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Got Juice? Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead

April 5, 2012 in Just Life, Raising these kids, Raising these Parents, Weight Loss, Women's Health

I went through a documentary phase and netflix made a (surprisingly) pertinent recommendation– Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. I am fascinated with the sheer amount of bad foot we all eat. My lifestyle– though better– still needs improvement. I do love my precious-es…internet, and books. I tried once to internet surf while running on the treadmill– not recommended. In order for the eventual adults I’m raising to make informed food choices, they need the knowledge [...]

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No Calzone, NO

February 27, 2012 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, Just Life, Weight Loss, Women's Health

How do I feel about this whole being fat thing? Meh, I am overweight; that’s reality, it’s not cruel, it just is. Some people like to run around saying they aren’t defined by their weight– liars. You are, I am, she is, he is. I am defined and categorized by my weight, in the same way I am defined by my sex, my height, my hair color. All are a part of the whole that [...]

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Half Marathon Training, Dirty Dancing, and Frozen Spinach

September 10, 2011 in Half Marathon Training, Just Life, Things that Make Me Twitchy, Women's Health

Quick– when you see those words, what things pop into your head? The newest thing in runner’s training programs? Future reality TV show pitch? Le sigh, I wish. In June, when I first posted about running a half marathon, I was excited and optimistic. Back then there were many weeks before October 16th. In August, I was still optimistic, having gotten up to almost 7 miles, though slightly less excited (running long distances on a [...]

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Perspective

July 17, 2011 in Half Marathon Training, Just Life, Women's Health

Only 12 weeks left until I have to run 13.1 miles. To accomplish this, I need to increase my running distance by a little less than a mile each week. Which, though still a challenge doesn’t seem so impossible to me anymore. Even as I sport sore shins after yesterday’s not-quite-5-miles (ahem, 4.62) outside run. JB did me a solid tonight when he listened to me talk about how I’ve been all running like Forrest [...]

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Whatcha Running For

June 20, 2011 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, Just Life, Things that Make Me Twitchy, Women's Health

Beyond just getting excited and signing up for something because I need the motivation to do what needs to be done exercise-wise? Why else am I running? First and foremost– because exercise is the easiest and cheapest snake oil* for a lot of what ails ya. Mildly Depressed? Exercise. Kind of Anxious? Exercise. Nights with Insomnia? Exercise. Too much ADHD? Exercise. Constantly irritated by almost everyone around you? Exercise. Or move to an isolated island, [...]

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My First Half Marathon

June 6, 2011 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, Women's Health

Wait, let me say that again– Half. Marathon. Running. 13.1 Miles. Me, at 5’4 carrying 180 pounds of pure muscle leftover pregnancy fat. I’ve totally been running regularly have sporadically ran a mile. That’s right, party people, Scattermom is going to be hoofing it in the Ramblin’ Rose 1/2 Marathon in October. Of this year. Training and running a half marathon is totally on my Bucket List. That, by the way, was a huge, whooping [...]

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You Spin Me

May 11, 2011 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, Just Life, Women's Health

right round, baby right round like a record, baby Right round round round You spin me right round, baby Right round like a record, baby Right round round round Yes, you are all most welcome for next few days where that bad 80s song-now-remade-because-original-thought-is-dead will spin round in your head. My head spinning thing is more about some really obnoxious dizziness mixed with crushing fatigue. Fatigue on adderall? See, that’s just not right. And after [...]

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Things That Make Me Twitchy

January 31, 2011 in Politics, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, Women's Health

I think I’ll start a whole new line of thought with this, so I can complain and bang my head in confusion, all while getting out some of my twitchy. In general, I’m twitchy about a lot of stuff– pick one: the environment, the war, money-hungry corporations that get to steal whenever, Monsanto, both political parties, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, health insurance companies, racists, sexists… I mean, seriously– I twitch a lot. And [...]

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It’s Hypochondria Season, y’all

December 29, 2010 in Just Life, Women's Health

I’d love to say that this post about someone else. A friend or a relative with a webmd problem. And I could say that, but mostly it’s about me. As a quick aside, let’s me take a moment to whine about this Age of Four. Honestly, I’m not a fan. Give me back a colicky, non-sleeping newborn. Or a biting 2 year old. Those ages have their challenges, but none of those challenges include asking, [...]

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It’s Alive

October 23, 2010 in Just Life, Women's Health

And by “it’s“, I mean, me and by “alive” I mean, the antibiotics finally kicked in. But it’s too close to Halloween to miss the opportunity for a Frankenstein reference. Last Thursday (it’s now Saturday) I woke up feeling as if I had swallowed a bunch of razor blades. Since sword swallowing is not part of my carnie repertoire, I knew this meant nothing good. After a shower where I cried (literally) just from the [...]

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