tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50045027283161718232024-03-05T12:15:26.500-08:00Biggest Loser BoundThe Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-12113659974533437022014-06-24T13:37:00.002-07:002014-06-24T13:37:35.882-07:00Still here, life goes on!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So I took some time off in January and February to write a book about our goats, my weight loss, our little farm, and our goat milk soap and bath products business. It was a long time coming. I had loads to get off my chest. I had started the book (two chapters) three years ago on the plane ride to my month long stay at Biggest Loser's Fitness Ridge. It was a good start, but the last three years have really been the best three years of my life. The book basically wrote itself! It's about overcoming a few terrible obstacles in my life and my period of getting it in gear and moving on. You know, when we purchased Athena, I would have never dreamed that she would change our lives so much for the better. Since then we have hosted almost 70 college interns on our farm, I have lost 55 lbs and kept it off for three years, my goat milk soap and bath products business has far exceeded my expectations of what a great business it could be, and I have returned for three visits to Fitness Ridge. This fall 8 of my girlfriends and I will be trying out a new fitness facility in Tennessee. Tennessee Fitness Spa. It's a lot closer to me and we want to see what is out there that is more cost effective. Since I like to recommend places to people I meet from all over the country, I know this would help if they are East Coasters, or just don't have the funds to go to Fitness Ridge. I'll keep ya posted. In the mean time if you would like to purchase a copy of the book, go to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/">www.amazon.com</a> and type in The Thankful Goat. I loaded it up with lots of cool pictures and there's a chapter dedicated to my weight loss journey. Have a great summer and look for my new book out next Spring called, The Thankful Goat Cooks. I'm photo journaling some yummy recipes to share with all my peeps out there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Familiarity makes us comfortable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many find strength in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is like a warm blanket, soft couch,
comfort food, and a good movie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a
loving spouse you feel perfectly at ease with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fitness Ridge is like that for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s like coming home at Christmas after being away at college all
semester and finding the house decorated and family there to meet you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have cried there, vomited there, felt
overwhelming joy there, rejoiced with others there, and laughed there, a lot! Next
week, I will be heading back to Biggest Loser’s Fitness Ridge to spend a week
in Ivins, UT.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In May 2011, I got on
a plane bound for Vegas with a suitcase full of clothes ready to spend a whole
month. I was scared to death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had lost 25 lbs before my trip, dropped
three clothes sizes, and was ready for anything they could throw at me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I dropped 15 more lbs in that month, and an
additional 10 when I got home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing
could have been harder and easier at the same time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harder, because I was reining in the only
thing that was out of control in my life at that time, my weight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Easier, because I did it with some of the
most amazing, encouraging people I have ever met who were all doing the same
thing I was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We sweated, laughed,
talked, and overcame together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
got home is when it became hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of
course I knew it would, but I wasn’t ready for what happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t have a problem with eating
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I woke up each morning I
would immediately panic, thinking I had gained all the weight back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would jump out of bed and run upstairs
weighing myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still the same, but
there must be some mistake!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would try
on several outfits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They still fit, but
it couldn’t be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surely while I was
sleeping all the weight must have slipped back on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally I confessed to my husband what was
going on and he told me to call Jen our Fitness Ridge shrink</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She assured me that it was perfectly normal
to feel this way as it would take my brain longer to catch up with my
body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this might have something
to do with why people who lose so much weight immediately put it back on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their mind tells them they have gained it
back, so they just give in to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
refused to give in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In April 2012, I went back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I had become that forty something mom that ran 5ks and mud runs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had trouble with my left hip, but wanted to
see if I could push myself like the year before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could and I did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had kept most of the weight off, so the six
lbs I lost while there that week, put me back in the black.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now it’s October 2013.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A whole seventeen months later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When I started this blog in 2011, I would have never imagined I would
have so many followers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had
around 11,000 hits on here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m glad so
many people are interested in what I’ve been up to, but for me, this blog is so
much more than showing people my journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It has become my memory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are so many things you forget if you don’t write it all down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good things, funny things, and most
importantly how I felt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The emotional
part of this roller coaster is key to finding yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that being said, I think I can truly say
I have found myself again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had lost
myself through pregnancies, childbirth, and uncertainty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here, I have found myself and although the
person I found is quite different than the one I lost, I love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I imagine we all find ourselves wishing we
could be or do something else in life, but right now, in this time of my life I
am perfectly happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I traded a high
stress job for being a goat farmer, owning my own business, and continuing to
home school my two kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband
works from home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the bomb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He doesn’t always like his job, but he always
gets to spend time with us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He too gave
up a high stress job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since the last
time I was at Fitness Ridge, I have hosted 50 interns on my little micro
farm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That has been amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have had some beautiful people come
through and help us with our continuing project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How has my weight been?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I have actually been able to keep most
of the 55 lbs off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It makes me sad to
look at my less toned body in the mirror, but I realize I have at least not
stopped trying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband pointed this
out when we were in Wal Mart a couple weeks ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So many people shopping there just looked like
they had completely given up. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Convenience food filled buggies, dead look in
their eyes, and so heavy all they could wear was a stretched out t shirt and
jogging pants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have not been able to work out with my hip
problems, but I have really watched that I maintain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yesterday, I got up and started packing for
my third trip out here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried on the t
shirt I wore home from Fitness Ridge on June 19<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, 2011, my 43<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup>
birthday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I expected that it would be
too tight in the arms and waist, but guess what???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And so did the pants I wore to hike in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now that I have spent the last two years maintaining, I am ready to take
off the last pounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Join my adventures
this week as I and my partner in crime and roomie, Phyllis take on Fitness
Ridge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-59286836308753474322013-07-03T06:37:00.001-07:002013-07-03T06:37:06.686-07:00One year later<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I can't believe it's been over a year since I posted here. I wasn't able to go to Fitness Ridge in the Spring due to a scheduling conflict. My goat milk soap business has become all consuming and we have begun to take interns from www.wwoofusa.org They come from all over the world and in the last year we have had over 35 visit our farm. They stay for 2 to 6 weeks and one girl who was just awesome will be with us all summer as our farm manager. The picture is from this spring. My husband, Steve, and I were headed out to a Comedy Club fundraiser for the arts council. I will be returning to Fitness Ridge this fall for one week. My hope is that I will be able to finish my weight loss journey this year. I have put 8 lbs back on from when I left two years ago, but am happy I have finally learned how to keep it off. I injured my hips and am unable to run so I have been trying to keep it off by only eating what I know I can. It's easier with the interns here, since we only go out to eat about one time a week now. Eating out is what was killing me before! Thank you for over 11.000 hits on my blog! I hope to report back in around October and let you know what's going down at the Ridge. Keep working hard and know that you can do it. You CAN and you are WORTH IT!<br /><br />The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-38471485297139720622012-05-23T14:17:00.000-07:002012-05-23T14:17:20.814-07:00And the Top Ten Workout songs for June are in...Chris from Run Hundred has just posted the top ten songs to work out to for June. Check out Run Hundred's music or click on each individual song at the bottom. Let's keep those workouts pumpin and fresh.<br />
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Fort Wayne, IN – June 2, 2012 – With summer nearly upon us, there's a mess of
new music bumping in a gym near you.The singles from Usher and Linkin Park's new
albums are out now—along with Pitbull's contribution to the <i>Men in Black
III</i> soundtrack.Also, on the movie tip, Kelly Clarkson's “Stronger” returns
to the top 10—albeit in a dark, retro remix that works the American Idol veteran
into a groove straight out of the <i>Scarface</i> or <i>Drive</i>
soundtrack.Lastly, the top 10 is rounded out by trio of collaborations wherein
Maroon 5, Taylor Swift, and Cee Lo paired up with Wiz Khalifa, B.o.B., and
Slaughterhouse.
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Here's the full list, according to votes placed at
<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/" target="_blank">Run Hundred</a></u></span></span>--the web's most popular workout
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<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/avicii-levels-skrillex-remix-142-bpm/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Avicii - Levels
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/pitbull-back-in-time-126-bpm/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Pitbull - Back in
Time - 126 BPM</span></a></u></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/maroon-5-wiz-khalifa-payphone-110-bpm/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Maroon 5 & Wiz
Khalifa - Payphone - 110 BPM</span></a></u></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/demi-lovato-give-your-heart-a-break-123-bpm/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Demi Lovato - Give
Your Heart a Break - 123 BPM</span></a></u></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/usher-scream-129-bpm/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Usher - Scream -
129 BPM</span></a></u></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/linkin-park-burn-it-down-111-bpm/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Linkin Park - Burn
