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Exhale and Be: About Meg

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Welcome to my little corner of cyberspace. A bit about myself. My name is Meg and am I a thirty-something living in a sleepy little town in northern Michigan, near the shores of Lake Michigan. I always say that when I grow up I am going to move to the big city, but where I call home feeds my need for quiet places and open spaces. I live here with my giant bear of a dog, Bandit. I also love cooking, crafting, movies and photography. Sherlock Holmes, the Detroit Tigers, and my first love was Han Solo.

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30 Day Butt Challenge Results | Fitness and Fumbling

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The random, sometimes incoherent, babble exposing the successes and mishaps of a spastic Philly girl's attempt at fitness. Friends Who Workout Together Stay Together →. 30 Day Butt Challenge Results. September 29, 2013. Between doing multiple night shifts in a row and then switching back to day shift, I realized that I have been completely slacking on this blog! Hello incorporating more situps.) What do you guys think? Did the 30 Day Butt Challenge work? 10 – Bench press (80). 8 – Deck squat (35). You ar...

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Day 11 of 30 Days of Writing | Black Butterflies/White Daisies

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Path of personal growth. 2012 – now. Day 11 of 30 Days of Writing. New Year’s 2017: “Should”. Doing things because we should, not because they fulfill a desire or calling or lead to healthier thoughts or habits. Doing things because we feel pressured. Doing things because we don’t have a good reason not to. Feeling like we owe people an explanation. This put words to and identified a sentiment that I was working through. It reminded me that I’m at the helm. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).

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Day 9 of 30 Days of Writing | Black Butterflies/White Daisies

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Path of personal growth. 2012 – now. Day 9 of 30 Days of Writing. I had a few scribbles that I’ll include.). Decide Why You Want to Practice Yoga. Tell me why you want to spend an hour or more on the floor stretching and activating muscles you didn’t even know you had. Tell me why you want to. Acutely aware of all your muscle groups for the next 2 to 3 days. Tell me why you want to sweat and get aggravated. Tell me why you want to do it again and again. You go back because there’s more, always more...

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Day 10 of 30 Days of Writing | Black Butterflies/White Daisies

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Path of personal growth. 2012 – now. Day 10 of 30 Days of Writing. Thanks for clicking, please click again to I Left My Heart in Tucson. On my business website. Our prompt was to schedule out a month’s worth of prompts, which I did but I don’t want to post them here because I want the content to be a surprise! Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Thoughts, e...

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Not Afraid of Stripes: Triumph, Frustration

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Friday, January 6, 2017. So yesterday when I posted I totally spaced on telling you about my last run, which I did on Wednesday evening after work! For my Wednesday runs I will be alternating between heading over to Fleet Feet for their weekly group run and joining the folks up in my neck of the woods (Niagara Parks Runners/Old Falls Runners). This week, it was the latter and we met up at Academy Park in Lewiston, not far from the ultimate destination of our run, Artpark. I did have reflective stuffs on,...

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Not Afraid of Stripes: Progress Photos

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Face shots, from before the start (late 2013, 370-ish pounds) and more current (11/23/15, 265 pounds):. In the beginning (or at least this. Beginning), just before I started getting serious about things, in April 2014. I weighed 372 pounds standing 5'8" tall. Some face shots showing the contrast of 372 to 299. And what my body was doing at 297. This was February 2015. Finally, as of May 19, 2015, 86 pounds lost. I don't see too great a difference from the last set, but:. I wish I h...

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Not Afraid of Stripes: Fitness Bucket List

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Saturday, July 5, 2014. Poking around some of my favorite fit bloggin' reads, I found this. Link to Nellie's 2014 Fitness Bucket List, which inspired me to make my own list. except that mine includes physical activities that I'd like to be able to do sometime down the line, though not necessarily this year. 1 Pull-ups. Pulling the weight of my body with my two arms? 2 Push-ups. Real ones. Get my bike out of storage and get myself back in the saddle. A Run a 5K again. B Run a 10k. C Run a half-marathon.

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Not Afraid of Stripes: Warmly Welcoming the New Year

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Sunday, January 1, 2017. Warmly Welcoming the New Year. I ended up having a great workout at the gym yesterday even though I'd had a tummy ache the night before and still wasn't feeling 100% that morning. I started out taking it easy and doing an easy 25 minutes on the treadmill, which was followed by a most excellent weight training session – more on the trap bar and some other stuff with upper body. I felt powerful! So this month, I decided I wanted to focus on getting back into the food logging habit,...

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Not Afraid of Stripes: Positivity Rules!

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Thursday, January 5, 2017. I've having a good week, how about you? One thing that crossed my mind – actually, one of many things – was the importance of being in the right frame of mind to reach goals. Then I reconsidered: Yes, that is important, but what about when your mind is not cooperating? When all you can think about is all the food you want to eat or how much you don't feel like busting your ass exercising? Cross-training: Gym workout with Rick, focus on strength training. Run: Morning run on my ...