That kind and sensitive middle-age man

Filed Under (Fitness Tips) by Admin on 15-04-2009


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Jerky.com Discount For Catapult Fitness Blog Readers!

Filed Under (Mico Fitness) by Admin on 15-04-2009

I received such positive feedback from several Catapult Fitness Blog readers who have ordered the Pineapple Jerky reviewed here last month, that I reached out to the folks at Jerky.com and they agreed to provide a discount code to CFB readers that is good on all of their products!

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Trust Issues: When Your Body is Not Your Own

Filed Under (Equipment Experiments) by Admin on 15-04-2009


My friend E is a medical miracle. Several weeks ago she was struck down by a bacteria that on Friday made her feel flu-ish and by Monday had her in a coma that the doctors said she would not come out of. Emergency surgery that required a team of 12 doctors, several near misses in the ICU and days of prayers from her loved ones – including her husband and three adorable little girls – finally saw her through the other end. I don’t know how she felt when she awoke but it must have been like a bad movie. The day she fell ill, she wrote on her Facebook status “Just got back from playing outside with my girls” – a status that epitomized everything she was: a loving mother, active, healthy and beautiful inside and out. And then the day she awoke from her coma, her health was gone from her. Just like that, the mother who fed her daughters three meals a day didn’t have the strength to feed herself. The dear friend who never forgot to send a note for my birthday now couldn’t even take my phone calls. The woman who always looked so beautiful and put together couldn’t even recognize herself in the mirror.

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