Hope you had a good President’s Day weekend.  We went to the snow and I threw about 5000 snowballs and trekked up a hillside carrying an inner tube.  I hope I burned a lot of calories because I consumed a lot of calories. Oooops.  Whenever I could I pretended like I was a some sort […]

Thanks for sharing your workouts but I don’t see how much you are lifting.  I’m not sure how much weight I’m supposed to be lifting. Can you help me? First you’re welcome!!  Everyone is at different levels of fitness and therefore there is not a one size fits all weight for women or men.  Here […]

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 […]

I love January. Since I live in southern California it’s much easier to love it. Regardless of where you live January symbolizes a fresh start and who doesn’t like fresh starts except maggots. Yuck. Sorry. I know a lot of people are cynical when it comes to making New Year’s resolutions because they think it […]

Finally I’m back to healthy.  I don’t think I’ve been that sick for years.  It makes me GRATEFUL for my health and even more motivated to continue to nourish and strengthen my body and encourage others to do the same.  I’m itching to get back to the gym too…hopefully tomorrow.  I’ve lost 4 pounds this week.  I […]

Sextuplets! A curious thing is happening. Although I’m not losing very quickly, if at all the last few weeks, and my measurements haven’t changed, some sweet little sextuplets are about to be born. I think I’ll call them The Abbeys. In other words, in my opinion (and that is the ONLY opinion that counts!) my abs are looking […]

What is a figure competition? That is what I asked when my dear friend told me she was doing one a few years ago. This is how I’d describe it. In figure competing women walk in 5″ clear heels on stage wearing silly sparkly bikinis and ridiculous looking one pieces while being judged on their […]