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/kelly-clarkson-stronger-hotlines-miami-vice-club-remix-118-bpm/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Kelly Clarkson -
Stronger (Hotline's Miami Vice Club Remix) - 118
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/slaughterhouse-cee-lo-green-my-life-137-bpm/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Slaughterhouse
& Cee Lo Green - My Life - 137 BPM</span></a></u></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/b-o-b-taylor-swift-both-of-us-127-bpm/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">B.o.B. & Taylor
Swift - Both of Us - 127 BPM</span></a></u></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/katy-perry-part-of-me-jacques-lu-conts-thin-white-duke-remix-130-bpm/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Katy Perry - Part
of Me (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Remix) - 130
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Warrior Dash. Their motto is 'The Craziest Frickin Day of Your Life'. Well I can tell you this, I have had some pretty crazy days in my life, and I thought the Warrior Dash last year was one of them, but they were just teasing Charlotte, NC. They were merely tempting her with the firey blasts of the start, the cute little climbing gymboree obstacles, and those heavenly smoked turkey legs that make your knees weak as you come around the home stretch. Last year we were lulled into thinking that there wasn't anything worse they could do to push us to our last limit. This year, this day, we found out different. We found out they mean it when they say it will be 'The Craziest Frickin Day of Your Life'.<br />
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Steve woke me up at 5:15 am and I must admit I haven't been up that early since Fitness Ridge three weeks ago. Now every day has it's hero, and this day was no exception. My sweet and wonderful father-in-law volunteered on very short notice to come with us and watch the boys while we ran our heat. Steve would run it at top speed first, and then because of my hip injury, he would come back and go with me to help me over the tough obstacles. Hero number two! I am such a lucky, lucky girl to have such great men in my life. Let me just say this would not really be my father-in-law's idea of fun; it would probably rank just after cleaning out the refridgerator. I knew he would enjoy it once he saw the heckler at the mud pit though. They post a guy there with a mic to yell at the runners and this year it would be my hiking bud and trainer from Fitness Ridge, Sione Fa. He was a contestant on Biggest Loser and has lost 156 lbs. We actually saw him at the Start line when we first arrived and he crossed the road to welcome us and meet my family. It was so good to see him again. We went to packet pick up and I couldn't help thinking about my girls Tiffany (the Ironwoman) Gust and Jenn Morton going to packet pickup a few weeks ago for the Iron Man in St George, Utah. You girls are my inspiration *smooches*! The pic below is of Sione calling the mud pit.<br />
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Victory Bananas with my Numero Uno Baby! I couldn't ever do this without you Steve. You and I have been though a lot in our 15 years of marriage. Like you said, sometimes it's just a walk in the cornfield, and sometimes it a crawl through the mud pit. I'm glad I get to do life with you.<br />
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Waiting in line at the 11:00 heat. The NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne ran the heat before us with his pit crew. <br />
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Ha! How do they know??? Maybe they have lojack on me;)</div>
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It's the chicken walk. If you notice on my number there is a pink bit of toile. This is in memory of my friend Lynn Ramano. She won the fight with breast cancer 2 1/2 years ago, but lost the fight with brain cancer last Friday. Today they buried her and since I wasn't able to be there, I did the Dash in her memory. God bless you Lynn, love you girl!</div>
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My high school gym teacher probably doesn't even remember me LOL!</div>
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1.5 miles in, they also changed it from a 5K to 3.8 miles. Sweet Warrior Dash!</div>
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Somehow we always find a lost soul needing help to get through. Leave no Warrior behind. Michelle is currently going through kidney dialysis and didn't have the strength to run. She wanted to do the obstacles, but needed someone to talk her through. You know my sweet husband always helps out where he can.</div>
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And down the other side.</div>
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Take that Indiana Jones! This was actually kind of fun in a twisted sort of way.</div>
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You go Michelle!</div>
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OK I did, a little, but just because I thought of all of you blog readers and how much fun it is to share my life with you guys! You are all my inspirations!</div>
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Walking on Sunshine:)</div>
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Thank you for junk cars and no dumpsters. This was a piece of cake, well, a piece of FORD!</div>
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This was some strange new torture device they inflicted on you this year. It was V shaped and had little feet holds on the side you had to walk on then climb over two crotch shelves. Hmmm...our vote is still out on this one.</div>
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This was insane! Half way through the race we saw our first mud. When you got in all the way it went as high as your neck if you were short. Then you had to go about 100 feet uphill in more mud slipping and sliding all the way.</div>
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My sexy husband hoofing it up the wall of terror. After helping 5 other people up first.</div>
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I couldn't get a picture of this as we did it. So here is a far off pic to let you in on the full effect. You started off swimming to the floating barge, had to climb up on the barge, then swim through the middle, and climb up and over again, then swim to shore. Seeing as how I didn't want to tweak my elbow again, I chose to go under the floating barge, in the stank water...TWICE!!!! OK, now I know I'm crazy. I can't describe the stinch of this water and Steve said when I came up I was covered in mossiness, leaves, and what looked like a leech LOL! It turned out to just be a booger ROFL!!!</div>
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Someone on the bank snapped this picture of me as I popped out on the other side. Warriors Unite!!!!</div>
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This is the waterslide. It was kind of lame until I caught a wave. So then I'm rushing down the hill and hit some sand and got a killer case of road rash on my back side. Only injury of the day. Not bad:)</div>
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The 'Warrior Roast' - last year's pic was better, but you get the picture, right:) After this is the mud pit where after I was good and muddy I gave Sione Fa a nice muddy hug! All's fair with warriors:)</div>
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My two heros:) And my crazy husband sucking in his gut LOL! Don't mess with the photographer or you will get yours:0</div>
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Absolutely worn out and feeling great all at the same time! The whole reason we do the Dash. Now where did they put that smoked turkey leg???</div>
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My husband after running the Warrior Dash twice in 4 hours. You are my hero honey! Thank you for being a good sport:)</div>
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Dang I love this picture! Look for it to be my new profile on facebook:)</div>
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Finally at home with our medals and cool new tshirts. I like these better than last year's. Until next year my blog friends. Oh and you better start training now if you want to do it with me. I can only imagine the fun they will have up their muddy sleeves. I assure you it won't be easier!</div>
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This is what my hair looked like when we got home, more of that pond scum. Had to wash it three times before it was normal again!</div>
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Steve goofing off with all his medals. State games, kettlebell meets, 5Ks and Warrior Dashes.</div>The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-82297218787254108642012-05-20T13:51:00.002-07:002012-05-20T13:51:36.233-07:00Headed home on Monday - thoughts about the week:)The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-7278853987868130572012-05-20T13:51:00.000-07:002012-05-20T13:51:06.732-07:00Sunday and I'm headed for VegasThe Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-13050759851500016492012-05-20T13:50:00.002-07:002012-05-20T13:50:12.842-07:00Saturday at the Ridge, Sweet SorrowThe Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-6591671922792634902012-05-04T19:43:00.000-07:002012-05-04T19:49:02.866-07:00It's Finally Friday...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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LOVE Jenn:) Check out her shirt</div>
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Gretchen and I after a hard day</div>
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Lasagne and carrots. My roomie just said it tasted much better even than this pic shows:)</div>
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I can say I enjoyed myself today. I made myself that promise and today I kept it. I went to Annamarie's stretch, ate breakfast, and skipped Stop Sign hike. Do I feel bad, heck no! I got in the pool and worked out for an hour and 45 minutes and felt great. I didn't want to mess my hip up on the high elevation asphalt today and not get to do the 5K tomorrow. It's actually a 4 mile fun run. We said they should have called it a 4 mile Funner Run;) I did the lecture with Tiffany on Fitness, ate lunch, Zumba, pool, and skipped third class. It was nice to get a shower after all that pool time and sunscreen. It's starting to warm up out here! We had yummer lasagne and those adorable little chocolate thingys for supper, but I accused someone of eating half of mine! Brad tried to get our server to bring him the ones that people didn't want LOL!!! How do you think that went over??? </div>
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So tomorrow is the Fitness Festival. I'm really looking forward to it. I am also dreading having to get up sooooo early. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not a whiner, but we have been getting up at 5:15 every morning and working out 8 hours a day! We have to pick up our sack breakfast at 5:30 and the run starts at 6:30. The Ironman will be going right by our main road here. It would be great to get to cheer Tiffany on, but we will probably never see her. There are so many people in the Ironman it's crazy! Well I'm off to bed. I hope to get lots of helpful information on here next week when I get home. I have learned so much and I want to be able to share it with you. Wish me luck for tomorrow. Oh and I just want to say something. Thanks to all of you who keep checking in on me. Since I have been here on Friday I have had over 700 page views!!! When I started this blog last year there isn't any way that I would have imagined I would be over 9,000 hits a year later. So thank you to all of you living life large through my blog. If you want to support me big time, get up tomorrow morning and go walk 4 miles. Post a comment on here if you do, I want to cheer you on:) Good night and sweet dreams from Utah.</div>
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<br /></div>The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-17525948895641966252012-05-04T07:24:00.002-07:002012-05-04T07:24:11.460-07:00Makin it CountToday was a true test of my physical, emotional, and endurance. We were scheduled to go to Middle Gila for the hike, but David House and I wanted the rest of our van, which is mostly newbies to get to go to Camelback. Carrie agreed and volunteered to take us along with John, a new guide, and Sione Fa. David House has been here about 6 times in the past year and has lost and maintained 50 lbs. He has been to Camelback several times, but never gone down into the Vortex. It is very challenging to say the least. You only have a shoe wide strip to put your feet on and it drops off some 30 to 50 feet (not good at estimating). I told him we could go to Camelback, but he was going in this time! Last year I was so afraid to go in, but I did it and it really empowered you. David now feels that same empowerment. You go David! You are my hero today:) Carrie thought it might be nice to take us around back for a change if we wanted to. Last year I started in the lowest intermediate group and worked my way up to expert B group. This year I came back and was put into the highest intermediate group just one notch away from where I left. I was excited, scared, and a little let down that I couldn't do all I could last year, but I've had a great week and a great group and wouldn't have had it any other way. But today *big grin* we got to do an expert hike! I knew if I didn't go the harder way I would be letting myself down. "Play Big," Tiff would say - "You are Amazing," Nicole would say - "Keep it Up, Keep it Up," Gretch would say. So I listened to them instead of the squeeky voice in my head. It was challenging and Sione said his view of Camelback hike was the 'crack of Dawn' since all he saw was my backside the whole time LOL! I was last in line huffing and puffing, still unacustom to the lack of air out here, and Sione was the sweeper guide. We loved taking crazy picture with Sione and Carrie today. 7 of 9 of us took the hard road - we were makin it count! I urged two more of the ladies to go into the Vortex with us, so our whole entire group made it in. Now that's team work. Sing it with me: "What have you done today to make you feel proud?" Or as we sing the song at home, "What did ya eat today to make you so fat!" I know a little corny, but it makes us laugh and think before we eat that_________(fill in the blank) Sing that next time you are in line at McDonald's!!!<br />
