About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Category Archives: Hygiene & Health
Jul
20
2010
Why I Won’t Weigh Myself
Anyone in my life kinda knows I’ve kinda gone cardio-crazy. With anywhere from 6 to 12 hours of moderate-plus activity in any given week, I’m working on it. Most of it’s because I’m cycling for commuting. Dialing in between 100 to 150 km of cycling per week on average, yeah, it’s becoming a “lifestyle” and [...]
Also posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Specifically Steff, fitness, keeping it real, weight loss Tagged being real, diet, Eating Disorder, keeping it real, losing weight, monitoring yourself, self-esteem, weigh-in, weight 3 Comments
A couple months ago, I proposed to talk about writing for therapy, how to kinda “go there”, via blogging. The conference was yesterday. It was an “unconference” put on by end-patients and people who work on the peripheries of mental care. Why did I want to get involved? For a million reasons. I’ll get to [...]
Also posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Depression, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Politics, Psychology & Moods, Society, Steff Rants, blogging, internet, keeping it real, writing Tagged absenteeism, assholes, depression, insantiy, mental health, mental health camp, mental illness, pettiness, public speaking, rant, sick, small-minded people, spineless, stigma, stimatizing 14 Comments
Jun
29
2010
Diving into Safety Head-First
We have helmet laws here in British Columbia. Even if we didn’t, I’d be wearing mine. One saved my life. And still I’m different than I used to be. When I saw this article come up on Twitter, I got pretty choked about it. I started thinking of the friends I’ve seen riding without a helmet [...]
Also posted in Autobiographical, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Laws, Life 101, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants, Twitter, keeping it real Tagged accidents, brain damage, bump on the head, change your life, changing your life, coma, concussion, doing it wrong, head injuries, health, helmet safety, helmets, hurting your head, msp, preventable, what not to do 12 Comments
Jun
17
2010
Game On! Back to Success
Ed. Note: I often forget many of you are new here — so, a nutshell: From Jan ’08 till May of ’09, I lost 70 pounds. The hard way. Myself — no trainers, diet organizations, nothing. Hard work, honesty, and self-awareness. I burned out after 8 months with a killer back injury. So, I took [...]
Also posted in Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, Eating Disorder, Life 101, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Specifically Steff, fitness, keeping it real, weight loss Tagged changing your life, changing yourself, get your head in the game, getting healthy, getting past plateaus, head game, how do i change my life, how do i lose weight, how to lose weight, losing weight, secret to weight loss, weight loss, what it takes 5 Comments
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