Hey guys.
I made a really tough decision over the weekend.
You all know I have been really stressed lately about my mom, my new job,writing for Grounded Fitness, etc, etc. Oh, and my dog is sick now, too.
Anyway, I’ve decided to take a bit of a hiatus from Every Gym’s Nightmare. Just for a while. With [...]
A Tough Choice
August 26th, 2008 — , Grounded Fitness from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Gone Camping
August 22nd, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
See ya Monday!!
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August 21st, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
and I’d like you guys to join me.
Head to GroundedFitness to see what it is.
Screw Rachel Ray
August 20th, 2008 — , Food, Grounded Fitness, Health Blog Posts from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
I should write a cookbook called 10 minutes meals.
I’ve been on a bit of a cooking streak lately, which is odd, but delicious. I thought I’d share one of my staples with you.
I’m only one girl, which is why I rarely cook. If I put forth a tremendous amount of effort to make something, its [...]
My Future Husband is Very Talented
August 19th, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
This freakin’ made my morning.
Oh Matt Lauer, your many talents never cease to amaze me
Oatmeal Bars
August 19th, 2008 — , Food, oatmeal bars from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
So I promised I’d show you the oatmeal bars I made for a client. I got the recipe from KathEats, but they turned out a lot like the little oatmeal cookie things I usually make.
I made two batches, and used different ingredients for each. The first was cinnamon, raisin, and walnut, and then the [...]
The Saddest Thing You’ll See All Week
August 17th, 2008 — , Cardio, Grounded Fitness, NonGym Day, porkchop, run, running from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Porkchop has to wear a cone cause he has a cut on his ear that he won’t quit messing with.
I was planning on taking him for a run today to make up for it, but it started raining. Poor thing. He’s so upset with me.
I’m off to make oatmeal bars for some clients. I’ll [...]
Honored
August 16th, 2008 — , Q and A from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Today I’m being interviewed by the lovely MizFit as commenter of the month. Head ove there and check it out.
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August 14th, 2008 — , Cardio, NonGym Day from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Those of you that have been reading for a while know that I do not like cardio. You also know how much I love strength training.
I was just sitting here thinking about my workouts the past week trying to justify taking the night off and I have done cardio EVERY night this week and [...]
Dear Body…
August 13th, 2008 — , Body Image, Motivation, videos from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
I love this
And in more celebration of your body, Mizfit is giving away free sports bras.
Check out Grounded Fitness to read Q and A: How Long for Results?
I Can Feel My Arteries Clogging
August 12th, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
I just ate a Espresso Brownie from Starbucks, and it wasn’t even that good. Could it be? Am I losing my desire to eat copious amounts of chocolate? Am I turning into one of those people that says, ‘I can’t eat that, it’s too rich”? Is my body so used to eating healthy that [...]
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August 12th, 2008 — , Cardio, Grounded Fitness, Reviews, links, schedule, treadmill from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
I’ve got a weird schedule today: 11:15 to around 8:00pm, which means my day is completely flip flopped. Im not adjusting well, and I have a ton of stuff i have to do and I’m sitting in front of this stupid box still drinking coffee, but it’ll all get done eventually.
I have been pedometer free [...]
Link Like
August 10th, 2008 — , Cardio, exercise equipment, links, running, schedule, sick from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Pipe down, I’m back.
Thanks for all your well wishes. For the past few days, I’ve been living on Theraflu (which, if you’ve never had, make sure you are completely ready to fall asleep and dont have anything to do for the next 9 hours) and soup, and feel much better, with the exception of [...]
This Is Me Right Now
August 7th, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts, sick from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
I’m very, very sick. I’ll be back in a few days.
I’ll still be posting at GroundedFitness cause, you know, it’s my job, so you won’t have to miss your daily dose of me.
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August 7th, 2008 — , Grounded Fitness, Q and A from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
I’ve been tagged again, this time by Cara from That Was My Veil.
This tag is to write 5 things that I have said or done in the past 12 months that I am most proud of.
i can;t even remember what I had for breakfast yesterday but I’ll do my best.
1. I’m proud that I got [...]
I Have a New Little Buddy
August 6th, 2008 — , Giveaways and Contests, Grounded Fitness, exercise equipment, kettlebell, kettlebells from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Ain’t he cute?
