Author: Leslie Rae Newton
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Summer Blues
With all the hype getting ready for summer and the excitement of warm weather and sunshine, it is easy to get romanced by plans and forget the reality. The reality is that summer means shorts, tank tops and bathing suits. If you neglected your fitness during the winter months this could keep you up at…
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Weighing in for a New Start
Taking your life seriously means taking all aspects of it with pride, the inside and the outside. An education and what you know is very important, it will keep you in the door, but what gets you through the door is who you know AND what you look like, not just on paper. The visual…
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Training is a process, not an event
The reality is that people who want to make a dramatic change to their body, did not get into their current state from an hour every other day for three weeks. So working out for an hour every other day for three weeks is not going to ‘fix’ the problem. This news may be discouraging,…
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Time to vent…I am so over some people. Just yesterday, to add to my list of people I want to punch in the mouth, a women, who I wouldn’t normally point out as over weight (we aren’t talking a mere five pounds either) decided to inform me that she would never want to look like…
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The Next Leaf
Having a plan is only successful if it is flexible. There are few and far between that play out like planned. Glitches and detours are so common, they are expected; you have to know how to deal with them when they arise. You may not always know what to do, or do the right thing,…
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Strength Training vs. Cardiovascular Training in Fat Loss
There are so many misconceptions out there as to the best way to lose fat, tone up, build muscle and get in shape. The debate on rather strength training is better than cardio has gone on for a long time! The tug of war between the two is nothing new, but completely unnecessary. Strength training…
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Another Step
Visiting the doctor yesterday, it suprised me that I am only 7weeks out from surgery. Man, I thought it had been A LOT longer than that! But, no, not even 2months in to a 12-month recovery. However, I am walking almost normal! I am doing limited cardio! I am doing modefied exercises! Modified, meaning two…
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The Next Day
I am officially six weeks out from hopefully my last surgery! I have been off crutches for two 🙂 Physical Therapy is just starting to make the shift from purely painful to semi-productive. In fact, today was the first day I left thinking “I could have done more exercises” instead of “I wonder if I…
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Red Light
Sometimes in life, you wonder how you will gather the courage to make it through one more thing, how you could possibly get tested one more time. Then tomorrow comes, and you made it. You made it through, and for some reason you are still breathing. The world is still turning while you are at…
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3/06/10 Today I lost a father. Not by legal terms, but by life terms. I lost a man I respected and loved. A man who treated me like one of his daughters, with firmness and love. A man who displayed compassion and authority in moments of teaching. He taught me accountability and the value of…