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The holidays are nearly over, kids are getting over their illness (and so am I), and I am ready to put a week of senseless overindulgence behind me. So today I gave myself a present – a 1 hour walk around the lake with Jasper (with his new doggie backpack) and Daryn, getting fitted and [...]
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Even though I went to sleep at 1 am, and had a very stressful night of dreams, I woke up promptly at 6 am. Being extremely restless, I laced up my shoes, hitched up my horse-dog and went out for a quick workout: 5 minute walk warmup 5 minute run uphill 50 air squats 5 [...]
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Met with Jen this morning and worked out on the deck. I was feeling pretty good – until 1/2 way through when I felt like I wanted to throw up. In the end I was happy, and felt good about my body… Tabata pushups 20 seconds work 10 seconds rest 8 sets High knee football [...]
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SInce I am sore from working out so hard these days, I was reminded of this video. I watch this when I am angry, or sad, or just not feeling good about the world.
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For the first time in more than 8 years, I fit into a size 14. I have been pushing my body to the extreme with Jen’s workouts over the past few weeks. Her approach is making such a big difference for me! The workouts are short (30-45 mins) intense and sometimes we work out so [...]
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I woke up at 4 am and was out of the house by 4:30 – I began this workout at 5 am…I turned on my iPOD and listened to Bloc Party and IMA Robot as loud as I could stand it to help get me through this. My knee was stiff but I made sure [...]
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Woke up at 4 am today – was at my desk by 5, and at 6 am we began our workout in the garage. I had a really important meeting at 10 am, and with no ‘down-time’ over the weekend, I was feeling very overwhelmed and I was in a really bad mood. This workout [...]
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I was supposed to sand and refinish my stairs on Friday, but I never got to it. I found listening to jazz and sipping on a glass of Pinot Noir to be much more appealing. Saturday morning we wrapped up making our handmade Christmas ornaments, and then I headed to D.C. to drop Daryn off [...]
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We worked out again in the garage. Just when I thought we were safe from that tire – Jen had it ready for us. This time we had to run all the way up the ramp with that thing dragging behind us! Shit! My hip was very sore this morning. I am worried about it [...]
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Jen is helping me. She is helping me to feel strong and invincible through her workouts and guidance. She is patient with me and doesn’t discriminate against me because of my weight. She gave me a workout to do today, and I just finished it…I added a few extras (Jen, please take a look and [...]
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