August 24, 2015November 5, 2018
Dear Carbohydrates, I love you and miss you very much. The protein and vegetables that my trainer keeps wanting me to eat are the red-headed bastards of my meal plan....
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August 19, 2015
Thursday morning, 5 a.m. I’m feeling sore from yesterday’s leg workout, but otherwise pretty decent and happy that today is back day. It’s not that back day is overwhelmingly fun,...
August 17, 2015
Sometimes I hate my job. My husband and I are small business owners of a real estate company. He handles the day-to-day job full-time and I handle the paperwork. When we go...
August 15, 2015
Dear Lisa, Love your blog! I’m just getting back to strength training and OMG do I hurt! Is there anything I can do? -Nikki Dear Nikki, Thanks for reading my...
July 29, 2015
6 Weeks until my next competition. Here’s my progress picture: Show prep is going well and I’m enjoying the process because it feels like I’m getting back to normal. (Eat...
July 21, 2015
The leg day workouts my trainer likes to bestow upon me are legendary. Leg Day = DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) for at least three days. But I’ve figured how...
July 14, 2015
Schadenfreude, according to Wikipedia, is a German word (of course it comes from Germany) and is the feeling of happiness derived by another’s misery, similar to the English word “gloat.” It’s literal...
July 5, 2015
“Are you done sabotaging yourself?” asked my trainer, Robin. Oh, crap, I knew this was coming. I had already cheated on my meal plan once this week sampling “clean”...
June 20, 2015
I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that I followed my meal plan all week thereby earning a reward of spray on tan and...
June 15, 2015
Female Bodybuilding. #GirlsWhoLift. Yes, you’re doing this for you, but whether you acknowledge it or not your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend can really have an impact on how well you do during pre-judging. ...
June 14, 2015
I’m mid-month into a) my biceps competition with Obidia and b) training for the Southwestern Arial Championships and I’m getting my a** whooped on both fronts. Bicep Boost At the start...
June 7, 2015
This is my new fitness goal: I WANT MY PRO CARD Lisa, you say, what is a “pro card”? All my bodybuilding competitions so far have been at the amateur...
April 21, 2015
Yesterday my sister-in-law, Cindy, posted on Facebook an article about this Swedish personal trainer who has a new program out called the Butt Bible, or something like that. I watched...
April 20, 2015
Lately, a lot of people have been reading my book, “She’s Losing It!” (available on Amazon.com) and it’s piquing their interest to enter a bodybuilding competition. Yes! My plan is...
April 18, 2015
“I have a bone to pick with you, Henri,” I said to my husband, his smile turning to a weary grimace. “What’d I do now?” he asked. “No, the real...
April 16, 2015
So did you survive Tax Day? If you really want to get someone grumpy, ask them if they have (and follow) a budget. Most people think of budgets the same...
