January 20, 2014
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, here are some of his quotes originally said within the context of fighting racism, but that can easily translate into other areas...
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January 17, 2014
Dear Lisa, I really love your blog and want to start a fitness blog to keep myself accountable, but don’t know where to begin. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks!...
January 16, 2014November 5, 2018
They announced the Oscar nominations for the 2014 Academy Awards this morning. Congrats to Austin locals Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey! (If you would like to read about McConaughey’s weight loss...
January 15, 2014
The first half of January, I’m incredibly grouchy because that’s when I get back to eating clean in earnest and my body goes through sugar withdrawal from all those Christmas...
January 14, 2014
A lot of times I write my little blog posts and forget that people other than my friends and family read them too. (Ah, the internet!) Well, remember how I...
January 13, 2014
Today I was feeling totally overwhelmed. I had stuff to do for work, food shopping, help assistant coach my daughter’s Destination Imagination team, and no matter where I looked in...
January 12, 2014
Ah ha! I actually have a fitness game plan now. January – Get back with the program. Eat clean, train hard. February – Submit my audition tape for the Capital...
January 10, 2014November 5, 2018
A day or so ago online media was all atwitter about Jenny McCarthy because a new TIME magazine article said her son was not autistic. This was newsworthy because McCarthy...
January 8, 2014
When Oprah has an epiphany of clear insight and striking realization, she calls it an “Aha Moment.” When I have an epiphany that I’ve been making a huge dumb-a** mistake,...
January 6, 2014
I was going to write a post earlier today, but I was busy with my kids. They are still home from school because my children’s school district hates parents. Maybe...
January 5, 2014
The first two weeks of January I’m a certifiable grouch. Know why? Because I always eat too much over the holidays (even though I pretend I won’t) and then January...
January 3, 2014
Did you ever read the book The Secret? It was wildly popular in 2006. The film version was playing the other night and I began to watch it. (Spoiler alert...
January 2, 2014
It’s January 2; time for most people to get back to work or school. Unless your my kids – then you’re off until the 8th (!?!) When I was in...
December 31, 2013
Happy New Year! Here are my resolutions: 1. Enter a fitness competition. This is a bodybuilding competition that is judged in two parts. The first part is just like a...
My stress dreams usually involving being back in Catholic school, in my junior year chemistry class, on the day of the final exam, only to discover that I had skipped...
December 30, 2013
I recently read that only 8% of people actually achieve all of their New Year’s Resolutions. With respect to 2013, I’m a proud member of the 92% slackers out there....