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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Interview with Holly

Friends there are always people a little head of you in life.  They have walked a healthy path longer and more effectively.  I try to study people who have followed a healthy path longer than myself.  My friend, Holly, is one of those people!  I have asked her some questions and asked her to share [...]

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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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To blog or not to blog

The last couple weeks have been very stressful for me.  I had realized I was not getting enough sleep and something was going to have to go.  When I examined my priorities, I realized that my blogging at 4:30-5:30 a.m. was the easy thing to give up.  I had been so dedicated to journaling  five [...]

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Boxes

This past weekend I went to my sister, Susan’s for her son, Eldridge’s graduation.  It was really great, my three brothers and my sister were all together for parts of the weekend.  My little brother, John, got engaged so we also celebrated for him and Denise. My sister has an amazing deck that we sat [...]

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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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Food for thought

By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself. Menander Change the scenery in your life if it is negative.  Hang out with people who lift you up, who encourage your healthy lifestyle, and who have character traits, skills or qualities you want.  Find people who like to exercise, who are further down the road [...]

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Monday morning perspective

Four a.m. came awful early this morning.  I gardened all weekend. My back and neck are a little sore, my thumb is aching with arthritis pain, my back is sunburned and I have never been happier.  I am so thankful I could get down on my knees in the dirt, haul bark chips, carry planters [...]

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Eating a whale

My father always likes to say, “You can eat an entire whale,  one bite at a time”.   His statement came to mind the other day as I was driving to the gym at 5:00 a.m.  I realized I had come to  a totally different places in my life  physically and emotionally. For many years I had a lot of [...]

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Meltdown

Friday was a great day.   My little brother was coming to visit from Florida.    I felt upbeat, looking forward to a great weekend.  THEN Saturday morning I went clothes shopping.  I needed some pants.  I have not tried on clothes for quite some time but I have been working out really consistently, eating healthy and feeling pretty [...]

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