I’m cool with fruit but sometimes I’m not cool with the advice I read. The other day I was reading a popular women’s health magazine and saw an article on how you shouldn’t eat after a workout instead you should wait until you are hungry to eat. Hmmmm???  Really?  Even after a workout? Occasionally, I […]

I just got back from the gym and planned to only do 20 minutes of  cardio but when I was done I was surprised that I wanted to lift.  Why? After 5 months of intense training I thought I may want to take some time off.  But I realized I love it. At least today […]

I won. Go figure. Now, I what am I going to write about? I had this, what I thought was going to be , really great post on losing ready to go. I need some time to think about it so instead I post a few pictures which are probably more fun than my silly […]

I’m down to the last day. I’m a little nervous but also excited to be done. I’m ready to eat something other than chicken and asparagus which is all I’ve had for the last few days. For the past week and a half I’ve been working on my suits non-stop. Gluing over 2000 little 5mm […]

Remember the days of doing the “flex arm hang” in school for the Presidential Fitness Test? A few months ago, I decided I wanted to move beyond the “flex arm hang” so I set a goal that someday I would do a pull up all by myself. Pull-ups are fantastic for your entire upper body […]

I have four days until my competition and I’m a little freaked out.  Just a little.  I keep worrying about two things in particular. One, that I’ll fall down on stage.  I normally wear clunky grandma shoes not 5 inch heels.  I’ve been practicing walking and posing but not nearly enough.  And two, that the […]

Source Plateaus. Yep, most people who have lost weight attest to hitting a plateau at some point.  What can you do?  First, it’s important to address the mental.  At this point it’s really easy to just give up and say “Oh well I must have bad genetics” or some other excuse.  Maybe you are fine […]

This explains my roller coaster emotions. Or is it PMS? Probably both. I can hardly believe I’m less than two weeks out. Probably because I’m lower on carbs than I’m used to and part of my brain has shut down. Now I know it’s been a rough few weeks and you can hardly sleep at […]

Or in my case pants. So I’ve been storing about 6 pairs of pants for about 10 years in hopes that someday I’d be able to fit back into them. Well that day has come. Today I tried them on and low and behold they fit. But after 10 years they look more like “mom […]

This is one of my favorite workouts to do when I’m crunched for time or can’t get to the gym. It takes about 15-25 minutes and all you need is a jump rope and that isn’t even necessary. Jump rope -2 minutes (or jumping jacks) 25 lunges – each leg for 50 total (remember to […]