That’s the Point

I just received an email from my cute cousin, Janae.  Here’s what she said:
Hi Kolette!
I wanted to write to tell you I used your cute “Gobble till you wobble” download, and I love it. I have never purchased Thanksgiving decorations before, and after cleaning up my Halloween stuff my front table was looking a little [...]

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The Mantra

Jim served as a Marine.  Hence, the military-style workouts he concocts.  I find myself just running (ok, sort of jogging) between exercises each day without paying a lot of attention to what I’m supposed to do next.  Following blindly, is more like it.  It’s hard enough to do the workout much less have to remember [...]

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Odds and Ends + Giveaway

Today is an odds and ends day.  There are things that have to be taken care of but aren’t urgent and so I collect them in a pile on my desk to be dealt with later.   The same goes with my blog.  I have a few odds and ends that I want to share today.
First, [...]

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Yes!

I did it!  I have officially done my 20 days of boot camp + some.  I’m on a roll…or a treadmill, to be exact.  It’s interesting how when you start something like this – a goal that you have to work toward – that often when you accomplish it you rarely find yourself saying, “OK, [...]

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Speedy Hall

That’s me.  At Jim’s Gym, I am now “Speedy” because of my intense fastness doing each exercise.
OK….not that’s not really the reason.  Unfortunately, everyone knows who Jim is talking to when he says “Speedy.”  I’m SURE that I’m getting faster.  But as I mentioned in this previous post, slow and steady has its advantages for [...]

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Home Stretch

I thought I would never reach the 20-day mark of my boot camp experience and here I am only a few sessions away.  I have been so happy with the program that I’ve decided to go a couple more weeks and get to Thanksgiving.  We’ll see what happens after that.  I feel the need to [...]

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Boot Camp Giveaway

Jim has figured out that I am blogging about boot camp and said that he was going to check it out this weekend so I thought that in honor of him and all boot camps out there that we should do a giveaway.  Yea!
All you have to do is give Jim a shout out here [...]

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Book Review: Three Cups of Tea

OK, I am very interested to hear your thoughts about the book Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and journalist David Oliver Relin  – anyone who has read it, please chime in.  As a teacher, I was utterly fascinated and moved with the concept [...]

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Download Day: It’s OK

Quote of the Day:
Jim (in the attempt to motivate):  “Do you want me to show you how I can do it twice as fast?”
Me:  “No.”
Of course you can do it twice as fast or twice as good or twice as long, Jim.  That’s why people don’t pay me to be their trainer.  Duh.  If you [...]

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Boot Camp – Day Five

Speed.  What’s the big deal about doing things fast?  Hasn’t Jim ever heard the proverb, “Slow and steady wins the race?”  Oh no, it’s all about speed.  “Walk faster with higher resistance or you’ll do 10 extra mountain climbers, Kolette.”  “Run from machine to machine, Kolette.” “Do jumping jacks while you wait.”  “Breaks are for [...]

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