Competition Series: Part One.

March 13, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

It is no secret at all that my future will definitely have me finally getting my chance to compete in a figure competition. It has been something that I have always wanted to do, something I talk about a lot. But it’s not easy, and it’s not cheap. Finances, a job that is flexible and […]

Check the judgement at the door.

March 12, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

There is something that us as human beings need to remember: Don’t worry about everyone else, you are not them, and you do not have any say in what they do (unless you’re their parent and they’re under the age of 18, then that’s a different story). My nerves are grated when I see nasty […]

Clean eating: Tex Mex Alfredo Pasta & Chicken.

March 1, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

Now, let me start this off by saying, after my experience with cottage cheese brownies, I’m very skeptical of anything made with cottage cheese. Anything. But, I really wanted to try a new Alfredo sauce, and happened to find at The Gracious Pantry (of course, where else would I find it?) a recipe for Tex […]

Shortcut to Size.

February 26, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

Unfortunately, it’s still a huge mindset that if a woman weight lifts, she’s going to to get big. Like Jay Cutler big. Despite more and more proof today that that’s false, it still somehow holds ground. Making women fear the weight rack or machines. Sure, there are women out there who quest to be bigger. […]

Hula-hooping is hell on your glutes.

January 23, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

I did something last night that I never before thought (actually didn’t know) I could do. I hula-hooped. Not just that I successfully got more than three rounds around my waist with the hoop, but I did it for a solid 20-minutes, non-stop. When I was younger, I’d throw the hoop around my tiny little […]

Let’s talk ‘bikini bridge’.

January 16, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

My hair is long enough to have to tie back now. But it’s at that stage where you still need a bunch of clips to pin up the back bottom layers so I feel like a four year old struttin’ my stuff at the gym. However, that’s not what makes me a smidge annoyed today. […]

My brain is on fire.

January 7, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

The overachiever in me has gone insane. My brain apparently has a limitless supply of capacity and is hungry for more. Someone needs to take all technology away from me, and all utensils I can use to draw, write, knit or crochet. And books, don’t forget to grab my hundreds of books on the way […]

Miss Fitness finally gets certified.

December 23, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

Around six years ago, while I was soaking up the rays of the social life, much more than I am now, I was given the nickname Miss Fitness. It came about one night, in a packed bar, when I happened across a $50 bill on the floor that went unclaimed and the bartender let me […]

The photo that will change the face of…

December 18, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Every year, I send out more than 50 holiday cards to family and close friends. Every year it’s usually a blend of cards decked with snowmen and cartoon/cutesy reindeer, signed just simply with my name. Every. Single. Year. Just like every year I get dozens of cards from the same family members and friends, most […]

It’s a moose thing.

November 27, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

Growing up in Maine, wild game is a dietary staple. If you don’t hunt, you know someone who does. You have a friend who happened to tag a few deer that season and gives you a little meet. Or a kindly neighbor brings you a shopping bag full of moose meat. That last one is […]