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How To Lose Five Pounds In Fifteen Minutes

I wish I was the kind of writer that could leave you laughing hysterically at with me – so much so that you would pee your pants.  But enough about bodily fluids, there will plenty of time for that later. Thursday was a normal day.  I had a good early morning run with my MRTT […]

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Breaking Through The Plateau

About a month ago, Courtney at Don’t Blink. Just Run commented that she was having difficulty breaking through the plateau in her weight loss journey.  In the early months of Courtney’s weight loss journey she saw good results, but then things slowed down and she stopped losing weight.  This isn’t unusual, and I told her […]

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Betty’s Vacation Survival Plan

Yesterday I wrote And Then, The Unthinkable Happened, the second article in a three part series about my friend Betty’s lifelong struggle with weight loss. I left you with where Betty is today… in a very good place.   Betty and I talked about what else she wants you to know about her story and […]

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And Then, The Unthinkable Happened

Yesterday I wrote The Many Years of Yo-Yo Dieting, the first article in a three-part series about my friend Betty’s lifelong struggle with weight loss. When I left off, Betty had completed a full marathon and a half-marathon and was hooked on a sport for the first time in her life. The following summer (2007), […]

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The Many Years of Yo-Yo Dieting

As promised, today I will start a three part series about my friend Betty’s lifelong struggle with weight loss. She describes herself as a chubby child and teenager. Throughout high school she tried many different diets, and as a result, she lost weight and gained it back over and over again. She always strived to […]

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Meet Betty

Today was my friend’s 62nd birthday! I met Betty in January 2008 when she hired me to help her in her weight loss journey; however, today it is more of a wellness lifestyle we focus on. Starting on Wednesday, we are going to follow her journey through fad diets, weight loss and gain, barriatric surgery, […]

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You Saved My Life

Every Saturday the Cruisers meet for our weekly group run on the W&OD Trail, a very popular trail in our area. It is a narrow 45-mile-long multi-use park that consists of an asphalt trail and a parallel gravel path. It was built on the old railroad bed where trains ran from 1859 to 1968. We […]

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Inspired by The Biggest Loser

I started watching The Biggest Loser occasionally when one of my clients started talking about it a few years ago.  She seemed so inspired that I wanted to see just what all of the excitement was about. This season, I have been fully invested in the show; and have been able to I discuss it […]