A kid’s guide to mindful eating.

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Spring has sprung in our neck of the woods and, as a result, the Tornado & I have been picnicking. Yesterday, while watching her eat, I was reminded of all she's taught me these past five years. Sure some of my sentimentalnessment (technical term) is in part due to the fact we had her kindergarten roundup yesterday (!), but you'll have that. Please to enjoy Five Mindful Eating Tips ... Continue Reading

Fat Talk and Why I Don’t Do It Anymore (guest post).

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Hey MizFit lovers! I am Maria and I write a little (not very well known) blog called RealFitMama. I write about everything from almost pooping my pants on a run to running a 5k with my daughter; from exposing myself to all of the internet and then exposing myself for a second time. I love to write. I love to write about food. I love to write about my life. I love to write about my daughters. ... Continue Reading

Blog reading: fun & enjoyable or necessary evil?

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Spend any amount of time on Twitter and you'll see tweets lamenting filled Google readers, 140 characters of apology for being behind on blog commenting, or simple announcements of "I SUCK!" all based on the fact said Tweeter hasn't keep up with the bazillions of blog posts published daily. Spend any time in my in-box or twitter account and you'll see messages of: How do you read so many ... Continue Reading

The full fridge.

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Leaving Fatville is a crazy woman attempting to be a full-time working mom, house chef, blogger, twitter addict and a budding fitness fanatic.  She's lost 60 lbs and is on the warparth to lose even more through mindful eating and moving more. She's a blogger and also runs Great Clothing Exchange. She likes long hikes with her family and plotting for world domination. She's just completed her first ... Continue Reading

Im a Fila Real Woman model!

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(why yes! That *is* me JUMPING for joy in my Fila resistance shorts!)   Thanks to your votes Im officially the People's Choice winner of the Fila Toning Real Women model casting call. Im honored, grateful & blogging entirely snark-free to mark the occasion. No sarcastic asides deleted to pretend I didnt say them. No (parenthetical jabs at various & sundry ... Continue Reading

The box o’plenty.

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(pathetic or not I needed 99.9% of the items in this treatbox to even commence cooking)   Ive been cooking up a storm for my new gig as recipe reviewer over at Ready Set Eat! Some Ive loved. Some Ive not. All of them have had a comedic element of sorts (inevitable around here) which the Tornado & I have adored. The Tornado, whom I might add, has suddenly announced her desire to take ... Continue Reading

Im wearing a loose, around the waist, scarf of pain…

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and, People, I'm celebrating. Allow me to back up. Ive been yammering for a while now about my random, spontaneous injury. The same owie which caused me to pull out of this race & then yammer about piriformis syndrome. A boo-boo I've no business having as it typically hits hardcorebadassrunners (Im not proud, but I was averaging about a mile a month when it hit). Why I got it, ... Continue Reading

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