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Spring Forward to Action 2007: Week 2, Day 3

by Heather Long

I may have found a bike! That's exciting news for me. If it pans out this weekend, I'll be hitting the bike trails over the next few weeks to add more challenge to my workouts and continuing to build my endurance.

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How to Recover From Surgery

by Heather Long

Are you someone who can't stand to sit still for days on end? Then this is the blog for you. I am speaking from experience because this is what I am going through right now.

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Oy, I Overdid It - Recovering from Surgery

by Heather Long

Let me tell you, the most frustrating part of having had surgery is that as an active person it's very difficult to sit around and do nothing. So, while I am smart enough to follow my doctor's instructions, I'm also stubborn enough to push the envelope and today - I overdid it.

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The Fitness Blog Weeks in Review February 10 - March 2, 2007

by Heather Long

Weee - we're back and we're ready to get this party started! It's been three weeks since our last week in review and we need to get ourselves back on track, so with that in mind, let's look at our previous weeks in review.

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WHEW! It's Benign, Can I Describe My Relief?

by Heather Long

My doctor just called, they got the pathology back on the biopsy they performed on the tissue removed when they removed my ovary and fallopian tube. It's all 100% benign. I feel like a tremendous weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

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Well, Here I Am Again ...

by Heather Long

Good morning, it feels strange to be sitting down and typing. I know it's only been a few days since I was last here posting my thoughts, my workouts, my research and more, but it's been a very long few days for me.

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Update: My Ordeal & What the Doctor Said

by Heather Long

First and foremost let me say thank you to everyone who has sent me a kind note, a thought or a prayer - it means more than I can say to all of you. Yesterday afternoon, I went to see a specialist about the mass the sonogram found on my ovary.

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My Ordeal - When Things Fall Apart

by Heather Long

So I wrote about getting your annual physical a couple of days ago and how I'd scheduled mine and headed in to see the doctor. I arrived at the doctor's office yesterday morning, filled out my paper work and sat in a chair, reading a book while I waited for them to call me in.

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Great Myths: Smokers Like to Smoke

by Heather Long

You know one of the greatest myths and fallacies about smoking that are labeled on smokers is that we like to smoke. I've even espoused this belief myself. But the truth is - I don't like to smoke, sometimes I wonder why I even bother and then I reach for the cigarette and I just light it.

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Smoke Break - Back in the Saddle

by Heather Long

Many of you were here a few weeks ago when I made an attempt to stop smoking. I lasted only a few weeks and then fell promptly off the wagon. I can attribute the cause to a number of things including my husband's hospitalization, but the truth is - I didn't make it.

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