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August 12th, 2008 — , Introspection, Real-Life, Setbacks from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
The last few weeks have been some of the toughest in my life.
I’ve powered through, though, on adrenaline and because there’s no other option. My mother is in the hospital and must be cared for. I’ve elected to become a “professional” blogger, and I must write to eat. My in-laws, who were in town [...]
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August 7th, 2008 — , Guest Posts, Introspection from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
This is a guest post by Brigid. It originally appeared in Public Safety Communications, the magazine of The Association of Public-Safety Communication Officials.
When we were growing up, we learned a lot about life through stories. Some of these stories, although full of good intentions, didn’t convey the best message. Cinderella and Snow White gave hope [...]
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July 24th, 2008 — , Behavior, Choices, Introspection, Real-Life, Setbacks from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
On Tuesday’s discussion about defining fitness, I mentioned that my own pursuit of that ideal had been derailed. “I’ve been eating poorly and taking no exercise,” I wrote. “Tell us more,” said a couple of readers.
After Saturday morning’s aborted attempt at a sixteen mile run, I was feeling miserable. It wasn’t just that my physical [...]
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July 19th, 2008 — , Choices, Introspection, Real-Life, Setbacks from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
I feel pretty defeated today.
For the second Saturday in a row, I had to cut my marathon training run short. The pain in my knee was too intense to continue. Today’s three-mile walk back to the car was excruciating. I had a lot of time to think about my progress, my current physical state, and [...]
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July 17th, 2008 — , Introspection, Real-Life from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
For me, the best part about getting fit is my improved self-confidence. As I lose weight, perform amazing feats of speed and strength, and generally improve my fitness, I become much more comfortable with my body image.
And really, that’s what a lot of this is about — not just for me, but for everyone. We [...]
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July 15th, 2008 — , Introspection, Progress, Real-Life, Setbacks from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
It’s been a while since I posted about the current state of my physical fitness. Though I don’t mind rambling on about how I’m doing, I know that it gets old listening to other people talk about their physical woes and successes. Still, it’s time for an update.
Have a heart
I’ve been especially pleased with the [...]
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July 8th, 2008 — , Basics, Introspection from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
Last week I began a month-long experiment during which I’m trying to drink only water. In response, Greenman2001 wrote:
This post, like many others I read here, makes me wonder how exactly you’re defining the word “fit.” I’d love to see a blog post on that topic.
This seems like an innocuous question. In reality, it cuts [...]
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July 2nd, 2008 — , Introspection from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
On Sunday, Pam and I went down to Eugene to witness some people who epitomize fitness. The US Track and Field Olympic Trials were amazing to watch. What those athletes do with their bodies is absolutely mind boggling. Even as I’m starting to call myself fit, I know that I can’t perform [...]
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June 11th, 2008 — , Introspection, Real-Life from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
Monday night, my wife told me that every diet I’ve ever failed has failed because of a vacation. And she’s right. I’ve often dieted ahead of vacations so that I could both look better on the beach AND not worry about food when I was on vacation. Then when the vacation ends, I don’t ever [...]
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May 20th, 2008 — , Choices, Exercise, Introspection, Research, eating from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
Back in April, I asked you all if you’d rather be fit or thin. A lot of the responses suggested that they would rather be fit than thin.
Recently, I found two articles that say you better think twice about that.
The first article from CNN.com suggests that exercise can reduce a woman’s chances of developing obesity [...]
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May 14th, 2008 — , Behavior, Introspection from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
Life has a way of blindsiding me sometimes. Last week was great: I was down to 194 pounds, I lifted hard on Tuesday and Thursday, and I ran 21 miles between Monday and Thursday.
Then Friday evening rolled around and I knew I was in trouble. We ordered pizza (actually, I ordered pizza). [...]
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April 30th, 2008 — , Behavior, Introspection from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
I came home from the driving range the other day and was greeted by my little girl as I jumped out of the truck. When I first saw the door open, I thought it was my wife so I hastily stowed my convenience mart snack in the back seat, climbed out of the cab and [...]
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