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Postpartum Weight Loss Challenge

Like all substantial weight loss, it’s a struggle. My daughter, Rylie, will be five months old on January 17th and I started my weight loss plan three months ago. I gained 45 pounds during my pregnancy. That was a lot of extra weight for me to carry around. And so far it’s true what they say, “Your body is never the same”, but we can tackle that another time. At least 15 pounds of my 45 was… »
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Getting Ready to Go Home...

I’m so tired! I can't believe it's taken me this long to write another blog. Things here are getting a little busier just because I am leaving soon and I need to get everything organized as far as things I will need at home and making sure they get sent there before I get there. So besides all of that this past Monday was a pretty cool day. Access Hollywood came out to interview me for their show.… »
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Recovery Update

Hey everyone. I really meant to write yesterday, but yesterday was one of the scariest days of my life. For some reason for the past 5 days or so I've been having these really gnarly sort of muscle twitches. I'm not sure how many of you have heard of Restless Leg Syndrome, but I've been getting them in my upper body. So far I've been able to get them under control a bit so that is good. So yesterday… »
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Tara's Update

Tara Llanes continues to recover from the spinal cord injuries she suffered in a mountain bike race in Colorado on September 1. Below is part of the latest update posted to her MySpace page by her coach, James Herrera. The complete update, new photos of Tara and many, many good wishes can be found at: http://myspace.com/mtbtara Her family, friends, and supporters are urging those folks… »
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Tara's Update by her coach and friend, James Herrera

As she lies in a hospital bed following a seven hour surgery to the back and spinal cord, Tara Llanes listens to one of her doctors explain the use of the Incentive Spirometer, a device frequently utilized in the medical community to test the health of the lungs following surgery. “Tara, now put this hose in your mouth and take the deepest breath you can,” he says. The effects of the post-surgery… »
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Catching Up with the Team: The Women of T-Mobile

I had the chance to ask some of the world’s best cyclists about anything I wanted to, and I chose to not ask them about riding!! I know, I know, it seems I may have blown my chance to find out how they got so fast and perhaps get some insight into how I can further my own paltry skills… At the time, finding out about what makes them tick and what they’d be doing if not for riding professionally… »
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