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We do treading on Thursdays and since I can't run, I jack the incline up to 15 and just hang on! Sione taught that class too.<br />
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I had a great session with Jenn. Being here in 2010 and having a year to think has given me the opportunity to work some things out. Not just weight loss, but every aspect of my your life. I wanted to take advantage of that and talk with her one on one. She is amazing with insight and really helps put things into perspective. If you have the chance to meet with her, take it!<br />
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The thing I was most looking forward to was my Thursday night massage. I got Tyler this time and Lisa Alexander...girl, you are dead on it! He is THE BOMB!!! Best massage I ever had! Thanks Lisa for telling me to pick him. I was amazed at how many people were down there getting massage. I waited with about 6, and then when I got done, I went back in and there were 6 more going in. The old computer room is now a waiting room for massages and that is really nice.<br />
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Turkey Bacon,egg, and cheese bagel</div>
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Yoga class with Sione Fa Biggest Loser season 7</div>
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I took quite a fall, glad they got it on camera!</div>
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Awesome that we all made it:)</div>
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Sione guiding David out! Way to go David!!!</div>
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Rosemarie will be so proud of you:)</div>
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Raspberry-apple cobbler - Oh my goodness!!!<br />
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Sione and I before the hike<br />
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Chef "The Rock Star" Cameron</div>
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<br />The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-838412569017050382012-05-02T22:16:00.000-07:002012-05-03T06:19:11.241-07:00White Rocks Reversed, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, and Target...What could be better?Big day at the Ridge. One of my favorite hikes, White Rocks Reversed, allowed me to feed my Stairmistress addiction. One of the greatest rock formations to 'play on', Stairmistress is like the carrot in front of my nose, just dangle it there on a hike and I'll run the trail to get to it. David got a cactus stuck in his butt so we really did have to run one time to catch up LOL! Our trusty guide Sherry got him fixed up though, and the three of us were jogging along through the lava trail. Ekkk!<br />
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I got to do Mountain class with Nicole and that is one of favorite gym classes. You start at a moderate pace, and go up in speed or incline on the treadmill every three minutes for a total of 12 increases. By the time I finish I'm always up to 15 the max on incline and today I was running at 5.2 mph for the last increase. Nicole is so motivating. She told us Struggling = Success. If you aren't struggling, you aren't growing. Especially at Fitness Ridge. You can't get that kind of motivation ANYWHERE else on the planet. I took two stretch classes one before hike and one after - it felt soooooo Malibu LOL! We also had Wednesday Kick Boxing class with Sharon. Bobby the video guy always gets some good footage there! Pool class with Nicole was brutal. <br />
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Wednesday is special because you start to feel human again;) You have finished Wall Wednesday, also known as Hell Day. So, they load you in the van and take you to Target. Except I have a car this week so we loaded that bad boy down and went into St George. On the way back we got lost like three times and ended up at the road at the top of Stop Sign Hike in Snow Canyon! We were all howling laughing and had to almost go all the way back into St George to get back. One of the ladies was telling us how last year she was here for 8 weeks and found this pie company called Vio and she bought three slices and ate them in the car before supper. We were dying laughing about it. She still ended up losing 50 lbs while she was here. So we kept getting lost. You know the exercise here is top notch, the facility is the best I have ever seen, and the trainers are like your family, but the friendships you get out here are life changing. You can't put a price on it. Phyllis, my roomie, is so great and we have really had a blast being together. We have so much in common and it's been great getting to know her. My hiking group is also the bomb!!! Everyone is all in for anything and we joke with each other and take funny pictures, but going through the experiences together gives you a bond that you just can't get anywhere.<br />
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I will have to post pics tomorrow. Phyllis and I have been bad tonight sitting up til 11 pm talking and typing and now we are dead. But that's OK, we are going to cut Sione's stretch class tomorrow morning because the girls say he doesn't do stretch, but rather Bob Harper style torture yoga, with all these crazy positions. Not at 6 am...no thank you! So I shall sleep in til 6:30 in the morning:) Oh I will leave you with one pic. My new favorite. Enjoy!<br />
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Side plank on Piano Rock baby...that's how I roll. Well, actually I was peer pressured into it;) That's OK, my buds are challenging me to new heights!</div>The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-24907479888022844062012-05-01T19:13:00.001-07:002012-05-01T19:13:49.995-07:00Almost Voted Off...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is day one with John. This was the first day, first hike I took, and the first picture from FR last year. We were at this exact spot.<br />
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Hiking Monday with my accessment group</div>
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Lower Gila Hike</div>
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Day One</div>
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Day two a Indian Woman Rock. We just about had the same hiking group as Monday. Love them!</div>
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Crossing the Gunlock Resevoir on Gunlock Hike.</div>
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John, you are in so much trouble, I got a splinter in my butt!</div>
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Monkey rock! See the eyeball?</div>
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Our morning fruit cup</div>
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Am I happy camper? You betcha! Sam in the kitchen gave me some green chili salsa:)</div>
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We had the most fun on the hike. I kept sliding around on the rocks and one of the guides told me, "One more time and we're voting you off." We got a big kick out of it and it became the hike joke. I love it here, because people are at so happy and at their best...and worst. Transformation will do that to you. The emotional swings can knock you off your feet and toss you down a cliff. </div>
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I had stretch class with Kelli again. She is really good at that class and I enjoy every minute of it. We hiked Gunlock, a fairly new hike. It was intense: river bed, sand LOL, creek jumping, and of course, lots of rocks and elevation. I had a little bit of an odd day blood sugar wise. When I got back from the hike I had a terrible headache and thought I might be dehydrated, but it turns out my bloodsugar had plummeted. I had lunch, some almonds, and a whole banana to get me back on track and lost an hour of working out because of it. I ended up in the pool for two hours, one with Annamarie and one with...Sharon!!! Yikes!!! It was deep water suspension. You know, the one where you have to tread water with your hands on top of your head, up in the air, and with your feet only or arms only. Are you kidding me? Well, I can say I finished today, but how well? I don't know. My calorie burn for the day was 3,044 less 1,200 calories consumed for a total loss of 1,844. </div>
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So tomorrow is Wall Wednesday. As I am typing this I feel the stiffness setting in. Am I going to let that stop me? Hee...you guys know me too well for that right? I will go out there and kick up some dust. Come blaze the trail with me, don't just sit there on the couch eating chips reading my blog - get out there and do something...anything. Play Big because we are all worth it. If you schedule a 5K one month from today, trust me you can jog/walk it by then. I promise you. Heck you can just walk it if you want, you still get the tshirt:) Try something new that you haven't before. I love you guys and thank you for keeping up with me. It is an honor every time I see that blog counter jump up a hundred or so. Until tomorrow....</div>
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</div>The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-74111798287603814522012-04-30T20:05:00.001-07:002012-04-30T20:05:29.272-07:00O.M.J. (Oh My John!)5:30 am comes early around here. First of all, because the beds are so darn comfy, and second, well we stayed up a little late last night:0 Made it to stretch class at 6 am and there was my Kelli teaching. You do stretch in the gym now and even though there were more than 30 of us, it was so spacious! No elbows in your butt or anything;) If you have been here before you can appreciate that:) I am happy to see several friends back again this year. People are already calling me the 'goat lady' LOL! I can't get away from that one.<br />
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We are hiking on the Winter schedule now and it's very different than Summer. We do stretch, eat breakfast, go on the hike, have a class, then eat lunch, have another class, then three more afternoon classes and supper, then a lecture. We start at 6 am and finish at 7 pm. Yes it's grueling, but yes it's doable and worth it. It's only 2 pm here and I've already burned 1600 calories today!!!! <br />
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The best thing about today so far was Jen's class where you access where you are. Many of us have been here before and we are in all different places. With my hip injury, I have found that I went into all or nothing mode. Because I couldn't modify, I just quit. Some days it was hard to walk even. I tried to keep it all going with my food and did well with that part, but no matter how it went for any guest, they aren't worried about the past, just the future. Where do we go from here? How do we jump the next hurdle? How can we make life easier? <br />
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Some of Jen's thoughts for the day: Carbs can be a train wreck for a lot of people. That's why South Beach and Atkins work so well, but you pack it back on when adding carbs back in. Our Fitness + Nutrition + Emotional Management = Our Life We have to figure out what percentage would be our ultimate goal to shoot for. I need my fitness to be at 60%, nutrition at 30%, and emotional at 10%. Everybody is different. You have to figure out what works for you. We come here for a good fitness kick in the pants, but every part of the equation weighs in on your success. If your nutrition or emotional management are off, you may lose weight, but you won't keep it off. If you gain it back likely you have emotional management issues that need to be addressed. Many of these are so unseen that people don't even realize they are there.<br />
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OK so it's 8:15 pm! Total calories burned today were 3,368 minus 1,200 for food, giving me a deficit of 2,168! I was so stinkin happy:)<br />
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I think Chef Cameron read my blog, marked his calendar, and fixed my favorites just for me today;) <br />
We had our hike and I got to do Lower Gila. I asked Kelli and Tracey in the parking lot how it was and Kelli said it wasn't bad, kinda like Chuckawalla! Are you kidding me??? That's the one that half killed me on day one last time, right! So I go to the van and guess who's there waiting for me? You guessed it John;) Love him. He's actually the reason I'm not dead from the first hike last year because he taught me to breath. The air is soooooo thin out here, it must be counting it's calories too. You just can't get your breath going up hill, so you are gasping for air, literally. Well I did tell them I was intermediate. John and I got another 'first day pic' at Heart attack hill. Called that because a Dr. rode his bike up, sat down, and died! True story, well if John can be trusted;) If you have been here, you get the humor in that too! I did really well until we started climbing. Bottom line: last year I started in the bottom of the three intermediate hiking groups and worked my way up through those ending in Expert B. This year I got the top intermediate. So I'm feeling pretty good about how I did. <br />
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Lunch was great, and so were the afternoon classes. We had Core, my least favorite, but it was with Annamarie and not Nicole so I left feeling like I still had some muscle left in my middle;) I could actually do all of the workout. This one was the hardest for me last year. After having three C-sections, there ain't much down there that works if you know what I mean!<br />
