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Fitness Blog Week in Review May 14 – May 19

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I love writing the weeks in review, some weeks I like writing them more than others and this month has definitely been falling more in the less than the more category. But we’re getting caught up and in just one week, the craziness will droop off a bit and I won’t feel like I’m being left behind in my own blogging. So without further ado, let’s talk about this Monday, May 14 Have you ever considered that all you need to do to achieve your goals is to Partner Up: Lose Weight with Your Spouse? Or perhaps that you should … Continue reading →

Weeding Away the Pounds

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It’s summer here, I know officially that summer hasn’t started yet, but it definitely feels like summer is here with soaring temperatures, hot sun and steamy air. We’ve been very fortunate this spring because we’ve had lots and lots of rain (compared to last year when we had almost no rain and our lake dropped to 16 feet below the normal water level). So what do hot sun, warm temperatures and lots of rain give you? If you answered weeds, then go to the front of the class! Weeds, Weeds, Weeds I spend nearly an hour every other day pulling … Continue reading →

Newborn Clothes

When preparing for our daughter’s arrival, I was hesitant to acquire any newborn sized outfits for her. My “pink” shopping addiction began with purchasing mostly zero to three month sizes. I limited myself to four newborn sized onsies. As my baby girl clothing collection grew, and subsequently my new addiction, I found myself buying clothing in every size but the newborn size. In my mind I figured my daughter could very well weigh over eight pounds at birth making the use of newborn clothes completely obsolete. After visiting my sister, brother-in-law and their five week old daughter, I started to … Continue reading →

Fitness Journal – Power Mowing and All that Jazz

Late yesterday, I was looking at our yard because the grass over 4 inches in some places (the amount of rain this year has really encouraged the grass growth) and my husband has a raging head cold – poor thing really sounds horrible. I’m not doing too great with the constant dental pain, but I can manage the pain with the medication. I debated the lawn mowing issue, normally I love working in my garden and the yard/garden is a very physical place to be. My husband was just not up to the mowing. My husband’s uncle said he would … Continue reading →

Your Computer versus Your Fitness

I work from home, I may have mentioned this on many occasions. Over the last 12 years or so, I’ve worked in some fashion or another in front of a computer. Sometimes I work for five or six hours at a stretch without getting up other than to use the rest room or grab a drink. In the past, when I was in corporate America, I worked a lot longer than that, going so far to just eat my lunch at my desk so I could get my work done. p The Internet and the computer are fantastic gifts. They … Continue reading →

Salt Does a Body Good

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We’ve talked about our body’s need for water before, during and after exercise. But during the hot months of summer, regular outdoor exercise can cause fatigue related to a lack of sugar, calories and salt. The loss of salt is not one many of us pay attention to, however. Sports drinks have sodium in them (did you know that?) and studies have found that athletes who drink salty drinks before they compete did better. Salt Does a Body Good Salty drinks help athletes have larger blood volumes. Salty drinks also make you thirstier and you will drink more water and … Continue reading →

Let’s Burn Some Extra Calories Today

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Want to burn an extra 100 calories today? I look at burning some extra calories the way I look at catching a few extra minutes of sleep – it’s nice to be able to do it especially if it fits into the day and improves it. The great thing about the following list of things you can do to burn some extra calories is they are all a way to relax as well as burn calories. How often do you hear let’s have fun and burn a few calories at the same time? Not a lot? That’s okay, we’re going … Continue reading →