American Grit

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 her as part of the original [...]

I’m pulling out all the stops for marathon training this week!  Yesterday there was an uphill/downhill running technique video from my “American Grit” cast mate (and former NFL [...]

Tony, aka Touchdown Tony Simmons, is a former NFL and CFL receiver who played for the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts and New York Giants and he currently coaches [...]

I’ve been training for the Austin half marathon now for about 6 weeks.  Here’s a general idea of my workout routine, loosely based on the book, “Marathon, You Can Do It!” [...]

Pretty soon into the process of training for my half marathon I realized that I needed some help.  I run slower than molasses drips in the middle of winter. Fortunately, my teammate from [...]

This weekend #TeamNoah was reunited for the wedding of Mark Bouquin to his beautiful bride, Melissa.  For those of you who watched the John Cena reality-TV show “American Grit” that I [...]

This week was like a giant “American Grit” reunion for me.  It started with the Olympics.  Watching those athletes in action makes me feel like such a whiny-ass when I get winded on [...]

If you really want to test the bounds of your marriage, do a reality TV show.  As incredible an experience as American Grit was for me personally, my husband saw it in a different vein. First, [...]

Writing my memoir, “She’s Losing It!” and doing military training exercises on the John Cena reality TV show American Grit may seem like different experiences, but they had a [...]

Recently, a lot of women have been asking me questions about my weight loss journey, so I thought I’d post some before, during and after pictures for you. Let’s start with an after [...]