Lily's Health Pad

Merry Christmas Eve! When I last posted, my mom, my dad, Stephen, and I were gearing up for the Cross-Country Christmas Caravan of 2009. After waking up at 3 a.m., piling in the car, and driving for 14 hours (we made great time this year), my family safely arrived in Missouri around 6 o’clock on [...]

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Greetings! I hope you all have been having a great Monday! My day began with a nice run. (And whoa was my entire body sore from this.) And then a trip to the eye doctor where my eyes were dilated. Which meant that I got to wear these bad boys behind my glasses for a [...]

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Cardio is definitely my exercise of choice.  Strength training can be fun, but in my mind, it just doesn’t live up to the heart pumping appeal of cardio. However, strength training is important! Let me remind you of some strength training benefits: 1) Increased Metabolism – Strength training increases the body’s metabolic rate. One pound [...]

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I’m officially breaking from my internship for Christmas.  And boy does it feel extra Christmas-like here in South Carolina.  We had a winter “storm” yesterday that consisted of a lot of sleet and snow.  There was no accumulation, but the fact that there was visible snow is fairly rare for this area.   The arrival [...]

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It’s getting so close to Christmas! Have you mailed your Christmas cards yet? I haven’t! Look at the cards my mom is sending out. Each year she paints a Christmas piece and prints it onto note cards. Max and Clara, my nephew and niece, have been her subjects for a few years now. Here they [...]

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