For anyone trying to lose weight and working out in the morning, the sound of the alarm clock is dreadful. There are times when I hit snooze and go back to sleep and miss my workout that morning. This leads to a downward spiral of skipping workouts all together and not accomplishing my goals. I
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When I wake up everyday, I have the best intentions of a healthy lifestyle. I have every intention of working out and eating right. But those intentions are not always fulfilled. I feel bad and a bit guilty when I don’t fulfill those intentions. I quickly get over it as I tell myself that I’ll
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I’ve never, ever been a runner. Even when I ran (ok, there was a lot of walking) a half marathon for charity. I never enjoyed running for the sake of running. I love playing basketball and other sports that have a strong element of running, but never liked running. Running wasn’t in my comfort zone.
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In the past, I’ve wasted a lot of time and energy comparing myself to others when it comes to health and physical appearance: “I wish I was built like that guy” “I wish I was as healthy as her” “I can’t squat as much weight as that guy” “My bench isn’t as good as his”
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Many people don’t like The Biggest Loser, saying it exploits overweight people, the workouts they perform can’t be done in the real world and that their diets are easy to follow because everything is cooked for them. While all of this may be true, I love watching The Biggest Loser. This post isn’t trying to
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One thing I’ve learned during my weight loss journey, is that routines and habits are the difference between success and failure. If I get in a routine of working out, I will workout. If I develop a healthy food habit, I will eat healthy food. I had a great workout routine that I was able
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For many people, including me, finding motivation to workout, eat right and lose weight is tough. Once you find motivation, it takes work to keep it up. Well, yesterday I think I found the motivation gold mine….my first child was born!!! Seeing him, holding him and just being around me has energized and motivated me
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This is a guest post by my friend Miller. I met him after I sent out a particularly frustrated tweet. He replied with words of encouragement, and since then, we’ve become friends. We encourage and support each other in our respective quests for health. Please check out his blog Retroactiv. You can find him on
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There is so much information out there about goal setting, so I’m not going to rehash the importance of setting goals. All that I will say about it is that its important and everyone should set goals; you always have to have something to aim for. What I want to write about today is what
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Them: “You look great” Me: “Thank you” Them: “You’ve lost weight. You look great!!” Me: “Thanks!” Them: “What are you doing” Me: “Living” Them: “I mean, what are you doing to lose weight” Me: “Living” Them: “How are you losing weight” Me: “By living an active and healthy lifestyle” When I first started on my
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