June 18, 2012
My husband has been bugging me for years to keep a food journal. “It will help keep your diet on track,” he says. “You probably don’t even know what you’re...
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Here are my five tips for getting motivated: 1. Choose a challenge sufficiently bold to stir your heart and mind Some people believe in baby steps. While there is...
Yesterday was my last posing class with Adela Garcia before the competition. Who knew you would have to take posing classes for a fitness competition? I will post a...
June 17, 2012
June 19, 2012 Dear Henri, I don’t think you realize how wonderful a father you are to our children. Honey, you amaze me every day. You can turn cries into...
June 16, 2012
I’ve been getting a lot of emails from people checking out the blog to see what my “before” pictures look like. In a word…yuck! I had a hard time finding...
June 15, 2012
Ah, measurements. What fun humiliation! I curse myself for eating that second (ok, third) piece of ice cream cake last night, but I had to finish it, didn’t I? I’m...
It’s 2 p.m. on February 7, my first training session with Daniel. I cajole both children into Kids Club and say a silent prayer that I don’t get paged in...
I pay for the ten pack of training sessions and set up my first session for 2 p.m. on February 7. The manager wishes me a happy birthday and I...
I finally go to the gym to sign up for my training sessions. I guess I was stressing too much aloud about the whole Chris dilemma because after my second...
I’m stressing over picking my trainer for the competition. Not in an analytical way, like my husband would be, but in an ‘I hope I haven’t offended you’ sort of...
June 14, 2012
Female body building competitions have several subdivisions: Fitness, Physique and Bikini are the main ones. Fitness and Physique require some serious muscle tone, learning several poses and in some cases...
When I lived in California I used to be fit, but that was five years and two kids ago. For your reference, I am 5’4” and defined “fit” as being...
June 13, 2012
The murmur of the City of Angels fades in and out like a low pulsing moan. I’m on the rooftop of Citigroup Center, a 48-story high rise. Gravel crunches beneath...
June 12, 2012
Today is my birthday. I’m 38 years old. And I’m size four…teen, yeah, size 14. I prefer experiences to store bought gifts because they are more memorable and I like...
June 9, 2012
She’s Losing It! is a blog about my own journey into transforming my size 14 body into a bikini body in five months by entering a female body building competition. ...
