• A Husband’s Advice…

    While driving the other day my husband, David, started talking about a recent Ricki Lake show about the imperfect side of motherhood. Some mothers talked about feeling the pressure to be the quintessential PTA…

    March 3, 2013
  • The origins of a Cover Model

    February 25, 2013 For the past ten years I’ve been writing “Cover of a Magazine” as one of my top three goals.When I was nearly 150lbs I knew it was far-fetched. When I was…

    February 26, 2013
  • How to Start a Mom-me Fitness Group

    When I was pregnant with my first son, I saw a First 5 Sacramento flyer at our local mall. The flyer encouraged groups targeting children 0-5, to apply for small grants up to $5k.…

    February 25, 2013
  • Mommy Fitness: Sick! Sick! Sick!!!

    At church on Sunday I started feeling warm. My body felt achy and my head felt heavy. We had a full day planned with business shopping and preparing the care home for furniture arriving…

    February 21, 2013
  • 10 HighSchool Fitness Tips.

    I was 17 years old in this picture. If you are in high school these are my Top Ten Tips on how YOU can become a fit mother one day. These are tried-and-true things…

    February 14, 2013
  • Following my Passion.

    February 12, 2013 I started my fitness career as a part-time personal trainer in college. After college I became a membership sales counselor then a fitness manager and a group exercise director. After working…

    February 13, 2013
  • Fitness Role Model: Lori Ann Hare

    Have you never met someone, but feel like you’ve known him/her your entire life? That’s how I feel about Lori Hare. Some of you know her as the admin of the “2013 No Excuse…

    February 5, 2013
  • The Ethics of Elderly Care

    February 4, 2013 I never thought I would be in the elderly care business. Growing up my father worked for the San Francisco Police Dept and my mother was a state worker. While we…

    February 5, 2013
  • Mommy Fitness Blog: My Daily Schedule

    I have a back injury. It’s a re-occurring injury on the left side of my lower back. I think I pulled it while carrying the baby in his carrier one day. After all, I’m…

    February 2, 2013
  • Clean Eating: Cauliflower Pizza

    I’ve been wanting to try Cauliflower crusted pizza for a while. The first time I attempted it I used my Vitamix to make “cauliflower rice” but ended up making it into mush and created…

    January 30, 2013