Kelly’s continued progress is going at a ‘normal’, expected rate that makes me smile and nod with a feeling of “YES….we have a winner folks!!” And I have to chuckle when she writes…”being on Angela’s food plan”…MY food plan consists of nothing most of us don’t already know—especially Kelly. It’s just like Kelly, not a lot of us have 1) a journal by which we’ve written in to keep track of what it is we’re putting in our mouth which is then followed by 2) someone with a little more nutrition education to piece a “plan” together and say…here—eat this! I have Kelly eating REAL, portioned … [Read more...]

As I mentioned in our initial “welcome” blog for Kelly, she, like Cheryl, started with a diet plan first before I gave her her first resistance training schedule over a week ago. This blog below focuses on her new eating patterns based on my instructions. Given the holiday last week, I asked that she ‘take off’ –not from her newer lifestyle habits – from blogging. She continues to this point dealing with summer social events and balancing kids’ schedules with her own need to eat more frequently and continue working out. Her blog below is from the last week of June. As you can see already … [Read more...]

This final blog finds me very sore but happy as can be; got my final plan from my fairy godmother in May. And, even only being 2 days into it, I could tell those last four weeks were going to be a challenge. It was quite a mix of different weight training exercises, coupled with interval cardio training. Also, I was given the task of coming up with another fitness challenge to do. I chose to attempt a triathlon 2 days after my 40th birthday the first week of June, which would also be the conclusion of this wonderful journey. Silly me! Although I couldn’t imagine a better way to go out than … [Read more...]