Victoriously Broken Podcast Interview: Sitting Through Your Pain
"if I was to see someone that I considered a friend and they came up and kicked me…there would be the physical pain, but there will also be the pain of betrayal from a friend, which is its own pain. And so, I think that part of the nuance of it all is that, you kind of accepting the pain feels like you're saying it's okay but now I'm getting to the understanding it doesn't mean that you accept the pain, it doesn't mean that you accept what happened to you, it doesn't mean that you accept the b
Intermission – Building Dreams
All Blog Activity will continue on April 13. Until then, please continue building your dreams! ~Leslie Diego Delso [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commonscaption
Waking Up
I snapped this photo as I was breaking into Ohio territory after a trip to West Virginia. I felt so alive…so Awake! My morning prayer call began with “I woke […]
No Time For That
One of my favorite skits on the Rickey Smiley morning radio show is “Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That”. Using Sweet Brown’s viral description of a fire that she shared […]
Butts and Guts
Friday, I used my lunch break to explore downtown Charleston, West Virginia while at a convention. After a few steps, I noticed smoking was apparently the norm. Outside the back […]
Slow and Steady or Complacent?
A couple years ago, my water bill started to increase a little bit each bill cycle. Last summer, my son noticed a leak in the basement. When a family friend […]
No Pain No Gain
“People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous… Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, […]
Be Honest With Yourself
Where Did the Week Go? I can’t believe it’s Wednesday! There was Friday. Friday morphed into Memorial Day. Then Memorial Day became Wednesday. At least that’s how I remember it. […]
The Next Step
The First Step I am sure I have broken a record on the amount of weight loss and exercise books and literature I have consumed through the years. Every couple […]
Supporting Your New Goals
I have to keep reminding myself of why I started this challenge in the first place. When starting a new goal, it is important to have a system of support in […]
Scaling Back to Scale UP
Day 16 of 90. 8 pounds down, many more to go! Scaling Back My overarching goal this week is to scale back. That’s scaling back on food, portion sizes, commitments, […]
Same old, Same old
Have you ever found yourself in the same position that you started from? Whether it’s trying to lose the same the 30 pounds you lost two years ago or (another) […]
Healthy Les – Grocery List
The grocery store can be a scary place when you are on a budget or watching your diet. So, I went armed: I had my list of things to pick […]
April Fresh – A Healthy Les
Day 1 – April 16, 2012. Completed First Workout of 90. I hope that you enjoyed the first series of 2012 – The Tru Story: Explicit. The next series will […]
New Year, Another Calendar, Different Goals
I have never been able to fit within the box. Never. But, in the last few years, I have started to embrace that. A few years ago, I spent much of […]
Somebody Prayed For Me
I Let “It” Go Christmas morning and table grace have been my only prayer since Friday. I don’t know…no reason really…just been so busy worrying and trying to take care […]
New Year Resolutions: Become a Miracle in Motion
It’s about that time. With 2011 heaving its last heavy sigh, people are ready to commit, recommit, and become resolute in their goals. How do we find a way to […]
I QUIT!!!!!
I quit. I Quit. I Quit!! That’s it! I am emotionally drained. Mentally Stressed. Physically Tired.. That’s how my draft post started out on August 24. Fortunately, I did not publish […]
Walking Before the Rain Stops
Last week, a friend and I decided to go walking. Neither of us had noticed it was raining cats and dogs outside. On my way to her house the rain seemed […]
Back in Love
So. I am reading this book “The Power to Reinvent Yourself” with a group of folks at my church. I think the book has a wealth of knowledge no matter […]