Joy Miller, who has been at UCLA for 14 years, is the academic affairs officer for the Department of Epidemiology, where she works with graduate students and faculty making amazing strides in public health. “I’ve always felt that your career should be more than a paycheck,” she says. “It is an opportunity for growth, and it is up to each of us to seek out those opportunities.” Joy followed the same philosophy in her decision to join BHIP. “As soon as I read the announcement, I knew this was a pivotal opportunity in my life. I couldn’t pass it up!” In addition to the program’s physical component, she says she’s looking forward to applying what she learns about nutrition to her passion for the culinary arts.
Suddenly, I felt great. Don’t get me wrong, I ache – burpies, frogs, bears and ducks will do that to you. What has changed, however is how I feel. I feel like I will accomplish what I was hoping to achieve with BHIP. I believe ... excuse me, I KNOW that I am experiencing “me” at my greatest potential.
What brought me to BHIP was a desire to face harsh truths about my current physical state and even harsher truths about my personal culpability and resolve. I would like to take this moment to especially thank Sergeant First Class Zero Tolerance for this. Read the complete post here.
Diane, our nutrition coach, had us passing a baseball around the room as part of her lesson on serving sizes. I thought about how a baseball-size serving of cheese — I LOVE cheese — seemed more than enough. ... Then I heard those horrible words from Diane: “Where’s my golf ball? I only have one and it’s our cheese serving!” I was floored. ...