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Everybody’s Stretching

Everyone is talking about stretching now. And stretching businesses are springing up – almost as fast as car washes. We recognize that stretching is one of the body’s basic needs – think of it as grease for the gears of your car. No grease, no go – or at least, no go well. Stretching is…

Not what I wanted to do on my summer vacation!

Lessons in Medicine or What I did on My Summer Vacation

YOU ARE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE “You got to know when to hold ‘em, Know when to fold ‘em, Know when to walk away, And know when to run. You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table. There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealing ‘s done.” That is the famous chorus…

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How Much Grit Does It Take?

A Review of Saved: A War Reporter’s Mission to Make it Home by Benjamin Hall “You got to have a dream. If you don’t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?”* So, no dream = no passion = no reason to move= marking time = stagnation = failure. So, we start…

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My Weight Loss Journey

It has taken about a year, but I found a way to lose 90 pounds. Before you say that’s a short time to lose that much, I have a history of being able to lose huge amounts in a short time. Which has been part of my problem in maintaining the loss. Another part of…

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Surviving the Holiday Season without Losing your Waistline or your Mind

As soon as we feel the crisp hints of fall, we start craving pumpkin-spiced lattes, pumpkin pie, roasted turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and all things fall. Then, with the first hint of winter, our cravings turn to hot chocolate, eggnog, tamales, roast beef, cookies, more cookies, and all the fabulous Christmas foods we look forward…

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My Life Could Have Been Very Different Had I Not Been Working Out

I’ve been working out with Kerry and his team since April 2015. I joined after I first saw the television commercials that were running at the time. I was interested in returning to a gym, having gone to several gyms off and over the course of the prior 20+ years. Of particular interest to me…

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Getting Through A Crippling Stroke

“Your Mom probably will not walk again.” This was a statement made to my son after my stroke which paralyzed my left arm, left leg and foot. I had been working out at Next Step Fitness (and its predecessor Fitness Together) for a couple of years before my stroke. But, since I was born at…

Renee weight lifting

How Working Out Gave Me Self-Confidence

“I absolutely love going here! Working out is something I struggled with every day and then I found Kerry and his team and I am so happy that I joined! All the trainers there are amazing and very helpful. They care about your goals and will do what they need to do to help you…

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How I Survived COVID-19

In late December 2020, I tested positive for COVID 19. (I don’t know how I caught it because I was doing everything we were told to do to avoid it.) I was hospitalized in Methodist Hospital for three weeks. I was in the ICU for two weeks and was one day away from having to…

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How I learned that Getting Old and Fat was not Inevitable

I started working with a personal trainer at the request of my husband who himself had started working with a personal trainer.  I agreed to work with him because I wanted to be cooperative – not because I felt I needed it.  In my mind, I felt that I could run a mile whenever I…

3 Comments

  1. Patricia Cantu on June 27, 2022 at 3:41 pm

    Renee, your story is truly inspiring. You go girl!

  2. Patricia Cantu on June 27, 2022 at 3:41 pm

    Renee, your story is truly inspiring. You go girl!

  3. Mark on September 11, 2022 at 1:46 pm

    Thanks for your blog, nice to read. Do not stop.

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