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Get Those Steps In: The Benefits of Walking

Get Those Steps In: The Benefits of Walking

New year, new you, right?  If you’re like me, you hopped on a scale over the weekend and were both shocked and offended.  I looked down and saw numbers that would qualify me for a “Caution: Heavy Object” sticker if someone decided to ship me anywhere. As January unfolds, its time for me to get back to basics, and no – that doesn’t mean I will be shelling out some ridiculous monthly fee to go to a gym and sweat…

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Make Way For The Walking Man

Make Way For The Walking Man

After a long, cold winter of such strenuous projects as reading, working on my Duolingo Spanish (a third attempt), exhausting my Hulu and Netflix video library, and playing with LEGOs, I forced myself upon a set of bathroom scales the other day and also found out that I’ve apparently been eating and snacking like a prisoner on death row.  The scale settled in on numbers that made me swear out loud when I read the final tally, but I then…

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Get Out and Walk – It’s Good For You

Get Out and Walk – It’s Good For You

From the looks of the weather forecasts, it appears that the oppressive heat of this summer will finally take a break in the next week or two (hopefully for good this year), so it’s time to start thinking about fall-weather activities. The Four-State area is blessed with many pristine and beautiful spots to do the simplest form of exercise imaginable – walking. Whether it be on the C&O Canal, the Western Maryland Rail Trail, a city or county park, or…

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