Kelli

Redefining Fit: Why You Should Stop Dieting Right Now

March 20, 2013

There are a lot of diets out there. Like—a lot. So how do you know which one works best for you? Here’s a secret about all those pills and point systems and food restrictions: they work—if you stick to them. But after you get tired of no-carb, no-fun cauliflower pizza or detoxing once a week [...]

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Redefining Fit, Secrets Of The Gym: The Stuff They Might Not Tell You

March 7, 2013

There are probably all sorts of guidelines and rules for the gym in the paperwork you get when you sign up. But…who reads those? And, even if you did read those, are they really telling you the secrets of the gym, the things you really need to know? Today I’m going to tell you some [...]

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To Thine Own Self Be True

March 5, 2013

At some point, I stopped sizing up every other woman when I walked into the room. I stopped doing the once-over, the not-so-casual (or innocent) head-to-toe inspection of every woman I saw. At some point, it stopped being a competition. For years, it was a head game of who had the best hair, the best [...]

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Redefining Fit: Toning Arms And Legs

February 19, 2013

I recently had a friend ask how she could tone her arms and legs without losing her curves. And I swear, I heard angels singing. Because yay(!) she loves her curves, which is music to my ears (and most men’s, too). Curves are beautiful, womanly…sexy. She loves her hourglass figure, and that is sexy. Even still she would [...]

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Redefining Fit: It’s What’s Inside Your Body That Counts

February 5, 2013

I once had a friend tell me that she gained weight while training for a marathon. At the time, I didn’t believe her. How can you run that much and gain weight? How can you be that in shape and not look it? Well, now I know. Because I myself have experienced it. Over the course of [...]

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Quick, Balanced Breakfast Smoothie

January 31, 2013

We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but who has time?  You do, as long as you have two minutes, a blender, and a desire for a delicious, healthy, well-balanced meal.  This breakfast smoothie contains: complex carbs, healthy fat and a naturally sweet flavor.  It is both delicious and quick–super-duper quick [...]

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Redefining Fit

January 23, 2013

Fit.  Take a moment and think about what that word means to you. What comes to mind? A certain look? A certain number? A certain body type? Yourself? Sadly, that last one, for a lot of us, is definitely not what comes to mind. It certainly hasn’t been for me, even though I am an exercise [...]

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Resolve To Start Loving Exercise

January 8, 2013

At first when I thought about writing a fitness column, I felt inadequate. I’m not a fitness guru, I’m not a personal trainer, hell, I don’t even have a six-pack (of abs, not beer). I gain weight, I lose weight, I go through periods where nothing fits, I go through periods where I feel strong and [...]

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Why I Gym

December 20, 2012

It started in my 20s.  It started when losing weight was just a treadmill away, when happy hours and parties weren’t detrimental to having pants that fit, when all the calories from the night before could be forgiven by a 30-minute elliptical session. But it has turned into so much more. A way of life, [...]

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On Giving

December 3, 2012

I spent a lot of money in my adult years trying to compensate for the fact that the majority of my clothes as a kid were hand-me-downs. My farmer dad did not believe in spending a lot of money on clothes, so once I became an adult with my own money, I gave myself a monthly budget [...]

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