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Thursday Night Bootcamp

Tonight’s bootcamp was intense!  Bootcamp tonight: Run 4 laps, 100 Squats, 50 situps, 25 pushups, 25 lunges, 25 pushups, 50 sit-ups, 100 Squats, Run 4 laps again.  I don’t think I have ever sweated so much in my life!  My … Continue reading

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Happy 2-Year “Bandiversary”!

I have passed the 2-year mark since getting my lap band.  Time is going by so fast, it seems.  I am sometimes not sure time really reflects change or change reflects time.  Perhaps they are like odds and ends, ups … Continue reading

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Life: The Battle of Calories & Control

Things are going pretty well in my life.  I mean, I can always find something to complain about, “I need more money” … “Oprah is leaving me next year.  WHY!!!!!”  Last week really put a lot in perspective for me. … Continue reading

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Hello…Again!

I don’t know why I have been on a writing hiatus lately … I just honestly think I have been feeling like I don’t have anything to write about.  This is completely untrue!  I mean, blog writing is just about … Continue reading

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With My Friend, The Spatula

I have gotten back into my passion for cooking.  Maybe it’s just the fact I’ve been more committed to cutting back my carbs, or the new season of Top Chef Las Vegas, or my Sunday matinee of Julie & Julia. … Continue reading

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More To Love, More To Think About

I have mixed feelings about the show More To Love.  I watched it for the first time tonight after Family Guy and after NYC Prep.  My Tuesday nights are getting way too exciting There is something that really annoyed me … Continue reading

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Tower of Terror: A View of the Past

I am sitting on my couch, cat is to my left and I’m watching Dateline and talking to my friend David on Gchat who is in Prague!  And my friend Sean just got back from Ethiopia.  I definitely have traveling … Continue reading

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Spoilers & Positivity

I will start this blog off with some positive news!  Yesterday I went dress shopping with my mom because I need 2 new dresses for some weddings – and I got the dresses at Nordstrom’s and Bloomingdale’s in record time! … Continue reading

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The Real Race Is Within Yourself

Yeah!  I did the Peachtree Roadrace!  It was such a great experience!  I woke up at 6 am to get ready – eat breakfast – stretch – listen to some upbeat music.  I took MARTA to the Lenox station and … Continue reading

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10K. 55,000 Runners. One Peachtree Roadrace

Nearly two years ago I was sitting on my apartment balcony eating cereal.  I think it was some type of Kashi Go Lean and some vanilla soy milk.  I was sitting there overlooking Peachtree Street as 55,000 people ran past … Continue reading

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