July 4, 2017July 4, 2017
Happy July 4th! I recently stumbled across this picture taken of me when I was very pregnant with my son and trying to bribe my ob-gyn to induce labor. It...
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June 29, 2017June 29, 2017
Chicken is one of those staple dishes, but can get old fast. Here’s a recipe from a book I reviewed a few years ago that dealt with food allergies. While...
June 23, 2017June 23, 2017
Summer is upon us. As we say hello to sunshine and swimming with our first barbeque, let’s make that salad a little healthier. “But, Lisa,” you say, “aren’t salads already...
June 1, 2017
It’s going to happen. At some point during your fitness journey you are going to hit a wall, an obstacle that just seems too high to scale, to hard to...
May 19, 2017May 9, 2017
It’s Friday, so it’s time for another pop quiz: Is Cursing ever beneficial? OK, I’ll admit it: I f***ing LOVE to curse, only I use the real words and not...
May 15, 2017May 15, 2017
Seventeen years ago I got off the phone with my cousin, who was telling me about this great guy. And who should call next? This great guy. “Hi! Do you...
May 3, 2017May 6, 2017
When I first started blogging I had no idea what I was doing. I didn’t want to write a blog at all; I was going to write romance novels. The...
April 27, 2017
If you’re new to my blog (hi!) you might not know that I wasn’t always into bodybuilding, or even fit! I started this blog five years ago when I was...
April 26, 2017April 26, 2017
If you’re a guy it’s quite plausible that your wardrobe can remain the same from your 20’s until your 40’s when you start to get love handles. If you’re a...
April 18, 2017April 19, 2017
No one tells you the truth about what pregnancy does to your body. I went into it expecting a cute little belly bump followed by an even cuter little baby...
April 17, 2017
Happy day after Easter! I had a really fun weekend. It started off dying eggs with my kids. General question: Why does my son always want to wear a white...
March 12, 2017
One of the most frustrating things for my clients (and me too) is that they will eat clean all morning through lunch and then somewhere between 3-7 pm there is...
March 8, 2017
Happy International Women’s Day! This is a great day to thank all the women in your life and support local women-owned businesses as well. And speaking of that… I will be...
March 1, 2017March 1, 2017
I’m Catholic so this week I get to transition from the gluttonous celebrations of Marti Gras/Carnival/Fat Tuesday into the season of Lent, fasting and abstinence from meat on Fridays. Marti...
February 20, 2017
It’s been a long process, but for a good cause. My husband and I trained for a half marathon to help raise money for our friend’s son, JJ, who was paralyzed...
February 16, 2017
My husband, Henri, looked pale and was still holding the phone in his hand. Something was terribly wrong. I wanted to design some T-shirts to sell on my blog and was...