Just a reminder on this busy weekend that the Challenge is on its way. Â We start Monday. Â Of course you can join anytime (or change your goal anytime) but you still have to finish on time (May 18th). Â I don't want you to loose any days. Â If you are planning on joining, let me hear … Continue reading Challenge Starts Monday
40 Day Challenge
Forty days... the amount of time the first rain fell and flooded the earth, the amount of time Moses spent on the mountain with God, the amount of time Jesus fasted in the wilderness... forty days... It is a pretty significant number. Our church just recently completed a 40 day fast where we each committed … Continue reading 40 Day Challenge
Give It a Full 80
I love my workouts. Â I rarely miss. Â Yes, something must be off in my head. Â I do realize this is not a "normal" characteristic. Â It wasn't always this way. Â I started the drudgery of working out years ago under the sole obligation to help me loose unwanted pounds (30+, and no, I have no photos. … Continue reading Give It a Full 80
Eat Anything You Want and Still Lose Weight
Don't we all wish we could eat anything we wanted and still lose weight? Â I think we can -- Here's where you roll your eyes and wonder what's up. Â Maybe you're even questioning my mindset - thinking that I've fallen for a get thin easy scheme or some kind of new fad diet. -- I … Continue reading Eat Anything You Want and Still Lose Weight
Sweet Victory of Reaching the Goal
It all started as a kid on the monkey bars. Â You know the bar -- the one just a little out of reach. Â You do a slight little jump, grab hold with no problem (much like a skilled and graceful gymnast) and then just hang there because you're not strong enough to pull yourself up. … Continue reading Sweet Victory of Reaching the Goal
Sweat Is Fat Crying
âSweat is fat cryingâ is a quote from Pinterest that got my attention today as I thought about my tough-as-nails workout this morning. Â (Can I get an amen from my Fat Burn Friday Power Chisel class? â it was doosie this morning)Â Â As I pondered on this quote, I decided that I like the thought … Continue reading Sweat Is Fat Crying
But I Don’t Want To
âDarling, you need to eat your green beans.â âBut Mom, I donât want to. I donât like green beans.â âBut dear, they are good for you and help you to grow and to make you strong.â âI know, you done told me that, but I donât like âemâ. I donât want to!!! We all really … Continue reading But I Don’t Want To
Goldilocks and Oatmeal
OK, you got me. I have no golden locks running through my dark brown hair and have never even once wandered into a bearâs home out in the woods⊠but I do love me some oatmeal. It is a great comfort food. Just the word brings floods of childhood memories and kitchen smells. I was … Continue reading Goldilocks and Oatmeal
The Best is Yet to Come
Nineteen-eighty something: Iâm in my teens with bright hot pink lipstick, big hair and Sassoon jeans that I had to lay down to zip. Luke and Laura dominated afternoon tv and no one I knew owned a computer or a cd player. I used my jam box and an audio cassette tape to work out … Continue reading The Best is Yet to Come
