Last Saturday morning I had a training session with my group of local ladies. It was bitterly cold outside, our usual January weather, with a thin layer of ground fog. As I gave initial instructions they were hopping up and down and side to side in order to keep warm. We finally began

I did something this week that I’ve been needing to do for a really long time. The problem was that I was intimidated, scared and really set in my routine to make any sort of change. I took the leap in one afternoon and after only a week I’m asking myself what took me so l

Until last week, this was the quality banter in my household every time I got dressed for a workout, invariably a combo of t-shirt and faded, shrunken trousers: GARETH: Did your cat die? ME: [eyeroll] No… pray tell, why? GARETH: Because your trousers are at half mast! Bwahahhaha

I was standing outside the entrance of the local park waiting for my workout partner when my phone rang. It was her. Dang it! She was still at school handing out class assignments so wouldn’t be able to make it. I changed my plan and decided to run a 30 minute warmup then go che

While on the HAM Plan in December I got some nice comments but the most recurring one, even from friends, was, “You don’t eat very much, Julia.” I was never hungry on the HAM Plan and also thought I was eating plenty… for a 52 year old woman in menopause. So, I

During December I was formulating a plan in my mind for the coming year. I usually plan my work year sometime in September since all my projects seem to follow a scholastic schedule. This year things changed in the Fall and suddenly my 2013 forecast included a heavier workload. I had

When Julia and I set out on our Happy And Mindful Plan a month ago, my primary aim was to avoid my trademark December lardification. I can stack it on so very quickly if left unattended! It worked a treat in that respect - I’m up one kilo up from my 1 December weight. Th