A Tough Choice

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 [...]

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Gone Camping

See ya Monday!!

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I’ve Made a Big Decision

and I’d like you guys to join me.
Head to GroundedFitness to see what it is.

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Screw Rachel Ray

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 [...]

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My Future Husband is Very Talented

This freakin’ made my morning.
Oh Matt Lauer, your many talents never cease to amaze me

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Oatmeal Bars

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 [...]

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The Saddest Thing You’ll See All Week

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 [...]

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Honored

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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I Never Thought I’d See The Day

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 [...]

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Dear Body…

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?

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I Can Feel My Arteries Clogging

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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Can’t Get The Hang of This Schedule

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 [...]

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Link Like

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 [...]

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This Is Me Right Now

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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So Many Tags, So Little Time

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 [...]

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I Have a New Little Buddy

Ain’t he cute?

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Q and A

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.

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Apparently They Programed it With a Sense of Humor

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

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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Mystery Box

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.
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I Heart Fridays

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 [...]

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A Present For Me and a Present for You

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 [...]

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Speaking of Workout Duration

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.

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My First Retraction! (Kinda)

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 [...]

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Morning Gym Crowd, Here I Come

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 [...]

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The Fat Acceptance Article is Up

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 [...]

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Food For Thought

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? [...]

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Fat Awareness Movie and a Horribly Drawn Cartoon. and a Mommy Update. Oh, Just Read It.

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 [...]

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Too Exhausted for a Title

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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Fat Acceptance

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 [...]

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R.I.P.

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 [...]

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I’ve Got a Fever, and the Only Perscription, is More Kettlebell

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!)

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 [...]

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Its Go Time

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 [...]

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Justy2003

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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The Rest of the “Celebrate Your Flaws” Entries

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

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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More “Celebrate Your Flaw” Entries

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 [...]

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And The Winner Is….

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 [...]

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I Like to be in Good Company

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 [...]

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As if You Needed Another Reason to Eat Chocolate

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?

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 [...]

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The Great Yoga Debate

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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?
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Please Help- Eating Disorder Parity Bill

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 [...]

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GROUNDED FITNESS HAS LAUNCHED!

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.
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Cheaters

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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Just a Quick Reminder…

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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When Injuries Throw A Wrench In Your Routine

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

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 [...]

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Dear Penthouse,

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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