October 15, 2012
April 2012 We’re at the incline bench press and I just can’t lift it; he has too much weight on it. “Come on,” Daniel prods. “I can’t,” I say through...
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October 14, 2012
3 weeks to go…a mere 20 days left until the Texas State Natural Championships. As you can see, I’m getting my tan on. Just came back from posing class with...
This is a test. You have 3 weeks to go before show day and you are invited to a party at Dave and Lucrecia’s high rise overlooking Lady Bird Lake. ...
October 12, 2012
In the month between New Years and my birthday, I decided to prepare for the bikini contest on my own. I figured the Texas Shredder was in April, so if...
October 11, 2012
This is the one and only VP Debate. The stakes are higher because Obama did such a lackluster job at the first debate, so it could be pretty fun. Want...
It’s now time for another episode of Dumb Shit I Said to my Trainer Daniel texts me to schedule our next training session for Monday, which we confirm for 9...
October 11, 2012November 5, 2018
There is an oft quoted writing truism that goes, “The Middle of the Book Sucks.” See, when you first start writing a story, you’re excited just to begin. And then...
Yes, I’m a little late on posting these progress pictures, but only because I wanted to redeem myself from my NJ binge weekend and drop the weight I gained. I...
October 10, 2012
Halloween. Thanksgiving. Christmas. Oh my. The perfect trifecta of weight gain opportunities. Most media stories and research I’ve read start tracking holiday weight gain from Thanksgiving to New Years, but...
October 9, 2012
April 2012 In the book Ninety Days: A Memoir of Recovery the author, Bill Clegg, writes about the all encompassing thoughts that filled his head when he wanted to get...
October 8, 2012November 5, 2018
So…I have authority issues. Why am I telling you this? Because I have to tell you 7 things about myself as part of being nominated again for the Very Inspiring...
October 8, 2012
1992 doesn’t seem so long ago to me, and yet here I stand at my 20th high school reunion. Biggest change over the last 20 years? The Jersey perms went...
October 5, 2012
Nike has been getting mixed reviews on its newest ad, “Greatness,” featuring an obese 12 year old jogging. Here is the ad for your reference: Does Nike’s ‘Greatness’ Ad Exploit...
October 4, 2012
Chef Craig Emerson (my sponsor’s husband) is looking to Hire 125 people immediately for the new Brio Tuscan Grille in Aboretum Plaza (across from the Cheesecake Factory,) opening November 15,...
October 3, 2012
Interesting info on that great kids’ staple – peanut butter.
I am diametrically opposed to housework, so the very last thing I want is a permanent “mother’s apron” around my belly. Heck, I don’t even want a real apron over...
