A Mom’s Guide to Fitness She’s Losing it Blog

How to Stick To Your Diet Away From Home

This weekend was the big Girl Scout camping trip.  It was nerve-wracking to plan because I’m not really big on camping and I was stressing about starting a campfire.  But...

Redefining Self-Indulgence

Merriam-Webster defines self-indulgence as “excessive or unrestrained gratification of one’s own appetites, desires, or whims”.  The food industry has seized on this human tendency and filled the blanks of what...

Why Do I Do This To Myself?

Today I almost started crying in the car, not because there was anything majorly awful in my life, but just from feeling overwhelmed. I work part-time as a personal trainer,...

Gritty Apparel

What is grit?  To me it means forcing yourself to keep going even when everyone around you expects you to fail.  Tee Hanible embodies this quality.  In fact, I met...

Now Accepting New Clients

Summer is fast approaching (which means homeschooling ends and my schedule will open up for new clients!)  Space is limited.  I have openings for four (4) clients in the Round...

Rocking a Bikini at 54

I can’t say enough good things about my client Karen Temborius.  She first contacted me wanting to do some online training.  At age 54 she was a wife, mom of...

The Austin Bomber Lived in My Town

Some of you might have followed the story of the Austin bomber and then moved on to the next news cycle.  It’s taken a bit longer for me to process...

Back from Staycation

This past week was spring break, but in our family it was more like a staycation.  I’m a personal trainer, so I was still up at 4 a.m. to get...

5 Benefits of Exercising With Your Kids

For as much as I love my “me time” (and I do LOVE my “me time” when I do my workouts) it’s also a good idea to have some “us”...

The Truth About Clean Eating

The other day I was in line grocery shopping after my workout and I was quite the sight.  My hair was in a sweaty mom bun, I had my Arnold...

#ShesLosingIt Get Cooking Challenge

This year, I want to encourage as many people as possible to get healthy, which means I’m going to focus on what I know about getting in shape.  Over the...

Make A Vet Sweat – Bodybuilding Competition

At the start of the New Year Westdale Real Estate asked me to lead their corporate wellness program, a true privilege.  Fifteen people signed up and received a sample meal...

The SLI Method

This weekend my friend/client Shannon and I led a seminar about nutrition using the easy to follow system I created called the SLI Method™.    What is the SLI Method™?...

The Comparison Trap

My daughter loves Barbie dolls.  When I was growing up most Barbies looked the same: tall, blonde and busty.  Today’s Barbies come in many different body types and skin tones,...

Start A Food Journal

I’d kept a journal on and off since I was a kid, but only when I started bodybuilding and was on a mission to lose weight did I start a...