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I had to give my gym the old heave-ho.  Not because of money.  At a little under $30 a month, they are affordable.  For that price I have learned to secretly loathe going there accept the fact that they have no pool or jacuzzi. The real reason I’m giving them the boot, with a little [...]

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Jessica Fick

Guest post from: The Sidewalk Theologian Parents- are you ever terrified when you realize that your kids are picking up your bad habits? Or conversely that you have enough good habits that they’ll learn what’s important to you and emulate these good habits? The other day I trotted down the stairs & Reuben looked at [...]

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My face is kinda like this... but in human form

I can’t believe how hard it is to write about this.  In fact, I’ve had this topic on my “List of Things to Blog about Next,” for over a year! In the past few years I’ve struggled with depression.  I’ve been hesitant to share about it on my blog -in an obvious way that is- [...]

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This is probably an exxageration, but I feel like the best summers I can remember are ones where I’ve spent the majority of it in the water.  When you grow up in the frozen tundra Michigan you come to really appreciate that all to brief June-July-August window when you can actually enjoy the water. For [...]

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I’m off caffeine for 7 days now.  I was pretty seriously addicted with my morning cup of joe, super-sized lunch Diet Cherry Coke & dinner Diet Dr. Pepper  .     Now, I’m just falling asleep all over the place & yawning almost non-stop, but hey I’m making it!  Even the with-drawl headaches have lessened. [...]

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So, yesterday I went to the hip-hop dance class at my gym.  It was super fun!  It was taught by this cute little girl named Shannon who could actually do the moves. (Of course, I was totally distracted by wondering if she’s a student at WMU & if she knows about CBC on campus.  I [...]

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health nut I am not. I’ve yet to make New Year’s resolutions which usually include some sort of hope-against-hope dream that I’ll suddenly get my life together & start eating healthy & run with glee to the nearest gym 5x’s a week. Other years, it’s worked.  I’m a mostly active person.  For crying out loud [...]

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A few years ago I took part in Fit Zone’s for women so-called “21 day fitness study” where they basically rope you in to becoming a member by paying the 1st year in advance for a fraction of the price. At first things were all good… until I had a baby.  The problem is they [...]

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