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Author:	Erik France	Created:	2/22/2007 11:08 AM
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Easter lessons

By Erik France on 4/12/2009 2:43 PM

I have learned a lot this Easter Sunday. God is an unusual, but highly effective, instructor. Read on to see what He has helped me learn today.

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I cannot believe I am going to say this ...

By Erik France on 3/24/2009 8:25 AM

... but I do not want it to snow this weekend.

OK, so there is only a 5% chance of snow on Saturday, but I really do not want it to happen. < gasp! >

I know, I know. Me, who loves the snow and cold.

But Justyn's soccer season starts this weekend and there is so much to do on the lawn and ... well, snow will just get in the way this weekend.

I promise to dance with the Winter Sprites again and sit with Old Man Winter any other time. But not this weekend.

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CACU Survivor Challenge: Week 4

By Erik France on 3/24/2009 8:23 AM

Well, the Survivor Challenge has come to an end. Yes, I forgot to post anything about last week. Sorry about that.

In the final week, I was able to start getting back into the swing of things. It seems like the first week I was able to stay really focused on all of the various things I could do to earn points. However, as the weeks went on, more of my normal habits crept back in and I lost points because, for example, I did not focus on eating correctly or drinking my water every day.

Overall, though, I had a good time and was even able to loose 17 pounds! So I am not complaining at all.

The challenge now is to keep going. I started my morning walk on Monday with about a 1/4 mile jog. That was enough. I cannot say it hurt to run that far, but I was sure doggin’ it by the end. In many ways, that is hard for me to admit. After all, I used to run seven miles as my warm-up routine during high school cross country. I guess I had to work up to that mileage and I will have to work up to...

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CACU Survivor Challenge: Week 2

By Erik France on 3/9/2009 8:27 PM

OK. Bad news first. I blew it this week…

I started out the week well, but I have learned when I am on-call for work and tempted to stay up later at night, there are drastic changes in my daily schedule. For starters, I do not get up in time to take my long walks in the morning. Well, I went downhill fast and became lax on my nutrition / diet and even quit drinking my eight glasses of water each day.

Yeah, basically I blew it.

Come on Week 3 … I know I can do better!

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CACU Survivor Challenge: First Week

By Erik France on 3/1/2009 8:00 PM

As I wind down the first week of the CACU Survivor Challenge, I cannot decide how well I have done. On some of the days I did really well, on others ... well, let's say not many points were earned.

Overall, though, it was a good week.

Exercise I have had a few really sore days, but that is to be expected. I keep telling myself that I can work through it. Only once during the week did I have to quit walking for a couple minutes. I was able to complete the walk, but I did have to stop and let my ankles recover a bit.

Hopefully by the end of this coming week I will feel like I can start jogging a few mornings each week. My personal goal is to be up to jogging four days per week by the end of Survivor Challenge. It is a big goal since I have not done any running since my Sophomore year in college (around 1994).

Nutrition I keep hearing my co-workers complain about this section of the Challenge. There is lots of talk about eating your three servings of fruit and four servings of...

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CACU Survivor Challenge

By Erik France on 2/21/2009 2:29 PM

From February 23rd through March 22nd, people at CommunityAmerica are participating in our "Survivor Challenge". Basically, this is a health challenge where we are forming our own tribes and working together to meet weekly health goals.

For example, I can earn one point for every 30 minutes of non-stop aerobic exercise. Or one point for eating three servings of fruits and four servings of vegetables. There are a few more categories in which I can earn points, but the point is for each team member to earn points each week and then each team's progress will be plotted against all of the other teams.

I am not sure if the team with the most points will win anything, but I know they will have bragging rights. Around the office, that may be more precious than gold.

I have decided to join the Survivor Challenge. I am not sure what will happen over the next few weeks, but if everything goes well, I shall at least be a more fit person. It...

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Fixed ... Kids' Homework

By Erik France on 2/13/2009 12:13 PM

If you tried to view the Kids' Homework post earlier and could not see the image ... I am sorry. I had the wrong security permissions set on the image file. It works now. Trust me.

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