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I’m Back (in black)

Posted by rusvw on 05/28/07 9:15 PM in Blessings, fitness/health/nutrition, love, The Nature of Things

Greetings, all: First, let me thank all of you for your kind words, your emails, your cards, your everything. I am honored to know all of you, whether it be in person or online. All of you have made this passing much easier to bear, and I am very grateful. With each day that has [...]

 
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Three miles in no time

Posted by rusvw on 01/22/07 11:20 AM in fitness/health/nutrition

And so we enter week three of that lifestyle change: new diet, new exercise program, new way of thinking, new everything. I’m less than a pound away from that first benchmark of losing 10 pounds. I’m confident I’ll reach it–perhaps even surpass it–when I weigh in on Friday. I’m fortunate that Maryland offers so many [...]

 
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Pondering 2007

Posted by rusvw on 12/29/06 8:42 AM in fitness/health/nutrition, Goals

I’m a sucker for resolutions. It’s just who I am, and I find new starts to be a very good thing for people. It’s one of the few times in the calendar year when we can all slow down just a bit and recognize what we can do to make our lives, and the lives [...]

 
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Weight, Motivation, Nutritionists (Oh My!)

Posted by rusvw on 08/20/06 7:48 PM in fitness/health/nutrition

Michelle, over at Smoochdog, unknowingly sent me some serendipitous karma over the weekend, and it’s been swirling in me ever since. She posted some resolutions that she’s planning on tackling before the end of the year, and they are all good goals she’s set for herself. It got me thinking about just how bad and [...]

 
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What makes me happy?

Posted by rusvw on 07/31/06 6:57 PM in fitness/health/nutrition, love

I’ll tell you what makes me happy (Lush lovers, please pardon the steal of this happy, happy phrase): Finding another small, small, nature-lovin’, happy hippy kind of home business that compliments Lush products, which i have fallen madly in love with over the past month or so. Enter Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. Never before have [...]

 
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Century Training Begins

Posted by rusvw on 07/2/06 3:01 PM in fitness/health/nutrition, seagull century

I just returned from the gym, and I’m now in full training mode for the Seagull Century, which runs on October 7. Here’s the sitch (God I love KimPossible…): Light evening workout (2 miles) on the elliptical trainer. This happens after the kids go to bed, and can sometimes be as late as 10 p.m. [...]

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