Born to run…or walk at a relatively fast pace

January 10, 2012 by  
Filed under Fit at Forty, On Health & Beauty, On Life

Women runners in their 40s and beyond are tearing it up on the side streets of America. I know they are – the bright light of their fitness glory blinds me each and every time they whiz by me on my WALKS. I’d love to be able to run, my body on the other hand, has other ideas…

My $25-a-week clean eating experiment a year later

June 29, 2011 by  
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A year after test-driving my clean eating experiment I can say that I’ve adopted clean eating as a way of life. Really, it’s a return to how my parents and grandparents used to cook and eat before advertising and big business began convincing people that they had it all wrong.

Somewhere outside a cafe in Italy…

October 27, 2010 by  
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If I’m being honest with myself, being comfortable in my own skin is my biggest dream, and the first step in making any of my other big dreams a reality. With a lot of hard work and determination, maybe one day I’ll be writing my book, or my next post, outside a little cafe in Italy.

Speaking of losing weight…

October 20, 2010 by  
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On Monday I shared with you the fork in the road of my ongoing health/exercise/weight loss/fitness battles. Sadly, I’m no stranger to fad and starvation diets. But today I’m sharing a great post from Esther Kane on a better path to weight loss.

On the road again

October 18, 2010 by  
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After weeks of laying off the knee I injured in the embarrassing incident now known as The Matrix Paper Retrieval Incident (TMPRI), I finally took the old knee for a test drive. It was a short one…

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