Fitness

Everyday Desserts are Good For You

May 16, 2012
Everyday Dessert is Good for You | Ciao Mom

Who doesn’t love a delicious dessert? Who doesn’t deserve an everyday treat now and then? As much as I adore dessert, I am also not a big, dessert every night for dinner kind of gal. I grew up mostly believing, as far as at home dinners go, that fruit came at the end of a [...]

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The Thin to Win Challenge: Taking Stress Out at the Gym

May 15, 2012
Thin to Win Fitness Goal Challenge | Ciao Mom

Have you ever tried to thin out your life? What does that even mean exactly? For some it means organizing cluttered closets or pantries. For others it might mean slimming down the ingredients in their meals. Maybe it means getting organized with meal planning to maximize time during the week or making “me” time to [...]

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Ready. Set. Fitness. I did it!

April 24, 2012
Working out after surgery | Ciao Mom

Today marks a special milestone in my personal history. Six weeks post hysterectomy.The day when an invisible green light shone over me all day long, reminding me that there were no longer ANY restrictions to my activity. Six weeks. A lot of weeks. A lot of days. A lot of non fitness time. To say [...]

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My Five Step Plan to Fitness After Surgery

April 17, 2012
Five step plan to fitness after surgery | Ciao Mom

Five weeks of recovery. One week left until the words ALL CLEAR appear on my phone’s calendar. Words that symbolize the return to regular life. Words that represent my victorious return to a life of fitness. Except of course that after six weeks off from any real exercise, my body is not ready for a [...]

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Getting Fit In Sickness and Frustration

March 4, 2012
Getting Fit after being Sick | Ciao Mom

Taking control of my fitness.  Going Back to Weight Watchers. I can do it.  This will be the time.  No more broken records. I have written all these words, recently in fact.  And yet, here I am. In March.  Not fit. Not healthy.  No progress. The truth is that this time, it has not really [...]

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Five Tips to Avoid Drowning in Wine or Nutella

December 14, 2011
Hit the slopes as a workout | Ciao Mom

December is a crazy time of year.  It is almost inescapable.  Regardless of religion, it is a time of frenzy, of conflicting schedules, of to do lists.  Without some sort of balance, things can go haywire fast.  And by fast I mean before you know it.  As in, you find yourself staring at your running [...]

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Fitness Motivation by the Numbers

December 1, 2011
Fitness Motivation by the Numbers | Ciao Mom

In 2001, I ran a marathon because my oncologist told me I would never be able to. In 2011, I got back on my bike after twelve years of being afraid of it to compete in my first ever sprint triathlon. And then, I signed up for and participated in another, because I loved it [...]

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Striiving to Be Enough, Week One

November 2, 2011
striiv to be enough | C.Mom

It is no secret that I have had an on again off again relationship with working out. Setting goals and working towards a special event like a half marathon or a triathlon are very motivating to me. But after I finish those events, my motivation tends to take a nose dive into the abyss of [...]

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Finding My Way Back To My Body

September 25, 2011
Finding my way back to my body | C.Mom

One month ago, I was savoring the feeling of having finished my Iron Girl triathlon. Today, I am kicking myself. I lost my way and my body. I am sitting on the couch where I have nursed my elbow back from surgery and then made excuses that kept me out of the pool afraid that [...]

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Finding Inspiration

August 28, 2011
Finding Inspiration in Magazines

One week ago I was on my Iron Girl adrenaline high. I was feeling invincible and craving protein after my all out effort through the lake, the hills, and the path toward the finish line. Talk about finding inspiration.  Inspiration was everywhere. Today I sit patiently, waiting for my body, my elbow to get the [...]

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