I really don’t like running. Actually, I pretty much despise it and every step is like torture. However, for some reason I have this fitness goal in my head that I want to be able to go out and run a 5K and not really have it be a big deal. I don’t really...
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I have to give my little brother the credit on this find, though I admit to laughing hysterically when I saw him wearing the weirdest shoes I’d ever laid eyes on! More like a glove than a shoe, each toe had their own little place to call home. He explained that many aches and...
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One of my New Year Goals for 2010 was to run a 5K. Sure, 3.2 miles doesn’t seem like much, but I have *never* been a runner. I’ve never experienced that “runner’s high” I hear folks talking about. I seem to go straight to “runner’s hangover” After doing some reading, I discovered...
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If you are a regular visitor the site, then you know I mostly talk about my hounds…and occasionally blather on about my latest fitness or diet goals. Well, here’s another one. In my list of other sites I link to, you’ll see Mark’s Daily Apple – a great site that I’ve used...
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That’s right. I decided to ditch Chalean Extreme* half way through the 90 day program and take on P90X. I just finished my first week and, let me tell ya, I’ve never looked forward to a rest day as much as I have this one! There are three variations of P90X: classic, lean and...
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Have you given much thought about the food that sits on the shelf of your grocery store? If you’re like me, you probably haven’t – other than to know you that things like “organic,” “grain fed,” and “all natural” are good….high fructose corn syrup is probably bad. Most of us are familiar with (and...
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Goals are good. Right? Hehehe…Of COURSE goals are good! You have to know what you want in order to attain it. I started 2009 with one goal: end the year weighing less than I started. And so far I’ve been successful. But, looking back I realize that I fell short of what I could...
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Weeeeeell….I did my first official Chalean Extreme workout today. In full disclosure, I have gone through every one of the first workouts at least twice just so I could familiarize myself with proper form and technique…even the cardio. I’m not the most coordinated person so jumping and flailing moving arms at the same time...
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The only thing I love more than delicious food is delicious food that’s quick to make AND easy on the waistline. With chicken breast being the ‘go to’ when adding an easy, inexpensive lean meat to my diet I’m always looking for flavorful ways to prepare what can be an otherwise bland and boring...
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The first program I used when I started this fitness journey in early 2009 was the Power 90 program from BeachBody.com. I am one of those people that really needs a trainer of some sort. I need someone telling me to lift this or do that and remind me about proper form and keep me...
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He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion
“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson