Time to get real with you. The Chateau de Blandy Les Tour was wonderful. The Opera "Don't Worry, Be HaRpy" was gorgeous and a great collaboration. I don't want to sound like a whiner but my last trip to France was tough! Heat, exhaustion, knee pain and obesity made it a real test of endurance for me. I KNOW that my fitness journey made it possible for me to persevere. Up until I started my fitness program, I was almost totally sedentary. All of the things that I mentioned above (except for the …
The Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: In the Groove, Feeling the Positive Effects of Moving My Body.
I'm in the groove. Six weeks of fitness and there's no sign of me stopping yet. I have been hauling my ass to The Spa at Trump every week, for one hour, three times a week of intense fitness training - intense for a fat broad who hadn't moved her keister in about six years! And I am accountable to my giver of this great gift and the 3000+ Facebook followers who have been tracking my progress. At first I wasn't going to tell anyone. I thought: 1. Who Cares? 2. I didn't want to be one of those …
The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: One small step for …
I feel much better. That "small steps" thing really works. I tackled a bunch of stuff and made far more headway then I imagined possible. I used to stand or step over the mess in my place, shaking my head the whole time while saying out loud to myself: "This is effen impossible!" However, this time I just started putting things back in their place. I had forgotten that everything does have a place, even in my apartment, which up until this evening I had referred to as "The Pit of …
Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: Ten Pounds!!!
I lost ten pounds. Its amazing. I haven't been starving myself at all - just choosing healthy foods as much as possible - low fat foods and fresh foods whose calories can be burned off. It helps that I have been performing so much. Each show is like a ninety minute to three hour work-out done three to five times a week. And having the scale helps a ton in my weight and food consumption management. It hasn't been easy. Mostly I have been consuming delicious salads and chicken and fruits & …
The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl:Cleaning My House Ain’t For Sissies…
Isn't that what Bette Davis said? I know she was referring to "getting old," but I have definitely gone through a lifetime of crap as I sift through the debris that makes up my household clutter. I found a secret stash of extra buttons - in their plastic baggies - from various clothing purchases. It's so kind of manufacturers to provide extra buttons. Kinda like a little hug. And I actually used my spare buttons - twice. I felt so vindicated! …