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The Monday Meeting: Balancing Health and Work

December 7, 2009

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Hey guys, I’m busy cramming for my two finals that I have today so I’ve arranged a guest post. Please welcome Jess, today we will be discussing tips and tricks for maintaining a healthy lifestyle while balancing a 40+ hour work week.
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Hey everyone. This is Jess from over at Run Girl Run and I’m [...]

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Let’s talk about H1N1

October 29, 2009

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It’s a pandemic that’s swept across North America in the last six months. People are dying; men, women, children, young people, old people, middle-aged people. No-one is safe from it.
It’s the flu, but it’s scary.
I’ve kind of been ignoring it, going about my life, thinking it will just go away. But more and [...]

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Ending Fat Talk

October 20, 2009

Did you know that it’s Fat Talk Free Week?
Did you know that body image is a world-wide problem. 54% of women would rather be hit by a truck than be fat and 81% of 10-year-olds are afraid of becoming fat. How sad is that?
Every time I watch the YouTube video below, it brings tears to [...]

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Y-M-C-A

October 16, 2009

Young man, there’s a place you can go.
I said, young man, when you’re short on your dough.
You can stay there, and I’m sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.
It’s fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
It’s fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
They have everything for you men to enjoy,
You can hang [...]

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Balancing Act

October 6, 2009

I’ve had a few people, both in blogland and real-land, ask me how I balance all of my commitments. So I thought I would address it in a blog post (warning, this is a LONG post). Currently, I am balancing a full-time course load, two part-time jobs, a bit of freelance work on the side, [...]

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Hello, Garmin

September 22, 2009

So despite my lack of blogging about it lately I am still running on a regular basis. In fact, I am running my third half-marathon on October 11 in Kelowna and Eric is flying down that weekend to cheer me on. Can’t wait!
For my birthday my parents got me the Garmin Forerunner 305 . Umm, [...]

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Aren’t women supposed to stick together?

September 3, 2009

Have you guys seen this post over at Glamour.com? When I was drafting this blog post last week it had 682 comments. It probably has even more by now.
By the way, all this debate and controversy is over this photo:

This is 20-year-old, Lizzi Miller. She’s a plus-size model and this photo appeared in Glamour’s September issue. It’s [...]

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Q & A: Losing Weight

August 17, 2009

I had a few questions around losing weight on my question and answer post, and I want to address those today.
Em asked me: How did you get the motivation to initially lose weight?
First, I’m going to point everyone back to my old blog where I wrote a five-part series on how I changed my lifestlye [...]

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Spending Problem

August 11, 2009

I have a bit of a spending problem and it’s not on clothes or shoes or even books, it’s on FOOD. Not eating out, but buying groceries.
This past weekend I got a bit of a lecture from Eric on how we’re spending too much money on groceries ($300 in 10 days)!!! You see, I’m a little [...]

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5 Peaks Trail Running Series: Sunpeaks Run Race Report

July 13, 2009

Saturday morning I had a few firsts for running. My first trail race. My first time going to and doing a run with a group of people I knew. My first time taking it easy and enjoying the scenery. My first time finishing a race without wanting to fall over.
Five of us crammed into my friend [...]

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