Q and A
August 5th, 2008 — , Motivation, Q and A from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
LisaR, I answered your question over at GroundedFitness (to the best of my ability.) Check out Q and A: Motivating Mommy.
And now I must do the dishes. Wish me luck.
Apparently They Programed it With a Sense of Humor
August 5th, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts, exercise equipment, treadmill from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
My carpet isn’t that dirty in real life, I swear. It just looks like it for some reason.
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Weslo Cadence 25 Review
August 5th, 2008 — , Cardio, Reviews, exercise equipment, review, treadmill from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
I present to you- my new treadmill:
I got this bad boy at Big 5 Sporting Goods, on sale for $299, usually priced $399
I have to admit, Im pleasantly suprised. For being so cheap, it is suprisingly strudy and quiet.
It folds up and rolls out of the way for easy storgae- which doesnt help me yet [...]
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August 3rd, 2008 — , Cardio, Grounded Fitness, Reviews, review, tagged, treadmill from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
I bought a treadmill yesterday. I did NOT buy it from Walmart, I got it from Big5 Sporting Goods, because I found one on sale for the same price. Its a different model, and hopefully the boy the will get it put together today, so I can give you guys a review of it.
Until [...]
I Heart Fridays
August 1st, 2008 — , Cardio, Grounded Fitness, Q and A from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Its Friday and Im not doing a damn thing all weekend. And you cant make me.
i did not get my treadmill today- i think im going to hold off another week or so. I need to get my spare room cleaned out so I can put it in there, and waiting until its done [...]
A Present For Me and a Present for You
July 31st, 2008 — , Cardio, Grounded Fitness, Q and A, treadmill from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Me first:
I’ve decided to buy myself a treadmill. I never buy myself presents, but I’m buying myself this one to celebrate my promotion.
And also because:
1) The weather is starting to turn bad and I wont be able to walk/run outside (im wimpy and I’ll melt)
2) I’ll save money on gas by not driving to the [...]
Speaking of Workout Duration
July 31st, 2008 — , Cardio, Grounded Fitness, Motivation from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
30 minutes is no longer enough cardio for the clinically obese. head to groundedfitness to read the new requirments.
Alex and SarahF, Ill get your Q and A’s up this evening/morning on groundedfitness as well. Thanks for your patience.
Wow, how very telephone operator of me.
My First Retraction! (Kinda)
July 29th, 2008 — , Cardio, Q and A, maintenance, weight loss from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Justy2003 called me out:
Hey Kelly, I found this article and had a question about it, which has nothing to do with this post really…
Here’s the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7530345.stm
It says for people maintaining weight loss you should work out MORE. But I remember you previously saying that once you’re in maintenance mode you can work out a [...]
Morning Gym Crowd, Here I Come
July 28th, 2008 — , Cardio, Motivation, fat acceptance, gym, pedometer, schedule from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
First I want to thank everyone for all your input on the whole fat acceptance thing. Not only has it taught me what amazingly smart, understanding and compassionate readers I have, but I also learned a lot from your points of view.
Unfortunately, it also showed me not only how horrible and insensitive some people [...]
The Fat Acceptance Article is Up
July 26th, 2008 — , Body Image, Grounded Fitness, fat acceptance from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
I finished it early, so i went ahead an posted it.
Head over to GroundedFitness and see my veiw on the movement, and how we, as a society, treat the over weight.
Thanks for your guys’ input on the post previous posts. I didnt quote anyone, but i did use a lot of the points you brought [...]
Food For Thought
July 25th, 2008 — , Body Image, fat acceptance from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
My sister has this to say about the Fat Acceptance post/comments:
It’s really interesting to me to watch how people behave over how other people look.
Even if you couch it with “Well, I just want them all to be HEALTHY!”, it still boils down to you being worried about what someone else is doing…why, specifically? [...]
Fat Awareness Movie and a Horribly Drawn Cartoon. and a Mommy Update. Oh, Just Read It.
July 23rd, 2008 — , Grounded Fitness, Gym Day, eating disorder awareness from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Just popping in real fast to thank you guys for all your kind words yesterday. and today, i guess.
