July 25, 2017December 26, 2017
I’ve been doing local bodybuilding bikini competitions in Texas for about five years now, but have only recently had an epiphany: I can travel to different countries to do this...
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July 17, 2017
Today is the start of “peak week”, the week before my bodybuilding competition. Or, as I like to call it, “I want carbs and I’m thirsty and tired and sore...
July 10, 2017July 10, 2017
It’s two weeks until my next bodybuilding bikini competition. I would love to write about all the fun exercises and posing I’m doing, but I can’t right now because I...
July 5, 2017November 5, 2018
You know how people get a personal trainer and the person does exactly what the trainer tells them to do and everything works out? Yeah, that didn’t happen with me...
July 3, 2017
When you are training for a bodybuilding competition the closer you get to your show date the crazier things get. Your carbs and calories are cut, your workouts and water intake...
June 26, 2017July 3, 2017
It’s four weeks until my next competition, which will be in Costa Rica, and I’m hungry. Winning 3rd place in the classic bikini division last week made me hungrier for...
June 22, 2017
“Will strength training make me look bulky? Because I don’t want to look like a scary gorilla woman.” – me, circa 2012. “HA!” – me today Many clients and people...
June 20, 2017
This weekend I spontaneously entered a bodybuilding competition, 5 weeks before my actual bikini competition in Costa Rica. I did this for a couple of reasons: I like competing. Some...
June 12, 2017June 12, 2017
It’s six (6) weeks until my next bodybuilding bikini competition and I feel that surge of panic/excitement that always comes with a fast-approaching show. Here are some basic updates: Food...
June 5, 2017June 5, 2017
Ever since I got my first pair of Wonder Woman Underoos in the 70’s, I’ve been a fan. (Of Wonder Woman, not necessarily Underoos.) It’s actually pretty surprising that Wonder Woman...
June 2, 2017
The following is an excerpt from my memoir, She’s Losing It! available on Amazon.com. It’s the story of how I went from being an overweight self-conscious woman to a bikini...
May 30, 2017May 30, 2017
This is honestly the toughest exercise in the 8-week Booty Boost Challenge. It looks easy. Just wait until you try it. This is the exercise my clients give me the...
May 29, 2017May 29, 2017
The bikini competition in Costa Rica is fast approaching and week 9 started on a surprise second honeymoon vacation in St. Croix and ended with double pool and sleepover birthday parties for...
May 5, 2017
Shoot, it’s already almost 11 weeks out by the time I’m able to write about week 12 of my bikini competition prep! Countdowns always begin on Saturdays, because that’s the...
May 4, 2017November 5, 2018
“Lisa, how can I make my hair look gorgeous?” is something no one asks me, ever. No. My readers send me questions like this: “Lisa, I started a high protein...
May 2, 2017May 2, 2017
Five years ago I entered my first bodybuilding competition as a way to lose weight. Today I am a personal trainer and my mother-and-daughter clients just won 2nd place in...
