Live Fit and Sore

Category: General Reflections

  • It’s Sobering isn’t it?

    7 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Cancer Risk. …estimates that nearly one in two men and women born in 2009 will be diagnosed with cancer at some time during their lifetime. Think about that estimate above. That means if you have more than one child today, one of them will be diagnosed with cancer at…

  • Stick with it!

    Here is another Monday! Another gorgeous sunrise to be seen! Another boot camp workout! 2 min Burpees- the goal was to try to get at least 20! CORE: Teeter totters Bicycles moving up and down with our torso One leg up rotations which are called ROBs 25 bottom up pushups 3 rounds AMRepsAP. We had…

  • Enjoy your Sunday!

    One of the great things about workin so hard on your fitness, is that your body changes. Or at least you hope that your body changes! Well for me, I have gone down about 3 clothing sizes. A few weeks back I went through my entire closet and purged bags and bags full of clothes.…

  • hibernation of my self-control

    Are there some foods that you eat that you just start to realize that you must never eat again. They are those foods that you can’t stop eating once you start? I am sure for a lot of people it’s potato chips. For me, at least this past week, its the cereal Cracklin Oat Bran.…

  • Saturday and Snow

    Snow on the ground and it’s crisp outside. I love it!! I headed out to Gold’s Gym when it started it’s light dusting and came out 1 hr 15 later to about an inch and it’s still coming down. 34 mi treadmill 50lb OH squats 50lb back squats 40lb iso lats 25lb push presses 50…

  • Good Morning Friday!

    Good Morning Friday! Last night I did indeed do some cardio on the Elliptical but after 20 minutes I started shaking and profusely sweating and took that as a sign that I should stop. So I did and went back upstairs into my kitchen and had some whole wheat toast with some Almond Butter. I…

  • News to Note

    People Considered Average Weight May Still Be ‘Normal Weight Obese’ – ABC News. I often think about this. I see thin people everywhere that don’t work out. They are naturally thin but they aren’t in shape.  This article talks about overall body fat% vs #s on a scale. We got our body fat checked every…

  • schmaltz

    I like to take time every day to think about things in my life that are really great. We all have hard times so its those things, big or little, that uplift me. I am not all schmaltzy or anything, but if you just take a minute in your day to acknowledge those things that…

  • Body Scans show the difference

    A friend of mine shared this with me and I do not know the origin of it or the specifics of when/why it was taken,  but I do think it definitely drives home the point that not being at your healthy weight takes a toll on the body.  You do not need to have any…

  • Call Me Crazy!

    Warmup: 1 leg jump ropes alternating legs each 30 sec 2x Regular speed jump rope for 1 min BOSU Mania today for our CORE work: crunches on the BOSU 6 inches with balancing the BOSU on your legs – a BOSU weights 14lbs! V-ups on the BOSU Stomach side – upper body lifts and lower…