Unfortunately, my mom got turned down by the skilled care facility, so she will be further away than hoped. We haven’t found one to take her yet, but we know it wont be close. Itll all [...]
Too Exhausted for a Title
July 22nd, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts, schedule from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Don’t get mad, but I’m going to have to push the Fat Acceptance article off until Monday on GroundedFitness. Its a big peice, I’d like to spend a lot of time on it, and i didn’t know this, but over at b5media, they have theme days every month. This month is “Independence” (for July, [...]
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July 20th, 2008 — , Body Image, Grounded Fitness, fat acceptance from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
I need your opinions, folks. I’m working on a peice about the Fat Acceptance Movement, and would like your thoughts.
Im usually pretty opinionated, and while I’m open to other sides, and may change my opinion later, I usually come at a topic with clearcut stance. Not so much this time. I’m doing as much research [...]
R.I.P.
July 18th, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts, exercise equipment, pedometer, videos from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
My pedometer died today.
It was a long time coming. The hinge was broken and the battery kept slipping out. i went to the bathroom today, decided to check and see my step count, and when i opened it up, its fpoor little blank face was was staring back at me. The battery was gone [...]
I’ve Got a Fever, and the Only Perscription, is More Kettlebell
July 16th, 2008 — , Core Moves, Giveaways and Contests, Grounded Fitness, Reviews, functional training, kettlebells from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
I love kettlebells.
You could imagine how happy I was to come home and find a big ol’ heavy box on my doorstep from GoFit.net.
Inside was Sarah Lurie’s The Dynamic Kettlebell Workout: a 15 pound kettlebell, and an accompanying DVD.
Kettlebells are great because they are all about functional movement. How often you find yourself actually needing [...]
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The Fued is Over (And I Won!)
July 15th, 2008 — , Gym Day, Motivation, Yoga, schedule, workout gear from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
You may or may not remember when I made it known that I simply cannot do the stairmaster. At all. I trip and stumble and make a horrible specticle of myself. So I stopped before I ended up killing myself.
Well, in honor of me shaking up my workouts more, I did it.
I got off [...]
Its Go Time
July 15th, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
I’ve decided to step it up.
All this talk of maintenance got me thinking.
Am i happy with where my body is physically? Yes (as much as can be expected from a woman)
Am I actively trying to lose weight/gain strength? No.
Have I made the transfer from white knuckling and forcing my healthy lifestylke on [...]
Justy2003
July 14th, 2008 — , Get Involved, Giveaways and Contests from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
You are all so jealous your name isn’t the title of a post.
I got Justy’s pictures for the flaw contest and had to post them, because honestly, i haven’t seen more beautiful hair. I’ll post her entire entry.
My “flaw” and thing I used to hate about myself was my curly, red hair. I straightened [...]
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July 14th, 2008 — , Body Image, Giveaways and Contests from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
and here are the rest of the entries…
Zandria sent in this one, suprisingly, our second scoliosis entry.
Hi, Kelly!
Seven years ago, I had corrective surgery for scoliosis. Before I had the surgery I was self conscious about my back because it was noticeably crooked. After the surgery I was self conscious because I had [...]
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I’m a Liar
July 13th, 2008 — , Grounded Fitness, Motivation, maintenance from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Its actually Sunday night, but I was doing a bunch of writing and thought I’d let you know that over at Grounded Fitness I posted a follow up peice about maintenance. You guys showed a lot of interest in it (probably because I mentioned you didnt have to work out as much) when I [...]
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July 12th, 2008 — , Body Image, Giveaways and Contests from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
This ones going to be a doozy. Im going tosplit the remaining entries between the next two posts.
I just wanted to thank you guys for sending in and sharing your personal stores and insecurities with me (and the whole wide internet.) Its interesting to see what other people are selfconcisou about. if you asked [...]
And The Winner Is….
July 11th, 2008 — , Body Image, Giveaways and Contests from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
MARY!!
My biggest flaw was my weight. I got up to 368 pounds. Almost three years ago, I entered a gym for the first time. My trainer, Sean, thought I’d last two weeks. I didn’t think he’d last 2 days. But, we stuck it out and he taught me to love working out and to feel [...]
