Tonight I’m going to a house party, tomorrow I have a dinner! Due to midweek social eating/drinking, this weekend I really wanted to give my body a chance to clean out. But being a carpe diem kind of girl, I really have difficulty reigning it in for social events.
Here are my underlying (problematic to moderation) […]

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If you’re have trouble sticking to a fitness plan, stop thinking about it in terms of weight loss or even health. Redefine it as essential to every part of your life: Your mental health, your work, your relationships. That way, on days when you could care less whether your thighs get smaller, exercise is still […]

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Welcome to 2008! If you’re setting goals for yourself this year - whether they be personal, professional, financial, or spiritual - make those goals and your commitment concrete by writing them down.
Make them specific. Break them into stages. Do everything you can to make them real - including making them realistic.
If your “resolution” is merely […]

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No, this is not a post about Spanx.
This is a post about how to get yourself to exercise in the dead of winter, when your seratonin is bottomed out and the fluffy folds of your overstuffed sofa beckon like so many marshmallows.
Trick yourself.
Tell yourself you don’t have to exercise. Bravo, you’re a fitness goddess and […]

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The Bad Run. Yes, it happens: A day when you just don’t feel like moving. What can you do to ward off those days, or at least to survive them? I present:
10 Tips for the Neighborhood Olympian
(a.k.a. how to make almost every workout a good one)

Show up with the right attitude. The mental component is […]

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We have just a month until Christmas. I feel like this can’t be right — the year is almost OVER? — but the evidence is overwhelming.
So let’s make every day count — not just regarding your health, but with everything else that makes the last month of the year that hair-tearing combo of challenging and […]

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Happy Birthday to me!

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Join me thanksgiving day for the first annual Flying Trapeze Virtual Turkey Trot! Pledge your mileage here and then walk, jog, or run the distance on Thanksgiving Day.
IMHO, Thanksgiving isn’t a day for the gym. It’s a day to get outside, look and listen, breath the air, and contemplate all the wonderful events, opportunities, and […]

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This past weekend, I broke a major rule I had long ago learned to respect: Don’t buy anything that doesn’t look AWESOME right there in the dressing room. I made that rule to end my terrible habit of buying clothes that would look great, if only I lost five pounds. What that gets you is […]

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These words mean a lot to me — truly, they are words to live by:
“Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose.
Henceforth I ask not good-fortune—I myself am good fortune;
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
Strong and […]

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