A deal with the devil and Christmas is collateral
The fate of Christmas rests on my thighs. Or rather, my ability to make them smaller. You see, I struck a deal …
#100HappyDays: The shredded cedar fitness plan
A portion of the 10 yards of bark I ordered last weekend. While gardening doesn’t usually count as an endurance sport, I …
Rated R fridge art as diet motivation
Oh did you think I was going to show you the goods? “You’re going to want to remember this,” she said, wielding …
The picture that horrified me into finally going to the gym
What a pound looks like… a slab of butter. As much needed rain pelted down from slate skies, I contemplated the day, …
Thursday 13: On my mind
To sum up life lately: “Time is that elusive quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately, it …
Applying “The Power of Habit”: Making exercise a “keystone habit”
Want to know the secret to excellent dental health? Reading. Yep, reading. Over the last several years of grad school, I realized …
“Stealing” someone’s spot: Loathing and loving (?) fitness class characters
I moseyed into morning Zumba class, hitting a wall of stagnant sweaty air from the previous class (ick). As I parked myself …
Thursday 13: Fitness class characters
I knew I was in the wrong Zumba class when the instructor took more water breaks than me in the first 10 …
If Zumba fitness is your New Year’s goal… don’t stop dancing!
Way back when, I was an aspiring ballerina. I remember spending part of every dress rehearsal sitting on a stage crowded with …
Zumba, where have you been all my life?
At one point about 20 minutes in, I thought I might pass out from exhaustion. And then I remember my friend Domi …