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Next was pool with Sharon and as always she made it FUNNER! It really was the first half of class since we ran back and forth in the shallow end doing crazy things for her while she pumped out the Journey on the stereo. We were all singing to the top of our lungs..."Just a small town boy..." and "Wheel in the sky keeps on turning". We were laughing like school kids at camp and then Sharon decided to make it even FUNNER. She had us go down to the deep end and swim all kinds of laps for 25 minutes then end with the pool game where you are against the other side of the pool. I have never been on a team that lost at this ever! Victory dance;) <br />
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All in all it was a great day. I'm really tired and want to go to sleep, but I know you want to see some pics so I'm going to try to download a few for ya. Peace out and sleep well, and kudos for all of you that called me and sent encouraging messages. It really helps to know so many peeps are rooting for me all over the US and Canada. <br />
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LOL they are so out of order, this is a new dessert, Guava Ice Cream! The bomb!<br />
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Sugar snap peas with a salmon burger on toast<br />
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salad with dinner<br />
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BURRITO - do the happy dance:)<br />
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carrot soup<br />
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Mexican Fritata<br />
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Sunday night's supper: chicken with spaghetti squash and turkey marinara and grilled brussel sprouts<br />
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The menu board for Sunday<br />
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Shayley and Ben a couple of my favorite peeps here. They help you in reservations<br />
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Got some giant sized new towels by the pool - It's the little things people!!!! Don't you know we are all just prisoners here, by our own device.<br />
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Upstairs in the new gym<br />
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Ceiling of the new gym<br />
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Computer Center<br />
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LOL Dr Suess Chairs - love them!!<br />
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Gym<br />
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And the classiest bathroom I have ever used in my life - this picture simply does not do it justice. There is leather on the walls!!!<br />
<br />The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-61912259780743531532012-04-30T12:36:00.000-07:002012-04-30T12:36:10.879-07:00The View From Here in IvinsI got up, had breakfast with my couchsurfing family, hit Wal Mart for some last minute items, and ate lunch with my good friend Chelsea Williams from last year and my new friend, Linda Ashe. We did the Mexican thing. My favorite:) Chelsea looks amazing. She is living in St George and coming to Fitness Ridge every three weeks and going through the program for life coaching in St George. Linda and I drove to FR and got checked in. My roomie is Phyllis Norton and she is amazing. We have so much in common I can't even begin to list it all. After my hike in Zion my legs are killing me! I stretched out but this is deep stuff. I'm sure the hike tomorrow will whip me into shape. They have new tshirts with Stop Sign Hike on the front and a list to check off and date on the back so you can remember the ones you did. I shall get myself one of those;) The kitchen fixed us chicken breast, spaghetti squash, marinara sauce, and brussel sprouts. Don't get behind anyone, I'll just tell you that!!! So after we ate we came back to the room and hung out. Life is so calm and boring here so we make our own fun. My roomie and I were up til 10:30 pm looking at pictures of our family and fun trips. I know that's my number one rule for myself, bedtime by 8:30 sharp! I'm sure I will be crashing early on Monday;) Sharon will see to that! I do have pics but will probably download them on Monday, sweet dreams.The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-49607024196972217292012-04-28T19:11:00.003-07:002012-04-28T19:11:53.664-07:00Come As You Are<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ahhh! Zion... Your beauty is far above many things my eyes have seen.</div>
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Glass by product. We figured they buy it cheap and sell it for lots:)</div>
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Knock your socks off beautiful!</div>
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We made it to the top of hike something or other. LOL can't remember the name, they all ran together!</div>
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BREATHTAKING!!!</div>
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Check out the yellow strip at the top!</div>
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I'm so adorable they hired me to look cute at this National Park</div>
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Reminds me of Snow Canyon</div>
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Welcome to Virgin, UT</div>
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Forget Texas, burritos as big as your head!</div>
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Entering 'the narrows'</div>
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Here I am in Utah again and another year has passed. What's different about this year? Well for one thing, I don't need your approval. Fitness Ridge did that for me. They taught me that I am stronger than I think and I'm good at it. So I can be my own person and live life large. That has been the most freeing benefit of last year's trip. I also came here last year afraid of a challenge. Not any more. I say - "Bring it!" Last year I visited Red Rock Canyon before Fitness Ridge and drove around taking pictures of the canyons, but dared not to hike the trails, not even leave the side of my car! Today I went to Zion with my couchsurfing host Mikaila and we hiked 5 miles! I have had ups and downs this last year. In September, I hurt my hip and for the last 8 months, I have been trying to recover it without surgery. After my 5 miles I'm sore, but not injured. I have learned a lot about myself, and those around me. I have challenged myself to keep trying to find the right mix to maintain what I have lost without going berzerk. I want to finish strong. Last year I just wanted to hide under the bed on day one. Tomorrow is day one and I'm having lunch with some past and future friends from here. By day seven I will be doing the Ivins Fitness Festival 5K. Everyday in between will be beyond crazy. I can't wait to see what will go down.</div>
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</div>The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-61728037481731780532012-04-17T13:34:00.002-07:002012-04-17T13:57:12.446-07:00Got Me A Ticket On An AeroplaneI leave in 10 days...TEN DAYS!!!! Why do I feel so bland about it right now? I think it's known as the second trip, been there, done that, blues. I have tried to get scared, lose 10 lbs in 10 days so I go back in the game, but alas, there is more to do here at home than I have hours for in the day. I try to get nervous, wondering what trail I will have on Monday and how it will kick my butt into next week, but I think, "I've done most of them out there and lived to tell about it" I try to imagine how much pain I will be in and how well I will sleep, but I'm so tired in my current life I just long to feel something other other than numb right now. So here is what I've decided to do. Enjoy my trip!!!! Yes, I know - that's an alien thought huh? Last year this time I was so keyed up I had trouble sleeping at night, and now I think I might sleep through the whole flight to Vegas. I shall ENJOY MYSELF:) Hum...it sounds better every time I say it.<br /><br />I have a goat milk soap and bath products business and right now it's going like gangbusters. By April 28th I will start a festival lineup that covers 5 of 8 weekends! My sweet husband and two sons will cover two of those parties for me. I have been making soap until we can't eat on our own table. There is soap everywhere. It will be nice to set that all aside and just enjoy some time with the girls and occasional male guest that happens along at Fitness Ridge. Speaking of which. I will be meeting three alums at Cafe Rio in St George on Sunday before heading out to the Ridge. My husband says I'm a people gatherer and just can't help myself. One is an old friend from last year, Chelsea, my hiking buddy. One is a new friend that will be coming in from Canada. And one is DeeDee, who wrote one of the first blogs I ever read before going to Fitness Ridge. I remember crying my eyes out as I read every step of her journey, looked at every photo of all those people on red rocks, and salavated over every turkey concoction that Chef invented. Now I get to meet the famous DeeDee;) I will be couch surfing in St George with a girl who just signed up for couch surfing. I will be her first guest! Woo Hoo! Breaking her in right:) She has volunteered to take me to Zion for hiking and I am so excited. After I leave the Ridge I'm surfing with the Jacobs who let me stay with them for two nights last year. We have kept in touch and Irena and I are going to try to take in a show that evening. <br /><br />I have a lot to look forward to on this trip. I'm only counting on the things that I know will happen right now, but I know there will be so many new friends (I'm living proof of that from last year!), so many fun conversations, so many times that Sharon will hit me and scream at me, those special moments when Tiffany will jump on the front of my treadmill screaming "YOU CAN and YOU ARE WORTH IT". I look forward to the Ivins Fitness Festival 5K and hope we get a tshirt, cause you know, it's all about the tshirt;) Oh and I hope the tshirt isn't hideously ugly like the one from that streetlamp 5K I did last summer. Steve and I are embarrassed to wear that one;P Yes I will ENJOY this trip. And you know why don't you??? Yes that's right, say it with me, BECAUSE I CAN AND I"M WORTH IT! Love you Tiffany and can't wait to see you riding on the front of my treadmill:)The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-77631013566216712912012-03-22T09:36:00.002-07:002012-03-22T10:32:09.578-07:00What's the Biggest Set Back to Weight Loss? TIME!Time...I could use another hundred hours or so in my week, couldn't you? As a matter of fact I have talked to a number of you who have either been to Fitness Ridge with me or apart from me and every single one of you said time was the major hinderance. We work, have kids, families, animals, boy or girl friends, hobbies, friends, or melt downs in any given day. Where do all those hours go? Not into a black hole my friend - oh no! But once they are gone, they are gone. <br /><br />Let's say you work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. If you sleep 7 hours a night then that leaves you 9 hours in your day to do everything else. Laundry, dishes, cleaning house, paying bills, cooking, exercising, playing with animals or kids or both, homework or working from home, going out with friends, church, and let's face it, just sitting down and reading a good book because we can't be running every minute can we? Are you stressed out yet? I am! I sat down yesterday morning and wrote down everything I do in a day and figured out, I don't have near enough hours to get it all done. This causes stress and the pile gets bigger.<br /><br />So I came up with a plan. My husband is a marvel when it comes to solutions. We talked about what could easily be eliminated from my list, not much, but every little bit helps. I have decided that my Thankful Goat soap business has gotten so big I won't be able to do special orders anymore. I love doing it, but I just can't. I also won't be cooking every day. I have chosen three days to cook for two hours each day and the other four we will eat leftovers, because I will fix enough. I will only work on my business three days a week leaving two days to do sewing and art, things that I rarely get to work on. The plan came together quite nicely and I got up early this morning to walk for an hour:) Check.<br /><br />I loved the food that was prepared at Fitness Ridge, but I learned the best thing about it is that I DIDN'T have to prepare it:) It just magically appeared in front of me and I ate it and went on about my day. When I got home preparing it like Chef and the crew did was almost impossible unless you are independantly wealthy and don't have anything else to do all day. And if you know me, you know how much I LOVE to cook. So here's what I have done. I have made it so we can get dinner on the table in 15 minutes or less every night. Fitness Ridge Style:) We ate a lot of 93% lean ground turkey and it usually came in two forms: skillet prepared or molded into some shape and cooked, ie. burgers, meatballs, stuffed peppers, etc. The skillet prepared was just like you would fix meat for spaghetti sauce or chili. What I am proposing is making this stuff up and doing enough for the whole week. You cook one time then you can get supper or lunch going a lot faster. <br /><br />I know what you are thinking "Ground turkey every single night! I might barf." Believe me you won't even know you are eating the same thing! In order to make this work you will probably have to order Chef's cookbooks at <a href="http://www.biggestloserresort.com">www.biggestloserresort.com</a> You can just get their number and give them a call and they will send them right to your door. But believe me, you don't even need that.<br /><br />A package of ground turkey has 16 oz. in it. That's two dinner sized portions or four lunch sized portions. Figure out how many meals you need for your family size, and buy that many packages of 97% fat free ground turkey. Sometimes I have to get 93% if there isn't 97% at the store. Here is the skillet recipe:<br />2 packages ground turkey<br />1 onion, chopped<br />1 green bell pepper, chopped<br />1 can, drained and chopped, roasted red bell pepper<br />1 tsp onion powder<br />1-2 tsp granulated garlic<br />Salt and pepper to taste<br />Crushed red pepper, optional<br />Cook everything in a skillet until all the meat is browned and the juices are evaporated. <br />This is the base for spaghetti, chili, greek pitas, turkey soup, tacos, enchiladas, pizza, burritos, taco salads, oriental salads, and the list goes on. Remember you have to cook enough at the time to make for the whole week so get a big pot. You will thank me later:)<br /><br />The other ground turkey concoction is the patty kind. You will mix it up and leave it in a covered bowl raw, until you are ready to cook something with it.