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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

It’s TETHERBALL time!

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I shall let you in on my dirty little secret. A secret which becomes pretty readily apparent if you spend any time with me on ANY athletic endeavor. I'm completely, wholly and utterly uncoordinated. There's a reason I LOVE THE IRON as there's never a ball or birdie or ANYTHING flying at my face & requiring me to lob it back. I shall let you in on another dirty little secret. As much ... Continue Reading

Shedding good habits.

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This originally started as a blog post all about the health benefits of raking leaves. When the idea came to me I grew overly filled with zeal as, back in the ATX, I had no such leaf raking opportunities. It had been 20+ years  since I'd last scraped up the fall stuffs (LONG before I carved my healthy path) and it kinda rocked! I raked. I blogged in my head. It would have been an ... Continue Reading

Hopscotch with me.

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I know. I'm gonna stop & gaze lovingly at the photo above as well she types pridefully pretending the whole 'net is shocked how quickly the Tornado is growing, too. The Tornado was four and, more even than the fact I wanna eat her face off she's so little and sweet, the photo symbolizes for me the lost art of exercise as FUN. Necklace in hand. Hair flying. Chortles of joy I ... Continue Reading

Join me in exercising LESS?

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SWING SET fitness! I know. I say it all the time. The thing is, until I have the world on my band wagon (world wagon?!), I'm gonna say it again and again. In this day & age when everyone admonishes us to increase the exercise! I'm here waving the "sometimes less (time) is indeed more (results)!" flag loud & proud. (A flag which is, alas, not quite as fun as my freak flag. ... Continue Reading

Creative cardio #wycwyc style.

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(Doing what I can when I can. It's not a fad--it's my life.) The question I'm most frequently asked is whether I really practice what I preach on my blog. Emails. Tweets. Comments. Facebook messages. It seems the collective you wonder if my philosophy is something to which I actually adhere. move. daily. something. #wycwyc. day in & out. year in & out. until death. It ... Continue Reading

Speed round time: SLEEP or SWEAT?

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My FAVE tank-top post shvitz'ing OK, People. It's a hectic time of year for most of us. Even if you don't have a child starting THIRD GRADE next week (!) summer is wrapping up in the Northern Hemisphere which means life can just feel jam packed and rushed. Around here the hectic manifests itself in choices. swimming or hiking? playground time or trampoline jumpage? kickball game or ... Continue Reading

Musings on enjoying the process.

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I don't know what the blog version of FAKEBOOKING is---but, in rereading this post, I think I accidentally did it. It's not that I wasn't excited to get a book deal (those who know me well know this is a process I started back in 2000), I just knew--unlike my beloved fiction writing--getting a "deal" was merely a permission slip to do work. You see, in the world of non-fiction, an agent ... Continue Reading

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