I did not train, yesterday.  That damn chest pain was a bitch.  I was hurting so badly that I was kind of scared to be alone at home during the day.  I was so desperate that I wrote a letter to Dr. Oz, “The Doctors”, and Oprah.  How pitiful is that?  Dr. Oprah, I am [...]

This is the time of year that people are reminded to be thankful.  I think most of us are always thankful, but we just don’t verbally express it as often as we do in November and December.  I want to thank some people right now.  I want to thank each of you that take the [...]

There was no zumba class on the schedule, today, but I noticed the gym was offering a Turkey Burn cardio sculpt class.  Woohoo, I thought.  I had already run two miles on the treadmill and had begun to do my strength training.  The class was an hour and a half.  I thought this would be [...]

I got on the scale today and all of that eating out caught up with me.  I gained two pounds.  Really?  It takes me two weeks to lose two pounds, but a few days to pack it on.  I have to say, I don’t even care that much.  It just makes me work that much [...]

I woke up this morning to discover that my cycle started a day early, so I was bummed about all of the water retention that I was holding on to, but relieved to know the reason behind my chocolate binge and cursing my husband out , yesterday. I bit the bullet and went to weigh in [...]

I met up with a friend, today to hike and had a great day.  We hiked 4.89 miles, some of it up hill, so it was a good workout.  It was very inspiring to walk with my friend, who has lost over 26 pounds and looks amazing.  My hamstrings are still really sore from that [...]

I went for a run, this morning at my favorite scenic trail. I love running there, but this time of year, I have to watch out for acorns.  I would hate to slip on one of those.  There is a very large hill and depending on where I park, the hill is either a climb [...]

Yesterday, turned out to be a great day.  The weather was beautiful and with the leaves changing, there are so many scenic places in the Nashville area.  I took my girls to take fall photos at the park.  It was a great way to spend time with my kids.  I was planning to take a [...]

I am happy to report that I lost 2.4 pounds, this week.  I have broken out of my weigh in ritual a second week in a row and it feels good not to stress the way that I have in the past over weigh ins.  I wore jeans again, I ate a small banana, yogurt, [...]

I ran two miles, today after having to lay off for a week with shin splints.  They are very painful, but if given time off, the shin heals pretty quickly.  I didn’t want to risk ending up with a fracture.  It was nice being on the trail. The  weather was very overcast so there weren’t [...]