My Crossfit Journey: An “Old Lady’s” Guide To Crossfit & 5 Things You’ll Want To Know

Posted on: June 8, 2014

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I started Crossfit last year, on September 6th. As I type this post, that means I have been doing Crossfit for 9 months. In the year before starting Crossfit, I had done a few marathons and half marathons (5), some open-water swims in the S.F. Bay (brr …

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FitKnix – Looking for an Undie Upgrade? DANG good athletic (and all-around) underwear for women

Posted on: June 8, 2014

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Looking for some new undies to fit your booty? My review of my new “can’t live without” panties.

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May 26th – cautiously optimistic!

Posted on: May 26, 2014

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muscle percentage – up! fat percentage – down! Well, I’m cautiously optimistic. I’m down 1.2 pounds, BUT most importantly, I’m down 3.4% in fat – !! My muscle percentage is up – I’d have to go check the scale because I can’t remember exactly what it wa …

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May 20 – Day 267 – YAY Dave and Connor!

Posted on: May 20, 2014

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I am SO EXCITED – finally watched the final episode of The Amazing Race last night – and Dave & Connor won it, and the Country Singer Girls came in 2nd! SO SO excited! The weirdest part is that last week (I WISH I had written it here!) I had this ” …

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To continue…or not to continue…that is the puzzler (yoga work trade)

Posted on: May 19, 2014

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So. Back seemingly a billion years ago (I think it’s coming up on a year, but it might actually be 2!), I started yoga at a bikram studio nearby. I was doing it with my friend Belinda which was great – we each got a Groupon (actually, I got the Groupon …

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May 19 – Day 256 – catching up; regrouping for TAR

Posted on: May 19, 2014

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Last night, caught up on back episodes of The Amazing Race in anticipation of the finale – then didn’t watch it (don’t tell me! I’ll be watching it tonight.) As always, my biggest Tip is: READ THE CLUE! Team “Brenchel” really messed up – actually read …

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May 13 – Day 250!

Posted on: May 13, 2014

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Sometimes, things just snowball ;-) I used to have a great assistant, Chris, at the beginning of having my own law firm. (She, VERY SADLY, retired once she was of age to get social security – still miss her!) She had worked at my Big City Law Firm, and …

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April 24 (Day 231) – REMEMBER THIS when things go sideways…

Posted on: April 24, 2014

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Haven’t written in a while. Things are all basically the same ole’ same ole’ – Crossfit, work, a little yoga, etc. We went to Calistoga which was fun, planning our trip to Vancouver Island, etc. One new thing is I started Archery lessons last week – I …

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April 16 (Day 223) – catching up.

Posted on: April 16, 2014

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Too much going on to blog, do my GiveIt100 videos, etc. Well, maybe not too much going on – but this thyroid stuff is knocking me for a loop. Can only do one or two things in a day (versus my usual 12,000) and I just have to lie down. It’s so weird. Ye …

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April 11 (Day 218) – be vewy vewy qwiet…

Posted on: April 11, 2014

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So, if you’re ever my Crossfit coach, and I ever just stop moving, best not to bark at me to keep going. (Even a nice bark, Coach Bo.) Because it means I’m trying to stay very, very quiet so I won’t throw up. I’ve heard about this “work so hard I threw …

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