I’m two and a half weeks into my “cutting” diet and it feels great.  In fact, it doesn’t feel like a diet at all.  It feels like I’m nourishing my body the way it’s meant to be nourished.  My energy is is up, I’m feeling super positive, and the scale is dropping.  Not that I’m […]

I’m mentally exhausted after a long week and in need of little fluff.  Mind fluff that is.  I’m not talking to you, fat cells, so don’t get any ideas.   For Fluffy Friday I put together my list of Fit Celebrity Bodies.  This is clearly subjective and I recognize that most celebrities look fantastic but […]

Each day we can look at our goals as a fresh sheet of paper. Everyday we each get so many hours to fill our blank sheet of a paper with drawings.  I must confess I struggle with getting started.  More often than I’d like to admit I doodle meaningless little squiggles along the edges just […]

I feel like I’m wobbling on the edge of losing all self-control.  I’m not thinking about dying my hair blond and leaving my family in search of Elvis.  It’s food.  Once again I’m struggling to not be controlled by food.  Will this fight ever end?  Probably not. At least, as long as I live in […]

I was at a The Corner Bakery Cafe in Burbank the other day and saw on the table behind me two unfinished desserts.  “What in the world??” Here’s a close up.  Yes I looked like a freak getting up and taking pictures of people’s uneaten food. Two half eaten pastries. Who does this???  Actually there […]

It might not seem like it but I actually have interests other than fitness and food.  I’ve been trying to get up early for weeks so I can start writing another screenplay.  You can see a trailer my short film, Sunny Life here. I weight about 25 more pounds than I  do now and I […]

I bought The Sugar Addict’s Total Recovery Program  by Kathleen DesMaisons a few years ago when I was feeling really desperate. While I don’t agree with everything in the book it is a fanatastic resource for those who feel like their dependency on sugar may be related to their depression or getting in the way […]

Today I decided I’m going to cancel my gym membership.  My kids really want to take Tae Kwon Do and we can’t afford both.  At first I was disappointed then I realized how blessed I am to be able to even have the choice.   The biggest challenge is going to be cleaning out my […]

I believe health is more than what you eat and how you exercise.  Although the primary focus of this blog is food and exercise I wouldn’t be staying true to myself if I didn’t bring up the spiritual side of health every once in a while.  So if you’re not fond of things of the […]

I want to start doing the occasional review and I only felt it fitting to start with what I think is the one of the best books on fitness out there, Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength by Bill Phillips. . I had my first exposure to weight training about 5 […]