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Ann on April 23rd, 2013

Yesterday was Earth Day. What did you do to celebrate? My company is hosting Earth Week this week. Yesterday we had a Farmer’s Market; today is eWaste disposal for a free lunch; tomorrow–Wellness Walk; Thursday–a sustainability quiz (not quite sure what that means); and a Vendor Fair on Friday, which I will miss since I [...]

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And today we launch Go Fit Girl!’s December Monthly Challenge. December is a challenging month in all aspects of my life. So I am gonna guess that it is the same for most of my readers. The challenges this month are going to be a little different than the previous months. Exercise: Exercise 3-4 times [...]

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Ann on September 23rd, 2012

At one point over the summer I realized I needed accountability with my food and drink intake. Even though I worked out almost every day I wasn’t monitoring my food intake and I wasn’t losing weight even though I wanted to get back to my goal weight. I needed accountability with food tracking. In the [...]

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Ann on September 13th, 2012

As a woman I have to remind myself that I need to take care of me, too. I have a long commute to work and a long day during the week as I get up between 5:15 and 5:30 most mornings. At times my job can be demanding and stressful. Even though I am not [...]

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Ann on August 30th, 2012

So you have made the decision to start exercising (or maybe you haven’t but this post may just motivate you). Now where to begin? I recommend starting slow. You don’t want to hurt yourself or do something unpleasant that makes you never want to exercise ever again. When I started exercising seriously (believe me I [...]

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Ann on April 29th, 2012

Today I participated in a charity walk with work and for the MMRF. (There’s still time to donate if you are so inclined. Click here for my page. Thanks to those who have already donated.) Since I didn’t have time to go to yoga (and parking and driving into that part of the city can [...]

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Ann on April 3rd, 2012

My company recently launched a wellness program. We first started with biometric testing. Our results were input into a web portal. After that there was a wellness assessment in which I answered questions about my mental and physical health, fitness and exercise, work and personal situations, etc. From there my strengths were identified and areas [...]

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Ann on November 21st, 2011

  This time of year gets stressful. Many parties to attend. Travel to visit family or friends. Or family or friends travel to visit you. Shopping. Cooking. End of the year work projects to get complete. Curt and I are eliminating a lot of this time of year stress. We are staying put for both [...]

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Ann on November 10th, 2011

Someone recently asked me for suggestions on how to healthily survive a 10-hour flight. My advice was not good. I told him that I survive international flights with booze and a sleeping pill. Seriously, here is my advice on how to survive an international flight or even a domestic flight: Stay hydrated. Drink lots of [...]

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Ann on November 5th, 2011

Tomorrow very early (2 a.m.) we fall back. I hate falling back or springing forward. The time change completely wreaks havoc on my body–physically and mentally. You would think one hour wouldn’t be a big deal. But for some reason it is. (Being from Arizona I never dealt with time change until I first moved [...]

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