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Weekly Wrap Up
Wow yesterday was nuts. Some days are just like this.... I didn't log a thing yesterday. But we left the house early to go pick up my daughter at the University (she's been doing an engineering camp)...
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July Goal Getter
It is so hard to believe July is here (well... almost) I love the Goal Getter calendars that Fitlosophy puts out:...
View ArticleMind First, Body Second
It is no secret that I have been on and off again on the quest for what I am wanting to do. I will start to venture outward toward goals and then I will step back and collect my thoughts. I have done...
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Make Today Great!
Looking forward to a new day. I have a fresh set of pages in my Fitbook staring at me waiting to be filled. Oh, and of course, coffee makes it all possible..... ...
View ArticleThe Path Less Traveled
Thought for the day from Go Kaleo: "The allure of polarized thoughts is strong. We like that feeling of absolute certainty, it can seem comforting. That's probably one reason for the popularity of...
View ArticleThe Next Step
Oh but am I ever glad that the 4th comes but once a year... 33 Summer Shandy is sooooo good. So is apple whiskey. Just saying. The day after, not so much so. My body likes to remind me that I am *not*...
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Establishing Autonomy While Making Habits
Okay so I won't lie. I have been struggling a bit lately. It wasn't just the 4th. It has been just about everything. I feel like at times I jump into something, realize it doesn't work, pull back and...
View Article2 Days Done!
Yesterday I started the Lean Habits program. The first of four core habits is to eat only 3 to 4 times a day. Basically, square meals. Yesterday, I will admit, it was hard. I felt like most of the day...
View ArticleLearning to Step Outside My Comfort Zone
So far so good with the Lean Habits. It *is* getting easier. I did, however, have a snack last night. No judgement and it was very controlled -- I had a small bowl of popcorn popped in coconut oil so...
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It's Monday...
I spent some time getting the week planned: I am feeling great. I am going to be starting the second week of habit one for the Lean Habits program and it is going very well for me. I am sitting at 71%...
View ArticleExercise -- what I enjoy
At the moment my main goals for exercise is to simply move in ways that feel good to me. I have been down the road of forcing exercise and it is no fun. At all. I've posted and talked about a lot how I...
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Lean Habits, 30 Day Yoga Challenge ... and more for this Friday
What a week..... This week has been far from.... uneventful. We've had a bit of a family emergency happen and I have been so hopped up on adrenaline, I haven't been able to settle myself much. You know...
View ArticleI'm Baaaaaack!!
Whew! What a whirlwind of a last couple of weeks I have had! 198 To start off, about a week and a half ago, my daughter was in a car accident. The dreaded phone call that NO parent ever wants to get...
View ArticleAugust is here ALREADY?!!
Sheesh -- where as this summer gone?!! I can't believe that August is upon us. August has always been a busy month for us so wee! Here we go! This summer has been ANYTHING but uneventful for me. All...
View ArticleThe Return of Exercise -- YEAH!
Today has been a sad day. My dad left to go back to WA. I cried and I miss him terribly already. He and I have really grown close over the years. I have immense amounts of respect for him and he really...
View ArticleMy New Addition
I woke up this morning quite sore -- wow! It has been awhile since I have worked my muscles like that. Times like this it is a bummer to live in a house with stairs, lol. It's all good, DOMS is kind of...
View ArticleSelf Care
I will admit it, yesterday I was in a bit of a funk in the morning. I woke up sad and missing my dad. I wasn't feeling much of anything and severely lacking in motivation to do much of anything. My...
View ArticleFarmer's market, a hard day and working to remain flexible
I won't lie, yesterday was a hard day for me. It is the hardest day of the year. Remembering my mom and those vivid memories of her passing -- it just never gets easier for me. 39 I got up nice and...
View ArticleEat Just Enough
I made a decision to move ahead to habit 3 in Lean Habits -- Eat Just Enough, aka satiety. I have to say that the habits have been relatively easy for me. Habit 1 (eat 3 to 4 meals a day) was rough for...
View ArticleLean Habits -- 5 weeks in
There has been so much going on -- I can't believe that the end of summer vacation is staring me right in the face. It has been a mixed bag this summer. Very active, a ton going on and it went fast (as...
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