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{living in sin} How CrossFit Has Helped My Relationship

February 21, 2012

The past two months have been kind of great around my apartment. It’s cleaner. It’s calmer. We’re spending — and wasting — less. We’re cooking more. And we’re actually here less in general. And all this? Can be attributed to my new love, CrossFit. (And to a lesser extent, my mistress, yoga.) First, some backstory. [...]

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{the life} My First Unofficial Non-Beginners Yoga Class

February 8, 2012

I have to say, I really love Wednesdays. Typically Eric and I both work out, which makes for kind of a late dinner, but one that feels totally earned after such a long day. And not like “burned so many calories” earned, but “worked up a legit appetite at work and at play” earned. It [...]

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{getting it} Why I Support Planned Parenthood

February 2, 2012

In April of 2004, at the age of 18, I got on a bus in Flint, Michigan with one of my good friends, an outspoken, proudly-liberal ally at our somewhat-sheltered Catholic school. We stayed on said bus with a bunch of strangers for a day and a half until we ended up in Washington, D.C., [...]

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Lesson #122: How to Work Out In the Middle of the Work Day

January 30, 2012

Last fall, I started taking on a lot more responsibilities and had to face the reality that fitting in everything I wanted to do was going to be a challenge. One way that I’ve made it a little bit easier is working out midday as often as possible. It took a bit of trial and [...]

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The Stages of Weight Loss Grief on SHAPE.com

January 17, 2012

Yesterday I had an article I wrote for SHAPE.com published. This is really exciting for me for a couple reasons — partially because writing for a magazine is a longtime dream of mine, but mainly because I’m really proud of the content of this article. “The Stages of Getting Weight Loss Grief” is based on [...]

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Lesson #115: How to Bribe Yourself to Work Out

January 5, 2012

With goals on everyone’s minds this week, it’s a good time to talk about rewards. After all, the bribery process is part of the planning process, right? To be honest, I didn’t used to get motivated by rewards. Or at least not tangible ones. You’d think that because I’m materialistic, I’d do anything to earn [...]

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The Four Species of Resolutionaries

January 3, 2012

It’s that time of year again: the Resolutionaries have invaded our gyms! For everyone who waited an extra 30 minutes tonight for the treadmill…this video bears repeating.

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Lemme Work It: Ten Workout Excuses I Made Today

December 13, 2011

It’s been two months since I’ve been to my yoga studio and the running thing in November? Uh…didn’t happen. While I’ve still been somewhat active, I was missing yoga in a major way. And yet every time I’d try to get myself to go back…this shit happens: 1. But I don’t want to spend all [...]

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Lesson #104: How I Finally Got it Up for Yoga

September 20, 2011

Last night, I completed my 16th yoga class in one month, so I officially hit my “four times a week for an entire month” goal. This is a really big deal for me because I’ve never been able to get it up for yoga before. Or I would get it up and I’d take a [...]

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Lesson #101: How to Lose Weight & Get in Shape in the Fall

September 8, 2011

It’s a new season so you know what that means — it’s time for everyone to start telling you how to lose weight by taking advantage of all the great things about that season. And you know what? Most of those tips are completely ridiculous and improbable. But I’m not one to miss out on [...]

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