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Inspiration

Interview With A Weight Loss Champion and Ultra Marathon Runner

June 9, 2009

A few days ago I discovered a blog that I found to be  inspirational in my own adventure in weight loss. The site was Run4Change and it details the weight loss journey of the site’s owner Jason.
Since 2006 Jason has lost over 130 pounds, and went from being overweight and un-athletic, to fit and [...]

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Here’s My Home Gym. What Does Yours Look Like?

March 5, 2009

I’m always interested to know what kind of a setup other fitness bloggers are working with in their home gyms. Do they have fancy weight machines, $3000 treadmills and other workout equipment? Are they working with just a set of elastic resistance bands and a workout video? Or do they just go [...]

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The First Few Weeks Of Working Out Are The Hardest

January 6, 2009

photo credit: ericmcgregor
Time To Jumpstart My Weight Loss
After the new year hit, I made a goal that I was going to start working out again 6 days a week, and that I was going to lose the final 30-35 pounds that I’ve been wanting to lose. I’ve lost 20 already, but I still have [...]

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Running. Love it or leave it?

July 21, 2008

One thing I used to just hate doing was running.  I would rather die than go running.  Running is hard, it makes you sweat and it always leaves you as a heaving sweaty lump on the floor.
Well that’s how I used to think about it at least.
Since I’ve been working out and trying to lose [...]

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Monday morning fitness blog roundup!

July 21, 2008

The weekend is over, and I have to admit I didn’t get as much exercise as I had hoped. Yesterday I didn’t do anything except go for a walk with my wife, which is better than nothing, but still not what I had hoped. My diet was also a bit lackluster as we attended [...]

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Exercise today & getting ready for the long weekend

July 10, 2008

Today was the last day of work for me this week, I took the day off on Friday because my wife and I are going to be celebrating our 6th anniversary this weekend. Our anniversary is actually in June, but we had to move our trip to this weekend because of a death in [...]

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