Today is a day to give thanks. And on my run this morning, I realized I have so much to be thankful for. Don’t get me wrong. This has been a challenging year. Today though (and every ok, most days), I choose not to look at the negative and focus on the positive instead....
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I did it! This morning, I dragged my butt out of my warm, cozy bed, put on my running gear before opening my eyes, stumbled to the bathroom, grabbed my keys, a water and my gym card and jumped in the car before I could rethink my decision and crawl back into bed. It...
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I had a social engagement last night where I didn’t really know anyone. I had one friend there, but the other people I’d never met before. Other than my friend, who is well aware of my weight loss journey, everyone else only knows me this one way. As a medium-sized woman. No one paid...
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With the end of race season came a backlash of sorts that I didn’t anticipate. Since I’d set such high goals for next season, I figured I’d stay on track with my diet and exercise plan, no problem. It went well for a couple of weeks and then, problem. Little by little I let...
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I’m sitting here at 10:30 at night finishing up on the computer after a stressful day, a blog class and playing around with my Twitter design for way too long. It has been a sitting kind of day. I’m a magazine editor by day and I can end up in front of the computer...
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Even though today is Trainer Tuesday, I have to go back to Sunday for the start of this post. Sunday, I ran 4.5 miles. That’s the farthest I’ve gone to date and I’m closing in on my 5-mile by Thanksgiving target. Sunday was too beautiful a day to not run. I set out to...
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I’m a firm believer in dieting moderation. I have more or less managed to lose 63 pounds eating foods I enjoy…in moderation. Weight Watchers taught me to balance the good foods with the fun foods and to even appreciate the good foods as fun foods. I get lots of exercise too, something I hadn’t...
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Well not really. I’m still under the microscope with the IRS, but to counteract the stress of this whole audit process, I chose swimming as my exercise of choice last night. And I got a pleasant surprise! My gym has switched the indoor pool over to a salt water filtering system! Yay! Because I...
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I walked into Walmart the other night to get a winter coat. My coat from last year does not fit anymore…in a good way. It’s going to Good Will, along with other wintery clothes that don’t fit me anymore either. I was surprised that already, Walmart is all set up for Christmas. That was...
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These last couple of months I’ve been under what seems like a never-ending cloud of stress. I’m not complaining. It just is what it is. The stress has emanated from events that I have not had a whole lot of control over but have required hours of my undivided attention. Of course, in the...
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