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Gym Membership Or Stationary Bike?

October 4th, 2008 · No Comments

My husband and I have been married for 7 years.  We dated for three years before we got married.  We each owned one stationary bike that we brought with us when we got married causing various people to wonder if we race each other on our stationary bikes in the basement.
My husband loved his stationary […]

Tags: Beauty, Health & Fitness

Summer Ends And The Treadmill Begins

September 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This past week I’ve read numerous posts describing bloggers’ feelings on fall.  Personally, I love it.  I love the cool crisp air.  I love wearing jeans and a fleece.  I love being able to run outside and not worry about the dreaded Runner’s Gut.  However, there are a couple of drawbacks.  The first is that […]

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A Runner’s Embarrassing Secret

August 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

When I decided to really focus on getting into shape about a year ago, I had a hard time finding media support.  Perhaps that sounds weird.  Surely there are more fitness magazines and exercise blogs out there than one person could read in a lifetime.  That’s not the problem I had.  It seemed like people […]

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When Pigs Really Do Fly

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Last Sunday, my triathlon training buddy and I carpooled to our sprint triathlon. Other than knowing that it involved a river swim, we were a little confused as to how this triathlon would work. Apparently they were using the same course for both our sprint triathlon and for an Olympic length triathlon. […]

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One Not So Great Side Effect Of Exercise

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

One thing I of course love about working out is how much better I feel and look. I enjoy being able to get smaller clothes. Who am I kidding? I love being able to get smaller clothes! No matter how much I exercise, chasing my kids around the playground will always wipe […]

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Weighing On My Mind

July 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Last year I read a blog post about a woman who had taken up running. She did it as a way to lose weight and participated in numerous competitions. At the end of her first year doing it she wrote a post saying that she had only lost 30 lbs. Comments came […]

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The Irony

June 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I had many fears about doing the triathlon. For example, I was worried about leaving a trail of vomit behind me and perhaps finding myself on a Youtube clip. However, my bigger fear was about what would follow the event. I worried that once the triathlon was over, so was my exercise […]

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Choosing an Exercise

May 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I fell into spinning by accident.
The first day of Pilates class, I went to drop my younger son (YS) off at childwatch after dropping my older son off at preschool. Unfortunately, I wasn’t the first to finish the trip. Hordes of preschool parents had also been counting down the days for school to […]

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Up a Hill

May 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

One of the things I have noticed about people who work out is we tend to operate at extremes. Some people join a gym and then aren’t able to make it or, in my case previously, could make it but much prefer to sit on the couch with their precious free time. Other […]

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Finding Time to Exercise

May 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yesterday the woman sitting next to me in spinning was surprised to find out I have two little kids. I like to think that it’s because of my fabulous in-shape body. I’m totally kidding; I’m still working on getting rid of my no longer-pregnant-by-a-long shot belly. I was surprised though that she […]

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