Labor Day Weekend!!!
- At September 02, 2013
- By Marge
- In Biggest Loser, Health, Uncategorized, Walk/Run
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This was a very exciting weekend for me. With Naperville’s Last Fling right in my back yard how could I not go there and see all the vendors, music,friend and food. The food is so tempting at the fest. Funnel cakes, Crab cakes, ice cream, French fried potato curls, hot dogs, corn dogs, pretzels, fresh squeezed lemonade, Slurpee’s, and the list goes on from there. I was lucky enough to be part of the Health and Wellness booth presented by Naperville’s Chamber of Commerce! Handing out goody bags to those who were not familiar with the Chamber brought awareness that there are more people out there concerned about their health then ever before. Being a fitness “freak” like I am it was so inspiring to see. Partnering up with my Best Friend Carla Linder-Mayer who also owns and operates Reality Fitness in Naperville we are bringing the fun to fitness. Like myself, Carla has had an amazing weight loss journey of her own. We call ourselves the over “300lb weight loss twins” because between us that’s what we have lost. We will be training and conducting weight loss motivational groups at Reality Fitness starting as soon as Tomorrow. We walked in the parade with shirts on announcing our weight loss and handed out flyers inviting everyone to join us for fitness and fun. It was so neat to see how many people congratulating us on our success. Join us and we’ll be doing the congratulating when you reach that
goal that you set. no matter what that goal. Come see us at Reality Fitness 39 W. Jefferson Naperville IL. 630-357-7087
Getting Ready for the Parade. Reality Fitness where your Fitness goals become Reality.
Why do we use the word DIET?
- At August 19, 2013
- By Marge
- In Health, Uncategorized, Walk/Run
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I’ve been reading articles all day about good health and I’m so tired of the word diet. Why can’t we use the words healthy choices? Lets admit it….90% of diets do not work. It’s a word that we just don’t like. It spooks us. Lets say we’re at a party and someone asks if we want dessert. As soon as you say “no thank you I’m a diet” everyone starts giving you their opinion of what the best way to diet is. Once I started to say “no thank you I choose not too” all the advice stopped. I never say I’m on a diet I say that I’m making healthier choices. The word diet comes with this perceived image that no matter which one it is it’s going to bad and your going to fail. But when you realize all you have to do is make healthier choices…now that sounds like something no matter how long you need to do it, no matter how much weight you want to lose or the reason you need to alter your food intake.. its possible. I tried to look on-line to see how many diets there were. Well to find that out I have to decide which diet I want a number for. For instance…..Belief-Based Diet, Vegetarian diets, Weight control diets, Crash diets, Detox diets, Diets for medical reason and I’m sure we all know a lot more. But when I brought up making your own personal healthy choice….there’s only one and that’s the one you chose. So I have decided if you were planning on going on a diet Monday how about saying…Starting Monday I’m going to start making healthier choices!!!!!!
Overwhelmed!
- At August 08, 2013
- By Marge
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sitting here at work today and I keep thinking of all the wonderful opputurnites I have facing me. WOW…..then the overwhelming feeling comes over me and doubt that I can handle it. From passing my NASM test to starting a new journey with my BFF for weight loss in Naperville to Speaking at the Biggest Loser Ranches. Then I thought….What is wrong with you….OF COURSE YOU CAN DO THIS. Maybe not all in one day. But it can be done. I think we all doubt ourselves and I’ve learned thats the worst feeling. We enver beleive that we are as smart and as driven as we really are. So why do you think others can see that in us and we cant? I guess thats something that I’ll never understand.
Just my thought for today.
Chicago Biggest Loser Race
- At August 05, 2013
- By Marge
- In Uncategorized, Walk/Run
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Today was such a beautiful day. Not a lot of people would love getting up at 5:30 on a Sunday morning but I do. OK maybe not every Sunday but today I did. It was beautiful outside. The kind of weather that you wish for when running or walking in a 5K. And the best part is the 5k was running along Lake Michigan, start and finish at Soldier Field. Even though the weather was beautiful, after a very sleepless night and not eating before the run I had to say I wasn’t physically ready for the race. Mentally I was doing a 6 minute mile. Physically I didn’t think I’d finish. And that what makes the Biggest Loser races so special to me. Everyone there was so supportive and so enthusiastic that its contagious. So my husband and I go out and get to the starting line. First person we see was Dan Evans who was a contestant on Season 5 and his mom Jackie. Then we met Danni who just won the last season of the show. And then if that wasn’t enough to get you going Dolvett Quince was there. OK…now I’m pumped. Now my energy starts to get going. I told my husband I was going to walk with him during the race. He’s not a runner so he walks to races. And bless his heart every time I sign him up for another race he just smiles and goes right along with me. As we were waiting for Dolvett to start the race I look at him and he just smiles and says..”you’re going to run aren’t you?” Yep…I’m sure going to try. So off we go and believe it or not I had a personal best. I cut almost 2 minutes off my per mile time. I was psyched. And that is the reason for this blog. It is so important to have support from friends, family or strangers when your trying to do something you don’t think you can do. It makes all the difference. Support comes in all different ways. A short good luck text, a quick facebook shout out or just a high five from a total stranger. Just knowing that you’re not alone is priceless. At about the 2 mile mark I started to slow down. Tired and my asthma just wasn’t playing nice. Along side of me I heard a woman say..”come on …we can do this.” And she started to run with me. We started talking and before we knew it we heard the music from the festival and vendors waiting for us at the finish line. We both made it then we stayed at the end and cheered on all the others that were coming towards us. So remember just because you don’t like to do something doesn’t mean you can’t be that support someone else needs.
