WYCWYC Coast To Coast

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Coco

Taking 10,000 Steps Over 2400 Miles

I hope you have heard about the #WYCWYC movement started by Roni Noone and championed by Carla Birnberg. The WYCWYC website explains it this way:

Born from a longing to end perfectionist tendencies and the “start tomorrow” mindset, the #wycwyc movement reminds us doing what we can when we can is enough. There is no starting over, no magic day of the week, no throwing away the day. By doing what we can when we can we will reach our goals.

Doing something is ALWAYS better than doing nothing and Incremental shifts add up to change over time.

I took this WYCWYC message to heart when I had to spend last Saturday getting home from my business trip to California.  Continue reading →

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My First Impression Of The Fresh Market Grocery Store

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Coco

The Fresh Market Review

I was ridiculously excited for the grand opening of the new Fresh Market grocery store near my house. The shopping center it moved into used to have two grocery stores–a Giant and a Safeway–but they both closed this summer, leaving me without a grocery store on my way home from work. (The Giant I usually shop at is close to home, but not between my house and my office.)

The Fresh Market Review

I marked my calendar for opening day, followed The Fresh Market on Facebook and Twitter so I wouldn’t miss any announcements, and made sure to keep my work calendar clear so I could be there when the doors opened. Continue reading →

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Hotel Room Workouts

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Coco

I had a quick business trip to California last week, with two days of traveling for a one day meeting. I didn’t want to adjust to the time difference for such a short trip, so when I woke up at 3:30 am local time, I decided to get up and see what I could put together for hotel room workouts.

Hotel Room Workout via Got2Run4Me

I had brought my Kindle for reading on the cross-country flights, so I logged on to the hotel wireless to see if I could find any no-equipment exercise videos. Continue reading →

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February Goal Setting

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Coco

Run This Year 2014

I can’t believe that January already has come and gone and here we are several days into February already! A new month means it’s time for a new round of goal setting.

February Goal Setting

I am still in a good groove with my fitness routine, but February will bring some challenges, include more cold weather even though I’m sick of it, more icy running paths even though I’m getting so bored with my treadmill, and a week-long business trip to Europe which, with 4 meetings in 3 cities in 5 days, is not as glamorous as it might sound. With all that in mind, I’ve decided to keep my February goal setting simple: Continue reading →

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The Book Thief Book Review

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Coco

I hadn’t heard about The Book Thief until the movie came out last year, but it sounded like a story I wanted to read before I saw it in the movie theater. When I found it on Amazon I was interested to see that it is a “young adult” book with a target audience age of 12 and up, but since I loved The Hunger Games, that was more of an attraction than a deterrence.

book review - The Book Thief

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