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Feb 5, 2012, 12:45 am
Finally we've hit a long weekend here in Auckland - one where I'm not working - so I spent my entire Saturday in bed asleep. Which meant today, I really wanted to get some training under my belt.
One of my friends is currently training for the police so she goes for runs regularly, and I know that ... Comment - Like
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Feb 4, 2012, 4:00 am
When those '1 day deal' sites started popping up I created several accounts in a hurry. A few bad experiences and a few expired deals meant that I tried (note, I said tried) to avoid purchases on them thereafter.
One of the sites gave me a $10 credit which I never used, and I received an email from... Comment - Like
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Jan 31, 2012, 12:00 pm
Two members of my close family recently have had coronary artery stent placement surgery.
For those of you who are not familiar with the procedure, here is a brief definition.
A coronary stent is a tube placed in the coronary arteries that supply the heart, to keep the arteries open in the treatment... Comment - Like
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Jan 24, 2012, 3:15 am
So it's January, and everyone is feeling sluggish and run down from the excess eating and drinking that they have done over the Christmas and New Year.
And so, it's January, and talk is full of how everyone is feeling so fat and how they want to get their weight down as fast as they possibly can.
Th... Comment - Like
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Jan 23, 2012, 3:00 am
After my grand old declaration of running last week, the following day I was saddled with a cold. As much as I want to run, it's not wise until I'm 100% better. I'm already exhausted enough as it is if I take everything out of my training and just leave the classes that I'm teaching.
So once I'm b... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2012, 3:15 am
I had this brief encounter at a service station before I was heading off to teach my RPM class for the evening.
* Marshmallow walks into service station to pay for petrolService Station GuyHi there.MarshmallowHi there, the petrol on pump 3 thanks.Service Station GuyHow was your day?MarshmallowYeah i... Comment - Like
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Jan 16, 2012, 4:15 am
Well well well.
I've just come out of the end of my very first run on the C25K program.
I was kinda dreading it, not so much that I would find it hard in its own right, but moreso that I would find it hard on the back of teaching two RPM classes for the day.
I got up at 4:45am to teach my 6am class ... Comment - Like
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Jan 9, 2012, 3:00 pm
One of my goals for 2012 was 'Eat Something', which I felt I had to delve into a little deeper as it's something that has changed dramatically over the last couple of years.
It was shortly after I threw in the towel with dieting that I began to pursue group fitness instructing. I'm so glad that I d... Comment - Like
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Jan 3, 2012, 3:30 am
I know I made my big blogging declaration last month with the promise of more blogging, and well, there has been blogging but not on this blog! Never mind. The general busy-ness of December descended upon me.
But that's behind me now.
Now I'm looking forward. I haven't been one for making resolu... Comment - Like
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Dec 2, 2011, 12:36 am
Hello everyone ;)
Yep, I know it's been a while. Blogging mojo hasn't really been on, and I've been quite flat out and all over the place lately.
However! Would you believe it, I got an iPhone - and it surprisingly has freed up a lot of time at the beginning and ends of my day which I used to spen... Comment - Like
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Sep 10, 2011, 10:01 pm
I highly encourage if you haven't seen this post, and haven't submitted a response in the comments to at least think of your answer to this question.
Suppose you exercised three times a week. Suppose you got stronger. Suppose your body were stronger and happier, you could lift more, walk further &... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2011, 4:00 am
Now that I essentially work in the fitness industry (even though teaching group fitness doesn't feel like work to me, it's amazing fun and I love what I do), I'm interested in hearing from you guys and about your perceptions of the industry.
Here is basically what I'm interested in knowing:How do yo... Comment - Like
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Jun 24, 2011, 3:30 am
A while back, I was called up by a gym and asked to cover an RPM class where the instructor had gotten sick. I'd taught at that gym before as my friend has a regular class there, so I was more than happy to oblige.
I like to turn up early before class and talk to the members, see if there's anyone ... Comment - Like
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Apr 9, 2011, 6:00 pm
Back when weight loss was my primary goal, I published progress photos of when I had gotten down to 74kg.
Every now and then I get a few people stumble upon the old posts and comment on them.
This morning, this happened. Someone came across the 74kg progress photo page, and felt the need to leave m... Comment - Like
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Mar 31, 2011, 5:00 am
The other night I took out my dinner after coming home from teaching an RPM class. Normally I'd have dinner closer to the gym where I taught, but I had to be back home earlier on this particular night, so I instead made the drive home hungry as hell and came home scrounging around for food.
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Mar 24, 2011, 9:45 am
I'm subscribed to the site Microaggressions.com which is a website of examples of where prejudice is shoved in peoples faces guised in a wrapper of 'it's no big deal'. It's pretty powerful reading, especially as most of the entries are only a sentence long. It shows that while we have come a long ... Comment - Like
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Jan 2, 2011, 8:52 pm
Sweet zombie hitler it's 2011. Christmas for the most part of it was dull, New Years was dull, but the days in between and thereafter have been amazing. Simply because I've amped up my weight training and already in just a couple of weeks am finding strength that I only had before my car accident in... Comment - Like
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Dec 4, 2010, 8:30 pm
I've now been instructing for about 6-7 months, and last week was the second class I taught where I wasn't covering for someone else; it was actually *my* spot on the timetable. It's a little frustrating that I only teach my own class once every two weeks, but that's a decision that the management ... Comment - Like
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Nov 27, 2010, 1:15 am
It's ridiculous how little time I have to blog now - but I want to make it clear that it's because I'm having the time of my life.
