March 2009

More Mental Than Physical

March 31, 2009

Over the past two weeks, I’ve been struggling to pull myself out of the vicious cycle. I started back at the gym last Monday, and have managed to go seven out of the last nine days. My workouts aren’t always fantastic, but at least I’m making it. I’m actually feeling more frustrated than usual, and [...]

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Wednesday Weekly Weigh In–3/25/09

March 25, 2009

See that little red blip in the middle of the chart down there?  That’s from my weekend of pleasure.  My instantaneous weight went from 182 pounds on Friday morning  all the way to 187 pounds on Sunday.  Now I know and you know that there’s no way I gained 5 pounds of actual weight over [...]

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What A Weekend!

March 24, 2009

I often have a baby sitter scheduled for Friday afternoons.  Even though my job never really ends, in essence, my weekend starts Friday at 12:30.  Last weekend was awesome:  the perfect mix of friends, family, fun, food and exercise. Friday afternoon, I met T (my training partner) for our “tempo run.”  5 miles of tempo [...]

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Back in the Gym

March 23, 2009

My good friend Mackenzie called the other day. “Are you doing okay?” he asked. “Yeah,” I said. “Why?” “I’m worried about you,” he said. “It sounds like you’re in a bad place.” We talked about my current state of mind, and about how I haven’t exercised regularly in months. I had a good spell during [...]

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Food Breakthrough Friday

March 20, 2009

I’ve made two breakthroughs with regards to food recently that I wanted to share with you all. Soup is a wonderful food!–I’ve been on a quest lately to find fast, filling, nutritious foods to eat for lunch lately.  I want them to be fast because I don’t like to spend a lot of my kids’ [...]

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