<br /><br />2 packages ground turkey<br />1 onion, chopped<br />1 green bell pepper, chopped<br />1 can drained and chopped, roasted red pepper<br />1 tsp onion powder<br />1-2 tsp granulated garlic<br />Salt and pepper to taste<br />crushed red pepper, optional<br />1 cup cooked brown rice<br />1 egg<br />Put everything in a food processor, again making sure that you have enough for the week. I do half skillet style and have this recipe. You process everything til it's ground up. This stuff has amazing flavor and all you have to do is ball it up. 1/4 cup is a serving for lunch and 1/2 cup is good for dinner. You can make burgers, meatballs, stuffed red peppers, salisbury steak and gravy, again, the limit is up to you. I also make extra brown rice so I will have some for some of the meals as my carb side.<br /><br />Two other things that would be helpful is to prechop a salad bar and make a gallon of soup base. <br /><br />For the salad veggies only! Spinach (never iceburg lettuce!), spring mix, tomatos, carrots, broccoili, cauliflower, onions, bell pepper, frozen thawed peas, etc. Put them in ziplock baggies and get them out when you need a snack or want a salad with your meal. <br /><br />We had soup every lunch at the Ridge, but who has time to stop and make soup AND lunch. So I make the base and have it on hand so I can make whatever kind of soup I want. The soup base:<br />3 cans of chicken broth<br />2 Tbls Tone's Chicken<br />2 cups water<br />1 onion, quartered<br />2 tsp granulated garlic<br />1 tsp onion powder<br />Salt and pepper to taste<br />Crushed red pepper, optional<br />Cook in pot until onion is soft, puree in blender and store in fridge.<br />This is the base. To make the soup, pick a veggie: beets, carrots, butternut squash, jerusalem artichoke, red bell pepper, parsnips, etc. I use a big handful of chopped veggies to 32 oz of broth (4 servings) and bring to a boil. It's done when the veggies are soft. I pruee the whole thing and serve up 8 oz to begin lunch. This helps you to feel full and gives you flavor and fiber.<br /><br />So...if you have your meat ready, and your salad ready, and your soup stock ready, then you are more than half way there. Also you don't have to stick to a schedule. If you come home and want a burger, it's ready to fix, burrito, no problem:) This is so easy and I hope it takes hours off your busy schedule. I also hope it inspires you to eat healthier, and gives you more time to exercise or be with those important people in your lives. Being prepared is all it takes! No more wondering what's for dinner.The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-55861293548260014012012-03-05T05:52:00.005-08:002012-03-05T05:57:43.027-08:00March 2012 Top Running SongsChris has hooked me up with some great tunes to workout/run to. Thought you might enjoy these. He will be sending them every month. Let me know if you like what you see here and want me to keep posting them. I love having new options to workout to. Just click on the link and it will play you a little sample. I haven't listened to each song completely - disclaimer for explicit lyrics;) You can go to Spotify and listen to the whole songs for free. This site runhundred is for purchase on Amazon.com or Itunes.<br /><br />These are the top ten for March 2012:<br /><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/lady-gaga-marry-the-night-afrojack-remix-132-bpm/" target="_blank">Lady GaGa - Marry The Night (Afrojack Remix) - 132<br />BPM</a><br /><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/allstar-weekend-dance-forever-125-bpm/" target="_blank">Allstar Weekend - Dance Forever - 125<br />BPM</a><br /><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/rihanna-you-da-one-almighty-radio-remix-129-bpm/" target="_blank">Rihanna - You Da One (Almighty Radio Remix) - 129<br />BPM</a><br /><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/breathe-carolina-blackout-wideboys-remix-128-bpm/" target="_blank">Breathe Carolina - Blackout (Wideboys Remix) - 128<br />BPM</a><br /><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/flo-rida-sia-wild-ones-129-bpm/" target="_blank">Flo Rida & Sia<br />- Wild Ones - 129 BPM</a><br /><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/fun-janelle-monae-we-are-young-92-bpm/" target="_blank">Fun. & Janelle Monae - We Are Young - 92<br />BPM</a><br /><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/snow-patrol-called-out-in-the-dark-121-bpm/" target="_blank">Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark - 121<br />BPM</a><br /><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/steve-aoki-rivers-cuomo-earthquakey-people-128-bpm/" target="_blank">Steve Aoki & Rivers Cuomo - Earthquakey People -<br />128 BPM</a><br /><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/madonna-nicki-minaj-m-i-a-give-me-all-your-luvin-147-bpm/" target="_blank">Madonna, Nicki<br />Minaj & M.I.A. - Give Me All Your Luvin' - 147<br />BPM</a><br /><a href="http://www.runhundred.com/workout-music/the-wanted-glad-you-came-127-bpm/" target="_blank">The Wanted - Glad You Came - 127<br />BPM</a><br /><br />Good running:)The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-79598308467015145012012-02-09T08:06:00.000-08:002012-02-09T08:26:04.408-08:00On Sickness, Couches, and Coughing a Lung Up!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvTl_Xx2rfgfX9hSvV8RsKQIDZM-FJgZRH9OhEkKolgu7nXYwTaP-6cVdMLWjciX6p8IrQGVp8XPCekY2pVaDx9t93aFOdyYNy-FRRYjTE1gy0cdgYVWb8OiwiVmebbcGUr23AIrBj_A/s1600/IMG02635-20120207-1748.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707168397175743394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvTl_Xx2rfgfX9hSvV8RsKQIDZM-FJgZRH9OhEkKolgu7nXYwTaP-6cVdMLWjciX6p8IrQGVp8XPCekY2pVaDx9t93aFOdyYNy-FRRYjTE1gy0cdgYVWb8OiwiVmebbcGUr23AIrBj_A/s400/IMG02635-20120207-1748.jpg" /></a>This is the secret weapon in fighting sickness:)<br /><br />On Thursday Dorian got it, three days later he was generous enough to pass it on to me;) Now we are each on a couch, for the last four days. His is a sinus infection that spread to his lungs and mine is just a sinus infection. I think we haven't been this sick in the Mathew's home for quite some time. Yesterday we enjoyed The Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four two, and Iron Man. What else could we do LOL! Wondering what will be on today. This is the first day I've actually felt like typing too!<br /><br />When we get sick in our house, the first thing we do is make the chicken soup. It comes in many forms: Mexican, Italian, American, but I have learned the secret ingredient to making it a sickness fighter...OK two ingredients...garlic and crushed red pepper. And lots of it!!! Both are so helpful on so many levels to fighting anything from the common cold to the flu. This time since it was me who was sick, my sweet husband brought home the mexican soup from our favorite Mexican restaurant. <br /><br />Here's the recipe: Boil boneless skinless chicken breasts in canned broth, tear into bite sized pieces. Add pico de gallo (recipe follows), chopped avacado, and they add rice but I omit it because with the diabetes it makes my sugar go up, even if it's brown rice. The pico de gallo is equal parts of finely diced onion, tomato, jalapeno, and cilantro. Yes I said equal! I know you are thinking this will light you up, but trust me it's great. Oh and you have to add salt and lime juice to the pico. Now back to the soup. We keep the components in the fridge and mix them together and heat as we need it. If you put it all in a big pot and reheat it the pico isn't as fresh and the avacado turns brown. At the table use some lime juice and whole wheat tortillas instead of crackers. Here is where i add the crushed red pepper and chopped raw garlic if sick. Remember lots of both:)<br /><br />Hoping you don't get this, but remember if you do. Even though you might not be able to go to the gym, you can still eat right. This chicken soup is good lunch and supper and it's what your body needs. For breakfast I eat 1 cup of plain Greek style yogurt with 12 chopped raw almonds, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1 tsp Truvia, and a tablespoon of grape nuts. Good bacteria for the evil antibiotics I'm taking.The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-6180558961076125072012-01-12T15:45:00.000-08:002012-01-12T16:38:31.460-08:00Change is Guaranteed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0aBsZ3liASLxVnRbimZoY1grX45TEOPQ4o5mLc_C97DL_cg2BLrP9nKAiin6205StbA2OmQQkp7eOwJT6nKna51Iv62rCqToRxAZvcNdu_zRFezo4145C6-c_hE6bXLclVOYCy00_G8/s1600/IMG02529-20120112-1813.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696897451639677906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0aBsZ3liASLxVnRbimZoY1grX45TEOPQ4o5mLc_C97DL_cg2BLrP9nKAiin6205StbA2OmQQkp7eOwJT6nKna51Iv62rCqToRxAZvcNdu_zRFezo4145C6-c_hE6bXLclVOYCy00_G8/s400/IMG02529-20120112-1813.jpg" /></a>Several of you have told me you want to see more pics of the food we are eating so here are a few pics. Just like the Ridge huh? OK so this first one looks loaded with fat and calories doesn't it? Makes you want to run for the treadmill screaming. Well, it's turkey polish sausage and homemade sourkraut. Hard to make you ask - certainly not. You slice cabbage up as seen here and add salt, more than you think you might need. Then you take a glass or pestle and beat the salted cabbage to bruise it. Burning calories like Sharon's kick boxing class already. Way to take your agressions out on that cabbage. Now that you are destressed you place a lid on top of it and add a couple of cans so that the plate squishes the cabbage. Let it sit out on the counter for up to a week, tasting it every few days and when it gets the right 'whang' you store it in a jar in the fridge for up to a month or two. In the summer it makes quicker than the winter because cold weather slows down the process. The health benefits....endless. This is an actual fermented process unlike a lot of the krauts you get in the store that are modified and sped up by using vinegar. Probiotics abound in this homemade version and eating a little every day will keep your gut all nice and healthy. This is similar to Kimchee in Korea and other various fermented foods eaten around the world. Americans have stopped eating fermented foods and it has hindered us in our gut health and healing process. Many think sourkraut made the right way will help to keep away cancer and other physical illnesses. I just think it tastes good!!! Much better than store bought;)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfj2WV75SaO-9vY3WxgOMuXIHE-IJj9n149EQmuW2MzWr5gdP7tByp2uAv5BK6pQXWhMpgXdlVgLV0A4RQddYQlN6fPA6vNTrb9MFvUs0FC7RimVAh_-iIw9O2g71Zl6w-BR6gXPXwdU/s1600/IMG02526-20120111-1155.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696897336656982962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfj2WV75SaO-9vY3WxgOMuXIHE-IJj9n149EQmuW2MzWr5gdP7tByp2uAv5BK6pQXWhMpgXdlVgLV0A4RQddYQlN6fPA6vNTrb9MFvUs0FC7RimVAh_-iIw9O2g71Zl6w-BR6gXPXwdU/s400/IMG02526-20120111-1155.jpg" /></a>One of my favorites. Pasta. Yes we can still have it on occasion and this one is whole wheat. They tast much better than they use to but remember it's the serving size that counts. Only 1/2 a cup is a serving size. Really you have to check the carb count, because it varies from one to another. 15 grams of carbs is one serving. That means you have to check your cereal too. Did you know one serving on Grape Nuts has close to 50 grams of carbs!!! You have to read EVERYTHING! Don't let the front of the box fool ya! The sauce here is made with all kinds of veggies: Carrots, celery, onion, bell pepper, mushrooms, tomato sauce and fresh basil and oregano out of our garden. The meat is ground turkey...what else! I am using Chef's guide for dressing. Our family loves ranch and if you saw this week's Biggest Loser you know Ranch Dressing can have up to 130 calories per serving. This one weighs in at 40 for one tablespoon! It's made with half Nayonaise and half Veginaise. Chef combines one jar of each and together they actually taste like real mayo! I use 1/2 cup skim milk and 1/2 cup mayo mix and ranch powder. You can make your own, but I was in a hurry. It is really similar to ranch and lets you feel like you are really eating;) I know you will ask so the rings on there are pickled bamboo, an oriental treat. My high school art teacher's mom make it and it is wonderful.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsMCmx-JsjuqIKGHSbSlZzJCP5gQemhICE-9Fnu0exwwfgCAm_Amhyr3wkpmtkJaCeeMscYmcYixu-G_TS5bAosml1DCo0-6CPUClEUtSY5S1hVhiIE3msnfq_bq1dxjSDte6zn9GiK0/s1600/IMG02525-20120109-1027.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696897207837878130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsMCmx-JsjuqIKGHSbSlZzJCP5gQemhICE-9Fnu0exwwfgCAm_Amhyr3wkpmtkJaCeeMscYmcYixu-G_TS5bAosml1DCo0-6CPUClEUtSY5S1hVhiIE3msnfq_bq1dxjSDte6zn9GiK0/s400/IMG02525-20120109-1027.jpg" /></a>Breakfast??? Seriously??? Yes!!! The Israelis really know how to have a good breakfast. Except I'm missing the greek yogurt and hummus. Didn't have time to make those;) Israelis always eat 'salad' for breakfast. And by that I mean chunks of veggies without lettuce or dressing. Sometimes there is a little squirt of EVOO, salt and pepper, and lemon juice. Very healthy.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcDm_HBF-wVBfbAxH-dBan2XL9kGeka17lJM6QI1xJeGssmISFhG2hnxZuEvYuZkGrBmvsKzCnyYlrWz78IfiBYXjgEvf07F6Jdg69j4cYPduWy4SZ4R7FVH7gI4szyM7PvOQnn1EawM/s1600/IMG02524-20120108-1747.