My motivation for working out was to look better naked and while I love my healthy lifestyle, I still want to Look Better Naked.
This time last year I was ducking Facebook and Twitter statuses because once again I had wussed out from a race. I had signed up for the Broad Street Run with the best of intentions. I really was going to do those ten miles but didn’t. No excuses, I just did not prepare and, even worse, didn’t even show up….
I can claim something that I have never claimed before: I jogged for twelve minutes straight!It was on the treadmill (next goal, an outdoor run) but darn it I was running, jogging! I have finally reached week six of couch to 5K and boy oh boy did I tear up that treadmill. I cranked up my showtunes, gave myself a pep talk and away I…
This week I decided that Monday Listicles should be an ode to the better Rachee I am becoming since going to the gym. At first I was all like: But then I realized that while my dress size has not gone down (Boo!) there really are some other benefits to working out. 1. I can (almost!) do a split.I have been diligently…
Unless, of course, you’re not. One of the results I hope to gain from running is to not be able to hear myself breathing, something I call the Darth Vader sound. The sound of something that keeps me alive has been the bane of my existence . My aunt would oft remark about how I sounded like I was a “masher**” when we would…
In which I share that I am doing things I was not able to do a month ago. In prep for the Broad Street Run, as well as to get in shape and to stop sounding like Darth Vader, I have been getting gym time in when I can. I have found that being prepared (gym bag packed and left in…
