Wordless Wednesday

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Today I did it. I completed the couch to 5k journey! I'm exhausted and the surreal feeling of accomplishment is floating through my brain every few minutes.  I'm sore and barely was able to finish, which seems appropriate since the struggle for health, discipline and balance has been ongoing for years. But today, I'm winning. :) … [Read more...]

Rookie

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"So, are you in college?" asked the young salesman at Rush Running. I smiled politely and just said no. Launching into the fact I'm over ten years out from that phase of my life, married and with 2 kids just seemed unnecessary but I appreciated the accidental compliment. Or was it?! I bought the new running shoes! HAH! ********** I decided to start running again. Back when I was in high … [Read more...]

To Love Myself: Eating Disorders

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For awhile now I'm been dreaming of starting my fashionista series about how to look as trendy and cute as possible while you are just BROKE.  I kept running into delay after delay and I finally realized that I needed to take a step back and try to get a look at what ELSE was going on. I'm being led to do something really uncomfortable again- I've known it for awhile but didn't really feel like … [Read more...]

Probiotic Goodness (Part 2)

As I mentioned in my Part 1, I was a little skeptical about trying the probiotics at first. It's not that I'm against the probiotics at all, I've taken them several times this year, (while I was on an antibiotic or when I had stomach problems which happened a few times this year,) BUT I'm also very all-natural and prefer organic, whole food vitamins from a local health food store. I don't like … [Read more...]