JJ Flizanes- Fitness, Love & Life

This past weekend we had a local church putting on a Greek Food Festival.  For those of you who do not know, I am Greek (and Italian).  I grew up in the Greek Church for 13 years and we also put on a food festival every year. So I know and love this food…..
However, it’s [...]

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Mornin’
Results are in. After the first two weeks of JJ’s 6-Week Beach Body Cleanse I’ve lost 6 pounds! And that’s even “cheating” for two days of it! Doh!
Feeling much better today. Less tired. 
I was thinking about what I posted last night about how my moods have been much more level.  I attribute that to not [...]

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Longest blogging break ever…so sorry!  I feel like I don’t have anything interesting to say (type) when there’s nothing exciting going on in my life.
So , tomorrow is the last day of my cleanse…thank God! It was easy in the beginning and then got harder toward the end because I grew very bored and hungry!
I [...]

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Detox day 2: Who am I? What’s my name?
Just a quick check-in.  For me this detox has been tough.  I think that the detox of fruits, veggies and nuts would have been fine had I not had all of the additional stressors the past two days.  I’m PMSing so my body is craving meat meat [...]

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I do corporate talks every month through employee assistance programs around Southern California.  Last week, I presented a new topic I had never given before entitled “Lightening Your Life with Laughter”.
The presentation was centered around stress, its effect on the body, the benefits of laughter and self esteem.  It was a fun presentation to give!
As [...]

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Ugh, I am sick to my stomach.
It’s been a rough couple of days.
The situation with my friend got worse yesterday. To make a long story short and to save you from the boring details, she had given me some feedback about me that I didn’t like. The content of the conversation isn’t as important as [...]

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I feel like shit.
Last night I found myself getting angry because of a conversation I had with a friend of mine.  It brought up many judgments about myself and I started question who I was, what I stood for and how I communicated with people.  Basically it brought forward a lot of self-doubt.
Did I workout? [...]

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I’ve missed blogging! Haven’t posted in about a week!
So, the evening of my last blog I was busy writing my friend’s wedding ceremony (ironic) because I was marrying them the next day. One of the many hats I wear is that of ordained minister—I know. Can you believe that I marry people with this mouth?!!!  [...]

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Please watch this if you think the “hype” about gluten, dairy and chemical in your food is B.S.
If you eat, this is important to watch. If you feed your kids- this is important to watch.

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Last night and today have been very hard.  By 9pm last night I was mad as hell.  The boy I had had a great conversation with the night before had not contacted me since I sent him pictures of me.  The conversation in my head is full steam ahead about him not liking me because [...]

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