February 8, 2023February 6, 2023
It’s been almost four years since my last bodybuilding competition, due to the pandemic, injuries, and quite frankly, burnout. The workouts are tough, but the hardest part for me is...
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January 20, 2023
The American Academy of Pediatrics issued new guidelines on childhood obesity and boy is there backlash! Their former approach (make lifestyle changes and then wait-and-monitor) wasn’t working so their new...
January 13, 2023
We all know vegetables are good for us, but not even Popeye can convince most Americans to eat the recommended 2-3 cups per day. According to the USDA, most Americans...
July 1, 2021
Have you ever kept a garden? I always loved the idea of one. I pictured the beautiful vegetables, fruits and flowers blooming. The reality is not nearly as fun. For...
June 14, 2021
Hello! Normally when I am training for a competition I post my progress pictures, but not this time. Because this time it’s not a bodybuilding competition – it’s the World...
May 24, 2021
According to a recent study noted in the New York Times, people gained an average of two pounds per month during quarantine. That’s about 28 pounds! (I know I gained...
March 9, 2021
It’s been a year since quarantine began and I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to get back to a fitness routine! Here’s what I’m going to do: Pick...
April 3, 2020April 3, 2020
My friends and I have been texting each other and have noted several things: Working from home and homeschooling is a bad combination The “Tiger King” seems like a micro-version...
December 27, 2019
It took an eternity it seemed, but my newest book, “The S.L.I. Method – A Foundation for your Belly, Brain and Body” is now available for sale, just in time...
November 29, 2019December 17, 2019
Are you in the shopping mood? Get your copy of “She’s Losing It!” at Amazon.com. It’s the quirky little story of how I lost 50 pounds by entering a bodybuilding...
November 26, 2019
There is a trending thing going around Facebook right now where you post a picture of yourself in 2009 alongside one in 2019. Oh the difference a decade can make!...
October 7, 2019
It’s October, time to talk about scary things. Know what my biggest fitness fear is? Regaining all the weight that I previously lost. Maybe you can relate. In a perfect...
October 2, 2019
On Monday a new study came out that said all those previous studies that said eating red meat and processed meat was bad for you was overblown and adults should...
September 22, 2019
As of today, there are only 100 days left until the end of 2019. Kind of shocking, huh? I don’t know about you, but for me there’s nothing like a...
July 25, 2019September 18, 2019
Have you ever landed your dream job and then sat at your desk feeling like a complete and utter fraud, wondering how on earth you conned your new bosses to...
June 24, 2019September 18, 2019
Hey, remember way back in January when we all made some fitness goals and then two weeks later got distracted by life and haven’t thought about them since? By the...
