Author: Leslie Rae Newton
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Dream in Color
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Dreams never die; they may morph, but they never die. My dream of being a top IFBB fitness competitor has transitioned into a new journey into the word of CrossFit. Knee injuries and surgeries have retired me out of the IFBB as a pro fitness competitor–My body cannot take the gymnastics tumbling anymore. However, my…
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Yesterday: Friend or Foe
Life offers an endless range of opportunities for success and failure, courage and cowardice, and survival and victimization. Some experiences are carried from one juncture to the next and influence latter outcomes, but other experiences are better left behind in a corner of our memory which has no control over our tomorrow. Perhaps it is a…
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One Dream Closer
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Friends, First, I must apologize for such a long absence–not that I am disillusioned that my silence affected your life, but it did mine, I miss writing. Regardless, let’s play catch up. The last three years has been consumed with pursuing a dream: the law. My passion for the law began long before my passion…
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Tailgating: Go Long Without Widening Your Endzone
FOODS EVEN LINEBACKERS SHOULD AVOID FOODS TO KEEP YOUR TIGHT END 1. SAUSAGE QUESO DIP (1/4 C) 200 Calories (13g fat, 6g carb, 11g pro) v. SALSA (1/4 C) 100 Calories (0.2g fat, 7g carb, 5g pro)2. HOT WINGS (4) 220 Calories (15g fat, 1g carb, 20g pro) v. GRILLED CHICKEN TENDER (4) 130 Calories…
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Jar of Hearts
The heart will never cease to amaze me. I will never stop being suprised how many times a heart can break, even in a day. the world turns on love and hate, and it seems the two are inable to co-exist or be inseperable
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Resolution Rehash
New year resolutions always get me thinking. Mainly because they are usually the same…rather it is to lose weight, keep better records or stay in touch, they are a dime a dozen and stick like Velcro on a potato. December is a month spent riding on the pretense that in January “things are changing.” The…
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Another Typical "Oh Crap" Christmas
I shouldn’t be surprised that there was another “blog worthy” incident this Christmas, and it is only the 19th. Late getting a Christmas tree in our little town in North Carolina, a good ole boy (well he had one foot in the grave, the other in a cast and apparently left his teeth by the…
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Fight Holiday Weight Gain
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The hustle is on. It looks like people are training for American Gladiators in the malls, fighting holiday traffic and trying to score the perfect gift (even if it means wrestling Wolf). With the craze people generally grab what is easy to nourish between shopping, work, parties and Christmas plays. Then January comes and no…
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Overcome Loss
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in comeback, decisions, dedication, dreams, failure, God’s plan, hope, LeslieRae, LeslieRae decisions, loss, love, success, worryPain grips dreams and hopes until the life is gone and the only thing that is left is a memory of what could have been. I don’t always make good decisions, but I make the best ones I can, and I live with each. Regret lurks around every corner beckoning be back, beckoning blame, beckoning…
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Pumpkin Pancake Recipe
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After posting on Facebook that I was so blessed to have such a great friends and pumpkin pancakes to get me through tough times, I had requests for the recipe…so here it is! These are great! They also travel well for a snack during class (or 4.5hr finals!), after workout, during Christmas shopping! So don’t…