Keeping It Lit

[Danipower714]

Feel better soon T! Take it easy!

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Originally Posted by Danipower714

Feel better soon T! Take it easy!

Thanks, Dani.

My first day back at the gym finally, after an entire week of nasty yuck, aches and coughing, was on Saturday. Exhilarating. Good health is everything.

The coughing lingers, but far more in control than last week.

I'm definitely on the mend.

Gotta go hunt you down and find out how you're doing this week.

[Bejewelme]

Oh T I know, I would give anything to be able to go to the gym!!! Sorry you were sick!!! Hope this week is better it is suppose to be warm here all week, Spring is coming

[Tashi]

Hey there!! Wanted to let you know I'm Baaaaack In horrible shape <life got in the way> But I aim to get it all going on again

I Love your pics and am SO Proud of you!!!

*Hugs*
Tashi

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Originally Posted by Tashi

Hey there!! Wanted to let you know I'm Baaaaack In horrible shape <life got in the way> But I aim to get it all going on again

I Love your pics and am SO Proud of you!!!

*Hugs*
Tashi

TASHI!

How frikkin long has it been? You're back!?!?

I'M SO GLAD to see you back here. I had looked back into my first journal not too awful long ago and had read some of our exchanges, and it made me think of you, wondering how in the WORLD you were.

I have missed you.

I truly have.

I hope you are well, and I would love to hear from you. PM me, if you can, are willing, and let me know what's up with you, woman.

I'm honored that you looked me up.

Thanks for the kudos. "From the heart."

Look forward to kickin your ass back into gear.

Hugs

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[Bronwyn]

Twyla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's been a while since I've posted anything to you, but I've been reading your posts and enjoying each of them!

I'm back on track (for the umpteenth time) and combining cardio, strength training, and Callanetics! Your suggestions and comments have been with me all this time, and you continue to be my hero!

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Originally Posted by Bronwyn

Twyla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's been a while since I've posted anything to you, but I've been reading your posts and enjoying each of them!

I'm back on track (for the umpteenth time) and combining cardio, strength training, and Callanetics! Your suggestions and comments have been with me all this time, and you continue to be my hero!

Bronwyn!

I'm glad to hear from you again...and thank you. So glad I can continue to inspire you. Really. It lifts me up, girl.

Glad to hear you're doing well and keeping at it! I don't spend as much time here as I used to. Been busy blogging, and it serves me well, it seems.

But I love coming back here from time to time and seeing old friends and familiar faces. It's like "going home."

I had a mani/pedi done today at a new salon in town, and the people there are SO NICE. Fell in love with the place. Really high class, all that. I commented I liked their music, it was refreshing -- you know me and my weird music tastes, often...uh, left of center-----Well, he made a copy of their CD for me that had a huge potpourri of artists. One of songs I'm definitely adding to my MP3 for my gym workouts. It has a great, contagious beat. And I love the message.

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Gym workout was good today. Gonna do some cardio in a bit. I've had a busy day and I'm still trying to check off things from my list of "to-do's."

Hope you've had a great St. Patty's Day! Don't be a stranger. Keep looking me up. I'm never too far away.

[kmcentire]

Hey Twyla.... Just haven't talked to you in a while....

Well, my exercising was going great and I had an appointment with a trainer at the gym to get me started on doing splits. (I think that is what it is called...Arms one day, legs one day, arms....etc.) and then I broke my finger and had to have surgery. I think I broke it while I was cleaning.... NOT at the gym!!! I had the surgery almost two weeks ago and I have not been to the gym since and I miss it so much. I can tell that I am not feeling as good and energized as I was when I was going. So, I am going to try and start back today. I have 2 pins in my finger... so it may just be cardio and I may TRY some weights!!!!!

Hope you are doing well!!!! Have a good week...I will be looking to you for some more help and inspiration as I embark on this change with my workouts...

[Bronwyn]

Twyla: Just a drive-by post to let you know I'm still here watching you!

[Bejewelme]

Hi T,
I am trying to get back to some sense of normal, I am going back to work on Monday wow this was bad! I miss the gym and I think part of my surgery depression was lack of working out, my tummy is amazing, I cant wait til I can see the difference in doing things like yoga and lifting, and planks without my blubber baby in the way! This is the hardest thing I ever went through but I think there is some purpose in it all to help someone or something, I guess I will wait and see what the Big Man unfurls for me! I missed everyone!

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Originally Posted by kmcentire

Hey Twyla.... Just haven't talked to you in a while....

Well, my exercising was going great and I had an appointment with a trainer at the gym to get me started on doing splits. (I think that is what it is called...Arms one day, legs one day, arms....etc.) and then I broke my finger and had to have surgery. I think I broke it while I was cleaning.... NOT at the gym!!! I had the surgery almost two weeks ago and I have not been to the gym since and I miss it so much. I can tell that I am not feeling as good and energized as I was when I was going. So, I am going to try and start back today. I have 2 pins in my finger... so it may just be cardio and I may TRY some weights!!!!!

Hope you are doing well!!!! Have a good week...I will be looking to you for some more help and inspiration as I embark on this change with my workouts...

