Which way do you go? Do you turn around and go home? Skip the workout? Half-ass it? Twice this week I had opportunity to *just* skip the workout. Scenario 1: I wanted to try out the Zumba class at this particular time. I’ve done Zumba before (love it!) but this was my first time to try out … [Read more…]
Hey, friends! How are you? How was your week? Tell us below! I’m going to change things up a bit today. We are looking for input on The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans, specifically, we want YOUR input. Take a minute and tell us your thoughts, m’kay? Pretty please? What do you like/dislike … [Read more…]
A few weeks ago, I started a new exercise plan. I was motivated. I was focused. I was 100% dedicated to seeing it through. And then my world kind of imploded. My husband’s accident and becoming a full-time student once more came in the same week. I could have handled maintaining my exercise plan and … [Read more…]
The new calendar for writing assignments came out last week. I saw that my first post was on October 6 and it said Saturday Review. I immediately knew what I would do. I had received a new FitBit to replace my old one that had broken. Somehow, somewhere, it was just gone one day. I reached in my … [Read more…]
Welcome to another great edition of Toot Your Horn Tuesdays, where we brag all about how completely and utterly awesome we are. Seriously. It’s good for you, so just do it! Today is an important day in the history of the United States of America, so I just want to acknowledge September 11, 2001, … [Read more…]
Welcome to Becoming Me, a monthly blog series where I set out to answer questions developed by Christie Inge, HHC in an effort to dig a little deeper and get to the heart of some of my esteem, body, and food issues. Last month, I tackled the issue of whether or not I have “off-limit” … [Read more…]
This is my favourite time of year. The kids are back in school, I’m back in school. There’s a nip to the morning air that whispers of the promise of autumn just around the corner. There’s a clean slate-feeling to September, isn’t there? The lazy (hah!) days of summer are behind us. The new notebooks … [Read more…]
Our free monthly fitness calendars are, without a doubt, some of our most popular, most searched for, highest traffic posts ever! So we’re bringing you a new monthly calendar workout for September that will help you reclaim your abs from your summer debauchery. You know it happened. You got a … [Read more…]
As I type this, my kids are in bed. This is probably the first time in two months they have been down before 10. You know what that means… SCHOOL IS STARTING! With school comes a ROUTINE. With a routine comes EXERCISE. I am sooooo looking forward to getting my groove back. Granted, I’m not really … [Read more…]
Well my friends, if it is Tuesday, it must be time for some bragging. Tooting, if you will. Did you exercise like a maniac? Did you do a race of some kind and kick butt? Did you meal plan and stick with it every day? Maybe you ate really well. Whatever wonderful thing you did, we want to know all … [Read more…]
This is a tale of two people. One has this on her mind: She thinks often of her quest for fitness. She has learned the importance and value of exercise for both her health and her sanity. She fits workouts into a busy schedule. She moves. She breathes. She feels good about her … [Read more…]
Got your attention, yet?! I’m here to talk about eye candy, specifically eye candy at the gym. You see, most of the time when I exercise a the gym, it’s during prime-time mommy time. Meaning, a morning week day between the hours of 8:30am and 11am. The older kids have been dropped off at … [Read more…]
The last 18 months have been the most stressful time of my entire 40 years of life, even MORE stressful than when my husband was laid off from work for 7 months and we had a 5 yr old, 2.5 yr old and a 6 week old. The last 18 months have held a death in the family, the husband changing jobs and … [Read more…]
WHOA! August? Where has the time gone? Another week, another check-in! Are you losing weight? Getting fitter? Accomplishing the goals you have set out for yourself? We’ve got some new events going on around the Sisterhood! The Olympics! It’s not too late to join in the fun! We’ve got prizes … [Read more…]
I’m guessing you are enthralled by the London Olympics right about now… Today, we are going to get you up off that couch so you can win a gold medal of your own. That’s right… you are going to work towards a Gold Medal Ass. We’ve got THREE exercises for you… click on the titles for … [Read more…]