Jennifer on May 23rd, 2011

I was excited to share, but didn’t get the opportunity to yesterday when it actually happened… I jogged for ten minutes straight on the treadmill and I wasn’t even overly fatigued when I stopped!  I could have kept going, but I’ve heard that the recommended progression is only to increase duration by 10% at a [...]

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Jennifer on May 17th, 2011

When I first started my blog, I did such so that I would have some accountability to someone other than myself.  I thought that if I could admit my eating failures to someone else, it would be the first step on the road to recovery, so to speak.
Well, I’d like to be able to tell [...]

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Jennifer on September 13th, 2010

I’d like to say that I prioritize my life to include plenty of exercise and do things that are good for ME but alas I tend to put my kids ahead of myself. I’m not all that angelic though… I do find myself wasting plenty of time too. Facebook is evil that way, [...]

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Jennifer on August 30th, 2010

Let me start with the exciting news: I lost another two pounds last week and my weight was 176 this morning. Only eight more pounds to go. I’ve changed things up quite a bit in the last few weeks and wanted to share a few observations…

I haven’t abandoned the notion completely, but [...]

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Jennifer on August 14th, 2010

Well, I didn’t run the whole thing (obviously from my time) but I did complete in less than 45 minutes yesterday — 44 actually — or roughly, since I didn’t use a stop watch. Now I just have to concentrate on improving my time.
The good news? My muscle aches have subsided some! [...]

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Jennifer on March 5th, 2010

I repeated my treadmill workout tonight. This time, I made 13 of the 30 minutes be running minutes! I am happy with the increase, but even more so, I am thinking that the running motions were a little smoother and less cumbersome. I actually felt like a runner! I kind of [...]

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