Setting the Standard

We are faced with a chance to make the right healthy choices every day.   Hit snooze or go for a run?  Carmel Macchiato or Nonfat Latte?  Ranch dressing or  oil and vinegar?  While you may think you have to make the right choice all the time, the reality is if you make the right choices …

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Quit watching from the sidelines!

I love a motivating quote! "...No matter what you do in life, don't just be a spectator, be a player. Anyone can watch from the sidelines, but few participate in the race. Choose to become the hero that you want to be..." Mark G. Collis, Becoming Your Own Hero Now go run! Keli 🙂

You are an inspiration!

I love to chat about running and fitness.  Not only with people I know, but also with total strangers.  Have a bumper sticker on your car that touts a race or has a running quote on it and I'll likely comment to you in the Safeway parking lot.  If you are wearing running clothes in …

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A Runner’s Musing

A runner's musing, courtesy of Runner's World... Running is tough. It's tough physically. It's tough mentally. But once you've broken through the "perceived pain" barrier, you'll find yourself in a new state of mind, body and soul. Your overall well-being will improve tremendously. You just have to experience it. Keith Combs, Runner's World Challenger of …

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How To Take It Off and Keep It Off

According to the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, here are the best ways to not only lose weight and keep it off! 1.  Eat lots of produce. 2.  Control portions. 3.  Weigh yourself. 4.  Plan purchases before grocery shopping.   To read more about the study and to learn more about the tactics that 1001 successful …

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Happy New Year!

I have been a member of a gym since 1986.  I also worked in the fitness industry off and on for about 7 years so I've seen a lot.  I've seen a lot of top-heavy guys with spindly twig legs lifting a huge amount of weight and grunting for the entire gym to hear.  I've …

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Stop That Creep!

The creep of holiday poundage, that is.  Contrary to what one might be led to believe, there are only 4  holiday days; Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year's Day.  If you celebrate Hanukkah, then you have to add in 8 days, but you get to back out Christmas and Christmas Eve so you're still …

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Happy Birthday Jack!

I'd like to wish my Jack a Happy 6th Birthday!  Every Mom needs a little guy like Jack in her life.  He tells me I'm the prettiest, nicest and bestest Mom in the whole world. He's my shopping pal, helps me remember what's on my grocery list, my lunch companion (or was before kindergarten mucked …

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Wake up from the food coma!

The Thanksgiving food hurricane cut a huge swath across the country last week and through the weekend.   For many Americans Thanksgiving kicks off not only the holiday season but the holiday eating season.  Many will not wake up from the food coma until January 3rd laying among the empty See's boxes and danish cookie tins.    …

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