Maggie Downie, Author at Personal Euphoria: Pilates & Fitness Classes in CT

About Maggie Downie

Thank you for giving your time to stop and read my blog. I hope it encourages you to keep moving. Move and the body will be happier. And when you're moving you can hike, run, swim in Jell-O, race over non-Newtonian fluids, travel the world or build igloos--if that's your thing. If not, you can watch me do it. This is just a spot to try and feel good about life.

Run to Health

Nick Miller and I went to high school together. Since then we have found each other on Facebook, and he has been such an inspiration to me. I’ve been debating whether or not to run the Hartford Half Marathon based on how I feel. And then I read this article on Nick and once again he inspired me. I have no excuse.

I was interested in what Nick said at the end of the article in the New London Day about change and challenge. At first I was stunned because I spend a good portion of my life trying to convince people that starting small is worth it. I’ve even tried to convince people to start smaller because sometimes if you take on too much at once you can get injured or it will be so overwhelming you won’t stick with it. Small steps really can make a big difference. And if you go from doing nothing to walking even 20-minutes a day, you will start to lose weight, assuming you don’t change anything […]

Run to HealthMaggie Downie2017-10-25T14:30:14-04:00

Not Productive? That’s Okay!

It’s okay not to be productive, at least some of the time. I think in this day and age where we assume it’s so easy to be productive and it’s so easy for everyone to get in touch with us to tell us how they would like us to be productive, it’s easy to get caught up and feel like you can never just relax. I know. The Type-A personality inside me has a very hard time relaxing.

But I’ve been working to get better at relaxing. Funny that I even make relaxing work. So I’m writing this blog for you and me. It’s okay. It’s really okay to just take a few moments, even an hour, even a day and just relax.

Yesterday I saw a calendar with a quote: “Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” I thought about it and realized that I have to let myself enjoy my wasted time more. I think I should have made that part of my challenge to get in the best shape of my life this year.

Maybe today is a good day to go on strike against Productivity.

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Not Productive? That’s Okay!Maggie Downie2017-09-12T19:31:42-04:00

I Ate at the BIG E!

Today, I think a picture really is worth a thousand words. Here is a picture of everything I ate, even if I only had a bite or two. Thank God I had friends who were willing to share everything with me or I don’t think I would have made it through the day!

Baked Potato–Nothing special

Swiss Pancake–YUM!

Fried Oreo–Yuck

Bacon Cheeseburger on a Donut–Amazingly Delicious

Fried Butter–Nothing Special

I Ate at the BIG E!Maggie Downie2017-09-12T19:31:42-04:00

At The Big E

It better not be raining today because I’m supposed to be at the Big E for the first time in my life. I have every intention of eating myself through The Big E. I think it will cost an arm and a leg, but I want to taste a bite of everything.

Fried Kool-Aid—what’s the point? I don’t know, but I’m fascinated to know what it’s all about. On one level the food that is offered at The Big E seems like the epitome of what is wrong with America and yet I can’t draw myself away. I’m fascinated, and I want to know what it all tastes like. I wonder if I actually only eat one bite of everything just how much I will have consumed by the end of the day.

It’s a good thing I have a 12-mile training run planned for tomorrow. On second thought, maybe that’s not such a good thing.

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At The Big EMaggie Downie2014-08-04T18:02:40-04:00

Time for Exercises

If you read my blog last week you may have noticed that I planned a pilates workout one day and then skipped it. When I skipped the workout in the morning I promised myself that I would make up for it later and fit in an afternoon workout. I don’t know why I continue to promise myself things like that. Ninety percent of the time I don’t follow through.

It is really important to make the time for exercise when it works for you. If I don’t exercise in the morning it is really unlikely that I will do it at another time. By mid afternoon I’m tired. I’m at my peak in the morning, and I have the most energy. It’s just not in my nature to want to work out later in the day when my will power is exhausted.

It’s okay to skip a workout now and again, but planning a workout for when you know you will make the time is essential to staying on track. If I planned to exercise in the afternoon every day and didn’t get up early to exercise, I wouldn’t never move.

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Time for ExercisesMaggie Downie2017-09-12T19:31:42-04:00

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