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Balanced Living Weekly

Cliff Ravenscraft & Father Roderick

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This show originally started as The Biggest Loser Fan Podcast and was later rebranded as Balanced Living Weekly. In this podcast, Father Roderick and I shared our individual fitness journeys during this season of our lives. It has been a while since I've listened to these archived episodes. It may be possible that we began covering other areas of our lives, outside of just fitness, when we rebranded to Balanced Living Weekly. This show was produced for nearly two years from September 2009 th ...
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They say all great things must come to an end. In this final episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Fr. Roderick and I (Cliff) talk about why it's been six months since our last episode and why we had made the decision to end this show. Before signing off, we did want to give everyone and […]By Cliff Ravenscraft & Father Roderick
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In this episode, Fr. Roderick and Cliff talk about the following: – Dreams – FightingAnorexia.com – OccupyTwit – http://PodcastAnswerMan.com/occupytwit – Building the Team!! We hope that this episode inspires you to take steps toward more balance in your life. If it has, please let us know in the comments section below or give us a […]…
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Father Roderick shares how he has felt with his more recent visits to the gym and his experience with boxing. Cliff shares how he's been taking it easy this past week due to illness and how he's preparing for a trip to the West Coast. We hope that […]By Cliff Ravenscraft & Father Roderick
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Father Roderick and I had the honor of interviewing Willie Gillis. Willie is one of our community members who has achieved more then a 170 pound weight loss. We hope that you will be inspired by Willie's story and that you will pick up some valuable tips that […]…
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Fr. Roderick and I discuss the following: – How we feel about only one workout this week. – Viewing of this season of Biggest Loser – Willie Gillis' inspiring weight loss feedback. – Carol called to say that she was going to try a juice fast. – Amanda's […]By Cliff Ravenscraft & Father Roderick
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Fr. Roderick and Cliff discuss what has been going on in their own lives as it relates to the living a more balanced and healthy lifestyle. We hope that this episode inspires you to take steps toward more balance in your life. If it has, please let us […]By Cliff Ravenscraft & Father Roderick
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Cliff and Fr. Roderick share what all has been going on with their own pursuing of a balanced lifestyle in the weeks that have passed since the previous episode. We hope that this episode inspires you to take steps toward more balance in your life. If it has, […]…
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Cliff and Fr. Roderick have a transparent conversation about recent self reflection of where they are in the work they are doing and how they evaluate what they might need to change in their commitments. This episode truly deserves a much better description for the show notes. However, […]…
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Cliff and Father Roderick share where they are in their journey of pursuing a balanced healthy lifestyle. During the recoridng of this episode, Colin had asked how to begin a journey of pursuing greater health when you start out weighing 288 pounds. We hope that this episode inspires […]…
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Cliff and Father share their review of the documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. You can see the trailer for this movie at http://FatSickAndNearlyDead.com. For those who have access to Netflix streaming, the movie is available there. Our Other Podcast Links: Here are the iTunes Links for both […]…
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weeky, Cliff and Fr. Roderick discuss the following: Cliff returns to early morning walking routine Father Roderick's hectic week and speaking at a retreat conference. Overpreparing As A Fear of Failure The importance of self image. Health benefits of working from home? – http://gspn.tv/97o Cliff's new work enviro…
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In this episode, Cliff and Fr. Roderick discuss the following: Fr. Roderick's Swimming Workout Routine Setting time in the morning for devotional and planning Stepping on the scale after vacation Decluttering and Margin while Reorganization Our Other Podcast Links: Here are the iTunes Links for both Fr. Roderick's & Cliff's personal podcasts where …
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Cliff and Father Roderick share some some thoughts about their summer vacations. Cliff just returned from an 11 day trip with his family while Fr. Roderick is currently on vacation in Spain. Listen to learn how a summer vcation fits into their pursuit of a balanced, healthy lifestyle. […]…
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Here are the links to items mentioned in this episode: Hal Higdon Running Training Schedules – http://goo.gl/AIWNT Hanson Training Program – http://goo.gl/S8z9Z Runkepper App – http://Runkeeper.com Daily Mile – http://DailyMile.com Garmin ForeRunner – http://t.co/ibCfmRi Our Other Podcast Links: Here are the iTunes Links for both Fr. Roderick's & C…
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In this episode, Cliff and Fr. Roderick discuss the following: Jillian to co-host on The Doctors tv show Jillian to be a health expert on Dr. Phil Show Kara and Bret not coming back on Season 12! Next season more focused on a Balanced Living? The feeling of “being on” and the need to decompress. […]By Cliff Ravenscraft & Father Roderick
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Cliff & Fr. Roderick discuss the following: Cliff’s Balanced Living In New York City Fr. Roderick’s eating habits the past 10 days. Living a balanced life is ongoing journey of maintaining balance. Biggest Loser Finale reactions Why did Rulon quit the Biggest Loser? – http://goo.gl/WV9d7 Anna Kournikova th…
