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Weekend Warrior Update

March 7, 2010

As the weekend comes to a close and I head out for my vacation to sunny Palm Springs, I thought I’d post a quick update on how the weekend warrior challenge went. If you recall, I set three goals for myself:
1. Exercise for at least 1 hour during the weekend.–No problem, ran [...]

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Weighing In For Friday, March 5, 2010

March 5, 2010

The low point of the week came on Wednesday. I struggled all day with food and made some pretty poor choices. Couple that with the fact that I didn’t work out and I was dreading the scale read out on Thursday morning. But as you can tell I didn’t have any negative effects.

Thursday I was back to my feel good self and ready to conquer the world again. T and I were able to schedule a run together which helped a lot–we clipped off seven easy miles in just over an hour. My legs felt really good during the run, but after they let me know that they’re still feeling the affects of Sunday/Monday/Tuesday.

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Are You A Weekend Warrior?

March 4, 2010

There’s a pretty large group of fitness bloggers out there who do great with their routines during the week. They have the added structure of a 9-5 job Monday through Friday that forces them to eat well and exercise well. But when the weekend rolls around and they have more free time, sometimes they find [...]

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More Site Tweaks–And Our First Sponsor

March 3, 2010

I’ve been messing behind the scenes at Get Fit Slowly for a while now and I think I’m done. Since I’ve been usingThe Thesis Theme for WordPress, I’ve had to learn a whole new set of tricks and hacks that make the site look the way I want it to. I’ve been learning a little [...]

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Want to Lose Weight? Stick To A Routine

March 2, 2010

So if you really want to lose weight, you’ve got to rewire your brain. You’ve got to train yourself; you have to teach your brain that food is the energy that your body needs to run efficiently. Food doesn’t solve your problems. Food doesn’t make you feel better in the long run. When food is more than fuel, you’re asking for problems.

I’m not saying don’t enjoy food. Nor am I saying that there’s no place in your life for the not so healthy foods that you (and I) love. Eat your unhealthy foods, but eat them in moderation and make sure that you eat healthy foods way more often than you eat the other kinds of foods.

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