A year ago I could not have imagined that I would've taken the plunge and be where I am now, experiencing happiness the way I am now. I can honestly say that I don't th... Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2010, 4:55 pm
Far out, mad mad world in Marshyland!
I've been covering lots of RPM classes lately, so have enjoyed being able to teach regularly and I feel like I'm getting better and more comfortable every class I teach.
In fact, last night I taught a class and I had a couple of members come up to me afterwards ... Comment - Like
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Jul 10, 2010, 6:30 am
Again, blogging is very active over on C&E, so this poor blog is getting a wee bit neglected (I haz a sorry!)
Some recommended reading for you coming over from the Kekster; this freaking brilliant post.
Think about the people who love you, like you, value your skills and opinions, respect you. ...
T... Comment - Like
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Jun 11, 2010, 2:30 am
I'll be writing about my journey to becoming an RPM instructor on here in the near future; although I'm currently writing about it in great detail over on C&E, so if you want to find out what's happening as far as my RPM teaching goes, head on over! The only thing is if you're unfamiliar with Les M... Comment - Like
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May 8, 2010, 7:45 am
I started going to the gym in October of 2006, after reading about BODYPUMP - the Les Mills weights program - on Dietgirl's blog and how insanely insane it was.
Blogging is the internet form of Word Of Mouth, and I cannot imagine how my life would have turned out had I not read Shauna's blog, and h... Comment - Like
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Apr 30, 2010, 4:00 am
I've been living a bit of a double life recently.
There's been things going on that you don't know about. I've been wanting to share them with you, but I've been needing something before I can come clean, and it hasn't arrived yet. Every day I've been walking around with this, hiding it from many ... Comment - Like
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Apr 24, 2010, 8:00 am
This article was published a few days ago, though since I've been ridiculously ridiculous, I've only been looking through my Google Reader now.
I saw this article published via Living 400lbs (love that blog), which broke my heart.
Naveen Kumar, a 29 year old trader burnt his wife alive because she w... Comment - Like
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Apr 20, 2010, 5:30 am
A few days ago...
MumSo what are we doing on Tuesday?MarshmallowOh I'm busy on Tuesday, got RPM in the morning, then Balance and some core training before JamMumSo when will we go to dinner?Marshmallow...Marshmallow...dinner? What dinner?MumYour birthday dinner...MarshmallowOh! That...MarshmallowHa... Comment - Like
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Apr 14, 2010, 5:30 am
Not so long ago, I got my class times confused and ended up turning up to the gym at 8am for a 9am Pump class. The short of it is that I turned up an hour early.
I decided to use the time to do something I haven't done for a while - go on the treadmill. The last time I did this was in Colorado, wh... Comment - Like
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Apr 6, 2010, 1:30 am
...begins with one sentence.
I've agonised over the writing of this post for several weeks now. Some of you have sensed that something's not right in The Land Of Marshmallow, and you'd be correct.
The short story of it is that something did happen, I escalated it through official channels and I did... Comment - Like
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Apr 4, 2010, 3:00 am
There's been a lot of negativity in Marshyland - it seems like every other day I'm experiencing some forms of discrimination due to body size. Which probably explains all of the Mad Marshy posts. Believe it or not, they are a *fraction* of what I have been experiencing recently.
But, finally somet... Comment - Like
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Mar 24, 2010, 2:15 pm
There's been a bit of crap happening lately - I'm not able to (yet) write about the initial spark that fuelled the crappiness, though the crappiness has been ongoing and it's been exhausting.
My friend Patrick in Melbourne, whom I met through the Les Mills forums and the C&E blog, and I've been babb... Comment - Like
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Mar 20, 2010, 4:30 pm
For those of you who are naive to the extreme measures people go to to lose weight, check out this article.Mahauraki's usage of P, having found it helped with issues associated with his weight problems, had ultimately lead him into the other perils of drug possession and put him in this predicament,... Comment - Like
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Mar 19, 2010, 1:30 am
I read this post by Sara over at Sanafit (wicked awesome blog, if you don't read it, DO! Consider that an order!) who alerted me about this woman's quest to eat and eat until she became The World's Fattest Woman.
An American woman who already weighs 273 kilos is on a mission to become the fattest w... Comment - Like
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Mar 17, 2010, 2:00 pm
Before I get going, some of you have noticed that I've removed the Les Mills post. I had a discussion with a couple of people who work for LMNZ, and came to the agreement that the post was misleading - it gave the impression that my concerns are to do with the gyms in New Zealand, when this isn't c... Comment - Like
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Dec 23, 2009, 2:35 pm
MumRaina, do you want some towels?MarshmallowOooooo... I really like those black onesMumI'll buy them for you. I'll buy you the blue onesMarshmallowBut I don't want the blue ones, I want the black onesMumBut I'm going to buy you the blue onesMarshmallowNever mind, don't buy me any, I'll buy the bla... Comment - Like
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Nov 21, 2009, 2:00 pm
Some of you who know me in real life know that apart from blogging and Les Mills, I'm a big cricket fan. I even tried writing a cricket blog for a while, but was spectacularly bad at it. I don't have that much of a cricketing brain, but when I watch it and read about it, I enjoy soaking up as much... Comment - Like
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Nov 20, 2009, 4:15 am
It is rather strange how wit seems to be embarrassingly absent in some situations, and other times, it appears out of nowhere and you go, "Bloody hell, was that me?"
Case in point below.
* Marshmallow enters the sauna at the gym. There's already a lady in there, lying down. She sits upright... Comment - Like
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