Kim Westerman, Author at MyFitnessPal Blog

About the Author

Kim Westerman is a freelance travel, food, coffee and wine writer and a longtime writing teacher with an interest in mindfulness and contemplative studies. She lives with her wife and two young children in Berkeley, California.

December 14, 2018

How Cameron’s Weight Loss Helped Save His Young Son

by Kim Westerman

- December 14, 2018

In 2011, Cameron Summerson changed careers. He went from working an active job at a school district, which allowed him to walk up to 7 miles a day, to being a full-time writer. His active work life...

October 23, 2018

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How Running Transformed Mark’s Mental and Physical Health

by Kim Westerman

- October 23, 2018

For most of his life, London-based IT specialist Mark Bush found his greatest comfort in food. "In my 20s, I got into the habit of relying on food to make me feel better about my life," he says....

February 23, 2018

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Prevention as the Best Medicine: Kristin’s Quest to Take Charge of Her Health

by Kim Westerman

- February 23, 2018

Like many school teachers, Kristin Clinkenbeard loved her work teaching math to high school students. Unfortunately for the Oklahoma woman, teaching is stressful, and it started taking its toll on...

December 8, 2017

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How Humor and Self-Love Helped Joseph Drop 250 Pounds

by Kim Westerman

- December 8, 2017

In 2005, Joseph Mancuso weighed nearly 500 pounds and was close to death at age 39. As the New Jerseyan grappled with a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis, he found it more difficult to complete everyday...

October 6, 2017

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Outrunning Addiction: How a Challenge From Brian’s Sister Helped Him Kick Cigarettes

by Kim Westerman

- October 6, 2017

At 38 years old, Brian Bender was smoking a half-pack of cigarettes a day, as he had been doing for 22 years. While Bender was a runner in his younger years, his life had recently veered toward a...

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