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In this week's episode of Balanced Living Week, I fly solo. Father Roderick had something come up that kep him from being able to record this week. This episode is very brief and pretty much just gives a few short initial reactions to the most recent episode of the Biggest Loser and also provides a […]…
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Father Roderick shares how spending three days in a focused effort to take all the things that have been stored in his money and put into lists has helped him to gain peace and clarity when it comes to making a decision about where to spend his time. […]By Cliff Ravenscraft & Father Roderick
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In this episode, Fr. Roderick & Cliff discuss the following: Post marathon thoughts Returning From Rome New challenges Discerning Next Steps Wunderlist – http://Wunderlist.com What to do when behind on podcast listening Biggest Loser Update Tea adventures Jamie Oliver – Possibly making progress with LA Schools? And more…. Our Other Podcast Links: H…
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Fr. Roderick shared how making sure he’s getting the proper amount of sleep is helping him to manage the massive amount of work that he has on his schedule during this very busy holiday time. I shared that while I am experiencing a greater amount of margin and […]…
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In this episode, Cliff and Father Roderick discuss the details of one of the greatest episodes of The Biggest Loser to date. They also discuss pending laws that would require restaurant chains to list their calories on their menu and how movie theatres are bragging about how they were able to lobby to become exempted […]…
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In this episode, Cliff and Father Roderick talk about the following: Talk about Tea Biggest Loser Update Guessing the distance of a mile Deprivation is not the way to loose weight! Believing in yourself. Hillary starting on her journey Rob’s progress in PABL Meal Snap App – http://tinyurl.com/3gvsx5f Cliff’s weight update and goals Father Roderick’…
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Father Roderick talks about going on 20 mile run. Cliff talks about the advantages of reading on a Kindle in comparison with the iPad. Check out http://gspn.tv/kindle3review. Cliff also talks about how he managed to burn over 1000 calories by walking 8.2 miles, despite unpredictable weather. Father Rodrick…
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In this episode, Cliff shares the excitement and additional motivation that the Withings wifi enabled digital scale (Affiliate Link) has provided. This week’s episode is shorter than our normal format due to some confusion that the recent changes to Daylight Savings Time between the US and The Netherlands. Our Other Podcast Links: Here are the […]…
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In this week’s episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Cliff and Father Roderick talk about the following topics: Learning how to delegate tasks to others. The power of saying No so you can say Yes. Lenten time commitments. Setting specific, realistic, measurable goals. Eating protein for breakfast works! Biggest Loser update. And more.. Here is the […]…
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In this episode shares how the most recent episode of the Biggest Loser caused him to become a little emotional. Cliff shared how he never doubted, for a minute, that he would completely fill his March group coaching course and how it not only became a reality, but even had decided to even allow one […]…
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In this episode, Cliff shares some experience he had while away from his business for ten days and the results of the seven day cruise with his family. Father Roderick shares a brief update about the Biggest Loser and how they missed an easy opportunity to provide some nutritional information with one of their challenges. […]…
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In this episode, Cliff and Fr. Roderick give some feedback on the most recent episodes of The Biggest Loser. Cliff shares some audio from the new Jillian Michaels podcast. Also, we talked about the rumor that walking and running burns the same amount of calories. RSS Feed For Jillian Michaels Podcast http://content.everydayhealth.com/jillianmichael…
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Cliff and Father Roderick share where they are in their journey of pursuing a healthy, balanaced lifetstyle. Melody calling in a full review of the MyFitnessPal.com website. Carole called in to say that she enjoys LoseIt.com and that it helped her lose 58 pounds. We talked about an […]…
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In this episode, Cliff and Father Roderick discuss the following items. – Father Roderick’s balancing act this week. – Cliff staying strict on calorie counting except one day – High Protein breakfast – Finding the time to work out. – Discipline when eating out. – Budgeting calories by the meal v/s the day. – Sleep […]…
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In this episode Cliff and Father Roderick Discussion the following: – How have you learned to successfully manage your meals? – Weigh In Results – Loseit! featured in USA Today: http://goo.gl/AEkIY Our Other Podcast Links: Here are the iTunes Links for both Fr. Roderick's & Cliff's personal podcasts where they share their individual journey of […]…
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In this episode, Cliff and Fr. Roderick discuss the following topics: – Advancements in spiritual priorities. – Quote: Pray like it depends on God. Work as thought it depends on you. – Thoughts on the newest season of the Biggest Loser. – Update on our health and weight. – Stephanie’s blog post: http://gspn.tv/after72pounds – Lose […]…
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In this episode of Balanced Living Weekly, Fr. Roderick and Cliff Ravenscraft discuss God’s faithfulness in providing for the needs of those who are called according to His purpose. Cliff shared that he had been reading the auto-biography of George Mueller. After several days of quiet self reflection, Cliff has concluded that the one truth […]…
