AlmostFit is a space to discuss my efforts to lose weight and improve my health using a slow, holistic approach. Holistic meaning, simply, Whole. I have tried dozens of less-than-whole approaches, like extreme dieting, outrageous exercise (given my physical state at the time), and the, "I give up - I am who I am" tack. And like many folks these days, I have reached the conclusion that those approaches simply do not work for me. When I am in those headspaces I am neither healthy nor truly happ...