Time is tight over the holidays… Scratch that, time is tight all the time, but especially over the holidays. And, there’s usually double to triple the amount of opportunity to indulge in excess calories during the holiday season. I’ve talked about the main thing that makes you fat (insulin) and … Continued
Want a real challenge? Go on a holiday with two teenagers… I have a 14 year-old boy and a 17 year-old girl. If you didn’t already know this, teenage boys love to embarrass their teenage sisters. One effective way to do this is by making farting noises in public. This of course is much … Continued
This week you’ll find lots of amazing beauty and styling tips from my favorite bloggers. Check it out here. How do you get the shine back in your dull, aging hair? Find out at Fabulous after 40! In a never-ending battle of fighting cellulite, find out from Fab Over Forty if cellulite creams … Continued
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