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Assessing the Damage of Time Off
I’m trying really hard to not beat myself up for taking time off from running and eating mindfully in order to focus on a few short term/high stress projects in my life. Between May 1 and July 15 of this year we renovated our kitchen, staged and sold our house and moved. It goes without…
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Our New Life is Just Ahead
A month has gone by since my last post. That is inexcusable. Now I will proceed to make excuses…or at least try to explain. Until today, I hadn’t run in a month. It’s hard to write about running when you’re not actually running. The last time I ran, June 4th, I ran 3 miles and…
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Update on my Swollen Hands
Last week was a bit scary for me. On the Friday before the Race the Runways Half Marathon, we had a big snowstorm. Huge, heavy flakes fell rapidly and accumulate to what I would guess to be about 5 inches on our driveway. I was working from home that day, so I pulled out the…
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The Vacation Hangover Cure
My first week on the Slow Carb diet (aka The 4 Hour Body) went extremely well. I lost 2.4 pounds in the first week of the eating plan. Then I went on vacation. I spent all of last week near Cancun, Mexico at an all-inclusive resort. I thought about waiting to start the Slow Carb…
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Day 365 | Looking Back and Looking Forward
Goals. I like to take time on the last day of the year to reflect on what I’ve accomplished and to set goals for the upcoming year. I feel very strongly that goals work if you set them and don’t forget them. This year I feel very good about what I was able to do,…
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Day 352 | Writers Block and Running Block
A couple of weeks ago, I told my friends and family on facebook about this website. Up until that point, I had been writing this rather anonymously and really didn’t want anyone I knew to read it (except my husband). But I made up my mind that I was going to be brave, and…
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Day 273 | HCG Keeps on Rising
Quick post today. I’m in a wedding this weekend so my time is not my own right now. I did get a call from my doctor this evening and my HCG level went up again this week. Not by a lot, but it is up to 12,900. My doctor gave me all the options but…
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Day 261 | Achieving the Goal
Today was the day. The half-marathon. I set this goal at the beginning of the year. I had no idea when I set that goal that I was going to have any other obstacles in my way other than have to train my body to be able to run 13.1 miles. What I didn’t expect…