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696897075822877842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcDm_HBF-wVBfbAxH-dBan2XL9kGeka17lJM6QI1xJeGssmISFhG2hnxZuEvYuZkGrBmvsKzCnyYlrWz78IfiBYXjgEvf07F6Jdg69j4cYPduWy4SZ4R7FVH7gI4szyM7PvOQnn1EawM/s400/IMG02524-20120108-1747.jpg" /></a>MY LOVE! Jason's Deli;) This is the one restaurant I can eat out at and not gain 5 lbs the next morning. So it's about the only restaurant I do eat out at! I always get the salad bar and load up on fresh veggies. My extras are an egg, a little cottage cheese and reg cheese and sunflower seeds. I also love their roasted red pepper hummus, but I'm afraid to see what the calorie count is. I have kept putting off Googling it. Those little toasts are nummy with the hummus. I get the dressing on the side and dip my fork in it so I don't eat as much.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwFLMIDxm4lGWcHhTsQVKV-3njLekHVfgkmtlYIPy3beXsHrbaN1Rlz9vU_ALadzVDpbXLsbsPZS5a3lDw1NPldDNI3HUWT5QKgiNUvpVeZ-ohl9FmVStaThltg2dYNsmRYUILH7JLMU/s1600/goats+007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696896868563917362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwFLMIDxm4lGWcHhTsQVKV-3njLekHVfgkmtlYIPy3beXsHrbaN1Rlz9vU_ALadzVDpbXLsbsPZS5a3lDw1NPldDNI3HUWT5QKgiNUvpVeZ-ohl9FmVStaThltg2dYNsmRYUILH7JLMU/s400/goats+007.JPG" /></a>Chef Smart! I even made the soup, Chef would be proud of me. I usually forget the soup until about 15 minutes before we eat and by then it's too late;( Two happy customers! And they stayed full til supper too, just like at the Ridge.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7C57pckXnXchMrkGl1bOXxgaB_84rh1WHrpGExH_Vc2gaXAfaLPG-TP0-3Z9K8CcolgKaslv3UHku6hSZOS383vjIxDNylqnZufXlwd6LzHYwwL3tD7S1jB24R0ijYuJS8Yd2wmzjpHY/s1600/goats+006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696896718017119346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7C57pckXnXchMrkGl1bOXxgaB_84rh1WHrpGExH_Vc2gaXAfaLPG-TP0-3Z9K8CcolgKaslv3UHku6hSZOS383vjIxDNylqnZufXlwd6LzHYwwL3tD7S1jB24R0ijYuJS8Yd2wmzjpHY/s400/goats+006.JPG" /></a>The soup was Butternut Squash with cilantro. I used chicken stock, and onion, a butternut squash, salt and pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and cilantro. I also think I added a few crushed red pepper flakes. Cook it all for about 20 minutes, blend it in food processor or blender and continue to cook down til it's thick.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ru-w3sb7HL72ol3roKPzCOmzSACr9jkkhq4SGI8VjWdTmZabuacAD3bB45U6gq4EBggJKx5348hyPQGjqeQVK_IYxbUNfXz5iyYMUiZ95hNfVtkvdwUclnaDnOXAfr95zXFFsFl2lGY/s1600/goats+004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696896600036779138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ru-w3sb7HL72ol3roKPzCOmzSACr9jkkhq4SGI8VjWdTmZabuacAD3bB45U6gq4EBggJKx5348hyPQGjqeQVK_IYxbUNfXz5iyYMUiZ95hNfVtkvdwUclnaDnOXAfr95zXFFsFl2lGY/s400/goats+004.JPG" /></a>Sloppy Toms. Sloppy Joe's made with ground turkey served on flat buns. The salad is kumquats, strawberries and mango with romaine and strawberry lemonade dressing. Chefs salad dressing recipe modified a little.</div><div> </div><div>I really have seen a difference this week. I am starting to feel smaller and am down 5 lbs. I am guessing it's mostly fluid since that's what you lose first but I'll take it. I saw two people in the grocery store yesterday that I haven't seen face to face since I lost the weight and they both told me how good I looked and that is wonderful no matter when it happens. Continued confirmation that I didn't fail:) </div><div> </div><div>Last Saturday our family processed a hog. Yes we drove to a farm, had it shot, loaded it into the pick up and drove to a friend's house where we skinned it, cut it up and now our freezer is full of yummy pork. OK I know it's not Chef Smart, but there are more mouths in this house than me;) I tried my hand at curing the bacon. Still in the works, I'll let ya know how it goes. That night after the hog adventure I started having pain in my chest and my heart rate was over 100 at times. Steve too my BP and it was 142/84, very high for me so we went to the ER and let them check me out. It wasn't a heart attack thank goodness, but they ended up keeping me over night to run some more bloodwork. That was very scary and I really think it could have ended up much worse if I had never lost the weight over the last year. Thank you again Fitness Ridge for saving my life;)</div><div> </div><div>If you change something, change is guaranteed. Right? Nothing stays the same unless it stays the same. Are you staying the same or changing? Nothing says changes has to be fast. Change can be slow and steady and still be change. That being said, if you do nothing, well, you get nothing. Do something, anything, make the difference because you can and you are worth it. People are counting on being able to love you for a long time, but you need to love on yourself to get there. I love you too and hope whatever journey you are on it is paved like Stop Sign (Ridge humor). Beats the devil out of Three Ponds Overlook anyday. <br /></div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-4356918186178914252012-01-04T11:08:00.000-08:002012-01-04T12:05:46.479-08:00Got Peeps On My Side<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiEgCwVsLXvrSyNyI3KNriXU0UOx8sK_k_2acNL2IkF-7JnuANIip78bJjwEjd8AvLWLUsi6yEaAn2XoBgsPCi7lC7Z05YaDNIOgoKltVCR2dkX1WIzuMYNr4eUSuEG8iiHs276ltogI/s1600/halloween2011+014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693856813838700818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiEgCwVsLXvrSyNyI3KNriXU0UOx8sK_k_2acNL2IkF-7JnuANIip78bJjwEjd8AvLWLUsi6yEaAn2XoBgsPCi7lC7Z05YaDNIOgoKltVCR2dkX1WIzuMYNr4eUSuEG8iiHs276ltogI/s400/halloween2011+014.JPG" /></a>Halloween with Little John, Frier Tuck, and Robin Hood</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left">I looked back to see the most recent pic I had of me and this is it folks. We had the cameras out at Christmas and didn't take a single picture. Can you believe it??? I was proud of our meal choice though. My mom and I went in together to create a Charlois Steak House salad bar. We divided the ingredients and I made the dressings. We also had ham and duck, but the salad bar was the star of the night. The best part? I didn't feel like a chunky salt block the next morning;) </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Now that the New Year is in full swing, it's time to get serious about training again. Thankful Goat Christmas shopping season is behind me, settled back into homeschool with the boys, and the Dr. gave me a full steam ahead on the workouts with my elbow...not my hip though. He has banned me from Zumba for a little while longer til we figure out what's really going on inside there. I can do yoga, stretch, and walk. No running. Ugh! He's killing me!!! </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">I arranged a phone chat with Jenn Morton at Fitness Ridge last night and a 25 minute session has helped me see so much clearer. Some of the best money I have spent this Christmas - BELIVE ME! If you have been keeping up with my blog you know that I kept having these thoughts that I had gained all my weight back. I started having these thoughts the day I got back from the Ridge. Jenn asked me what that would mean to me if I had gained all the weight back and I told her it took a lot financially to get me there for a month and a lot of time away from my family. To me, it would be like I failed myself, my family, and I wasted my money. But here's the thing. I DIDN'T! I didn't gain it all back. I'm within 5 lbs of my Fitness Ridge weight today. It is all in my head, but the head does take time to catch up with the body! She reminded me of the most important thing we learned at the Ridge: Calories In/Calories Out. It's math and you can't go wrong with it. So last night I strapped on the old Polar chest strap and set up a 24 hour calorie count. I just hit 16 hours and I'm at 1320. Dang those things could be made a little more comfortable for sleeping though;) Now I think I have one of the slowest metabolisms in the galaxy, but Jenn did my calorie deficits for the Ridge and each day I was there I averaged an 1,800 calorie deficit. EACH DAY! I can do this, yes I can. If I want to lose around 20 lbs before I go back to the Ridge in May all I have to do is have a deficit of 500 a day. If I'm burning around 2,000 just living life and I only eat 1,500 there's my deficit. Add exercise and I burn more. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">It is simple but here's the thing. We live in an all or nothing society don't we? We are either all in or all out. We win or we fail. We dominate or we are a buffoon. Am I right? Learning this lifestyle is give and take, it's living a little and moderation moments. We blow our diet on Monday at lunch and think the whole week is blown. Psh, I'll start back next Monday. I realized, except for eating out (which will kill ya!), I have done pretty good. Yes the Christmas cookies called my name, but when I went to clean out the pantry after Christmas it was OK. Just a couple packages of pasta (whole wheat) and some crackers! Not bad really considering I live with a husband and two growing boys! We can have a little fun and learn to maintain, but when you hit that 5 lb hazard - Blow the whistle on yourself and reel it in. So...stop feeling guilty about whatever you did to yourself last week or last month and reach for that darn whistle. It's like the one attached to the life jacket on the cruise ship of life;) BLOW IT and signal for help. I did. I was feeling low and now Jenn and my doctor got me back on course. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">On that note I just want to say I have some pretty amazing friends. Some of the best people a person could know actually! They are friends from high school, college, life, Fitness Ridge, and the list goes on. Some of these people I don't even know!!! We are friends on the Biggest Loser's Fitness Ridge Alumni page on facebook. Yes, they have one of those and you should go there right now if you haven't. You don't have to be an alumni to join and you can ask questions, get encouragement, and meet some really great peeps. OK, back to my friends...You have really been there for me the last year. Encouraging me on Facebook, in person, emails, and phone calls. Everything I've been through has brought me closer to being the me I want to be. And for that I thank you!!! If you were all here right now, I would throw a party in your honor!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Here's the last bit of homework Jenn gave me. BLOG!!! I had never blogged until Fitness Ridge, but I did it for a whole month and loved it. I posted pictures, and told how being there made me feel. I have that to look back at now and it helps so much. If you are thinking about going to the Ridge, give it a try. Yes I fell asleep at my computer a couple of times, but it was so worth it to have all that recorded. My friend Frances from the Ridge told me about a month after we had been home that it seemed like it was all a dream, I agreed. What we did, going out there, was crazy, but if I didn't have the blog it would seem even more dream like. I shall blog. I shall! I had stopped doing it much since there wasn't anything exciting happening, but Jenn helped me see that it's not so much for you guys as it is for me. Don't get me wrong, I love all the fame and fortune blogging has brought to me - ha LOL! Having had over 7,000 hits goes to your head, but then you wonder who in the world has been that interested in your life. So for all you blogstalkers out there, take heart, you can now once again live vicariously through my mundane life, looking at pictures of what I eat, where I hike, and when I help my three goats give birth in March. Hee! Yes, you are looking forward to that one aren't you;) </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Every step counts. In my life and yours. In order for us to have a straighter path we need someone to come along side us and show us the way. We all need accountability. We all need friends for whatever our journey is. The New Year is here. Are we ready to show 2012 who's boss? Are we ready to have more fun living our lives this year than last? I am. In the words of one of my favorite TV characters ever, Jack Bauer, "Let's do this!"</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div>The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-26494613907134441162011-12-31T05:10:00.000-08:002011-12-31T05:24:03.251-08:00First Goal, CheckI just wanted to pop in and let you guys know I made it. My first big goal for keeping the weight off was the day after Christmas, exactly one year to the day since I called Fitness Ridge and made my reservations for 2011. I wanted to end the year within 5 lbs of my weight after returning home from the Ridge. I DID IT!<br /><br />I have to say it's been hard these last couple of months. My goat milk soap business has been in full swing not allowing me time to eat like I want and work out enough. My hip and elbow has been healing. The elbow is looking good and I can now swing the kettlebell again, but it looks like my hip may need something more. Hopefully not surgery! <br /><br />How do I feel? I have good days and bad days. The mental thoughts are still the hardest to follow. I still wake up thinking I've gained it all back, guess I'll get use to it eventually;) I can't wait now that Christmas is over to get started back training. I'll be leaving on April 28th for another trip to Fitness Ridge. This time will only be for a week, but I'm excited to go with my friend, Crystal. We will have a blast. I found out I have something called Somigy effect. Think I spelled it right;) It's where your bloodsugar rises over night and it's no fault of your eating or anything else. I have had to take medicine at night for it, but hopefully when I get off another 30 lbs it won't do it anymore. There are no guarantees from the Dr. though. I don't like the squishy self I've become. I loved being rock hard when I got home from the Ridge but the injuries have kept me from keeping them. The one thing I keep telling myself is: If I did it once, they will come back with the hard work. I know now that I have it in me and I can't wait to get started back.<br /><br />Welcome to 2012. It won't wait for you. It's like a train pulling out of the station. Start running and jump on the rung because there are adventures to be had. I wouldn't miss them for the world. This new life I have is too much fun! See you on the other side;)The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-83970862327235886732011-10-03T12:55:00.001-07:002011-10-03T13:23:41.981-07:00Nine Months and Counting<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Xl0mvIr2rculygG48OV4cy6z7pnIkV034Qz3quFkqSwocey-1kZZR8BZr7a5Y2hSUCw_RNSm0ebVO7onaZtuY_2ZqC7AmOkgUPtxVGpxB_gS4605j27IFA2ie-D_koJ4EOCCv9c8IBE/s1600/Gala+Photo.