Generally I work hard at being a positive person.  Until I get sick.  Last week I got the flu and rather than write whiney posts about how bad I felt I decided to lock myself up in a dark room and feel sorry for myself.  Good times.   I’ve been posting a lot of strength […]

I’m sort of behind in pop culture. Hence a post referring to the Oscars two days after the ceremony instead of one. It’s actually sort of pathetic how little I know about pop culture. I thought Hannah Montana’s hair was really blonde until my son informed me it was a wig.  And this was after […]

Hope you had a good President’s Day weekend.  We went to the snow and I threw about 5000 snowballs and trekked up a hillside carrying an inner tube.  I hope I burned a lot of calories because I consumed a lot of calories. Oooops.  Whenever I could I pretended like I was a some sort […]

Happy Monday friends.  Hope you had a great weekend.  I struggled with my food all weekend.  Today I’m getting back on track and taking it one meal at a time.  Mini-goals.  So far so good.  If I get past the 3 pm CRAZY carb cravings I’ll be good until after dinner.  Then I’ll just one […]

I like simplicity.  Maybe it’s because I’m such a nut and I need simplicity to balance out all the craziness in my head.  One of the simplest forms of exercises that you probably learned on the playground in elementary happens to be a fantastic workout: jumping rope. It’s another one of my backyard backup exercises.  Perfect when […]

Merry Monday friends!  I hope you had a fantastic weekend.  I had PMS so Garbage Girl thought it would be really fun to come out and play.  But today I’m (mostly) back in control and prepared to put her in her place when she wakes up from her slumber.  This morning, I decided to step […]

I love January. Since I live in southern California it’s much easier to love it. Regardless of where you live January symbolizes a fresh start and who doesn’t like fresh starts except maggots. Yuck. Sorry. I know a lot of people are cynical when it comes to making New Year’s resolutions because they think it […]

This is one of my favorite workouts to do when I’m crunched for time or can’t get to the gym. It takes about 15-25 minutes and all you need is a jump rope and that isn’t even necessary. Jump rope -2 minutes (or jumping jacks) 25 lunges – each leg for 50 total (remember to […]

I don’t have time (and wouldn’t want to if I did) to do an hour of cardio a day and I guessing you would rather not either. But I believe you can accomplish more in 20 minutes than an hour if you push yourself. Here is a fun short treadmill workout that makes my legs […]