My abs, a weight update, and… I’m in danger of becoming a Cardio Queen…

Nah, not really. I weight-train far too hard for that, thank goodness. But I have been doing more than the usual amount of cardio in an effort to shed some of this… fluff… around my middle. It’s been necessary, because even though I have been being a very good girl for a while now, I [...]

Charming Men & Weight Loss. They Almost Make Up For The Fact That I Suck.

Chest and Shoulders are far and away my worst workouts even when I feel well. I have a chronic case of tendonosis in my right shoulder that can really interfere with gym sessions when it’s acting up – but that wasn’t the case yesterday. The problem yesterday, it seems, was out-and-out fatigue. I actually had [...]

Friday morning workout… and a little weight rant.

I have been really good with my diet for weeks now, sticking to a clean diet 98% of the time, but allowing myself the odd cheat – beer at Main Street last Friday, for instance. There was a time, not all that long ago, when any little deviance in my diet was cause for me [...]

The Healthy Omnivore. Trying to Survive in a Carbo-centric World.

I haven’t talked much about nutrition since I began this blog and frankly, one of the reasons is that my normal daily diet is a source of consternation to not only my friends, but my family as well. With the exception of my husband, my trainer, a handful of fellow gym rats, and my somewhat [...]

Saturday, in the gym… I know it’s not the Fourth of July…

… because it has been so cold here lately, I’ve been having flashbacks* to winters in Canada. With temperatures dropping into the teens, and days on end of bright, cold weather, it seems so like a northern winter – minus the snow, of course. The pool pump drones on and on and the sound has [...]

Fat Guy is my Inspiration

I finally did it. Took a deep breath, squinched my eyes shut, and stepped on the scale. Peeked through one half-closed eyelid and burst into tears. Figuratively speaking, of course. The damage? 108.2 lbs. It probably doesn’t sound like much, especially to someone like my man, Fat Guy, who thinks skinny people suck. But you [...]