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Fitnitiative: Acceptance or denial?

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One's personal, responsible decision to make healthy living a priority. Sunday, September 5, 2010. Yesterday, a Facebook acquaintance (that sounds hilarious) of mine blogged about a particularly shitty experience. In short, she was purchasing a new pair of gym shoes when some miserable bitch decided to speak her mind and spit some variation of "you're too fat to be in a gym, why are you buying running shoes? Disgusting and problematic, right? And more importantly, why would anyone want to live like this?

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Fitnitiative: October 2008

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One's personal, responsible decision to make healthy living a priority. Friday, October 31, 2008. The way to a man's heart. Is an axe through his sternum. Wednesday, October 29, 2008. I'm pretty sure Dimebag Darrel had an entirely different vision for that phrase than I do. I don't have much of anything substantive to blog about tonight.  There are a thousand political topics I could speak on - but I would direct you to just turn on MSNBC any evening from now until the election. . Monday, October 27, 2008.

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Fitnitiative: November 2008

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One's personal, responsible decision to make healthy living a priority. Friday, November 28, 2008. An exercise in humility. Tonight at work, I (along with a coworker) managed to execute a pretty decent fuck-up. I've always been an advocate of those "human moments" that we all have - however, I still feel as if we all need to be a little more humble about our lot in life. From this day forward, I will work harder on pardoning others for mishaps that I would've otherwise frowned upon. Finger to lips* Now, ...

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Fitnitiative: December 2008

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One's personal, responsible decision to make healthy living a priority. Sunday, December 28, 2008. Excema and other oddities. C'mon, it's difficult to break that kind of timeline) I eventually realized that it wasn't getting any better and seemed to itch more at the jewelry's contact points. Weird skin redness: 0. I'm serious. *cough*. The three gouges in my thigh are still burning. I pointed to them and said "Look what you did! Wednesday, December 24, 2008. Simply the thing that I am shall make me live".

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Fitnitiative: The elusive third component

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One's personal, responsible decision to make healthy living a priority. Friday, September 24, 2010. The elusive third component. Because I am devoted to wellness, and this is comprised of not only fitness and nutrition but the state of our emotions as well - I feel that it is necessary for me to do all in my power to maintain a healthy state of mind. After all, how can I presume to coach people around working through their anxieties, stress, and emotional baggage without doing the same for myself? Ive re...

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Fitnitiative: Mystery, newness, and of course...

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One's personal, responsible decision to make healthy living a priority. Tuesday, October 5, 2010. Mystery, newness, and of course. After being in a relationship for a while, I completely forgot what it felt like to exchange text messages and share an aim window with a new person - one who sparks your interest, even if ever so faintly in those few days since you made your internet acquaintance. Why are some people still afraid of dating websites? And that's the excitement! Will they ever call me again?

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Fitnitiative: Hurt so good

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One's personal, responsible decision to make healthy living a priority. Tuesday, November 16, 2010. Originally, I had a post on the docket about the (now infamous) "Twinkie diet" - but since then there have been *several* wonderful blog entries on the topic by Registered Dietitians and other professionals in the wellness world: much like this one. A few days passed, and the pain did not budge. In fact, not only had it intensified, but I began to suspect that it wasn't muscular at all. Burning, no...Let's...

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Fitnitiative: April 2009

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One's personal, responsible decision to make healthy living a priority. Sunday, April 5, 2009. When you're tea-drunk it's very easy to almost post a personal blog to your class blog.  Strongly advise against blogging while tea-drunk. And I've been thinking about the inevitability of things. That dreaded gap.  Emptiness.  Chasm.  It hurts, doesn't it? It's only a matter of time before you turn in.  Question is - will I take his hand and allow him to help me up from the corner, or will I wait unti...PhD ca...

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Fitnitiative: January 2010

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One's personal, responsible decision to make healthy living a priority. Sunday, January 3, 2010. The last time I wrote a blog in this space, I had survived yet another Michigan winter. I was drinking tea, and thinking about the "inevitability of things." I am here now in the midst of another winter, drinking tea, and thinking about. what inevitably happened from that day in April of last year to this moment. Let's review this, shall we? In the past year, I have:. I am in the process of realizing that I h...

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Fitnitiative: March 2009

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One's personal, responsible decision to make healthy living a priority. Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Academic writing wears me out at times. Yes  I keep it together considering I seemed to have been carrying a sign around for months which read: "YOUR PERSONAL EMOTIONAL WASTE DUMP"  I guess maybe I'm just a comforting individual? 160;I mean, how can so much chaos breed clarity? 160;Can I even say that? 160;Want to be calm, but still righteously indignant enough to write write write.  . Marriage, and kids - ye...