I Like to be in Good Company
July 10th, 2008 — , Grounded Fitness from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Sympatico/MSN Health and Fitness has featured BOTH of my sites, (this one, and GroundedFitness) in their Featured Blog section.
Also there: Fit Bottomed Girls and Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat? both written by very talented, and if writing style is any indicator, im sure beautiful women. Check them all out. Every single link [...]
As if You Needed Another Reason to Eat Chocolate
July 10th, 2008 — , Food, Q and A, carbs, sugar from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Mary asked a great question about having off days, performance wise and cravings
Hi Kelly,
I do a half hour of cardio followed by an hour of weights, flexibility, balance, and abs. Monday and Tuesday were easy-breezy and everything was lovely. Today was horrible. Chris [her trainer] had to let me go early because I couldn’t do [...]
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Yoga: Is It Strength Training or Not?
July 9th, 2008 — , Lower Body Moves, Q and A, Upper Body Moves, Yoga, strength training, videos from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Well, I posed this question to you guys yesterday:
Is doing yoga a sufficient form of strength training?
Either you guys are very, very smart, or Im just inclined to think so because you guys agree with my opinion- but im going to have to go ahead and say no.
While it does take strength and muscle power [...]
The Great Yoga Debate
July 8th, 2008 — , Body Image, Giveaways and Contests, Yoga, strength training from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
toothpastefordinner.com
Man, I never get sick of those.
You guys know when it comes to everything, Im pretty opinionated.
Well, this is the topic I feel I can be swayed on, so Im giving you guys the reigns.
I pose the following question to you:
Do you feel yoga is a suffiecient form of strength training?
A lot of [...]
Please Help- Eating Disorder Parity Bill
July 7th, 2008 — , Get Involved, eating disorder awareness from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
JenP sent me this email and I wanted to post it for you guys. i was going to discuss it and link to the site, but i thought JenP’s words couldn’t be improved upon:
Hi all,
As many of you know, I suffered from and recovered from an eating disorder in the past. After many years [...]
GROUNDED FITNESS HAS LAUNCHED!
July 6th, 2008 — , Grounded Fitness from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
FINALLY, the wait is over!
Grounded Fitness has launched. Check it out daily to see where all my good content has gone. i will still be updating here just as regularly as I am now, so no worries. Leave comments here, leave comments there, I will devote just as much time to each blog.
But [...]
Cheaters
July 6th, 2008 — , Food, Motivation, schedule from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
I had a great 4th of July weekend. I drank too much, ate too much, and had tons of fun with tons of friends. I also got in a ton of walking, and while I didnt get in an official workout, my steps each day totalled out to about 17000. Which is [...]
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July 3rd, 2008 — , Body Image, Giveaways and Contests, Health Blog Posts, giveaway from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Im getting all kinds of great submissions for the PowerBar “Celebrate your Insecurity” Giveaway. The competition is feirce, folks, so get creative. Its so much fun to see what all of you guys actually look like! you guys have to stare at my ugly mug all the time, but i rarely get to see any [...]
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July 2nd, 2008 — , Cardio, Food, Injuries, Q and A, elliptical, maintenance, modifications, swimming from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Quick question. My orthopedist said no more jogging. I’m only allowed elliptical without the arm motion, light swimming and walking. (Lower disc issues). I’ve lost about 25 lbs or so and scared that since I have to give up the other stuff I was doing (mainly dance, body toning etc) I did that I’ll [...]
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EGN Prize Patrol
July 1st, 2008 — , Motivation, giveaway from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Today marks the First Ever Every Gym’s Nightmare Giveaway.
I recieved a great little goodie bag from PowerBar, and thought I’d pass the greatness on to you.
PowerBar has come up with a few new great products, perfect for endurance athletes and moderate exercisers, alike.
The gift includes:
A box of Lemon Flavored PowerBar Electrolyte Drink Mix [...]
Dear Penthouse,
June 30th, 2008 — , Body Image, Motivation from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
And all your men’s magazine pals.
I would like to thank you for your wonderful work and all you do for women’s self esteem.
As a woman, this is what I get look at everyday.
Somewhere along the way, magazines geared towards women decided this is what we should look like.
I’m buying clothes. I want a picture [...]
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