The Goal Is In The Journey, Not The Destination
From the monthly archives:
I finally did it! I managed to do 2,500 jumps in 15 minutes! Goal achieved! This is a far cry from where I started way back in August of last year when I began the Peak Condition Project. On Day 1 of the program, I had to do five sets of 50 jumps. I was [...]
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The cold grey sky combine with the wind whipping the snow past the window has put my co-workers and I in the mood to talk about snow storms. What we’re getting here is mild compared to the experience the people north of us are having, but there have been periods where the falling snow and [...]
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Today I wanted to try something different, something more challenging, something I had never done before. I saw this recipe and immediately knew that this was exactly what I was looking for! Soufflé au Chocolate from Julia Child’s book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. To be honest, I have never made a soufflé in [...]
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I tried a new recipe today from Julia Child’s book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I kind of got on this kick to attempt some of her recipes after watching the movie Julie & Julia. The first recipe I attempted was Boeuf à la Bourguignonne for dinner on Christmas Day, mainly because that’s the [...]
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While surfing the net, I happened to find this quote: One of the main characteristics of the Buddha, and one which we have present in all of us, is compassion. Compassion is often wrongly associated with being nice to people. In fact, there are times when it is not at all compassionate to be nice [...]
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For some reason, Mr. Sandman has been avoiding me the past few nights. My strength exercising has ramped up a bit over the past few days and I have felt a good burn which is followed a wonderful tired feeling. You know, the kind where you will zonk out once you head hits the pillow [...]
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My thighs were killing me today. Of course, I shouldn’t have expected anything different. It had been weeks since I had incorporated leg exercises in my routine. That was because the last time I did the leg workout I managed to make myself nauseous after doing floor jumps. It seems that losing weight has managed [...]
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Tonight was good, but tiring. I jumped right back into my full exercise regimen after a week or so hiatus. I had meet some important deadlines at work which, of course, meant that it was an opportune time for me to catch a cold. There was absolutely no way I could take time off from [...]
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I just spent the weekend recreating my blog after most of the information was lost when I transferred my domain name from one host to another. Yeah, I really should have backed-up everything but a person tends to trust a company when it says that all your files will move over to the new one. [...]
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