Kristi, hey girl. Sorry to hear about your surgery...didn't realize! You broke it while cleaning? Cleaning WHAT? Surgery is tough on us and you are gonna get your energy back. Give it some time. Main thing is to make sure you're eating right, getting the nutrients you need to heal/recover. Slowly work your way back to where you were. Pace yourself. That's the approach you need to take. Don't look at it as a road block, just as a "work zone," yielding to the message to slow down for a bit. You will be back at top speed in no time.

Don't forget to keep visualization tools all around you as you move forward. Having a vision, affirmations, positive thoughts and a tough mental game will get you where you need to be just as effectively (if not more so) than any physical demands that lay before you.

Hope you have a great Friday!~~~~~~~~>

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Originally Posted by Bronwyn

Twyla: Just a drive-by post to let you know I'm still here watching you!

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Originally Posted by Bejewelme

Hi T,
I am trying to get back to some sense of normal, I am going back to work on Monday wow this was bad! I miss the gym and I think part of my surgery depression was lack of working out, my tummy is amazing, I cant wait til I can see the difference in doing things like yoga and lifting, and planks without my blubber baby in the way! This is the hardest thing I ever went through but I think there is some purpose in it all to help someone or something, I guess I will wait and see what the Big Man unfurls for me! I missed everyone!

Amber, wow, the time has passed quickly it seems, maybe not to you. Back to work? Whew. Hope you take it easy and pace yourself too (as I mentioned to Kristi). I KNOW YOU MUST BE excited to see how the new you responds to your different activities and exercise. I can only imagine your excitement!

Hoping that you will feel that the pain and suffering you've gone through has been worth it when this summer rolls around.

[kmcentire]

Hey Twyla.....Thanks for the words of encouragement!!

I had the follow up appointment yesterday and he said that I could do lower body, core, and cardio....just no upper body. I will get one pin out in 3 weeks and the other one in 3 weeks after that..... So, it will be a while before I can do upper body. I don't want to fall into the mind set that since I can't do upper body, just don't worry about the rest!!! What do you suggest?

I am determined to go back to the gym next week. I think I don't have to worry about it throbbing now. That was what I was scared of...And the doctor said it would be fine.

Hope you have a GREAT Weekend!!!!

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Originally Posted by kmcentire

Hey Twyla.....Thanks for the words of encouragement!!

I had the follow up appointment yesterday and he said that I could do lower body, core, and cardio....just no upper body. I will get one pin out in 3 weeks and the other one in 3 weeks after that..... So, it will be a while before I can do upper body. I don't want to fall into the mind set that since I can't do upper body, just don't worry about the rest!!! What do you suggest?

I am determined to go back to the gym next week. I think I don't have to worry about it throbbing now. That was what I was scared of...And the doctor said it would be fine.

Hope you have a GREAT Weekend!!!!

Kristi, no problem. Just alternate LB with cardio days, with 2 days total rest. Make it lower weights higher volume/reps one LB day, heavier with less reps the other LB day. Maybe emphasize glutes/hams one day, quads calves the next?

Glutes/hams: wide squats, bridges, lunges, single-leg squats, deadlifts, single-leg deadlifts, leg press (high foot placement), step-ups; cable kickbacks.

Quads: Squats, narrorer stance; lunges, not as long of a stride; leg extensions, calf raises.

Do two days of HIIT cardio, and 2 days of s/s cardio.

Does that work?

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It's Friday.



Time
for
Ergo.

Anybody wanna join me?

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9-13-2009
Deja vu...

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Ditto!

[Bejewelme]

T- that is a great wake up to Sunday message!!!

[kelley17]

Hey T! I'm back. It has been a long difficult journey for me and I've neglected myself. I'm still struggling with financial issues, and my wonderful dad finally succumbed to Cancer this past summer. My mom is a lot stronger than she thought and my family is each dealing in their own way.

My little Emerson, who was born a few months before he was diagnosed and really his angel brings tears to our eyes and smiles to our hearts with her innocent way of dealing with her loss. To her Poppa is flying around having sleepovers with all the people he loves and will soon be staying in my mom's tree in the backyard to watch over us - it has to get some nice green leaves to be more comfortable for him.

I've decided to climb out of my sadness and stop medicating myself with food and get back into exercising and eating right. So happy to see you are going strong and cheering people on in their own journeys.

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Originally Posted by kelley17

Hey T! I'm back. It has been a long difficult journey for me and I've neglected myself. I'm still struggling with financial issues, and my wonderful dad finally succumbed to Cancer this past summer. My mom is a lot stronger than she thought and my family is each dealing in their own way.

My little Emerson, who was born a few months before he was diagnosed and really his angel brings tears to our eyes and smiles to our hearts with her innocent way of dealing with her loss. To her Poppa is flying around having sleepovers with all the people he loves and will soon be staying in my mom's tree in the backyard to watch over us - it has to get some nice green leaves to be more comfortable for him.

I've decided to climb out of my sadness and stop medicating myself with food and get back into exercising and eating right. So happy to see you are going strong and cheering people on in their own journeys.

