Hello!!!! Today is going to be a short post (aren’t most of them…I try anyway ) because I’m on my way out the door to coach my kettlebell class and train clients. First, I wanted to say that today is a The Great Fundraising Act Auction for Susan who was diagnosed with Lymphoma a few [...]

Life has been unusually busy this past week with the upcoming video shoot. But between rehearsals, catering (Did I mention I’m CRAZY going to try and cook the dinners for the entire cast and crew ahead of time?), shopping for props and wardrobe, training my clients, teaching my classes and taking care of my family [...]

Oh dear.  Life feels extra busy right now. (I may or may not be wearing a hat to hide my unwashed hair) I’m sure yours does too. (Your life is probably busy not your hair is dirty.) Does it ever really stop?  The busyness I mean. Brent is shooting a video for a publishing company. [...]

It’s Sunday night Monday morning which means I better get on this week’s fitness and meal plans. Last week, was crazy busy.   Between it being our boy’s last week of school, helping Brent with a big video project, training my clients, and my best friend was in town from Austin, I hardly had time to [...]

Last week, I said I was doing a four week “Fit(ter) for the Fourth Challenge.  I just looked at the calendar and saw that the 4th of July is four weeks from yesterday. Silly me…I have an extra week. Last week went well.  I got in all my workouts except for one and I reached [...]

A few weeks ago, I talked about  ”the cobbler’s children have no shoes” syndrome”, i.e., I’ve been finding it difficult to make time for my own workouts. Then, I read this post by Alwyn Cosgrove.  (He and his wife Rachel have written some of the BEST stuff about fitness out there.)  While I don’t agree [...]

You know the saying, “the cobbler’s children have no shoes”? In my case it would be, “the swinger’s children have no…” Oh never mind. What I’m trying to say (and failing miserably) is that I don’t want to be an out of shape trainer.  I want to be a trainer that walks the talk. While [...]

Guess what? Last Saturday, I competed in my last taekwondo tournament of a 9 month long season. Brent and Thing 1 were away on a Boy Scout Campout so it was just me and this guy! He was my travel companion, cheerleader, photographer, and pack mule. Aside from not getting first in both of my [...]

Last weekend’s tournament, I had a crew of support and love.

This weekend it’s just me…. and this guy!

Last week, I set some “vacation  goals”. The main goals were to “relax, read, foam roll, and sleep”.  What I didn’t want to do was to make the vacation all about food and come home  almost 10 lbs heavier.  Been there done that and it has never been worth it.  I’m happy to report back [...]