Category: Motivation

  • The Evolution of Exercise

      Recently, a friend of mine wrote a post about exercising as we get older. The gist of her piece was realizing that you don’t have to kill yourself to be in shape.  But when does that realization hit? Is it triggered by the pain following an overzealous workout? Or simply an internal conversation reminding…

  • Exercise is great, but what if you don’t like it?

      My friend and I were out for breakfast the other day and we started talking about the importance of self-care. We discussed friends our age that due to self-care negligence are suffering from a number of maladies. We then discussed the perception by others that just because we both work out doesn’t mean we…

  • The Harsh Truth- Not Everyone Wins

    Let’s stop the whining and the “its not fair”, and get on with it!   When I was raising my kids there was this disturbing culture in children’s sports, everyone wins. As a young, naive Mom I went along with it. No matter what happened during a game, no matter who screwed up, everybody got…

  • Showin’ Boomers the Fitness Love!

      I’m in love, again. Romance between me and the world of fitness has been reignited. After recently attending IDEA World Fitness Conference, the largest health and fitness conference in the world, I’m giddy with excitement knowing that after years of wondering, where the fitness love is for a boomer, I’ve found it! For 10 years…

  • Success Driven by Passion

      I have always believed that in order to be successful, you must be engaged with something you’re passionate about. That goes for all aspects of life, not just work, but everyday life. Keeping passion alive is what makes every day an adventure. How I love adventures! Some say that optimism is inherited while others…

  • A Different Perspective on Food

    I had the good fortune of attending an event in Chicago, Farms to Forks which is three days full of lectures and food demonstrations geared to  educate attendees about the power of health-promoting foods and the reality of health-harming foods. During the course of the weekend I was able to hear Dr. John McDougall, Dr.…

  • Weight Loss Season Hype- Don’t Get Sucked In

    “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” This quote is from a very famous 1976 movie called, Network.  I was a teen when this came out and I recall seeing Peter Finch brilliantly deliver that famous line as Howard Beale. Now it’s my turn to use it. It’s April, spring…

  • The Frightening Truth About Obesity

    Last week I attended and lectured at IHRSA(International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association) 2013 Trade Show. IHRSA is a trade organization serving the health and fitness club industry with over 14,000 club members from 80 different countries. If you want to know what’s going on in the health and fitness world, you’ll find it here.…

  • No BS Weight Loss Tips

    When I lost 50 pounds over 35 years ago, it was the first time in my life that I paid attention to the food I was putting in my body. It was also the first time I fell in love with cooking. Thirty-five years later I continue to learn about food, the good, the bad…

  • Why people fear exercise

    When I was a trainer, the most common belief amongst my clients was that I jumped out of bed every morning with a smile on my face yelling from the rooftops, “I LOVE EXERCISE!” Truth be told, I don’t. Unfortunately, today exercise stirs up a much more negative connotation versus 50 years ago. In other…