Fitness

The Mackie returns … my besty’s Michelle Bridges 12WBT journey

September 2, 2011
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I mentioned a little while back that my besty Kate had embarked upon a weightloss journey on the Michelle Bridge’s 12 week body transformation program and started a blog to chart her progress (to catch up, click here). Well, the 12 weeks wrapped up a couple of weeks back and I was so proud to [...]

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An experiment in running

July 2, 2011
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I never thought this day would come; I am attempting to run. The decision just kind of crept up on me. Like I was gingerly leading myself towards trying it out, while I remained fixed in my view of myself as an uncoordinated, unsporty type who exercises out of necessity only and not a deep [...]

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This week I’m grateful for … smiles

March 25, 2011
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Yesterday I went for my first morning walk since I was struck down by the dreaded vomiting bug. It felt good to be moving and feeling healthy again (another thing to be grateful for). I was waiting at the lights, with J in his pram when a fellow walker went past and beamed a smile [...]

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First step to farewell my flab

March 10, 2011
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I blogged some time ago about ‘getting fit’- see here, oh and here -  and regular readers may have noticed a certain silence surrounding this issue ever since. It’s true I had the best of intentions, but I don’t think I really wanted it enough. I had some vague goals, ‘tone up’, loose a few [...]

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Fitting in fitness

November 3, 2010
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A couple of weeks back I posted about my quest for fitness. By blogging about it, I was hoping I’d feel accountable and get off my arse and do something. But nope, here I am still parking that arse of mine and finding a myriad of excuses why I can’t exercise. I know I [...]

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A week for doing

October 11, 2010
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I am writing this from the promise of the weekend. Where plans can be made without weekday pressures, where oaths can be made to oneself that the next week will be the beginning of something new. But today is Monday, a day where the promises we made to ourselves can so easily be thrown [...]

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