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Health & Fitness

Even under the best of circumstances, striking a balance between “real life” and focusing on health and fitness is no easy task. Fold in military spouse life, and it kicks that challenge up a notch! 

This category will give you insight from a milspouse perspective, including workouts, celebrating victories (large and small), and how to put your health as a priority, no matter what milspouse life throws your way. 

Trust us. These great resources will make you “sit-up” and take notice. Don’t “weight” too long or “waist” any time.  “Run” through these blogs. We are serious. “Jump” to it. 

PS: Don’t skip leg day. 

10 Tips for Handling the “Holiday Blues”

For many service members, veterans, and their families, the holidays are a great time of laughter, cheer, and togetherness. However, we also know that for some of us, the holidays can be a difficult time.

We may remember family members, friends, and battle buddies who are no longer with us to celebrate the season. Although we feel the loss all year long, these feelings of sadness and loss are heightened during the holidays. This can mean an increase in depression and anxiety symptoms. If you experience these types of emotions during the holidays, please be honest with yourself and take the necessary actions to reduce stress.

To start, try your best to prevent an increase in levels of stress and depression. An article released by the Mayo Clinic recommends several tips to help prevent and reduce stress and depression during the holiday season

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Find Your Tribe, Love Them Hard

I never considered myself an athlete. I swam competitively growing up, but I was rarely on top of any podium. I couldn’t kick a ball if my life depended on it. And I definitely couldn’t run. Not a single mile.

Ever.

But loneliness can make you do some crazy things. Like being freshly postpartum with your third kid in the middle of a deployment and signing up for some weird mommy boot camp exercise class.

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I Bet On Me

Take a moment right now and look back on your past year. What have you accomplished? Did you set any goals in the beginning of the year, or did you delay in making a commitment?

As we progress over the years and our priorities change, our lives begin to clutter up with stuff.

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Why Do I Run? Part 2

If the first set of comments on “Why Do I Run” didn’t inspire you, then maybe you will find some inspiration in the following. The individuals below are from the novice to the advanced. The common thread that ties them together is that they all were inspired to try something to see if they liked it. Once upon a time, there was a person I was training, and we met a couple of times a week after work. We would hit the track and walk and run only for a couple of miles. After about a month, Candy just came out of the blue and said, “I don’t like running.” Well, that caught me by surprise, but I listened. She just said, “I like walking.” So, we did accomplish one thing—we found out she preferred to walk. Can you say the same?

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Why Do I Run? Part 1

Greetings to everyone! Depending on what part of the country you’re from, you could be in the middle of a heatwave. If that’s the case, then just slow down and take it easy.

Speaking of taking it easy…

It’s been two years this month since my mitral heart valve repair, and I am not fully adjusted. I sometimes find myself locked in the past. I’m referring to what I used to do when I should really be focused on what I can do.

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A New Me in 2019

If you have been following my blog, you will know that near the end of last year I started to realize that I needed to re-examine some of the choices I was making in my life, and that I needed to really focus on getting healthy. I am working on this part of my life, each and every day. Aside from some rude comments being made to me one day about my size, I was also beginning to experience episodes of apnea during illness. You can read more about that here.

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