February 14, 2017February 14, 2017
I was standing in line, dutifully purchasing Minions Valentine’s Day cards and pink cupcakes for my son’s school party when the cashier just went off on a rant. “What’s the...
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February 7, 2017February 20, 2017
7 Ways to Deal with an Injury I totally injured myself last week. (Happy birthday?) I was doing a short run mid-week and tripped on an uneven sidewalk and managed to...
February 2, 2017
I’m 43 years old today. Every year as a gift to myself I do something that forces me outside of my comfort zone; I call it my birthday scare. It’s...
January 31, 2017February 20, 2017
Ok, so my husband and I were going to run 10 glorious miles through a hilly park I had visited once previously while our two children rode their bicycles alongside. ...
January 24, 2017February 20, 2017
The first marathon I trained for was just before my 30th birthday. I had signed up to run with Team in Training and followed their plan to run for one...
January 23, 2017
What started as an expression of anger after Hillary Clinton’s defeat organically grew into something bigger than just one election. The Women’s March was a collective expression of people’s concerns...
January 19, 2017
This year I’m having a really hard time deciding my Birthday Scare. For those of you new to my blog, every year for my birthday I decide to do something that...
January 19, 2017October 30, 2017
Everybody poops but for most people over the age of eight it’s not part of normal conversation. As a personal trainer though, you’d be surprised just how many questions I’ve...
January 8, 2017February 20, 2017
Those of you who know me know that I hate the winter. Even if you don’t know me all you have to do is look at this picture of me...
January 6, 2017February 20, 2017
It’s been a few years since I’ve run a marathon, so I’ve blocked from my memory the rougher parts and just kind of focused on the warm and fuzzy feeling...
January 2, 2017February 20, 2017
I don’t drink often but when a New Year comes to town it’s time to pop the champagne, don’t you think? Also, this was a total surprise, my newsfeed had...
January 2, 2017
Happy New Year! This year my resolutions are colored by sadness, really. My husband and I have friends who went through the most God-awful experiences last year. One friend lost...
December 31, 2016December 31, 2016
The first year I started ShesLosingIt.com I entered a blogger’s challenge that gave us different writing prompts to answer each day. A lot of those posts became incorporated into my...
December 21, 2016December 21, 2016
We have a new addition to our family. He’s an 8 week old English bulldog named Bruno. (Personally, I voted to name him Vinny the Chin, but since no one...
December 20, 2016February 20, 2017
So you’ve decided to run a half marathon. Congratulations! People run for a variety of reasons: To become physically fit For a good cause or major milestone birthday To escape...
December 18, 2016December 18, 2016
If you’ve read my blog posts, or watched my final episode on American Grit, then you know that I hate running. My favorite saying used to be, “The only way...
