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We Love Michigan
My youngest and I make no secret that we are big fans of Michigan football. After spending a long weekend in Holland, Michigan with some of my workout friends, my youngest is an even bigger fan of the state. I enjoyed the weekend too–it reminded me of traveling to Michigan as a kid. Back then…
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When “Type A” Becomes a Problem
For as long as I can remember, I have been a hard-driving, take no prisoners workaholic. My senior year of high school, I was voted “Most Likely to Succeed” and although I have enjoyed some pretty terrific successes in life, I have never trusted them. My current position is fantastic and those who hired me…
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Are Macros Just Food Math?
After a year of working out and only half paying attention to what I have been eating, I know I have reached the limit of my 40-something body to continue to be more fit than fat. I have lost weight and I have been maintaining. But, I’m kind of to the point that I would…
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Surviving the Frozen 5k
Even though my only thought as the biting wind whipped all about was, “This is SO dumb. Why am I DOING this?”, I braved it anyway and ran the 5k Saturday afternoon. My time was nothing stellar–right around 44:00. The frustrating part that the course and a few other things slowed me WAY down. I…
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Do You Want to Run a 5k?
Did you hear that in the melody from Frozen? You were supposed to–go on & read it again. Tomorrow I will be running a 5k and be frozen, so it seems fitting.
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The Shoes Make the Outfit
In this case, the shoes may very well impact my ability to perform as needed to survive an onslaught of physical stimuli [pain!] and mental exhaustion [fear!]. Has anyone done a Tough Mudder? I need a good pair of shoes. I know why they are important and thus begins my walk down Humiliation Lane.
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Not a Morning Person
If only the day started at 10 a.m., then I would be a morning person. I used to be a morning person. I worked in early a.m. radio as a part-time gig and I would go in super early, do the morning drive time and then head to class. Sure, it was a drag to…
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I Love a Good Dinner
Today was a super busy day at work including a last-minute voluntold luncheon attendance. Luncheons are awesome, but when you’re trying to be compliant to a pretty healthy eating path, they can be torture. I successfully managed to avoid shoving a slice of pecan pie into my face…pretty much only because there was a steady…
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Cold Stay Home Day
I always loved how my kids’ teachers in preschool would differentiate the weekend or holidays as “stay home days.” Today was a stay home day which was a blessing because it was so frigid outside and because my youngest was feeling under the weather. Tomorrow, the oldest already has a two-hour delay. I’m sure the…
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Taking On The Challenge
January has passed the halfway point. Our household is in full, new year swing. We’ve been organizing some things, restarting some activities that were on winter hiatus, and my husband and I started the Advocare 24-Day All-In Challenge last week. He started on the 11th with the rest of the nation and I started the…