Kelley, my friend, I am so sorry to hear about your dad. My heart breaks and aches along with you. The precious expression of "acceptance" by Emerson has to bring you comfort amid your grief. I totally understand the sadness. My DEEPEST grief didn't even begin until several months after my mother's passing. I've never researched "grief" from a psychological standpoint, but I understand from others that this is normal, and that the stages happen differently for people, depending on what sort of grief they've experienced, etc.

I would love for us to connect up again. I think we could reciprocally do each other a lot of good, all things considered, and I need your friendship, girl. I've missed you so much and I have thought of you so often. You were there for me in the past, both with our weight and fitness journeys, and also with having to deal with the horrors of disease that our parents have been through.

I know you've had a lot on your plate, things far more pressing than LCF and dealing with weight and healthy eating, etc. But you're right, medicating with food will only increase your discontent in the long run. Please know that I am here for you always. I hope you will reach out to me. Let's make up for lost time, K?

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Pump Up Your Confidence

Lifting weights not only sculpts your muscles, it also boosts our self-esteem. Researches from Northern illinois University studied 30 women, ages 18 to 41*, who scored poorly on body-image tests. Half of the women were instructed to take a weight-training class for 50 minutes twice a week. After 13 weeks, 41 percent of the women who pumped iron had better BODY CONFIDENCE. Those who did nothing had no improvement.

That's right! Work it!

*And one can only wonder what the stats would have revealed had they tested "40 Somethings" or even better, "50 Somethings!"

[Bronwyn]

T - yet another drive-by. In a car right now w/3 others. Still need to write u about Callanetics & weights. Have a great evening!

[Bejewelme]

Hey T, just stopping to say hi!!

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Originally Posted by Bronwyn

T - yet another drive-by. In a car right now w/3 others. Still need to write u about Callanetics & weights. Have a great evening!

Hey, Bronwyn.

Yes, I was expecting to hear from you. Whatcha up to? Give me a shout.

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Originally Posted by Bejewelme

Hey T, just stopping to say hi!!

Amber, how are you, girl?

I realize you're still playing the waiting game, and I think you're a lot like me -- you don't wait well. (insert tapping foot and eye roll)

Don't sweat the little setbacks. It will all be worth the long wait in the end. You are still making progress, regardless!

Reminds me of a quote I saw on a blog recently:

Keep this in mind ... and have a great day, you!

[h82bl8]

T- Just wanted to say hi!! I have started reading your first journal. I wanted to pop in and say "THANK YOU!" for being such an inspiration to so many people, including me.

I have a trainer and I am going to start the carb cycling next week. You are an awesome individual. I have been doing lc for about a month and have lost 15 lbs, but gained 5 back from massive carb indulgences over the Easter Holiday. I hope to keep "talking" to you through your journal.

Have an awesome weekend!!

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Originally Posted by h82bl8

T- Just wanted to say hi!! I have started reading your first journal. I wanted to pop in and say "THANK YOU!" for being such an inspiration to so many people, including me.

I have a trainer and I am going to start the carb cycling next week. You are an awesome individual. I have been doing lc for about a month and have lost 15 lbs, but gained 5 back from massive carb indulgences over the Easter Holiday. I hope to keep "talking" to you through your journal.

Have an awesome weekend!!

H82BL8 -- Hey, there! We have chatted before, and it's a nice surprise that you have taken time to offer such kind remarks to me. I'm so glad that my journal has been an inspiration for you. I am impassioned with helping others realize their dreams and goals, and anything I can do in helping you realize your own success would be reciprocal inspiration, trust me.
I'm actively helping a few friends locally in "turning from their wicked ways" LOL and commit to cleaner eating and a healthier lifestyle, and it's extremely rewarding to share their joys and excitement with their progress. Helping others is very gratifying to me.

You are doing REMARKABLY well -- 15 lbs in a month? SUH-WEET! Yeah, holidays have a way of undermining our best intentions, don't they? Been there too! You can climb right back in that saddle and resume progress with no problem...just a minor bump in the road to keep you alert, right?

Do visit me and keep me posted, and let me know if I can be of any help to you in any way at all.

Have a great weekend, girl.

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Robert Kennedy
1938-2012
It is with great sadness that we, the staff of Robert Kennedy Publishing
in Mississauga, Ontario,
announce the passing of Robert Kennedy, our company’s founder.

Bob passed on April 12, at home from complications stemming from skin cancer. He was 73 years old. Bob was surrounded by family and friends. He is survived by his beloved wife, Tosca Reno and their four daughters: Chelsea Kennedy, Rachel Corradetti, Kiersten Corradetti and Kelsey-Lynn Corradetti. Bob’s only son Braden Robert James Kennedy passed away last year due to pneumonia complications at the age of 23.

Bob leaves behind a legacy as a pioneer in the field of bodybuilding and physical wellness.




~~~

God be with you, Bob, and all your family.

Thank you for the remarkable and lasting impact your legacy leaves to me and countless others
by your dedication and commitment to health and fitness.


When you are sorrowful look again in your heart,
and you shall see that in truth
you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

~Kahlil Gibran

[h82bl8]

I have subscribed to Oxygen and Clean Eating for years. OMG