KEEP THE FAITH. KEEP THE FOCUS.

Today is day seven of the Oxygen Magazine fitness challenge. I woke up this morning to a stomach tied in knots, with a heart racing, and now I am pacing. I feel anxious, nervous, and tight. I can’t quite find my center. Breathe. I take a deep breath, in through the nose and out through […]

STARTING OVER: DAY ONE CAN HAPPEN EVERY DAY

Today is day SIX of the Oxygen Fitness Challenge So I am cleaning, getting ready for my first client to arrive, when I come across a lone chicken nugget that had been left from the day before…..I gobbled that sucker up so fast it was almost fresh again! What did you expect….It’s CHICKEN!!  You already […]

MY BODY IS MY BUSINESS: day three

Fitness is cramping my style… 6:02 am I woke up with leg cramps sometime in the middle of night. I think it must have been close to morning because it seemed like as soon as I relaxed to free the tension of my muscles the morning was back to say, “WAKE UP.” I didn’t want […]

THE OFFICIAL DAY ONE OF OXYGEN MAGAZINE’S FITNESS CHALLENGE

“This is why you broke up with me,” I said to him as he was taking my before pictures. “Don’t be ridiculous. You broke up with me remember. Do you know how many women would kill to have your before pictures? You should have worn a swim suit when we went to Wild Waves. Your […]

HOW TO WRITE A NEW LIFE FOR YOURSELF

Dear Tracy Benson​, I pulled up a map of the world today just so I could imagine traveling it. I remember writing that I would come visit you in Wales someday, but I fear I may never make it further that my back yard. I thought I was a woman going places in life. I […]