Tag: exercise

  • Win a $50 iTunes Gift Card! {Canada} #straightenupcanada

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    Now that I’m in my forties I really understand the importance of proper posture. Unfortunately this knowledge has come to me because my posture is not what I wish it was. I am not alone though. Lower back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide. Each year over…

  • Get Fit at Home with the CoreBody Reformer

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    The CoreBody Reformerâ„¢ is a unique fitness tool that combines yoga, Pilates and dance — three core-focused workouts — into one portable, storable and highly effective product designed for home use. This breakthrough fitness product provides a complete fitness solution for a broad consumer audience, and is primarily targeted at…

  • My Own Worst Enemy

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    Every morning I get up and look in the mirror and get saddened by what I see. The double chin, the stomach that people stare at wondering if I’m pregnant, the fat thighs and the jiggly arms. It’s a far cry from the slight girl I was for 30 years,…

  • BodyMedia FIT Review & Get Fit Week #1

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    As any of my regular readers will know, I have been struggling with my weight lately. I joined Weight Watchers and while I love the program, my husband was laid off and we couldn’t sustain the monthly fees, so I had to let it go. Luckily, BodyMedia offered me a…

  • Quotes to get me moving

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    You may have read my post where I set a goal to run a marathon before I’m 40 … in 10 months. This isn’t a far fetched goal…I used to run a lot and until I reached my thirties, I was always in good shape. But that all changed when…

  • Finding the right exercise program

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    A few weeks ago I started on a campaign to get healthy and fit … and then I failed more miserably than  ever before. Life circumstances left me feeling defeated and sad, and I sunk into my big comfy chair and drowned my sorrows with potato chips (ok, I crunched…

  • Spring Into Shape

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    So today is Day One of Spring into Shape, and I started today off with a couple of simple things to get myself headed in the right direction… First off, I drank my water. I like water a lot, so it shouldn’t be a hard thing to do, but I…

  • It’s time to lose some weight!

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    I was always the skinny girl growing up. Before I had children, I had never worn bigger than a size 1, and even after one child I kept a nice figure and was happy around 110 lbs. Baby #1 didn’t earn me stretch marks or big hips, and the only…