I have to admit to some missed days of exercise. And a tad bit of indulgent eating BUT I did not given up or totally give in! Nor have I said: “Fuck it!” when it comes to watching what I eat. I’m keeping my eyes on the prize. I had a bit of emotional turmoil [...]

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It’s been two weeks now and I’m still being active. I’ve had a lot of time off this month (November is a notoriously slow month) and I used the time to work out. So my first night back to real work (five hours on my feet – three of it dancing) was a real test.

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Yep. I’m still working out. I have gone to the gym regularly and when I don’t make it downtown to the Trump I have made use of my very well equipped home gym. My equipment may be “old school” but it still works the same muscle groups as the new-fangled stuff!

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It’s my first day in a bona fide health club. I have made it through the first door. I have been intimidated by cardio-machines that have control panels that look like you need an instruction manual to operate them but I am determined to get some kind of work out today at this gym.

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I have a confession to make. I have never worked out in front of other humans in a health club. I have briefly looked in on and walked through a few gyms in my life and frankly, they scared me. I walk into a gym and I am immediately that girl in junior high: the [...]

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I am writing this as I cool off in the private hydratherapy bath treatment suite at the Spa at Trump which is located in the Trump Hotel Chicago. I can crawl in and out of the bath to go have a seat by the window and glance at this beautiful city. This is the wind [...]

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It was a good day. I did okay food wise. But my real accomplishment was the exercise. Funny thing, right after I wrote last night’s post I went into the kitchen and was about to finish off some left over quesadillas from the fridge… Oops!

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Yes, my dears! I did a bonafide, sweaty, breathy cardio for 20 minutes! I used to do 60 minutes, then bike ride and weights and stretching, but hell, I haven’t done shit in years! This is a good first step and I didn’t drop dead in the process! And I feel great! Don’t know what [...]

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So, I’m lounging here in the bed and as I reach over to grab something to eat I hear a muffled cry from beneath me. It’s my poor kitty Shana Punim who, as a show of her steadfast loyalty and unbeknownst to me, has saddled up beside me – and I rolled over on top [...]

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“Because “The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl” would sound bloody stupid…” That was the response that the newly published author Shauna Reid gave when one of her blog readers asked her why she named her blog and subsequent book “Diet Girl.” Shauna never went on a diet after the first year of Weight [...]

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