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Yoga Gave Me My ISH Back.

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adult-ISH. Lately, Ive become an adult. I don't even know how it happened, but one day I was happily not giving a f*ck and the next I was all grown up and business-like. Job hunting, mortgage paying, parent teacher conference'ing, taxes figure out'ing full-on ADULTING. In some ways it was good (we love us some electricity & groceries up in herre) yet for the most part it suffocated me. I ... Continue Reading

Whats YOUR booster shot?

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We are due for boosters next year. I say we because I'm always the one to bring the Child to the doctor and every damn time it's so exhausting I feel as though I've endured the shot. (At our last round she flung open the exam room door & ran down the hall shouting I'm going to the car! I'm leaving! When I mumbled to the nurse This must happen all the time. She looked me straight in the ... Continue Reading

Tips for walking a marathon?

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JUMPING = play!! To know me is to be highly aware I'd rather play than do traditional exercise. Hula hoop. Scooter. Monkey bars. Roller skating. Hopscotch. Tether-ball. ANYTHING except organized workout classes or routines. I'm working to change that part of myself a bit. It's not I think it's time to grow up---I've just felt an inexplicable pull toward fitness mission statements and ... Continue Reading

6 Ways Dr. Seuss Taught Me About Healthy Living.

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I'm asked all the time about my tattoos. Everything from Won't you regret them when your skin sags? (Nah, I await the colorful-droopage) to May I touch?? (that's typically asked by the under-5 crowd, they don't really ask and I don't much mind the exuberant leg rubs). Since my leg sleeve is most visible it's the one I'm more frequently asked about. People either adore it (and point it out ... Continue Reading

My child plays no sports.

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band geek FTW!! I am definitely not a sportswoman. I was born before the push for girls in sports. I claim (I think I read it somewhere?) it's all because when there's dyslexia in a family the non-dyslexic sibling will have poor athletic prowess. The bottom line is I'm not  traditionally athletic. I've discovered through trial & error, however, I enjoy moving my body and lifting ... Continue Reading

How many hours a day do you workout?

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(if I'm running something BAD is behind me!) Last week I helped with Family Health & Fitness Night at the Child's school. It was a fun way to find out about elementary school PA (I've learned the hard way NOT to refer to it as PE. I guess it's no longer EDUCATION but activity?). It was also another experience of moms asking me: "How many hours a day do you workout?" Hours. Yep. No ... Continue Reading

How to test if you’re sleep deprived.

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Crack of Dawn Carla. To know me is to know I'm a lark. I'm a happy early riser. I never set an alarm (I am Kramer & yet also believe if I don't wake-up I'm not mean to be up. I'm always up.). I sleep like a toddler. I love EARLY MORNING workPLAYouts. I'm the woman who, if faced with choosing between SCHVITZ or SLEEP, always chooses the schvitz. I think I ... Continue Reading

I switched from running to walking (guest post).

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This post is both awesome & bizarre. It’s the colliding of worlds (my less than healthy college years & my new Mama-days).  And, as a blogger who writes as if no one is reading, it still surprises me when people from my past pop up in comments/greet me on twitter. Alison is a friend, an inspiring runner and, as of recently, a convert to the experience of WALKING marathons and ... Continue Reading

A day in my life.

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My initial thought when I decided to join the Day in my Life link-up was: I can't imagine anyone cares what I do all day/what my routine looks like? And then, like some sort of law of attraction, I began to receive a flurry of questions from friends online and off. How different is your routine in Austin versus Oakland? How many times a week do you go to the gym? How early do you get ... Continue Reading

Fitnessista convinced me to HIIT it.

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Disclaimer: Gina was kind enough to send me an early copy of her book, HIIT IT!  The opinions below are all my own.  ahhh the empty house. I've yammered nonstop about our move. I've detailed what I perceived to be the drawbacks, yet I'd be remiss if I didn't stop to share the upside. The HUGE, cavernous, winter vacation boredom killing silver lining I discovered as we awaited our ... Continue Reading

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