Santa: All I want for Christmas is to maintain my weight…would it be too much to ask to drop a pound or two? Especially since I’ve been extra ‘good’? Wouldn’t it be great if it were that easy? Just ask Santa to ‘hold the weight’ or, since it’s better to ‘give than receive’, perhaps just … Continued
I want to talk about how to get 10 chin ups. You might go to the chin up bar and get as many as you can and then you just end up failing. One way to increase your chin ups is to use the lat pull down machine if you have access … Continued
It turns out I’m sorta fickle… I hate to say it, but the burpee has lost just a little of his pizazz…. Sure, he still makes me weak at the knees and outta breath, but since adding 50 burpees a day into my workout for a few weeks now, I’m getting … Continued
Why do YOU do challenge workouts? Have you thought about it? I was thinking about the reason why I push myself physically nearly every day until I feel like barfing. Clearly this is a red flag to many people. Why on earth would anyone want to do this? Well, I guess it requires my opening … Continued
I’m hosting the Fashion Flash this week and I have all kinds of great posts for you…take a look: Does the yogurt aisle baffle you? Don’t be tricked into eating glorified ice cream. Female Fat Loss Over 40 Expert (that’s me!) gives advice to check out what kind of yogurt to buy and why. … Continued
At my latest meeting of fitness pro’s I got together with Sara Sutherland Dean. She works with new mom’s to get them back into tip top shape. I figured that you could benefit from some of her advice. Lots of my clients are ‘new mom’s’ and their babies are teenagers now…;) So, even though … Continued
I want to give you a strategy to get to 10 push ups. Sometimes you just get pooped out from doing push ups. If you’re just looking for a different exercise that’s going to help increase your push ups, one exercise that I can give you is the dumbbell press. You can do this … Continued
With the holiday season fast approaching, you’ll find practical advice for surviving the holiday season from my gal pals: from health and fitness tips to fashion and style they’ve got us covered. Take a look at what they have to say this week here. Wondering how to dress for a holiday party to … Continued
What really makes you fat? We all do challenge workouts to get a great workout and to push our limits. But let’s not kid ourselves here. Another great bonus of challenging workouts is that the more fit I am, the better I look in my jeans. So, along with challenging workouts, I need to … Continued
I’m a big yogurt fan. When I tell my clients that I eat yogurt, I need to clarify. The yogurt I eat isn’t the ‘glorified ice cream’ that you see in the dairy section. Literally, some of the yogurt choices are no better than eating ice cream. Where’s the nutrition in … Continued