Archive for May 2013
Couch Slug’s Confession: Exercise, Weight Loss and FOOD
I’m going to take this Couch Slug’s confession to a new and terrifying place for myself: exercise, nutrition, and weight. I just typed those three words and I felt the heavy load of the subject rest upon my weary self, but nevertheless, I’m still going there. This is the second time in my personal history…
Read MoreCycling Saga of a Couch Slug – Part 2 of 2
After reading the first part of my epic cycling saga, I fear that I might have omitted some of my few skills in the area of all things physical. Yes, it is absolutely true that the only sport I can claim as a part of my high school experience is Speech and Debate, but I…
Read MoreTraining a Couch Slug – part 1 of 2
If you are one of those people for whom exercise comes naturally and easily, then I admire you. My relationship to exercise and training is a wary one. I am a naturally sedentary person. My leisurely pursuits are sedentary activities: quilting, reading, writing, composing. Keeping in shape is not something that comes naturally to me.…
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