April 13, 2015
The Texas Shredder was my sixth competition. I almost dropped out. We found out my mother’s cancer had spread back to her lymph nodes and she had to get fluid on her...
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April 11, 2015November 5, 2018
OMG! Was the first person called in 1st callouts for prejudging at the Texas Shredder! Here is the picture my friend Cynthia took. AHHH!!!! Won’t know for sure until the...
April 9, 2015
The internet is full of rules to live by, so I thought it would be fun to write down some of the best advice I received throughout my life. I’m...
April 6, 2015
I’ve been getting a lot of requests for information about the Texas Shredder and how bodybuilding competitions in general work, so here’s the low down. Tickets for Texas Shredder If...
April 5, 2015
Do you ever feel overwhelmed? I’m not talking about being busy; everyone I’ve ever met is busy, even if they’re retired or on vacation. I’m talking about looking at your...
April 1, 2015
So sorry to vent, but it’s really a #ShesLosingIt moment. This morning I had to drop off my husband at the airport at 4 a.m. He will be working on...
March 31, 2015November 5, 2018
My day started at 4 a.m., after about as many hours of sleep, and greeted me an extra two pounds of water weight from drinking diet soda on my double...
March 27, 2015
It’s taken me longer than I hoped to get focused on my new goal, the Texas Shredder competition, because I was coming off such a high from the Arnold Amateur,...
March 26, 2015
And so the saga continues…It started with a phone call from my brother and ended with me eating cupcakes. That’s the way my week has been going. The only problem...
March 24, 2015November 5, 2018
Denial is a really helpful defense mechanism. It allows you to shelve reality for a while and pretend like nothing bad is happening until you are ready to deal with...
March 22, 2015
This is a question I received from a reader: “Hi Lisa! I started following you on Instagram and since I follow so few people and I let so few people...
March 21, 2015
Bodybuilding is one of the most niche sports out there, especially for women, so I started making little videos of what it’s like to train for a competition (also called...
March 20, 2015November 5, 2018
This week I was filled with anxiety. About two weeks before I competed in the Arnold Amateur my mother had to go back to the hospital to have 1.5 liters...
March 19, 2015
When you’re trying to lose weight, it can be a lonely process. You’d think that changing your diet and adding some exercise into your life would only impact you, but...
March 17, 2015
If you are training for a bodybuilding competition (or trying to eat clean as part of your lifestyle, for that matter) then you know the magnitude and power of the...
March 16, 2015
Last November I did something a little crazy, even for me: At age 40, and slightly heavier than usual, I entered one of the largest international bikini competitions in...
