Podcast listener lost 60 pounds!

This was the highlight of my day…I received a great email from a Losing Weight After Baby podcast listener who wrote about her miscarriage and unhappiness about her weight.  She was at the highest weight of her life.  Understanding her need for change and encouragement, she sought out tools to help her and found my [...]

Garage Sale Therapy!

I went to some garage sales near my home and I have to tell you, I had the best time!  I was so energized and pumped up.  I spent less than $10 for all that you see in this picture including a brand new set of “Brain Quest” cards, wicker basket, Baskin Robbins cake maker [...]

Boost Your Fat Burn By Doing…

I read a very simple strategy to burn more fat:  If you lift weights and do cardio in the same session, start with the weights.  In a study from the University of Tokyo, participants who did a total body strength workout 20 minutes before cycling burned 10 percent more fat than those who just cycled [...]

5 Tips to Keep Moving

Since I’m 12 weeks pregnant, I’m having a hard time moving these days.  I like to shift my weight from one side of the couch to the other, and that’s about it! 
Do you ever feel like that?  Like you know you should be movin’ and groovin’, but you just feel like laying around instead?
Well, whether [...]

5 Tips to Help You Exercise This Week

Need a little boost to exercise?  Don’t we all!  Here are a few ideas to get you off the couch and into your workout clothes: 
1.  Now that it’s daylight a little longer, you can use the extra time to squeeze in a walk with your family in the early evening. 
2.  Wear comfortable clothes to exercise [...]

When It’s Not Working

Several months ago, I got a gym membership to LA Fitness.  At first I was very excited about going to new classes like kickboxing and dropping my kids off at the Kids Club.  It seemed like a great arrangement.
But there was one problem.
After a few months, my enthusiasm waned.  The Christmas holidays were here and I [...]

Take the Steps!

This morning I had a doctor’s appointment.  It was crowded so I found myself weaving higher and higher in the parking structure until I parked on the 4th level.  Now usually I would take the elevator (especially with the kids) but I was by myself.  I decided to take the stairs down.  Going downstairs wasn’t [...]

Could You Run for Your Life?

I read recently an interesting question in Fitness magazine:  “If you had to run for your life, could you?”  Dr. Pamela Peeke on her new Discovery Health TV show Could You Survive…Are You Fit to Live, is asking that question by putting them in do-or-die situations. 
As moms, we could probably muster up enough strength to [...]

Saved from the Mud Run!

Look at these pictures from the San Diego Mud Run (http://sandiegomudrun.com ) Can you see me doing this?  Let me help you with the toughies.  First of all, I don’t like running.  Second of all, I hate getting dirty.  So how did my husband talk me into preparing for the San Diego Mud Run, coming [...]

Camping, Here We Come!

I never grew up camping but my husband did.  So this weekend, we headed out for our first camping trip with our 22 month old and 4 year old.  I don’t mind being in the great outdoors…it’s just that I like to be close to a bathroom! 
Thankfully, my husband eased me into camping with this [...]