All posts filed under: Health and Fitness

My Diet Saga

So, over the last three years, I’ve really let my fitness go. I’ve been active because it’s hard not to be when you are renovating a house. Being really fit requires you to do more than carry heavy stuff and step up and down ladders. […]

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Tiny E- Aerial Artist

My third born baby girl is now thirteen years old. One of her friends asked her what her family nick-name was and she answered with, “Tiny E.” Her girlfriend looked her up and down and said, “Tiny?” You see, Emma is a tall 13 year […]

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A Quote

I Started looking up this quote on the internet and was surprised that I couldn’t actually find a single person recorded as saying “Pain is a reminder that we are still alive.” That was the quote I was really looking for. As I was looking, […]

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Things I Think About When I’m Running

Well, I’ve signed up for the Camp Pendleton Mud Run for some unknown ridiculous reason. Since this will be my third mud run, I should have known better. However, my cousin Sara, texted me that she was doing it and was wondering if we were… Yadda, […]

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“…is the New Pretty.”

Last week I woke up and hopped on the scale. I totally freaked out because I was still 158 pounds. I have actually put ON weight since I’ve been working out. I haven’t been dieting or running, I’ve only been crossfitting. I’ve been going at […]

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The Color Run! Shine!

February 28th Steve, Emma, and I went out to Vegas and ran the Color Run with my Brother and his family. It was such a  great run! The event is not timed so there is zero stress and it was a great first race for […]

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Back on the Fitness

If you’re like me, and probably millions of other people, you’d like to be in great shape… Naturally. That’s right, just perfect without ever having to workout or move from your bed or couch. Wow, wouldn’t that be awesome. Well, it doesn’t work that way […]

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Running! 13

This is it folks! We are in our last week of training and in our first week of running for thirty minutes a day for as long as we want to!! Can you believe it? This week I broke the rules and ran 15 min, […]

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Running! 12

Today marks Week 11! After 14 days of no running I finally got out there and ran stage 10. It was tough but I was so happy I did it. I had Steve rooting me on to not quit, so I made it through the […]

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Running! 11

This week I did not run. There, I said it. I didn’t run, not a single day. I was up each morning by 0700 hours but never left the house. On top of being in the middle of a heat wave this week, I’ve been in […]

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Running! 10

What a great running week! Which is weird because I only ran three times this week. However, on my last run I ran for 22 minutes straight. I just felt really good and decided to keep going. Emma was on her bike next to me […]

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