“So do you really wear your pants hiked up to your boobs?!” my friend Meghan greeted me when I walked in to TurboKick this morning. (Not to be confused with Gym Buddy Megan – our gym has a lot of Meg(h)ans..) Momentarily taken aback, I said something super intelligent like… “Wha…?” “Jeni told me you …
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photo credit I told Beth I wasn’t going to cry. Ten years ago my first baby was born. She was born still, as they say. Except there was nothing still about it. Kicking and squirming inside my stomach, she made her presence known. And labor and delivery is never a still process, the body knows nothing …
This is how Gym Buddy Megan defines healthy. And also, this is hands-down my absolute fave picture of her ever. Six scrambled eggs cooked in butter, a half pound of bacon, four potatoes worth of hash browns, six pieces of buttered toast, and a 32 oz. milkshake. And that’s just for breakfast. As the world watches …
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Flying or Falling? Can you have one without the other? The thing about depression is that you don’t know how bad you feel until you don’t feel bad anymore. It’s like wearing a veil that subtly shades everything in your life until you can’t remember a time when rainbows weren’t made in varying grays and …
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mouse over reads: “I’m as surprised as you!” Socks with sandals. Sleeping with the window open no matter the weather. If pool can be considered a “real” sport. Husbands and wives don’t always agree and this month finds me right smack dab in the middle of a doozie of a disagreement between fitness power couple …
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As of tomorrow, my newest Kindergartner! He’s got his birthday crown, a plastic spoon and a butterfly crafted out of paper and a pipe cleaner for security. (Jelly Bean is, as always, just along for the ride.) “Dear God, please don’t let the popcorn machine be gone!” my 5-year-old sobbed tonight as he said …
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As I sat putting the finishing touches on my second book last night, I was overwhelmed with this feeling of immense gratitude. Re-reading and re-living the high- and low- lights of all those Great Fitness Experiments made me realize how incredibly blessed I am to have you guys. I’ve said it before but I truly …
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I bet people just fawn all over her… “Oftentimes you get women saying, ‘I can’t exercise today because I don’t want to sweat my hair back or get my hair wet,’ ” said Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin. “When you’re starting to exercise, you look for reasons not to, and sometimes the hair is one …
“Holy Cat!” But my fave part: “Rich in dextrose for quick food energy”!! Yep, sugar is quick energy all right! Oh the cheat day! Back when I was doing such things (before Intuitive Eating), I used to dream about my cheat days. I’d plan out well in advance what restaurants I wanted to hit, what …
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I found this framed picture at my local thrift shop today. It really has nothing to do with today’s post but how horrifying is this thing? It’s like the patron saint of pedophiles. Or Fabio’s night job. Either way, it would give my kids night terrors… “Are you looking for the Easter Bunny?” “Are you …
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