Skinny Don't Fix Ugly

 The pandemic crushed me. Gyms closed. The world stopped. It was my time. My time to get back to fitness, to get healthy, to stop dedicating...

Managing a gym has consumed my life. Beside the girls, my own work outs, meal planning and Jeramy's crazy schedule I am swamped.I want t...

Ehh, an updated picture to my non facebook friends would be nice right..ok! But first I must say my husband ran his first marathon and quali...

River Bank run is upon us. I have worked my ass off in the past couple of weeks cross training and running only twice a week in order to com...

For months I have been dealing with pain. Well closer to a year. I ran the 25k last year with Piriformis Syndrome. It hppened jumping out of...

It's about that time of exhaustion. The time when I want to  sleep, scream, cuss and cry. Training sucks. Now if I blogged more than on...

This question has been weighing on my mind all day. Someone asked me the very same thing last night. I just think...uh, yeah, food is good....

As time has gone on I have picked up clients interested in losing weight and getting healthy. I never thought I would be the crazy woman pre...

I am not a very open person. It takes me a long time to open up. I am mouthy and have a hard exterior. This is only because once I consider ...

I spend all these crazy hours every week riding, running and lifting. While I am doing so I always come up with these brilliant blog ideas. ...

I hit my first 100 mile week for the year :o) Mostly cycling but some running. I have been having a foot issue so the running has been light...

Thanks to Kate Moss we have been hearing it for years. To me it is like nails on a chalk board. "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels...

Sorry my blogs have been sparse I have been cheating on you with another blog but the affair is over. Last week I saw a number on the scale...

This is going to be long…you have been warned. You may want a snack. I have said this before and I will say it again. I have learned  more...

Historically, I do not play well with others.  Really. I am not a morning person and I like to do things my own way. This attitude was not ...

81 days until my first 25k. Sometimes I feel like it will be no problem, that my training will pay off and I will pace myself the 15.5 mil...

I am pretty straight forward. I am sure if you have read back to 2008 then you know that. I have left more than half of me on a gym floor or...

Just busy. Running 20 mile weeks is hard on weight loss. The problem I have is that I am starving. Seriously, physically starving. Hangry ...

 25k Training has taken over my life and with that I have had to make some great adjustments on the food front. I am running, doing speedwor...

Well, first off I have to say I am a Road Warrior, I will run 15.5 miles on May 14th, 2011. I was selected from hundreds. I am honored and I...

Anonymous said... You have good reason to be proud but obsessions never last and if you don't just settle into a long-term, normal, he...

Saturday I tackled my very first 10k. My average pace lately has been between 10'44" and 11'30" so I really didn't kno...

In 2.5 days I will be running in my first 10K. I am ready. I ran 6 miles last Sunday in 1hr 6 min. I ran 2 yesterday at a 10:44 pace and wil...

That's what I tell myself when I am running. One step at a time. I ran 5 miles yesterday, straight through. My dad used to say "It...

Fifth Third River Bank Run just opened the application process for Road Warriors. It is a race ambassador position. To inspire others to run...

I am a chronic weigh-er. Like 3 times a day. It's a bad habit but it has carried me this far. I like to know exactly what I weigh. I mak...

The ups and downs of weight loss can be mentally exhausting. A few months back I hit a plateau  and decided to shake things up a bit. I cut ...

I am slowly getting over the creepin' crud that I am sure my girls brought home from school. I could just see the germs on them.  I am s...

Ok Week 1 picture. Please excuse the pale face, lack of makeup and bed head. I am SICK! Like train wreck sick. Anyway These are my challenge...

Ok, fear has now jumped into my heart. I just agreed to the unthinkable. Fellow blogger over at Sara Gets Skinny has just thrown down the g...

First, let me get the weight loss update out of the way. Saturday morning I saw the lowest number on the scale in at least 15 years. It put ...

Sunday afternoon Jeramy and I decided to pre-ride the Tour De Donut course. It's supposed to be a fun ride with donut stops every 10 mil...

Jeramy had a 9 day vacation. His first in years. We made all sorts of plans for Michigan's Adventure, shopping, parades,a date night, cy...

 I have this plan.  I set this plan last year at the  Every Stride 5k.  I was going to run the 10k.  And well, as most of you know once I sa...

  I run better in the morning before my body has a chance to realize what the hell I am doing to it. I want a cupcake but I want to hit go...

Each Friday I am going to post 5 things I have learned about myself that week....I think it will help me appreciate how far I have come. A...

Growing up I hated hearing those words. I am 1/4 italian and grew up in a very melting pot neighborhood. As with all suburbs in the Detroit ...

When I started to lose weight I never thought it would inspire other people to change their lives. So many have sent private messages tellin...

I come here, I read my blog roll. I laugh, cry, scowl but I have been slacking at posting. I don't feel like I have wisdom to share. I h...

The rain has been getting to me and last week was especially bad. I was torn between staying in bed or building an Ark. Neither choice won b...

Over the past few months I have been fighting the same 5 pounds over and over again. I was working out hard and eating healthy but I was get...

I'm never sure what my exact religious beliefs are. I was raised by an italian father who was Catholic and I was baptized Episcopalian. ...

What a weekend. We discovered two things this weekend. We no longer party and I can be pushed to high speeds. I admit I was scared to be a...

Really? That seems to be my question for everything lately. Why is it so hard for my kids to listen to me? Why is it so hard for adult women...

I haven't done this in a while so I googled 170. Most of the pictures were people but I did find this one of this big big fish. My goal...

I just want some happy feet. Pain free, blister free happy feet. When I started running in September I was wearing New Balance because of t...

P90X is going well. I follow the schedule exactly as written and as stated before add some cardio. Mostly cycling because that is what I lo...

 Wednesday it will be 2 years since I decided to change the way I was living. I almost feel like I should celebrate my birthday that day b...

Well, I made it through week 1 of  P90X. I have been told by the Beach Body crew that what I am doing is referred to as "doubles"....