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Review: Jillian Michaels Maximize Your Life tour 6 May 2013 | 08:35 pm
Yesterday was FITNESS SPONTANEITY DAY at our house. Woke up feeling restless; an hour later we were off on a family hike in the woods in Kettle Moraine State Park about an hour from our house…SO refre...
How touching Bruce Springsteen’s ass changed my life 30 Apr 2013 | 08:25 pm
Thought I’d republish this story today on Spaight Talk from a 2009 Posterous blog, in honor of that site shutting down today. (Buh-bye, Posterous…it was real. Sort of.) This could also be titled, How ...
Seven lessons from training for a marathon and getting injured 28 Apr 2013 | 06:26 am
Imma just put this right here for later. NOT FUNNY, UNIVERSE. NOT FUNNY. Evidently the universe, which is usually quite good to me, thought it would be comical to have me run through all sorts of wi...
Running for RACC Fund: Racers Against Childhood Cancer 26 Mar 2013 | 04:03 pm
When I started running last May, it was for a higher purpose: childhood cancer. This cause still calls to me and pushes me forward, which is why I recently joined the great team of people who run for ...
Marathon training: halfway! and my new team 6 Mar 2013 | 07:32 am
Photo credit: Mike Baird There’s a lot to be learned from marathon training, or any other endurance training. I think it makes you more optimistic. And more persistent. More of a believer, because yo...
Fun times on the teevee with the fitness bands 28 Feb 2013 | 04:39 am
Last week, the new(ish) Wisconsin Tonight show on WTMJ4 had me come on to talk about fitness tracker bands – Nike + FuelBand, FitBit, Jawbone UP and Body Media. Too. Much. Fun. The anchors, Mike Jacob...
Fat kids, teaching nutrition, mmm cake and slim fit pants 19 Feb 2013 | 08:41 pm
“Childhood obesity,” aka fat kids. In the 70s, they didn’t call it childhood obesity; they called me a fat kid. Little did I know, I was a trailblazer for generations of fat kids to come. According ....
Plateaus, poor choices, screw “skinny” and The Runner’s Diet 12 Feb 2013 | 04:48 pm
Mom runs a marathon, weeks 5-6… Plateaus suck. Patience is hard. It happens to everyone. After a few weeks of satisfying, steady progress at weight loss or better nutrition…nothing. (OK, 4/5 of a po...
Meet your fitness goals faster with these sites, apps and gadgets 7 Feb 2013 | 10:54 pm
Recently, a study reported in Wired Magazine found that tweeting and retweeting may help you lose weight. But, really, what they found is that the *support and accountability* provided by the social n...
Mom runs a marathon – week 4 – Beating the sugar addiction 21 Jan 2013 | 05:31 pm
Looking back at my training journal over the first three weeks quickly shows the extent of my sugar problem. “Too much chocolate today.” “Sweet tooth still out of control.” “Excessive sugar; didn’t me...
