Joseph Lopez
Stories (6/0)
Slow Down
I spent more than a year gunning it at full speed in the wrong direction. A life of excess that just morphed into something uncontrollable. By the time I stopped the damage, it had been done: I gained so much weight, dug myself into a $25,000 credit card debt hole, and my mental state was just shot.
By Joseph Lopez4 years ago in Motivation
The Case for Going Halfway
The motivational motto our entire lives has been to go ‘all in’. That you have to ‘go big or go home’. Go ‘HAM,’ baby! But once you get to be my age -- with a bum left knee, emotional scars, and a trip to the emergency room for drinking too much coffee -- you realize that always taking a giant leap isn’t always so great. ...I'm 30.
By Joseph Lopez4 years ago in Motivation
Ending My Life-Long Yo-Yo Dieting by Addressing the Real Problem: What the Fitness Trainers and Diet Gurus Aren't Telling You
That’s my laundry basket (although as I was re-arranging my apartment it was clearly more like an impromptu trash can). And those are the three pints of ice cream I bought in a split-second decision at the grocery store a few months ago — despite being well into a healthy eating and exercise plan.
By Joseph Lopez4 years ago in Longevity