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659357173452660402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Xl0mvIr2rculygG48OV4cy6z7pnIkV034Qz3quFkqSwocey-1kZZR8BZr7a5Y2hSUCw_RNSm0ebVO7onaZtuY_2ZqC7AmOkgUPtxVGpxB_gS4605j27IFA2ie-D_koJ4EOCCv9c8IBE/s400/Gala+Photo.jpg" /></a> Steve and I at the Hospital Fundraiser Gala Ball last weekend. Now there's a dress I never thought I would wear to some gala!</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">It's been nine months since I dialed up Biggest Loser, and with a shaky voice told Nancy to sign me up for a month. I immediately started to exercise and cut back on my eating. I immediately saw results and five months later as I boarded the airplane for Utah, I had dropped 25 lbs. I spent the next month being molded into Linda Hamilton from Terminator 2 and dropped another 15 lbs. I got home and dropped another 10 lbs. Hanging out within 5 to 10 lbs of my first goal, here I am nine months later. Fifty-five lbs lighter than I was last Christmas. I have gone through the psycho dance that we all experienced when losing that much weight. You don't know how it will effect you, you just know it will. I have gone through the eating what I like phase that sends you up 10 lbs and scares you half to death so you don't eat much more than salad for a few days. ;) You remember that too, huh? I have been injured so I couldn't workout and got squishy even though I weighed the same. And here I am nine months later. Long enough to grow an offspring in my loins. I guess in my case I have birthed a miracle. My doctor told me when I got started that if I lost the weight I needed to, I would be in the 1% of adults with diabetes that could get off my meds. Enter the miracle! Am I happy with the results: yes! Am I longing to finish the journey: yes! Overall, I couldn't be more pleased. As with most people who have struggled with weight, I have tried all this before. What has been different is the results in my mind. Biggest Loser gives you the tools you need mentally to focus on your goal and the tools food wise to do it. I got back on the wagon after a trip to South Georgia for my husband's grandmothers funeral without really thinking about it. I was up over 12 lbs and the old me would have said, "Oh well, I guess I really can't do it!" But the new me got right back to work and within 6 days I was back down again. I walked in the parking lot of the grocery store around the corner this morning for an hour. I took my husband, two boys, and dog with me. We decided we like it so much that we would do it every morning the weather will allow from now on. Get it over with first thing so it's done. The black team would be proud:) I still have 30 lbs to go. I will not say I am at a stand still. I am maintaining. I am taking a break at the bottom before starting the next hill. I have 30 more lbs to go and 7 more months before I step back on that airplane and head off to Utah again. I can smell the victory and I like what I see. I feel good and I'm taking one of my dearest friends along for the ride. I will enter Fitness Ridge a different person than last year, I will learn new things, I will have new personal records, and I hope to conquer that 10K. Big dreams, big goals, playing big... Isn't that what it's all about. <br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div>The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-28831765046473779162011-08-29T11:51:00.001-07:002012-05-19T10:39:20.317-07:00Warrior Dash 2011 - Nothing Like It!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVYj3TTqt-wrMqmUXQLUA8soXXH0By7cqBG4fCrZq3GxPEMGYqYpZEc3-9hUEq0NotBgJRlOBU00KX2PtqfuPUiIsvUJVmm5QuV-foyIbhI4pI5xRuvRgTQoHejvpwiTKP01eiM7wRdE/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+002.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646357406631546706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVYj3TTqt-wrMqmUXQLUA8soXXH0By7cqBG4fCrZq3GxPEMGYqYpZEc3-9hUEq0NotBgJRlOBU00KX2PtqfuPUiIsvUJVmm5QuV-foyIbhI4pI5xRuvRgTQoHejvpwiTKP01eiM7wRdE/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+002.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> The Warrior Dash; It's like nothing else I have ever been to, and believe me I've been around. Here normal, everyday, hardworking people can go out on a limb and express themselves. They can let loose and push their limits. They can challenge themselves. They can be anything they want to be for a day. Want to be a smurf, a viking, a ballerina. You can! Then you can test your endurance, see how far you are willing to go. See if you can make it and hang with the best, or just see if you can survive.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYagi5JyLkK_CRzsKQTjA28puzCNP1Pjm_niTgycYJ1agXS6qQ8akO5REtb2lBwb5vdk-bq4XnFrZZMaHH1hrVOLRwZKa995YzRRFJ9QpeQidK_WDAx956p5lWfVHuLHE0x9Fl_68VBso/s1600/IMG02021-20110828-1300.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646357226356774018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYagi5JyLkK_CRzsKQTjA28puzCNP1Pjm_niTgycYJ1agXS6qQ8akO5REtb2lBwb5vdk-bq4XnFrZZMaHH1hrVOLRwZKa995YzRRFJ9QpeQidK_WDAx956p5lWfVHuLHE0x9Fl_68VBso/s400/IMG02021-20110828-1300.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a> I told you there would be smurfs. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6IX91qGIjmGYRsByK0C3xm95Q1v-M8-__hYdUPgbfUmPqX5Z9TABKFtohsDeMj4nb8_5YUzPaHeXw5DiVa1vJYJPx1mRnmrOyis2kKZ8OjDbJ_yD-3-BtGbe2fp7LKOtTxMcr-ML65c/s1600/IMG02019-20110828-1257.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646357099806373362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6IX91qGIjmGYRsByK0C3xm95Q1v-M8-__hYdUPgbfUmPqX5Z9TABKFtohsDeMj4nb8_5YUzPaHeXw5DiVa1vJYJPx1mRnmrOyis2kKZ8OjDbJ_yD-3-BtGbe2fp7LKOtTxMcr-ML65c/s400/IMG02019-20110828-1257.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a> The one on my right is my husband Steve, he's a professor at a Christian College. The one on the left is one of his former students. He was there with his college mountain biking team. Yes, they were all wearing pink sundresses! Neither of them was aware the other would be there. Imagine their surprize!
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lW1y0E__N0KyLh9qZcVWkFLV6Nd_5KHQtYkVvZam2t7SbfnzLsTj_JSTGPbpL7ycY1gSH1xFxUHiEIF7aYQ0M9BnQgC9uWVD0Rs6QSEnHsEgi6nndGdVaeTxwSXy8ShqTEXokeA1osI/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+007.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646356944515603794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lW1y0E__N0KyLh9qZcVWkFLV6Nd_5KHQtYkVvZam2t7SbfnzLsTj_JSTGPbpL7ycY1gSH1xFxUHiEIF7aYQ0M9BnQgC9uWVD0Rs6QSEnHsEgi6nndGdVaeTxwSXy8ShqTEXokeA1osI/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+007.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> Obstacle one was going over these walls, about 7 of them and then rolling under that many barbed wire walls.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pocpJ_DFU9iVtWF4KuWCSjcBRWTtAq9SQVszECFeIsHnasITJg1MDr3ZrmL2-Udqg0-CsFKNfWrQ6ygwfVHYl2ZRHCEMf8jJqZT-mQl-eFq-2e3K_MStPBgRToOG0omdfKAF9sroSm8/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+008.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646356715129977458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pocpJ_DFU9iVtWF4KuWCSjcBRWTtAq9SQVszECFeIsHnasITJg1MDr3ZrmL2-Udqg0-CsFKNfWrQ6ygwfVHYl2ZRHCEMf8jJqZT-mQl-eFq-2e3K_MStPBgRToOG0omdfKAF9sroSm8/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+008.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> We came to obstacle two and found an abandoned warrior in one of these dumpsters. She was giving it all to get out, but it was just too much to do alone. The Warrior Dash motto is 'Never Leave a Warrior Behind' so we didn't. Steve hoisted her foot up and helped her get over each wall of all 5 dumpsters. This challenge wasn't easy, you have to have some arm strength to push up cause there wasn't anything to get a leg up on.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidakRoVeG3MD-HsmTikiq_8xMWUyhyQbtvE5m72m7_-nbDgdfNaR9VIYaaW3W_OP0w0t7e9tm3Spl5QiFe-iqKoejNSBphTESrApXxQbG6VM76hHF3J-6ZhEA1tzNoyFFDcWF4TYtcy7E/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+013.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646356321535398210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidakRoVeG3MD-HsmTikiq_8xMWUyhyQbtvE5m72m7_-nbDgdfNaR9VIYaaW3W_OP0w0t7e9tm3Spl5QiFe-iqKoejNSBphTESrApXxQbG6VM76hHF3J-6ZhEA1tzNoyFFDcWF4TYtcy7E/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+013.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> 20 ft high rope climbing wall. This my friends is the only one I walked around out of 12 obstacles. I didn't do it for fear of injuring my elbow worse. I know I made a good call.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_zUH0ds26K5sC8fdVOYh7Bczv3sj_kBgEUao4XnHxAmsCr3MqcBn_FuksHkIXWWj0CF6ewLUfNNspnLry8GFNR8xUtSkLESnYad7JKxg96Uqp8tnYnvaUdPmviV24Whs8YaGQq568vso/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+016.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646356115261423266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_zUH0ds26K5sC8fdVOYh7Bczv3sj_kBgEUao4XnHxAmsCr3MqcBn_FuksHkIXWWj0CF6ewLUfNNspnLry8GFNR8xUtSkLESnYad7JKxg96Uqp8tnYnvaUdPmviV24Whs8YaGQq568vso/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+016.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> Tent of darkness. This one is creepier than it looks unless you are closterphobic which I am not, the stones just hurt my knees.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_9gfyljcBdPLgWvL4_9BDbA4VVLVJUJZ3TqOhwFSUo3yyrpXbVyAVdVs8eD9kVzfxKSfkN_wWQAedbJT72ul-Ff7LE_rZ3MgljzTtWTYKd3mjKaLnEpzESrPjhEOq8L4Xsltlo-OHpw/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+019.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646355933044125362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_9gfyljcBdPLgWvL4_9BDbA4VVLVJUJZ3TqOhwFSUo3yyrpXbVyAVdVs8eD9kVzfxKSfkN_wWQAedbJT72ul-Ff7LE_rZ3MgljzTtWTYKd3mjKaLnEpzESrPjhEOq8L4Xsltlo-OHpw/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+019.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> This was one of the hardest for me, spider walking on the rope wall horizonally. We were about 6 feet high too.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYb6E7biyzmcwcJS4x9ZMG9EyE44DLkLwU2lBbTxAu9u78IdtFFqQcvZELDNCt-ST-Tf9cTyTMIEVqsTSEe835XB4p0k5hmh0sxWvV8teGMCNAu5ccgeU77JT_eKYozM_L4kX4S6NZ_0/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+025.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646355620760366578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYb6E7biyzmcwcJS4x9ZMG9EyE44DLkLwU2lBbTxAu9u78IdtFFqQcvZELDNCt-ST-Tf9cTyTMIEVqsTSEe835XB4p0k5hmh0sxWvV8teGMCNAu5ccgeU77JT_eKYozM_L4kX4S6NZ_0/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+025.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> Biggest fear factor for me. Fireman's pole! I did it though with a little help from Steve and another Warrior.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2WKzcts3YKhlWNgU-oMsNYXikmaLq93Ze8yXJC62AxEC8mWyKo8um2icfyYpUCLACRhyphenhyphenuouYWxgrkSL8yejo_kHGQRVcA6rT8WsNMaEmuc7cUhVO8SFht3HfbPbbS7PbWgD0PWx_Rjo/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+031.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646355407923606322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2WKzcts3YKhlWNgU-oMsNYXikmaLq93Ze8yXJC62AxEC8mWyKo8um2icfyYpUCLACRhyphenhyphenuouYWxgrkSL8yejo_kHGQRVcA6rT8WsNMaEmuc7cUhVO8SFht3HfbPbbS7PbWgD0PWx_Rjo/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+031.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> See the green algae floating on top...ugh! And it stunk of poo, I'm sure it wasn't the caveman stinking that we met there! After you jump into the murky water, you have to crawl over logs suspended on top of the water, about 5 of them and then crawl out the other side.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysuImJ14NZeyQRoKnYzK6Ok45jWlnh0kjY4Z5pRf8cBJHW14TSwbF_SAY21-zNgo7H-ys-SRsR0mfbM_EXXuQz3F1p4WryZdaUdFz5e6WgL9QVArSiB8kgJsfDHG387rErtSiGMvzSpE/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+037.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646355171148208210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysuImJ14NZeyQRoKnYzK6Ok45jWlnh0kjY4Z5pRf8cBJHW14TSwbF_SAY21-zNgo7H-ys-SRsR0mfbM_EXXuQz3F1p4WryZdaUdFz5e6WgL9QVArSiB8kgJsfDHG387rErtSiGMvzSpE/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+037.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> One of my favorites! Thought it would be harder, but I would have gone over this one again:)
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWdC43JkFrrFDPMJNODJvguKPggGKKk2vBKarh12pM64np3wLPtYw5DJQ5N7NjRCR1kK4kgRn_lttQ6tYat0L4bkvcyw1cN1-kmDaSYwv4AUXETbUhaa7LGAaQvsKL0o2AjwWZqpImyg/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+049.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646354926678537362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWdC43JkFrrFDPMJNODJvguKPggGKKk2vBKarh12pM64np3wLPtYw5DJQ5N7NjRCR1kK4kgRn_lttQ6tYat0L4bkvcyw1cN1-kmDaSYwv4AUXETbUhaa7LGAaQvsKL0o2AjwWZqpImyg/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+049.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> Barn frame of death. Well at least one girl fell off and broke her arm. The boards were slippery and far apart, and with all those people on it it was shaking ever so slightly.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiE_Uf7IsEAYAp5VnW4qNE7ejqkdUij6q1oDyne6iFkxFlPV-_i6TnQPoDLMNhE_bMmTFoCWoUMqmSBjlFj0Z0IILJFvVRKXw0ggHz8wSs2zOZySMrBi-8oY4l4EIAJoEWZ6fGezwgBE0/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+055.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646354715749535970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiE_Uf7IsEAYAp5VnW4qNE7ejqkdUij6q1oDyne6iFkxFlPV-_i6TnQPoDLMNhE_bMmTFoCWoUMqmSBjlFj0Z0IILJFvVRKXw0ggHz8wSs2zOZySMrBi-8oY4l4EIAJoEWZ6fGezwgBE0/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+055.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> Now...this is the one I feared. What if in my clumsiness I tripped and fell into the fire and caught fire? Not good! So I waited until I was the only one going through and went for it. It was hot but not burning. Kids: Don't try this at home!! And kudos to my husband for an awesome pic!
