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Getting Clean

Nov 13, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 22 Comments

Getting Clean

What does “getting clean” mean to you? It could be as difficult as speaking a truth that has been hard to share or as complex as shaking yourself free from addiction. Regardless of what we are faced with, sometimes “getting clean,” is harder than it appears. Seven weeks ago my friend and fellow writer, Mary, announced to her Facebook friends that […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Life Cleanse, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Eat clean, exercise, Forgiveness, PiYo, voice inside your head

What is it with guys at the gym?

Nov 6, 2014 By elinwaldal 11 Comments

What is it with guys at the gym?

Enquiring minds want to know, what is it with guys at the gym? Noises–sweat that is rarely managed–more noises–wandering eyes–more noises. Seriously? it’s just gross. We don’t belong to some high end gym, in fact we don’t belong to a gym at all. We do however pay an association fee in our neighborhood which primarily […]

Filed Under: Exercise, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: exercise, gym, men, workout

Take a Hike

Sep 4, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal Leave a Comment

“I see nothing which I have seen before; A man is never lost, he has only been mislaid. Got to move on, got to travel, walk away my blues.” -Terry Russell Yesterday I took a hike. The trail I chose wended its way through a canyon which led to an enormous hill with a water tower […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Travel Tagged With: #SDBLC, hiking, Perspective

What a week can do: Perspective Day 20

Feb 20, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal Leave a Comment

What a week can do: Perspective Day 20

Although my commitment to daily blogging hasn’t exactly been perfect this month, I am happy to say when it comes to my announcement on Day 11 to reclaim my health and love for exercise, things are looking good. It turns out what I really needed was a kick in the ass from an electronic device–yes, […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: exercise, fitbit, hiking, Motivation, NaBlogPoMo

Health: Persepctive Day 11

Feb 11, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal Leave a Comment

Health: Persepctive Day 11

Years ago I was a runner. I ran numerous half-marathons and even one marathon. I was addicted. If I didn’t run my mood would suffer–and not surprisingly–pretty much anyone that was around me did too. At one point I ran so much while pushing a purple double baby jogger that strangers would sometimes stop and […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: exercise, fitbit, vitamix

Running home to me

Apr 20, 2011 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Running home to me

  For years I was a runner. I have run from people, places, jobs, situations, success…you get the point…if I could run from it, many times I would but for the most part, that is a thing of the past. On a different level I also have been an on again off again runner–as in for […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: health, running, Self-Care

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