It’s not the body, it’s the brains that got me where I am today
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Confronting my fears with education and experience
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When I was married, our family observed a very popular “holiday:” Minnesota Deer Hunting Season.
It’s roughly the three weeks between Halloween and Thanksgiving. To my husband, it was as important and revered as Xmas. We’d discuss, plan, budget and prepare for it just like Dec 25th, but we’d buy ammunition instead of gifts. Conveniently, I could get the Xmas shopping done at Fleet Farm’s Toyland while Brad shopped for bullets. And I’d always pick up some blaze orange lingerie for myself.
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Six years ago, I woke up on Halloween morning (probably hungover) and decided to give life one more try.
For the previous 16 months, I had suffered from a crippling depression that left me suicidal. And my time had come. I had to act.
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Today I got to work as a model, a dog walker and a personal trainer. And all three of my babies are home. Today I get to be all of me. My cup runneth over.
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I'm thrilled to be a bachelorette with Date for Life this year! The Twin Cities’ most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes will be auctioned off at this fun, feel-good, charity event. All are welcome to bid on date packages, including fun experiences for one or many, silent auction and live auction items. Proceeds support Children’s Cancer Research Fund.
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Normal eating is going to the table hungry and eating until you are satisfied. It is being able to choose food you like and eat it and truly get enough of it — not just stop eating because you think you should. Normal eating is being able to give some thought to your food selection so you get nutritious food, but not being so wary and restrictive that you miss out on enjoyable food.
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When you lose weight, you imagine yourself with a tight, toned body. You never picture yourself with a ‘suit’ of skin that you’ve shrunk out of. Bumps on the back of your thighs, vicious red streaks across your abdomen and extra skin bagging around your knees are real and frustrating issues, particularly as you get older.
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Many of my personal training clients come to me frustrated by their experiences with eating plans that provide no room for error or flexibility. Strict adherence to anything leads many us to feel deprived and rebellious, particularly when it comes to the food we enjoy. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
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After I had my son, I joined Weight Watchers to lose the pregnancy weight. At that time, WW used a points system to track food. We were given a certain number of points to eat during the day. They gave us a little formula to use when consulting nutrition charts to determine how many points were in a serving. Sometimes, a food would come up with zero points. So in theory, those were ‘free’ foods to eat. Usually, those were vegetables in a small quantity.
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