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Losing the Scale

Losing the Scale

I have a number obsession.  It feeds into every part of my health and fitness routine.  I am obsessed with everything from Calories, to race times, to mileage, to Flywheel power numbers, and everything in between. But the number that ...

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Running Double Digits!

Running Double Digits!

This year has been full of milestones, and yesterday was no different. Yesterday, I ran 10 miles for the very first time. With 5 weeks to go until my half marathon I’m starting to feel the excitement build, I can’t ...

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A Back to Basics Follow-Up

A Back to Basics Follow-Up

A little while back I posted “Back to Basics“. In it, I talked about a need to ground myself, starting with keeping a closer eye on what I’ve been eating. This is not to say that I had gone back ...

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Learning to Take a Break

Learning to Take a Break

  I’ve learned many things this year about taking care of my body.  There’s the obvious things like eating better and exercising, and the less obvious like hydrating and stretching.  But the one thing that took me a long time ...

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Cold Weather Running

Cold Weather Running

Here in NYC this week we experienced a SIGNIFICANT temperature decrease.  For many people, this brings on thoughts of late nights in a ski lodge, or ice skating in central park, or even the excitement of holidays looming right around ...

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Back to Basics

Back to Basics

Today (Monday) was a particularly tough day for me.  Its laughable really, that when I started all of this, when I got on this journey, that I thought losing the weight would clear my head of the demons that made ...

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Yoga at Work

Yoga at Work

  Since the day I started working at my current job back in August I noticed something pretty incredible: what makes each individual employee unique is not only embraced here, but it is what makes this such a special place ...

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Taking Back Tuesdays

Taking Back Tuesdays

  I’m sure everyone has a day of the week that it is hardest for them to get up out of bed and get a workout in. For me that day has always been Tuesday.  Let’s be honest here, Tuesday ...

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How I Got Here (Part Four)

How I Got Here (Part Four)

So this is the last of the “How I Got Here Posts” and I have to say that sharing this here has been pretty incredible.  The journey to reach this point has not been an easy one, and there’s certainly ...

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Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Colorguard

Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Colorguard

So, up until this point I’ve talked a lot about the last six months of my life.  And while they have brought on some of the most dynamic changes I have ever experienced, I would be wrong to say that ...

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