Category: Health
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Update on Running Mileage Goal
At the beginning of 2018, I wrote a post outlining my plan to run 500 miles during the course of the year. As of 12/29, I have logged 505* miles! Extremely pleased to have completed one of my goals for the year. The * caveat is to denote a couple things. 1. I originally planned…
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Running, the Christian Walk
The analogy the New Testament uses comparing running to the Christian walk has become more poignant to me recently as I have reignited my love for running in the last year or so. As I wrote about in my most recent post, I am all fired up about running these days. By the grace of…
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Waste Fewer Veggies, Save Money & Make Your Fridge Look Amazing
This is my tale of how I made the subject of this blog a reality in our home. For years, I bemoaned the fact that I couldn’t get to many my fresh veggies before they spoiled. This was disappointing to me not only because I was wasting food, but because it was not cheap in…
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Portion Control: A Key to Weight Loss
As time has marched on, a sad truth has sunk into my brain: how much I eat makes a huge difference in weight loss or gain. “Um, duh, Summer,” you might say. More specifically, watching the portions of what I eat often makes or breaks my food intake success. I am carefully avoiding the word…
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My 2018 Running Goal: 500 miles. Action Plan Included. (Anyone want to join me?)
I’ve been on a journey of running for fitness off and on since high school. While I haven’t always been consistent, it is the one form of cardio that I always go back to. Partly because there aren’t many exercises that are more efficient concerning aerobic activity and calories burned by time spent. Also the…
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How I Beat My Sugar Addiction: An Ongoing Victory Story
Ever since I was a small child, I’ve been a sweets enthusiast. Growing up, my mom would often refer to me as her “little sugar addict.” That was usually when I was either stuffing my mouth full of cookies or complaining about the limit of Oreos I was allowed to eat per day. For the…