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Maren Dixson

busy?

by Maren Dixson · 2 comments

so i’ve been absent from blog writing for a while. blame it on my jammed packed social schedule or the laziness or the lack of inspiring weight loss achievement. i feel it’s probably a mish-mosh of all three rolled into one big lack of ambition.

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smackdown- round 2

September 5, 2008

official weigh in results: -7.2lbs alright. so we’re off and running. i feel that the efforts of last week have paid off. thursday in lieu of power pump i did yoga. great for calming the mind, not so great for fitness. today i have done nothing. it’s chilly out, i’m feeling lazy. fall is in [...]

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Power Pump

September 2, 2008

you know when i think of power pump, i think of a sexy pair of black patent leather stilettos. that is not what this refers to. power pump in this case is a life-threatening hour of squats, lunges, and screaming for your mother, weights included. i’m hoping this experiment in torture pays big dividends. namely [...]

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smackdown round 1

September 1, 2008

so as many of you know, laura has issued a challenge. i’m going to assume it’s directed at me. i mean i’m the one extolling the virtues of weight watchers. okay, i’ll bite. beginning today it’s on. i realize that last week i said it was on too. it’s on bigger now. today we went [...]

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post vacation assesment

August 27, 2008

so wednesday is weigh-in official style. no standing on one foot, hopping up and down or otherwise tricking the scale. i’m up close to 4lbs. vacation is bad for the diet. sure, i walked on the beach and did the steps at least twice a day, but always with a drink in hand and after [...]

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What Happened to the Gym?

August 26, 2008

i’m wondering myself. i was devoted, motivated, addicted even. and then summer happened. well guess what school’s back in session, and so it begins. i am making a commitment to 9am workouts. i can do this. i know because from january thru july i did it. but then a funny thing happened, i got into [...]

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A New Bike

January 8, 2007

I got a new bike today. It’s an Electra Townie 3 speed. I’m going to start riding it in an effort to lose weight.

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