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Tennis Players Strong is Beautiful
I just wrote a blog post about my tennis clothes obsession. And after watching the US open I was thinking about the WTA spots Strong is Beautiful. The spots were controversial, but I think they are great. Young women especially need to get the message that athletics can make you strong AND beautiful. Fitness is more than a…
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Re-engineering a backhand?
I have been playing tennis so long that I have an old fashioned one handed backhand. I also have developed tennis elbow that only hurts on my backhand. It is also always my weakness. Have any of you re-engineered a long time stroke completely? Janet
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Healthy eating is NOT deprivation
I just returned from the farmer's market where I bought the last of the local strawberries and the first of the raspberries, cherries and blueberries, local hormone free filet mignon, organic ice cream, preservative free cinnamon swirl bread, organic eggs and onions still dirty from the ground where they were early this…
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strange USTA match experience
Yesterday was my last match for my women's 18 and over USTA league. I was playing my nemesis at number 1 singles. This is my 3rd time against her this season, I lost the first two matches and she won everyone of her matches. She is definitely a step up from the rest of our 3.5 league. The first set I lost at 7-5, the…
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Playing in heat and humidity
Two weeks ago, I wore long sleeves and pants and was still cold for a night match! How I longed for warmer weather. Now the heat index is nearing 100 degrees. Any tips for dealing with matches when the sweat is just pouring off of you even before the first change over?
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Body Pump question-jumping
I love my body pump class and one of my goals of 2013 is getting to 3 per week instead of two. I am 58 years old after losing 75 pounds on my year on MFP, I now weigh 200 pounds. I play a lot of tennis and when I do, I wear ankle braces because of previously having two broken ankles. My question-does it really make sense…
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Holiday meal planning and traditions
How is your holiday meal planning progressing? And what are your special meal traditions. I ordered all of the seafood for our Christmas eve feast. It is seafood because MIL is Polish and at her mother’s house we would have a full Polish feast and break oplatki Communion-like wafers to share with each other as a sign of…
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Round 5 how are your holidays going?
Do we have a round 5 spreadsheet? This is such a tough time to stay motivated we need all the tools possible! My first Christmas party is this week. At least the office is going to celebrate at a bowling alley, so there will be movement. And as if the holidays were not enough temptation, LOTSof family and office birthdays.
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Nov 12 menopausal mad hatter chatter
Everyone, we made it through the year's biggest eating holiday, did everyone survive? The amount of posting has really decreased and I think that this holiday time is the time when we most need to be checking in and checking on each other, so I hope to see lots of posts! Definitely seems like there is a sickness that is…
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What are you wearing New Year's Eve?
I decided to start this topic as a way to focus motivation during the holiday temptation season. Do you have something in your closet that right now is a little bit too tight, that you might like to wear on New Year's eve? Don't need to go out, or stay up till midnight to have an excuse to dress up a little flashier than…
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10/8 Hatter Chatter. And a challenge
GOOD MORNING Hatter Friends! And to those north of the border Happy Thanksgiving, Yesterday I read that Johns Hopkins study says if you want to lose weight the magic number is 9. Nine servings of fruit and vegetables a day. So my challenge is that we focus on getting those 9 servings. It sounds like way too much, but I can…
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8-18- Saturday Hatters Move to the Hits Parade
Ladies, Whether you are walking, running, hiking, swimming, or just at home dancing to the hits this Saturday, here is our first weekly Saturday Hatters Move to the Hits Parade Play List---Now lets get moving to the beat together.....drum roll please..... WARM UP OperatorJim Croce TEN FOR MOVING man, i feel like a…
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8-14-12-Tuesday Get up and go!
Good morning ladies! At 5:20 when I hit the alarm, I thought I just NEED to sleep. But when the 5:25 back up alarm rang, I was able to drag myself out of bed because I didn't want to report to all my Hatter friends that I just couldn't get to my body pump class. So again thanks for being here, I am wearing the craziest…
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Doing anything with buttons
One of my favorite ways to spruce up clothes and make them unique is by changing the buttons. I also will sometimes make designs on something using the buttons. I have not used buttons to embellish my quilts but I have seen some that use that technique. Anyway, Joann's is having a half off button sale, plus 25% off for…
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USTA Season-Players
Today is the opening match of the USTA season. I am playing 3.5 ladies doubles. I am excited to be playing 31 pounds lighter. I had a practice match, that we lost, 5-7, 6-0, 3rd set tiebreak 10-8. While it was rough losing a heartbreak match, I felt very positive about the way I was playing. Best of all was the big…
