September 23, 2014
Hello everyone! One of the difficulties of being busy is finding the time to exercise. On a good day, I will wake up early (4 a.m. early) and go to...
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September 21, 2014
This week has been tough, but there were a few nice moments too. So which do you want to hear first? Good news or bad news? My husband, Henri, had...
September 17, 2014
Pressed for time? Need a (really, really) quick pick me up? Me too! That’s why I created the I’m Too Busy to Take Care of Myself Challenge. Challenge #12: Get...
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Do you believe in signs? I don’t think much about them, but this was kind of interesting. The other day my mother had an MRI to see if her lung...
September 1, 2014
You know how I’m always saying fitness should be fun and you should set goals for yourself to keep you motivated? Well, here’s your chance to do a 5k for...
July 24, 2014
Pop Quiz: Bust out your VCR’s! What was your favorite old school workout video? A) Jane Fonda’s Workout B) Billy Blanks’ Tae Bo C) Buns of Steel D) Other E) What’s...
June 24, 2014
It’s four (4) weeks until the fitness competition and over the weekend I had a mild panic attack when I started watching YouTube videos and realized: (a) my music was...
May 19, 2014
My first obstacle for the Spartan Race was signing up for the Spartan Race. That’s because last year I chickened out before even entering it. There were legitimate reasons: 1)...
May 10, 2014
Joe De Sena, co-creator of the Spartan Run events, said in a recent interview that finishing the race is 80% mental and 20% physical. That’s good, because I’ve spent 0%...
April 28, 2014
This is the final week before my pole fitness competition, the Capital of Texas Aerial Championships on Saturday, May 3. Much to my chagrin, regular life did not go on hold...
April 16, 2014
The pole fitness competition is in less than 3 weeks! Yikes! Panic attack! FYI – this is a picture of one of my dance teachers, Brenna Wilder, who won the...
April 7, 2014
As my thoughts turn towards summer, I can’t help but fantasize about taking a vacation. But since I am crazy a fitness enthusiast, a dream vacation for me includes hardcore...
April 4, 2014
Remember how I told you that when I turned 40 I decided to enter a pole dancing competition, even though I can’t dance, don’t know gymnastics, and got no game,...
March 25, 2014
Pole dancing has been around for over 800 years. It started as a sport in India. From their it spread to China, where men (not women) would climb up 20...
March 20, 2014
If you were to look at me in a bikini right now you might think I’ve been reading 50 Shades of Gray or something. Why? Because I’ve been practicing pole...
March 18, 2014
On May 17th some friends from Mel’s Machines and I will be doing the Spartan Run, which is an 8 mile run with 20+ obstacles in between. Never having done...
