“Pau” emailed me last year when I was whining talking about my thighs.  She commented and then sent me a sweet email telling me that she thought my thighs looked really good.  Like any normal girl who receives a compliment, I immediately asked her to be my BFF even though she lives in Ecuador where [...]

WWTD?
What would Tara do?
I’ve asked myself that more than once in moments of temptation or laziness.  Tara has been immensely motivating for me.  So motivating that I had a picture of her taped inside my kitchen cabinet when I was training for my first figure competition! I’ve used all the excuses in the book from [...]

Sometimes my victories feel trite.  Tonight was one of those nights.  The writer of one of my favorite blogs posted that she has been diagnosed with cancer.  There’s been too much news about cancer lately.  I wish it would just go away.  Her post about it is both disappointing and inspiring.  You can read it [...]

Janetha and Momma B are an amazing mother and daughter team.  In 2008, they completed a Body for Life challenge together and have not looked back!  I’ve been reading Janetha’s blog, Meals and Moves, for a long time and I have to say I was THRILLED when she and her mom agreed to featured as [...]

One of my favorite things about blogging is making new friends.  Michelle was one of the first people to email me through my blog and I’m so glad she did!  Michelle is hilarious, witty, super duper encouraging, honest, and COMMITED to her family and her health.  She is definitely a Girl Hero!
Michelle works as a [...]

As some of you have read, I decided to change the name of my blog to Girl-Heroes because I realized without so many girl heroes in my life I might still be locked in a closet depressed gorging myself on Krispi Creams or worse. One of my girl heroes is my dear friend Martha.  Martha [...]

The other day I had to go to the DMV.  Although the visit left me frustrated, I was actually reminded of a few important lessons of health.
1.  It was a cold Monday morning when I drove up to the DMV and saw a line that wrapped around the building.  I was a blink away from [...]

I’ve missed you and I’ve missed blogging.
I thought Thanksgiving would be a perfect day to get back to blogging.  There’s nothing like eating 4000 calories then sitting down at my laptop to pontificate on and on about the importance of sane meals.    Seriously, I was thinking about all I have to be thankful [...]

Went to the cupboard.
Despite being close to the show.
When she got there
The cupboard should have been bare
Since she has trouble with “NO”.
Here’s a recap of the competition from yesterday.
The competition was an hour away from my house (w/o traffic) in Hollywood so I had decided I’d drive down in the morning which meant I got [...]

I’m really not a pack rat even though I’ve been hanging on to one particular pair of jeans for about 15 years.  The Braxtons.
I bought The Braxtons at a thrift store when I was a teenager because I thought they were cool. They have TRIPLE gold stitching going down the legs and around the back [...]