Being Okay with Being Okay

I’ve blogged for several (inconsistent) years about fitness and weight loss. I was ahead of the positive body movement, encouraging people long before it was popular to do so. I had lost a lot of weight and was super excited about it so I took the predictable next step of becoming a certified personal trainer....

Relaxation Is Harder Than It Looks

If you've never done yoga, at the end of each class you do the "corpse pose" (also known as savasana). This is lying flat on your back in a completely relaxed position, arms at your side, being as still as a "corpse" and focusing on breathing. About ten minutes into every yoga class I've ever...

Mom, I Read Your Blog

"Mom, I read your blog." Uuuuhhhh.....what? *Searches memory for things I shouldn't have said to strangers, much less my children. Mentally scan word count for all the foul language. Remember all the whining and crying I did about gaining weight. Boo Hoo* "Oh you did? What did you think?" I said, hesitantly. My twelve year...

Guess Who’s a Morning Person?

You guys! I did it! I became a morning person. Actually, I should rephrase that. I became a person who wakes up early. In the MORNING! February 1 I signed up for a new gym that is super close to my office. With my husband taking over morning duties at home, I started waking up at...