, 2011 RenéeSelf10 Comments

I hate to admit it, but I feel really, really glum. . . . . . . . As I tweeted the other day: All of you wonderful people out there, losing weight week after week, yes YOU, even the…

Positive Post: Monday Reflections and Ten Things

10 January, 201110 January, 2011 RenéeMind, Self7 Comments

Last week was a mixture of the good stuff and the not so good stuff. Stress is a fairly common factor in my life at the moment, at least when it comes to work. It was probably the worst week…

More Running, less Whinging.

2 January, 2011 RenéeBody, Mind, Self, Weight Watchers16 Comments

Every new year I imagine myself as one of those people who come up with brilliant goals and resolutions and every year I pretty much come up with not-a-whole-lot. In 2010 I lost exactly 1 kilogram of weight, which was…

Time for a Change. Again.

1 December, 2010 RenéeBody, epiphany, Exercise, Self, Weight Watchers4 Comments

It’s December, a new month, a new chance. My record is on repeat here -I say this every month. . So it’s time for a change. Again. . Clearly after an entire year of being upset, accepting, non-caring, positive, negative…

Hey! I’m Renée, 55 years old; I started running just to lose some weight and in the meantime found out that running changes pretty much everything. My favorite running partner, Ron (56), started running just to support me, but he found out he actually had a talent for it and consequently has run over 28 marathons in the span of 6 years with 3 of them being World Majors.

This blog is about running, fitness, mental health, travel and, though I am trying to get out of diet mentality, I may still talk about weight/ weight loss. Sometimes a combination of all, sometimes not. And not always in that order.

Running and fitness keep me sane, travel is my passion.We live in the Netherlands – Mr Pie is Dutch and I am American and Dutch, now living here over half of my life.