Fashion Flash

The Menopause Makeover has some great stuff! If it hasn’t happened yet, it soon will – that anxious moment when you must decide what to wear to high school  reunion! Find out how to WOW them all with a real life example from The Glam Gals at Fabulous after 40. Are you ‘just average’? Female … Continued

Full Body Challenge – Bring a Bucket!

Are you ever short on time and need a super fast full body workout? It happens all the time for me. My days get pretty hairy, just like yours. Recently, I made a great decision and hired an assistant. That is, one with opposable thumbs, Desi (dog) doesn’t count even though he’s in the office … Continued

Full Body Challenge

Pressed for time? Need a great workout that’s done in 20 minutes? Here’s an amazing workout for you to do using only a dumb bell, bench and mat. Do in ‘as many rounds as possible’ style. Try to do the four exercises as many times as you can in a 10-20 minute period with minimum … Continued

Vegetarian Confusion?

I know that many of you are considering a vegetarian lifestyle. I myself have given up beef, poultry and pork. I call myself a ‘flex-a-tarian’ meaning that I’m ‘flexible’ with my food choices. I’ll eat meat on occasion, but I feel best eating eggs and fish as my main protein sources. (I eat lots of … Continued

Lessons Learned Under Water

I’ve had a variety of careers that have led to this one. You may never have guessed that some of my most profound lessons were learned underwater. Let me explain… My first career started at the age of six. It would span twelve years and it involved Green hair and a lot of water… I … Continued

Push Up Challenge

Need a challenge? Want a benchmark for your upper body pushing strength? Cool thing is, this challenge will test your core strength and endurance too. Your relative strength compared to body weight is important. I took a page out of Men’s Health and found this challenge. Yes I know, I’m a woman, what am I … Continued

Average Jane?

Are you average? To me, that’s a little bit of an insult…Who wants to be average? I thought you’d be interested in knowing some ‘average’ facts to see where you stack up. (Apologies to my non-American readers, it’s easiest to find stats for the good ole US of A). Is 5 ft. 4 in tall, … Continued

Fashion Flash!

This week it’s my turn to host the fashion flash, I’m associated with a bunch of wonderful bloggers and I wanted to share their links with you… Pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined.  Staness Jonekos, co-author of “The Menopause Makeover,” shares a drug-free option to chronic pain. No-Nonsense Beauty tries … Continued

Menopause: The Battle is ON!

Women approaching or in their 40’s have to work against nature to maintain their figure. Our current lifestyle and Mother Nature has stacked the odds against us sailing smoothly through the fourth decade of our life without some extra baggage, literally. I’m talking about gobs of fat hanging off our waists like a muffin top-not … Continued

New Mom Advice

As many of you know, I have contacts all over the world. These are fitness pro’s that have a niche that they specialize in. When ever I go to conferences, one of the biggest take aways for me is to corner a few of my friends and ‘pro’s’ so that I can bring you great … Continued