August 29, 2012
Trying to focus on my upper body muscles this week. But mostly trying to finish all that paperwork for school registration for the kids. It feels like I have more...
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August 27, 2012
Tonight I tuck you into bed, your last night as my baby. Your face is sweet and clean and innocent, unmarked yet by the world to come. Tonight I am...
August 26, 2012
I am (finally) stepping up in the technology world. At the prodding of my friend, Kelly, I created a Facebook page for the blog. (She write a great clean eating...
August 25, 2012
OK, I’m a little off on the timing of this post, considering tomorrow starts week 10, but then again, I’ve been dealing with both kids doing back-to-school stuff this week....
August 23, 2012
6:50 a.m. I meet Daniel at Metroflex Gym. It’s one of those hardcore bodybuilding gyms with no A/C or heat. The women are all training for bikini, fitness or physique...
A typical day for me starts at 5 a.m. (note the very attractive bags under my eyes.) I take my 10,000 supplements. If I have a training session I...
August 22, 2012
Dear Lisa My heart aches watching you sobbing in your car at Rylee’s nursery school last November, tears spilling over your fingers and wetting the steering wheel you were gripping...
August 21, 2012
Last May I published my first book, “Mind Your Manners Minnie Monster.” It was a very exciting time for me because I had always wanted to see one of...
August 20, 2012
“Hey, fat girl!” he snarled, a grin spreading across his obnoxious face. “Fat girl, I’m talking to you!” “She can’t hear you, too much blubber in her ears,” laughed...
August 19, 2012
These are the pictures from the 12 weeks counting down to the Adela Garcia Classic on June 23, 2012. This was my first bodybuilding competition. These pictures were taken April...
August 13, 2012
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt You will never have the “perfect” conditions to do a thing. If you wait for perfection...
August 11, 2012
Fitness Cheerleader wants to know: 5 Weird Things About You Ok, anyone who has read more than one of my posts already knows that I’m kinda quirky, so trying to...
August 10, 2012
Last night we celebrated Henri’s 50th birthday at the Crosby Country Club. After the party a group of us went to the bar…and um…had some real fun…
Great article about school lunches
August 8, 2012
March 2012 I came home from the gym to the aroma of cinnamon raisin bagels. “How did your training session go?” asked Henri, smearing cream cheese on his totally wonderful...
Fitness Cheerleader Challenge: Your Highs and Lows From This Year I guess you could call it a midlife crises. I wasn’t planning on it, but I guess these things sneak...