Tag: exercise
member name: Linda Lee
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June 27, 2008 12:02 AM EDT --
I stepped on the scale the other morning and the number I saw left me blinking a little; stepping back off and back on again, just to make sure it settled back into the same digital territory. 130. That's . . .
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August 07, 2008 11:29 PM EDT --
Did you hear about these new drugs that have been shown to mimic the effects of exercise, by tricking muscles into thinking they've been working out? The drugs have only been tested on mice so far, . . .
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August 21, 2008 11:29 PM EDT --
I have never thought I was a particularly beautiful woman. I think I have my good points -- nice legs, sincere smile, decent nail beds -- but I'm definitely no traffic-stopping supermodel. However, . . .
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June 20, 2008 12:10 AM EDT --
I have flirted with yoga over the years, taking a class here and there (including a brief dalliance with a Bikram "hot yoga" studio; my main memory of that has to do with struggling not to pass . . .
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July 18, 2008 11:30 AM EDT --
A few weeks ago I got all interested in the hundred pushups training program , and I actually followed along for a while (forcing my husband to join me, because 1) misery loves company, and 2) it was . . .
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August 14, 2008 10:58 PM EDT --
I joined a nearby 24 Hour Fitness a while back, and while I'm not exactly their most regular patron I do usually make it over there once or twice a week. This isn't the first gym membership I've . . .
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August 29, 2008 12:23 AM EDT --
"I want you to feel like you are going to DIE."
This comes from Jillian Michaels during the Level 2 workout on her 30 Day Shred DVD . I believe she issues this terrifying command during . . .
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May 05, 2008 08:55 AM EDT --
As of today's writing, the scale reads 142, which is about a 30-lb loss since giving birth, but only a 10-lb loss since embarking on this whole Diet and Exercise Thing, meaning really no pounds lost . . .
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July 02, 2008 11:10 PM EDT --
As I type this we're staying at my husband's parents house on the Oregon coast. We'll be here for a few days, and spend a few more days an hour inland at their cabin on the Umpqua River before . . .
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May 05, 2008 08:51 AM EDT --
The problem with being the Nikon-wielding parent is out of eight thousand and one digitally captured moments of your family, almost none include YOU. And the problem with being less than confident in . . .
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May 16, 2008 12:10 AM EDT --
I've written about the workouts I've been doing since I embarked upon Operation Lose the Baby Weight (side note: can someone tell me whether or not Elizabeth Hasselbeck had her belly surgically . . .
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May 30, 2008 12:06 AM EDT --
I wrote an entry on my personal blog a while back where I documented my 3-month weight loss effort and described how positive I felt. I was looking at that entry again today because it's been almost . . .
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June 13, 2008 03:21 PM EDT --
When you deal with a chronic alcohol problem, you don't just decide to stop drinking, dust off your hands and mosey away whistling because whew, glad that's taken care of -- you basically have . . .
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June 05, 2008 11:29 PM EDT --
With my second pregnancy my belly started pooching out right away, much earlier than the first time around. Basically as soon as the second line showed up on the test my stomach went, OH YEAH I REMEMBER . . .
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May 09, 2008 09:08 AM EDT --
For the first time in, uh, well, technically I guess the term I'm looking for is "years", I've started making regular visits to a gym. I think I could have continued on a pretty good . . .
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July 11, 2008 12:00 AM EDT --
Well, after feeling all good about myself for not completely dropping the ball on my workout routine while on vacation last week, it turns out my exercise Kryptonite is being a single parent.
See, . . .
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May 05, 2008 08:53 AM EDT --
My second son was born on February 4th of this year, and at the largest point of my pregnancy I think I weighed about 175. I can't be completely sure because every time I was weighed at the doctor's . . .
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May 13, 2008 11:16 PM EDT --
I embarked on a vigorous fitness routine last spring with a good deal of success: I lost about 15 pounds, gained a bunch of muscle, and went down two dress sizes. At that time, I was doing a couple Turbo . . .
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