Revolution Revelation

I was watching Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution last night on television.  I was outraged along with the twenty parents who showed up to view his “how much sugar is in flavored milk” demo.  I wanted to try his “I know where this meat comes from” burgers at the fast food place.  I was nervously anxious [...]

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The Countdown Has Begun

I am working on my lesson for Thursday night’s ENT “Organization Fair” and so Download Day will have to wait until I have that handout done.  It will be a new take on time management using the “Planning with a Purpose” model.  I want to share it with you but you’ll have to wait till [...]

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Don’t Stop

Justin is an intern that just started working at Jim’s Gym.  It certainly hasn’t taken him long to jump into the swing of things.  He counts for us (drat!), he helps us do exercises correctly, and he is following his mentor in offering “Jim-isms.” “You’re only going 11.0 on the stationary bike?  That’s slow!”  Justin, [...]

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Bonus Download – Nutty Advice

I’m pretty used to Jim’s comments and most of them go in one ear and out the other these days.  Sorry, Jim.  I know you think we hang on your every word while we are lifting serious weights and doing an obscene amount of sit-ups. However, the following bears repeating.  I don’t really know what [...]

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Step by Step

This is a winding road in Park City, Utah.  It goes in a loop around my in-laws home and is mostly uphill.  It is exactly 3 miles and now it is covered in snow. I ran this loop over the Thanksgiving holiday.  Twice.  With the hills and the higher altitude, it was hard.  I had [...]

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Covergirl

Oh Jim, you’re up to your old tricks with the new year – loving the fact that you are working us to death even when we claim we can multi-task (chat and exercise at the same time – it’s true….we really can).  It’s been a while since I have quoted Jim – certainly not because [...]

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Two Inches

Monday at the gym there were only two of us in our class and Jim had us work…and work….and work our arms.  Here I thought I was doing great at Jim’s Gym but no, I was so sore from that workout.  So when Wednesday rolled around and we had to do some more arm exercises [...]

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Download Day – Merry Little Christmas

I’m a water girl because I have practiced it.  I never really liked the taste of water but have taught myself to like it because it’s good for me.  So I always have a water with me.  A couple of years ago my mother-in-law asked me to design a label for custom water bottles for [...]

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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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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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