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Most of you know I'm training for my first competiton in August. It's pretty exciting because Bill from our site and Lisa my friend (and PNP member) are doing it with me. The training is going well and I wanted to spend today discussing lessons learned from the first four weeks of training. Attention...

I would blog about this on the autism site , but this is more about my resolve with food than Logan's new diet. Just for those who aren't familiar, Logan is on a GFCF (gluten free and casein free) diet. All of his food is now cooked naturally, on the stove, fresh, no microwaving, etc. We use...

"Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Coincidence? I think not!" ~Author Unknown I belong to a weight loss support group at my husband's office and I just happened to open up the agenda for today. It's all about stress and it's role in weight gain. Now, I could give you a lot...

I have always said that my son inspired me to lose weight. He was one when I started feeling unable to keep up with the active little man. I feared he would learn my unhealthy eating habits, have a mommy he was ashamed of, and I would spend his youth too tired to play with him. So, I got my butt in the...

We all have stress. There isn't a single person reading this blog right now who can say their life is perfect. What is "bad times" for one person is a "walk in the park" for another, but we CANNOT judge others by this. We all have to remember that regardless of our circumstances...

I'm going to tell a favorite joke of mine that illustrates a story one of my clients told today in our forums about her light bulb moment. Once there was a huge flood and a guy realized his house was going to be washed away. As he watched from the porch the waters rising, a man came by in a big truck...

A good friend of mine sent this to me and I thought I would share it with you. One evening an old Cherokee told his granddaughter about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My child, the battle is between 2 wolves" inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy,sorrow, regret...

Last night I went to dinner with my husband and son for the first time in awhile. We had some good news, it was late, and to be honest, I had no desire to clean up the kitchen. We went out and by the end of a pretty healthy meal I said to my husband, "Let's order dessert." He about died...

Today my mother is having a heart cath done. She's been having heart problems lately on top of other issues and today we will find out exactly what is going on and where they want her to go from here. Being a Personal Trainer and someone who's lost a lot of weight through hard work, I've...