• 20 for 20: People Magazine feature #6

    20 for 20: People Magazine feature #6

    People Magazine Half Their Size X6 Wow! Every time I get an opportunity to be featured in People Magazine’s “Half Their Size” issues I’m astonished. I’m overwhelmed that my story is STILL relevant and timely and I’m also amazed that I always seem well prepared. What it’s taught me is that…

  • F-ood the Rest

    It’s Wednesday and that means its time to suggest a great healthy food or place to eat. I’ll start with something popular but not so simple. Sushi! Is fish and full of the ever beneficial and powerful protein. Fish is considered a brain food, and fish carry good fats, in particular…

  • Edamame – the Super Soy Green Bean

    Everyone knows I’m a direct advocate of sushi and all the health benefits it has, but today I’d like to focus on a well known before thought to the Asian culture – Edamame. Edamame (Beans on Branches) is just a fancy name for soy bean. A green pod bean that’s…

  • @ the Gym – Stay Focused!!!

    One of the most important keys to a productive workout plan is to stay focused. Simply just showing up at the gym will never be enough. There has to be some force and motivation behind it. Most people’s motivation has to do with the mirror, for others the force may…

  • The dairy aisle’s best kept secret: Greek yogurt

    Recently from the advice of a friend I tried something different in the dairy aisle. Usually I stick to specific dairy foods, as to not upset my fragile digestive track. For weeks I had seen a small section for something called “Greek yogurt” I never thought twice about it until…

  • Gym gems: Hydrate the body and the mind

    The biggest mistake a new “gym-goer” can make is to assume that working out is enough. A healthy lifestyle is a combination of a few things. Specifically exercise, nutrition and will power. Plenty of things besides water are beneficial to your workout before and after, and I don’t mean those…

  • R.I.P. MJ … what this has taught me

    Michael Jackson apparently died yesterday. Like the rest of the world I was in total shock. Not that I was often checking for MJ, I just totally believed that he would be loved worldwide once again in this life. And to that wish, I suppose it is currently becoming a…

  • the edge of insanity…. (anytimes)

    I can recall being on the edge of insanity…. So close that I could see my reflection in the pool of emotion I might drown in. I have always managed to keep it together though, usually by not letting that part of my mind swell so much so that the…

  • Another Aftermath …

    And then a sneaking suspicion rose over me. What if I had jumped too fast, what if the hurt that festered clouded my already foggy judgment on matters of the heart? Then I reconsidered, what I felt was too real to be a misstep. At the moment I was afraid…