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Archive | July, 2011

Dont be me.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

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ahh it’s a baby misfit. 35 lbs lighter & just discovering weights.   Ahh People. The list of what I wish I’d know when I started training is huge.  tremendous. hugemendous. DONT BE ME. DONT BE ME.**     **At your seriously Woman we CANT STAND when you close the comments!! request Ive opened the [...]

My Retro Fitness Secret… (guest post)

Friday, July 29, 2011

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My name is Retro Mimi, and if you read my blog, 1972: The Retro WW Experiment – you know that I like to write about my adventures in retro dieting. Sometimes the food can be a little scary, but it is ALWAYS fun. So when the wonderful and generous Carla asked for a guest post, [...]

Framed.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

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(This is but a small sampling. I am, indeed, an addict.) Ok, People. I start this post by longing to make a comparison I know will date me, and one I used to make repeatedly back in the day. Back in the day when it still dated me—-just not as much. To know me. To [...]

Come hang out with me?

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

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(ahh yes. there IS a story here)   Once upon a time I was a traditional writer (well, as traditional as this misfit could ever be) & I had a book signing. It was a quiet affair. I sat at a table and signed and waited and waited and signed another book and waited and [...]

The one where I seek your sartorial help.

Monday, July 25, 2011

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“Oh Mama. I love these. Can I have them when Im 16??”** Oh People. I am predictable and I realize this. (Please to reflect back upon my many ramblings about how the word play here is MIZFIT and MISFIT not Miss. Fit.) There are many facets of my life where I trust my gut implicitly. [...]

The winner of the Oh! Shoes giveaway…

Monday, July 25, 2011

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                  Ana of this comment: Those shoes would glam up my slightly sad work dresses and make me cry with laughter as my girls clomped around the house in them. I love the Alanas in black (or any color) or the very, very fancy Traci. Truely I [...]

Ive never eaten an olive.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

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It’s way too hot in the ATX to do any of this:   I know. My pants ARE FUN!! Way. So today we are chopping up some *colorful* salad. Some Mediterranean Salad courtesy of Ready Set Eat. Anyone wanna place bets on how swiftly the MOM child picks OUT those olives & stacks em on [...]

Should women lift weights? (guest post)

Friday, July 22, 2011

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(Why no. I didn’t train with the Angry Trainer, but I would have if he’d lived nearby!)   For the last twenty years I have listened to women complain that lifting weights will give them big muscles, that it will make them look like a man, and have sat by and watched as they have [...]

We have our first Fit Stella post!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

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Ahh people. Bear with me. This is blogged from the phone. The child is awake. Im tired to the bone** Spur of the moment. I decided to check. I was shocked! We had emails! & I thought: what the heck? I cut and I pasted. I think it all took. If you have you a [...]

Party!!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

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Subtitle: What Ive learned after a few days of being 42.   Whats the most important thing? FAMILY!* (I miss ye Arrested Development)  Period. Always. Monday was no work.  All Being Present. Youre never too old to match.  (It’s hard to tell in the pic below, but our tees match.  She proclaimed us doppelgangers. I [...]