November 11, 2016
When Bad Things Happen If you live in another country and follow my blog, you may be wondering about my thoughts on the election of Donald Trump. I’ve been going...
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October 18, 2016October 18, 2016
This weekend #TeamNoah was reunited for the wedding of Mark Bouquin to his beautiful bride, Melissa. For those of you who watched the John Cena reality-TV show “American Grit” that...
September 30, 2016
Ah, milestones. They really sneak up on you sometimes, don’t they? I just went to my 20th college reunion last weekend. One of my classmates said she didn’t feel old...
September 26, 2016September 26, 2016
If you have had your head buried in the sand for the past few weeks you may not realize that tonight is the MOST EPIC EVENT EVER if you are...
September 8, 2016
One of the key reasons why people give up on their fitness goals is because it’s hard. It’s tough to eat chicken and asparagus when your family eats KFC and...
August 29, 2016August 29, 2016
What are the stories you tell yourself? Comedies? Tragedies? When I’m feeling down you can see it in my face and my features. My shoulders are slumped, I’m looking down...
August 21, 2016August 21, 2016
This week was like a giant “American Grit” reunion for me. It started with the Olympics. Watching those athletes in action makes me feel like such a whiny-ass when I...
July 31, 2016July 31, 2016
Sixty-eight per cent of the electorate thinks American is on the wrong track, and almost the same percentage of Americans are overweight. To me, Trump is like a fad diet. ...
July 18, 2016
If you really want to test the bounds of your marriage, do a reality TV show. As incredible an experience as American Grit was for me personally, my husband saw...
June 1, 2016
Recently, a lot of women have been asking me questions about my weight loss journey, so I thought I’d post some before, during and after pictures for you. Let’s start...
May 23, 2016
I don’t have many regrets in life, but I do have one, and it haunts me to this day. I had a huge opportunity and I…chickened out. Life is a...
May 17, 2016
Even though I knew how episode 5 of American Grit would end, it was still tough for me to watch/re-live ringing out at the circus. The reason I chose to...
May 11, 2016
Tomorrow is a really big episode for me on American Grit so I hope you can watch. If you’re local, I’ll be at Hanovers in Pflugerville to watch and live tweet...
May 8, 2016
I was scrolling through Instagram and I came across this feel good message that said, “Happy Mother’s Day! And that includes pet moms, and anyone who ever had a mom,...
May 7, 2016
Spoiler Alert!!! If you haven’t watched this week’s American Grit, then walk away from this blog post and come back when you’re all caught up. Whew! Now that that’s all...
May 4, 2016November 5, 2018
A year ago today my mother died. That wasn’t the day she was supposed to die. The oncologist said she would live for 12 months with her lung cancer diagnosis,...
