Pushing up

Push ups are a much feared and hated exercise by women, men don’t want to do them and look foolish, but friends they are a great exercise you can do in the privacy of your own home and get a great core and upper body workout.    Proper form is key!  Below is a website that [...]

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Woke up negative and overwhelmed

When I woke up this morning the weight of the world felt a little (mild version) heavy.  I could feel myself starting a list in my head and the list was not positive, a lot of the things I was thinking were true, just not the entire truth.   The Bible and The Secret say the say [...]

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The Frogtown Trail Challenge

I had run two 5k races before but I had never run in a trail race.  To be honest, I did not even know they existed until this one!  Matt and Laura from our gym ran it with me.  Laura and I ran the 4.5 and Matt ran the 10 mile race.   I have three words for [...]

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Best birthday gift

  Today my daughter, Candace, aka Candy, turns 11 today. I was thinking about what to give her for her birthday and of course I got introspective, if you have not noticed I do that a lot, and started thinking what would be the best gift I could ever give her. Let her be Candy.  When naming [...]

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Price of success

I lost seventy pounds in nine months six years ago.  People would come in my office at work, close the door, and say, “Okay, exactly what are you doing to lose your weight?”  I would tell them, they would say okay and leave.  My commitment to lose weight at that time was extreme, OCD.  My [...]

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Only one thing

Here is your assignment, yes, you have homework!  Choose ONE habit in your life that is unhealthy and come up with a healthy alternative and start putting it into practice this week.  In the past, I have seen a lot of negative behaviors in my life, got all hyped up, made a list of changes, [...]

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