Today was back to normal, holidays over, house guests gone, husband back to work, kids off to school, and me back on track.  I am not going to spend a lot of time writing, today and I have to be a bit careful about what I share because I do care about my family’s feelings, [...]

I just ran two miles on my treadmill in twenty-four minutes and that was with a five minute warm up walk.  I realize this still makes me a slow runner, but I haven’t been running very much in a long time.  Amazing what a kick in the rear registering for the marathon was.  Another motivator [...]

There are 120 days until the Nashville Country Music Marathon, which I just registered for about ten minutes ago.  I figured there was no better time to register.  The new year will be upon me tomorrow.  I made a few resolutions:  Parker and I want to be able to do twenty-five push ups in a [...]

Searching for a swimsuit during the winter with pasty skin is nothing short of a nightmare.  A nightmare with fluorescent lighting and three way mirrors, which provided a 360 degree magnified view of my lumpy, dimply thighs.  I walked into Anything But Water (that was the only place I could shop for a suit this time of year) [...]

When my December issue of Shape arrived in the mailbox well over a week ago and I saw Kelly Osbourne on the cover in a red bikini, I tossed it aside and wasn’t overly eager to tear into it as I usually am.  Depending on who is on the cover is what usually gets me [...]

I don’t know what it is about working out in a white tank top in my own home, but I just worked out like I was in the military.  I think the white tank top made me, for a brief moment in time believe that I was Demi Moore in “G.I. Jane”.  Of course I [...]

I don’t know what possessed me to order a swimsuit online.  Of course it did not fit and it was very evident the moment that I took it out of the packaging.  I just wasted $10 on the shipping to me and back to the store.  Penelope saw me, she looked at me very embarrassed [...]

As I watched myself in the mirror, today while lifting weights I came to a conclusion; if I do not look pissed off then I’m not working hard enough.  I went through my cycle of squats, half squats, push ups, tricep dips, shoulder press, chest press, chest flies, abs, and cardio.  I only went twelve [...]

I went to spin class and worked my already super, duper sore abs.  My legs were very sore from my workout, yesterday, but I felt much better after exercising this morning and it was even better working out side by side with my husband.   Today was my friend’s last day as the instructor until she [...]

I am convinced that there are two types of people in this world: those who like to exercise and those that despise it.  This thought came to me as I entered the gym with the excitement and enthusiasm of  a kid being taken to Disneyland.  I’m exaggerating just a tad, but I do enjoy physical [...]