August 7, 2017
My mother had one simple rule and it was this: Never work on your birthday. That’s why every August 8th we would dutifully be hanging out at the Jersey Shore....
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August 2, 2017
Did you ever notice that if you take a vacation for 9 days it takes you at least a full month before you’re unpacked and back to normal? Or maybe...
August 1, 2017
There’s still a month left of summer and it’s the perfect time for you to focus on you. I’m happy to report that I will be training all day on Saturdays...
July 27, 2017
“Skinny Bitch.” “Fat Bitch.” Sometimes women are brutally cruel to each other. You know how a lot of people are afraid of failure? Well, I’m one of those people afraid...
July 26, 2017December 26, 2017
If you are a bodybuilder and are considering doing an international competition, this post is for you! You can do a bodybuilding competition anywhere in the world, so why not...
July 25, 2017December 26, 2017
I’ve been doing local bodybuilding bikini competitions in Texas for about five years now, but have only recently had an epiphany: I can travel to different countries to do this...
July 20, 2017November 5, 2018
This morning was a real struggle for me to get out of bed and into the gym; but I’m glad I went because now my sugar detox diet just got...
July 18, 2017November 5, 2018
Here are two questions I get emailed a lot: “Hi Lisa – Love your blog! After menopause I started gaining weight. Do you know what I can do? I’ve always...
July 17, 2017
Today is the start of “peak week”, the week before my bodybuilding competition. Or, as I like to call it, “I want carbs and I’m thirsty and tired and sore...
July 14, 2017
“I Feel Bad About My Neck and other thoughts on being a woman” by Nora Ephron goes off on books that say it’s great to be old. Nora writes, “I...
July 12, 2017July 17, 2017
Every day is filled with small choices: You can hit snooze or wake up and go to the gym, you can eat fries or vegetables, you can give yourself an...
July 11, 2017July 11, 2017
Pop Quiz: What is the worst exercise ever? A) Burpees B) Sprints C) Chasing after toddler in the supermarket while pregnant, or chasing toddler anytime. D) Weighted planks with rows...
July 10, 2017July 10, 2017
It’s two weeks until my next bodybuilding bikini competition. I would love to write about all the fun exercises and posing I’m doing, but I can’t right now because I...
July 6, 2017November 5, 2018
Remember when food wasn’t so complicated? Okay, me neither, but my grandparents probably did. See when they were growing up people cooked meals with real ingredients that weren’t genetically altered...
July 5, 2017November 5, 2018
You know how people get a personal trainer and the person does exactly what the trainer tells them to do and everything works out? Yeah, that didn’t happen with me...
July 4, 2017July 4, 2017
Happy July 4th! I recently stumbled across this picture taken of me when I was very pregnant with my son and trying to bribe my ob-gyn to induce labor. It...
