Tag: exercise
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Secret to my weight-loss success
Yesterday, I ate a cookie. In fact, I ate the last homemade chocolate chip cookie in the gallon-sized plastic bag in the break room at work. I almost didn’t get that one, except that as a colleague loaded cookies into a napkin, I appeared at the table and exclaimed, “Oh, good! I get the last…
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All in a day’s workout…
It was just a typical day at the health club — a snapshot of the workout world that encourages me to join it each day. See you there!
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Secrets to success at the gym…
What separates those who succeed at their New Year’s resolutions from those who don’t? Some sources indicate that 40 percent of Americans make resolutions each year, but only 8 percent succeed, while others suggest that nearly 50 percent of those who make resolutions hold that resolve 6 months into the deal. Frankly, the numbers…
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If you “resolve” to hit the gym…
Those of us who regularly populate the health club brace ourselves as we consider your upcoming New Year’s resolution to work out. We know the onslaught of your good intentions will pave our road to a six-week hell — as you fill our parking spaces and favorite lockers and exercise classes and lanes in the…
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Getting a bit more fit…
Thanks to my FitBit, I not only feel tired, but I also have proof that I had a terrible night’s sleep last night. On Black Friday, I purchased my first fitness tracker. Since it was a present from my husband to me for our anniversary a week before, I didn’t have to wait until Christmas…
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Personal training: my prize for body fat
For suffering through a body fat percentage test as I was exiting the health club last week, I received the consolation prize (and the motivation to accept it): an hour of personal training. It happened like this: My walking/running partner Robena and I had been on our twice-weekly trek of 3+ miles when we were…
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