10-minute Pilates - Articles
Spaghetti Pizza
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Diana D.
Tonight I greet you with a very heartfelt (and preemptive) “TGIF.” It was a very long, overwhelming day at work, so I’m more than ready for the week to be over.Story time! Gather round, dear readers.I am lucky to have a job that 99% of the time I can manage between the hours of 9am and 5pm. Naturally, there are days when it demand ...
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Christmas Wish List, Triathlon Style
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fatgirl2fitgirl
I walked into Walmart the other night to get a winter coat. My coat from last year does not fit anymore…in a good way. It’s going to Good Will, along with other wintery clothes that don’t fit me anymore either. I was surprised that already, Walmart is all set up for Christmas. That was fast. It was just Halloween. What happened t ...
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Wellness Tall Tale – Pilates is a concept of connection
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Movements Afoot
Pilates is more than abdominal workout. It is about connection of the entire body. When the lower and/or upper body works in harmony with your torso, you create better alignment, strength, balance of tone and mobility with your entire body.Newcomers to Pilates sometimes get stuck on the idea that a hard muscle is a functional muscle. A lot of pe ...
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The adventure of the very strange solution
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Angela Williams-Dunford
This is what happens when one does not keep up with one’s blog. When one’s notes are strewn all over the place, in journals and notepads and one’s daily plate. I will attempt to recreate the best I can the events of the past few weeks.I passed on the nutritionist’s request for hydrogen breath tests to my gastro. The tests we ...
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The sporting life
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Angela Williams-Dunford
I’ve done some math and I actually have been eating more than I thought during my Daily Plate days. As I restricted to 1200 only part of the time, I knew that an average, if taken, would be higher, although I would have guessed closer to 1450. The number is more like 1550 – 1650. Although this means I still should have seen more weight ...
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This post needs to start out app ...
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Holly
This post needs to start out appropriately… HAPPY (belated) FATHER’S DAY to my dad, as well as all you other dads out there! Props for always being there when us daughters need it .Now, picking up where I left off…After I finished volunteering at the Special Olympics, I met up with my mom and sisters (who came into town) for so ...
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I don’t want to rub it in ...
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Holly
I don’t want to rub it in to those of you who experienced less than stellar weather… but today was PERFECT! Sunny, 80 degrees and oh so gorgeous – it was the perfect day to lay in the sun and soak up some rays get my vitamin D fix. After last night’s late feast, I went light with the breakfast this morning and concocted ...
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After the post of just a couple ...
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Holly
After the post of just a couple hours ago, I did exactly what Miss Holly needed to do: I blogged, did my laundry, watered the plants, put away the dishes, cleaned the kitchen and made dinner. Who am I? That all sounds way to domestic for my taste .Dinner was inspired by my semester abroad in London…you see, one of the popular eats in our ...
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Here is where I parked my buns t ...
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Holly
Here is where I parked my buns today…but more on that in a bit.Yesterday, after the big 9-mile run, I showered, purtied myself up then headed off to a food blogger’s mecca…WHOLE FOODS!!!While I was shopping around for the goods, one of my best friends Ashley called me. I answered my obnoxious ring, then the conversation went s ...
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Happy August dudes and dudettes! ...
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Holly
Happy August dudes and dudettes!Can you believe it’s August already? Yikes, I can’t recall where June and July went. If you know where it went, please pass it on to me because I gots nothing.Did you know that the first week of August is National Simplify Your Life Week? Our lives get crazy, busy, chaotic and wine-filled, so it’ ...
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