At long last, and a day later than I expected, the man in the brown shirt and shorts drove his boxy brown truck up to my house.  He took the bubble-wrap envelope and, with great care, flung it about 20 feet up to the vicinity of my front door.  But alas, he’d arrived after...
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A while back I was perusing through a, um, news website…okay, okay, it was TMZ.  You caught me.  Anyway, it seems that Jillian Michaels is being sued about her diet products.  And perhaps because she’s a big name with deep pockets, she’s been sued again, and again, and even again for selling a weight loss...
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So here are the teams we’ve got doing the September Challenge so far…you’re all doing great! I tried to catch everyone who responded on the original post and on twitter, but if I forgot/missed you, please leave a comment with your twitter name and which team you’re on this month and I’ll put you on...
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Welcome to all of our #shredheads doing the September Challenge, both Team Jillian and Team Bob…WOO! Today I want to share with you how I’m making 30 Day Shred (Level 1) harder.  If you’re just beginning, you probably aren’t going to be interested in making it harder, and you may want to read how I...
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It’s September, #shredheads, and just in time for back-to-school, we’ve got a bunch of people lining up for what could be the most colossal of ALL challenges ever.  It’s going to be the biggest smackdown in the history of histories! Okay, maybe it’s not quite that big, but we’ve got some motivated people ready to...
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We’re at the end of August, and we’ve got a week plus a few days left in our 30 day plans – how’s it going? I have to be honest, coming up with my plan was THE BEST thing I’ve done in a long time.  I’ve been sticking with it, and it really removes a...
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I’ll be honest, sometimes I think working out and eating right sucks.  And by sometimes, I mean all the time.  Really, why do I want to make myself uncomfortable and sweaty and tired and stinky and hungry?  Okay, not stinky.  I always smell like roses.  But all that other stuff?  That’s the pits, right? Right. So...
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Today’s post comes from @sistermaryeris (Sandi), who spent the majority of her life pretty thin, but not very athletic. After her third baby (and making it to her 30s) she noticed she was 50 lbs overweight.  Like many of us, she successfully lost the weight but then regained some. She began to do Jillian Michaels 30-Day...
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I’ve been pretty focused on motivation and working out and all of that nonsense lately, but you know that getting (and staying) fit is more than that, right? Right? Yeah, unfortunately you have to watch what you’re eating too.  You can burn all the calories and build all the muscle you want, but if you follow...
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We all deal with stress differently.  Normally, I eat my way through it but if I’m in a good exercise routine, I’ll try and channel that stress through exercise and not food.  At the moment, my stress level is to the max and I’m in NO exercise routine, I’m pregnant and not sleeping.  Add...
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Sorry for the lack of posting lately – my life has gotten hectic and, as I’m sure you can relate, when that happens something has to give.  Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your point of view…LOL) my posts have been one of the things to slip. But fortunately (for my sanity, at least) my working...
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Motivation is key to any fitness plan.  Obviously you’re motivated, or were at one time, because you’re here.  But how long has it been since you’ve thought about what your reason is for doing any of this?  Was your goal to look good in a swimsuit at the pool in June? June was a while...
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Lately I’ve been drifting around…working out, but with no real purpose.  It was easier when I first started, because the challenge was to make it through 30 days.  Then the next 30 days.  Then there was a 5K.  Then there was a half marathon.  But right now I’m really lost.  I don’t have anything...
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