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.

July 6, 2017

She Lost 215 Pounds With This Mantra: ‘Weight Loss Isn’t Linear’

by Kim Westerman

- July 6, 2017

As if being a mother of twins wasn’t hard enough, Roxanne Crozier was finding it harder and harder to make time to take care of herself. At the beginning of last year, she was knee-deep in looking...

June 8, 2017

The Walk That Saved a Life: Chris’ Weight-Loss Journey

by Kim Westerman

- June 8, 2017

You can’t miss Chris White. A trucker based in Pendergrass, Georgia, he’s big: a 6-foot-8 frame fills up his cab. He has always been athletic, too, playing baseball and basketball in his younger...

May 25, 2017

She Lost the Weight, But Self-Esteem Was More Complicated

by Kim Westerman

- May 25, 2017

For Samantha Morrison, rock bottom was in 2009 when she was strolling through a mall in suburban Milwaukee and overheard two teenage boys making fun of her weight. “She’s your girlfriend,” one...

April 13, 2017

From Weight Loss to Weightlifter: Christina’s Postpartum Transformation

by Kim Westerman

- April 13, 2017

Christina Baird knew she had gotten over a big hurdle when a total stranger recently came up to her at the southeastern Iowa clothing store where she works, and asked her for weight loss advice. The...

March 16, 2017

Losing Weight When You Physically Can’t Exercise: Doreen’s Journey

by Kim Westerman

- March 16, 2017

Doreen Gee has enjoyed walking her entire life. Even into her 50s, she took almost daily jaunts in her hometown of Victoria, British Columbia. But everything changed as she approached 60. Severe...

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