Archive for the ‘health’ Category
2.5.10
I hope you’re wearing RED today in support of increased awareness of heart disease among women – I am! As Fergie mentioned yesterday, last year we participated in the Go Red For Women campaign, along with our awesome friend, Joshilyn over at Faster Than Kudzu, and we had a blast. ...
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2.4.10
In case you didn't know, February is American Heart Month. Another little-known fact is that heart disease is the leading cause of death for women and men in the United States. Jonesie, Ny and I learned a lot about heart disease last year as participants in the ...
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8.18.09
I’ve been waiting for this validation my entire adult life “Like Their Lives, Women's Exercise Passes Through Phases”. Better U kept it real when they posted this link on Facebook yesterday!!! The article discussed a study that found that for many women their ability to keep an exercise routine ...
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8.11.09
As much as I have tried, I think I must pause my journey to becoming a Better Me at this time. This is not the encouraging news that you are looking for on this Better Tuesday, but I just can't figure out how to continue. I've tried over the past ...
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8.4.09
By the time I get this post up it’ll officially be Wednesday and no longer Better Tuesday - but better late than never, right? It’s 3 weeks before we return to Dallas for our health assessments and I’m officially three weeks behind on the program. I don’t know how I ...
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8.1.09
We've got about one month left before our follow-up health assessment at the Cooper Institute in Dallas for the GRFW Better U program. I'm not at all excited! In fact, I'm dreading it! I fell way off the program within the last 3 weeks or so and I keep ...
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7.28.09
Holy crap. When did it get to be almost August? it seems like it was just the other day when we embarked on our BetterU journey. I started off so strong: exercising 3 to 5 times a week; eating well; etc. But somewhere around the beginning of July (ok I ...
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7.14.09
Last week we went on vacation to the beach. And I intentionally suspended my food diet because, well, it's not a real vacation for me if I can't enjoy my food! And eat I did. Hey, I'm just keeping it real. So while I didn't go crazy, I definitely didn't ...
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7.13.09
And the winners of the Heart Healthy gym bag giveaway are (drumroll please): LaTonya Richardson, Julie ZS, Nancy from Peter & Nancy Ladies....please leave a comment with your email addresses.
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7.10.09
I can hardly believe that this week is almost over - happy but a little surprised too.Last week I mentioned that I had plateaued in my healthy me efforts - to be honest, I was really fed up and tired of trying. I haven't lost any weight and my body ...
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