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zXT-az0kWIebUPiV-JfatO2jUHzy8_C29KPhqZoH5gpBdVRH-UFbhgp_wfnqp1r_ain5tkNKih153N6u1xfZKgup4fuGdM6rKQYDFbodAGSqYVll50oaut_wBv512n4KPi4F7W5sI3A/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+065.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646354509882097042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zXT-az0kWIebUPiV-JfatO2jUHzy8_C29KPhqZoH5gpBdVRH-UFbhgp_wfnqp1r_ain5tkNKih153N6u1xfZKgup4fuGdM6rKQYDFbodAGSqYVll50oaut_wBv512n4KPi4F7W5sI3A/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+065.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> Here is the grand finale! Mud, mud, and more mud:) The sand cut into your knees, but after you figured out you can't walk in it or crawl in it and just pull yourself along it wasn't bad. Well I say that, but you should have seen me trying to get this out of our clothes! ICK!
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvvw9EURXZ8nTF7r4HZG8Sa2AoLt1ZzLIXF4qu3QvG_5grKozr75-OOj8AIoduuK0hUGg75ZS1VKt96kBQY9kpFbQR6SC1S6yGo9rtcF2IwJQa3-6Q6ofc6W7MPCdJrGNP9A3PK7zkdc/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+068.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646354302804170418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvvw9EURXZ8nTF7r4HZG8Sa2AoLt1ZzLIXF4qu3QvG_5grKozr75-OOj8AIoduuK0hUGg75ZS1VKt96kBQY9kpFbQR6SC1S6yGo9rtcF2IwJQa3-6Q6ofc6W7MPCdJrGNP9A3PK7zkdc/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+068.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> My Warrior Cry of Battle: Woo Hoo! At this point the exhilaration is incredible. You are ready to run through the finish line and be a surviver. PS The man who won this did the whole 3.12 mile course in just over 26 minutes. You go dude, whoever you are!
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiAg6OzVE9JDDTArc8_rxRICMqIB53jEzPL_R63XjOq-pbXLBH7r-TR27o-xrRNGisVmHnHOJYnUsxfMK8C9nYripUJj5BzgddNGiPcMfr2Rn_nVF9JGlFWACzHO8L-OM-4uu77IF7epE/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+076.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646354095405666402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiAg6OzVE9JDDTArc8_rxRICMqIB53jEzPL_R63XjOq-pbXLBH7r-TR27o-xrRNGisVmHnHOJYnUsxfMK8C9nYripUJj5BzgddNGiPcMfr2Rn_nVF9JGlFWACzHO8L-OM-4uu77IF7epE/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+076.JPG" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a> The triumphant duo at the wash pit. Great big water trucks were there to spray you off with fire hoses! Insane. All the while the rock and roll bands played on...it was like Woodstock without the LSD!
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJfuZWRQSHCmr1nPa18A8P4X-90rkqbDg0K8IGcAZlcIHEbovvRR9qVGugGx_RrK2GNqSXxeu0PYBQ5siWUUxmYzJWH8O1Ek5MPLfwC2c34nsNRGMOW4_Ew7U65eLIC3Dtlv8HCsxOzk/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+094.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646353176490903586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJfuZWRQSHCmr1nPa18A8P4X-90rkqbDg0K8IGcAZlcIHEbovvRR9qVGugGx_RrK2GNqSXxeu0PYBQ5siWUUxmYzJWH8O1Ek5MPLfwC2c34nsNRGMOW4_Ew7U65eLIC3Dtlv8HCsxOzk/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+094.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> Steve digging in.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vVJ-DP5yKodfXSgWXuXfdncXgB9d1NcVRbUEKtdy2_s6CFWNuZxgKOOiT-J_FQ7W6hPJYfDKAQna4H7vkL2vfJTRb8Jh5iI4LKflkVP6y84ZLvu5ZnwUckKnWm9znJ7VsTOBUUKaXy4/s1600/Warrior+Dash+2011+096.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646352992415922402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vVJ-DP5yKodfXSgWXuXfdncXgB9d1NcVRbUEKtdy2_s6CFWNuZxgKOOiT-J_FQ7W6hPJYfDKAQna4H7vkL2vfJTRb8Jh5iI4LKflkVP6y84ZLvu5ZnwUckKnWm9znJ7VsTOBUUKaXy4/s400/Warrior+Dash+2011+096.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> After the mud is washed off and the turkey legs are eaten it's time to sit around with our new hats and meet new people and listen to the music wafting across the field. We found a little patch of shade to hang out. Heaven. So satisfied with the knowledge that we had done something that day that many don't dare try, much less even think about doing. You know me though, I'm a people gatherer. I love to drag my friends along to the fun. So next year make plans to join us at this awesome event. The more the merrier! Walk it, run it, do it in your pjs for all I care, just do it. It will make you stronger. And that my friends is life changing. And if you can't get to North Carolina they have these all over the country and I think Canada. <a href="http://www.warriordash.com/">http://www.warriordash.com/</a> or you can Google 'mud races' and come up with a dozen varieties of this one. If a squishy homeschool mom can finish this, so can you;)
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<br />The Thankful Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17117054544157110535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004502728316171823.post-76446231082356279562011-08-26T13:09:00.000-07:002011-08-26T13:26:56.109-07:00Be Prepared to Be Amazed;)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecIkcM7JCKHRAxr-kA45c7n-qWH9gKmGYn-2FKMH3Ei-w8KzDqJaPi_J68QPNr-4VUbzuPKqrGTyyW57fdZxnUjxpBRh6k2qFTnXXgE4m4Ca1OEpJqEqGMagPQFIhweMAEWTTvaNtFsI/s1600/267245_2178900269623_1160397574_32628327_7348058_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645259820825986610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecIkcM7JCKHRAxr-kA45c7n-qWH9gKmGYn-2FKMH3Ei-w8KzDqJaPi_J68QPNr-4VUbzuPKqrGTyyW57fdZxnUjxpBRh6k2qFTnXXgE4m4Ca1OEpJqEqGMagPQFIhweMAEWTTvaNtFsI/s400/267245_2178900269623_1160397574_32628327_7348058_n.jpg" /></a> Here is the first pic. Because you know this is the one that shows up as the profile pic of the page when you put it on Facebook. This is now. Yes, you are all overwhelmed by my smokin hot new body (snicker) BUT WAIT!!! I must warn you. Then next pics aren't for the faint of heart and I must tell you that it has taken me months to download them here. People you don't understand!!! I'm putting it all out here on the line. These pics that follow are me last year. Last summer to be exact. These are the pictures I had Steve take to go along with the Biggest Loser application I never had the guts to mail in. Alright, if you must still see them procede with caution. Scroll down... (the dead silence is me holding my breath!)
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<br /><div>OK, now that you have come back to and we got that over with I must say it's nice to be in today's body. I remember how I felt in that old body. YUCKY!!! I hurt all over, it was hard to get up off the couch, and I constantly wanted to cry. I wouldn't even look at myself in the mirror most days. I would close my eyes to brush my teeth - yes seriously! Steve just thought I was really enjoying cleaning my teeth.</div>
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<br /><div>I have now exposed my jugular and have nothing else to reveal. Hopefully, I won't decide to run for the Senate one day and these bad boys will emerge on some fat chick kinky website. Heaven help the person who enjoys looking at these LOL! </div>
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<br /><div>I put these up to say this: After being home for a while you kinda forget where you came from. You get into your routine and start to think it was just a dream and Fitness Ridge never really happened. Here is proof:) I did this, and you can too!!! Do you find yourself longing to lose some weight and find the support you always dreamed of? That was me last year. Now I'm well on my way to feeling normal again. I can help you, Fitness Ridge can help you, and YOU can help you. If you need a dose of postitive encouragement email me <a href="mailto:thethankfulgoat@gmail.com">thethankfulgoat@gmail.com</a> - no spam please, I will hunt you down and find you;)</div>
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<br /><div>It's the weekend - go out there and make something of it! Only two days til the Warrior Dash - praying for the pain in my elbow and hip to go away so I can run and climb with the best of them. Think of me Sunday and I promise to post some groovey pictures of us being nuts next week - PEACE OUT!
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