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 >
Something strange is happening.My weight keeps climbing upwards but my body image and self esteem is not heading in the opposite direction. In fact both seem to be at a high point. Both are intentionalCurrent Fitness Goals I am going to be taking a group fitness boot camp this week so my immediate goal is not ... read more >
This has been a tough blog post to write. It's taken me about a week or so to actually sit down and write this out because I am used to accomplishing my goals. For 2 years I have had the big goal to compete in a Figure Competition and last year I decided to seriously ... read more >