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In this episode, Cliff and Fr. Roderick discuss recent news that states that Jillian Michaels may be leaving the Biggest Loser after season 11. Also, they talk about changes in life and the opportunites to either worry about the change to see them as opportunites for growth Our Other Podcast Links: Here are the iTunes […]…
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In this episode, Cliff and Fr. Roderick discuss briefly, the Biggest Loser finale. Father Roderick shares the decision that he came to regarding getting a gym membership or getting a treadmill for his house. Also in this episode, there is a great deal of discussion about Winter Blues and how it feels when life throws […]…
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Topics Covered In This Episode: In this week's episode, Cliff just makes a very brief appearance in the podcast has he had come down with a bad case of strep throat. Fr. Roderick shared some of his regressive behavior. -Checking out a new gym. -Treadmill or gym? Do I have the winter blues? What are […]…
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Topics Covered In This Episode: This week’s episode is just a little bit out of the norm. Okay, so I know that we just went through our second format change for this podcast. However, this week, Father Roderick as not able to make it for the live recording of this week’s episode. Since we took […]By Cliff Ravenscraft & Father Roderick
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Topics Covered In This Episode: What is the purpose of our show? Our show is all about purpose and balance! Listener Feedback Byron’s Comment on the site: Great show gents, It seems like you are helping me becoming the person that I was meant to be through helping me connecting with a group/community of like-minded […]…
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We covered the following topics this week: – Biggest Loser is down in ratings – we talk about why. – Going to the gym: the process in detail – Treadmills and your knees – 100 push ups a day – Productivity tools: ManyMoon and Plaintext – Stepping on the scale: how much weight did we […]By Cliff Ravenscraft & Father Roderick
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Audio Feedback This Week: This week we play audio feedback from our community. Special thanks to Jenn from Washington DC, Fred From Long Island, and Donna from Maine. Donna mentioned Hungry-Girl.com. This week’s episode had very few highlights: – Small portions can make a big difference. – Many black team members gave up their prize. […]…
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– 100 Calorie Cupcakes – Bob’s Fridge – Foods with a short shelf life. – No processed foods – More colorful meals – Hard to beat with $5 pizza – It’s not worth the COST to your kid’s health to feed them a $5 Pizza. Links Cliff Mentioned: http://HarvestEating.com http://BornToFarm.com http://SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com VLC Player Tip: Allows […]…
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Fr. Roderick shares some experiences of working out with the Wii. Cliff tells about his return to the gym. Trips to the movie theatre reveal that Cliff has had a lot of popcorn recently. Biggest Loser demonstrates the need for intensity in our workouts for big results. Sporting activities are a great source of physical […]…
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This week, Father Roderick had some technical difficulties and Cliff is joined by Stephanie as they discuss season 10 episode 2 of the Biggest Loser. In this episode, Stephanie also gives Cliff some much needed nudging and accountability. It's amazing how easy it is to loose steam and it's also amazing how difficult it is […]…
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Season 10 of the Biggest Loser has kicked off. Bob, Jillian and the trainers travel to seven cities within the United States to introduce this year's contestants with challenges that motivate each of these communities. Cliff and Father Roderick share their favorite aspects of what happened in this premiere episode, their goals moving forward, and […
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The Biggest Loser is a television show broadcast in many countries. It centers on overweight contestants attempting to lose weight to fight for a cash prize. There are different variations of the Biggest Loser around the world. Each country has made its own adaptation to the show. However, the contestants always have the same goal: […]…
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[audio: http://traffic.libsyn.com/gspn/BiggestLoser037-PilgrimageToChipotle.mp3] Biggest Loser Fan Podcast With Cliff Ravenscraft & Father Roderick Right-Click Here To Download MP3 In this episode, Fr. Roderick and Cliff Ravenscraft return to the microphone to explain where they have been the past few weeks and what has been going on since the last…
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[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/gspn/BiggestLoser036-LosingItTwice.mp3] Biggest Loser Fan Podcast With Cliff Ravenscraft & Father Roderick Right-Click Here To Download MP3 In this episode, Fr. Roderick and Cliff discuss the wrap up of Losing It With Jillian. They also share how this was not the first time they actually recorded an episode regardin…
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[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/gspn/BiggestLoser035-LosingItCatchup.mp3] Biggest Loser Fan Podcast With Cliff Ravenscraft & Father Roderick Right-Click Here To Download MP3 In this episode, Fr. Roderick and Cliff discuss recent episodes of Losing It With Jillian. They talk briefly about the topic of smoking. Maggie called in to ask about whether …
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[audio: http://traffic.libsyn.com/gspn/BiggestLoser034-GoingToTheGym.mp3] Biggest Loser Fan Podcast With Cliff Ravenscraft & Father Roderick Right-Click Here To Download MP3 In this episode, Cliff and Father Roderick talk about the ideas of joining a team sport or getting a membership to a local gym. These two conversations were prompted by Cliff l…
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