You can be Kind to Yourself even with Imperfect Progress
With all of the Facebook Fear Marketing about how you're going to get fat over the Holidays so you need this detox, juice cleanse, perfect diet, and perfect exercise plan to survive, I'm going to tell you something that you may not have heard during this onslaught. You have the right as a human ... read more >
Finish Strong: Celebrate Imperfect Progress and Be Kind to Yourself Pt 1
As I reflect back on the past 2 years of my Fitness Journey, I have a tendency to focus on the negative or growth opportunities as we call them at my faith community. The negatives are of course: Not doing the Figure Competition and Gaining 20 pounds from that experience But when I look at ... read more >
You won’t go to Hell if You Decide to enjoy Thanksgiving and the rest of the Holidays
I have to tell you that I am ANNOYED and IRRITATED. It seems like all the Fitness Pages I follow are promoting fear, paranoia, and stress surrounding food and dieting during the Thanksgiving Holiday. I think it's stupid. Yes, the truth is that many Americans gain weight during this time of year and they ... read more >
5 Reasons I Decided to Stop Dieting and why you should join Me
I have recently put an end to the fruitless quest to find the PERFECT DIET that will rid me of all of my woes. The other day I was looking at photos from two years ago before I started on this quest be a figure competitor. I was actually doing all right. I wasn't dieting, ... read more >
Before and After is Great but what about 18 months from Now?
Over the past 12 weeks, I have put myself through a program that emphasizes strength training, eating real food, no measuring/eating intuitively, and working on my conditioning. I attended the Nor Cal Fitness Summit this past weekend and what a great time it was! One of the speakers said something that I totally agreed with. ... read more >
Zuchinni Cakes
Zucchini cakes Ingredients Zucchini 1 Egg 1/2 cup Bread crumbs Grated Parmesan cheese (optional) Salt Pepper Nutmeg Olive oil Instructions I used 2 zucchini Grate the zucchini and then expel as much water as possible from the zucchini. I use a paper towel and I also squeezed it out manually Mix egg and bread ... read more >
