Well I made it. One week without the scale. My normal Saturday morning used to include a scale ritual which would determine whether things were a failure or success that week and then trying to fix whatever didn't seem to be working. This week I did not do that. I wrote client programs for the ... read more >
The Blank space could include any of the following: Eat Gluten Free, Become a vegetarian, become a vegan, not eat wheat, drink this tea, take this supplement, do a detox, do a cleanse, go on a fast What is the Motivation? I want to focus on the last part of the capitalized part of that ... read more >
This week I celebrated G Day. It's the annual celebration of another year of life and another trip around the sun. On my Facebook page I shared some tips for aging better which I will share at the end of this blog post. This week I made a decision: I am staying off of the ... read more >
Anybody who has ever watched Good Times knows what Florida is saying in this iconic scene. That was how I felt when trying to pull on a pair of pants last week. Back at the BottomYep. I'm back at the bottom. According to the scale, I am about 15 pounds heavier than when I started ... read more >
First off that is one of my favorite Lenny K songs. Look it up if you don't know it... For a few months this past Spring I lost my enthusiasm for working out. I still went but it was no longer invigorating and empowering. It had become boring and it felt like drudgery. It wasn't ... read more >
I knew of a woman who had been happily married for a few years and had put on weight during the marriage. She was at a family function at the food table when a female relative told her that she really should go on a diet because she was getting too fat and her husband might ... read more >
I have had it! You may have heard about the piece in the New York Times about body image and women tennis players. It set off a firestorm across social media and really left many of us shaking our heads at how a champion athlete like Serena Williams is criticized for looking ATHLETIC. Here's an ... read more >
Last week I was practicing my movement training and the woman next to me looks at me in surprise and asks excitedly, "Boy or girl?" I paused and said, "I'm not pregnant". I do know this woman so I didn't want to get too snippy and so then she says, "But your belly looks bigger." ... read more >
Well here we are getting ready to go into the last half of 2015? Where did the time go? I have to ask where are you right now? Are you better or worse off than when you started the year or are you in the same place? For me, I'm in a really strange place. ... read more >
Yesterday I went to a nutrition seminar and it basically read the entire last year of my life. It resonated so strongly with me that I signed up for a private session afterward to explore the issues further. I have become so passionate about women, self love, body image, and living better that it's all ... read more >
