FitMania Boot Camp Specialists presents: Lean for Life 90-day Challenge #1 Results (Check back soon. More to be added!) Grand Prize Andy Prater First Place Male Body Building First Place Female Figure Building First Place Male Fitness First Place Female Fitness First Place Inspirational Second Place Male Body Building Second Place Female Figure Building Second [...]

There was a poster in my daughter’s high school English class that said, “We do what we do because of what we value most at the time”.  Sometimes we value ease at the expense of  true happiness. Many of our choices make us feel good in the short term but actually damage our happiness in [...]

When I was at the height of my sugar addiction I was with my sisters and daughters in Ashland, Oregon for the Shakespeare Festival. We had stopped at the local chocolate store before a play.  My sister, Gigi and I each bought the same thing and while we were eating it she said, “It’s too rich!” I thought [...]

  FitMania’s LEAN for LIFE 90 day Challenge Final Judging in Progress Challenge Celebration Sat June 1 at FitMania Attend the Challenge Celebration Sat June 1 at FitMania to: – Find out winners in multiple categories – Enjoy a FREE all-comer’s boot camp outside at 9am. Bring shoes! – Enjoy FREE food Friends and family [...]

“All of us are self-made, but only the successful are willing to admit it.” Earl Nightingale I am a disciplined person but it hasn’t always been that way.  As a teenager and young adult I was very undisciplined.  I’ll spare everyone the details, but trust me, disciplined would not have been the word to describe [...]

“People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself.  But the self is not something one finds.  It is something one creates.”  Thomas Szasz I find myself annoyed at posters and catchy phrases that encourage us to be fine with the way we are saying that if people don’t like it, [...]

  Diets* don’t work.  We know it and yet they are ubiquitous.  It seems that every other person you know is dieting and the book stores always have a new program on display.   Let’s look at why they don’t work and offer an easier alternative. Main Reason Diets Don’t Work:  Going without enough food is like [...]

“Nothing great has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.” – Bruce Barton 1. DO NOT DIET!  Finding and maintaining a healthy weight is not about eating less, it’s about eating more—more nutrition-dense food, to crowd out the empty calories and keep you full all [...]

“A man’s health can be judged by which he takes two at a time – stairs or pills.” – Joan Welsh When was the last time you climbed a tree? Got down on the floor and crawled on you hands and knees?  Skipped? Ran across the grass – just for fun? Balanced on one foot? Climber [...]

I love to wear high heels. Spiky, strappy, sexy 3-4 inchers. My good friend Dr. Randy Lowe, an excellent podiatrist, tells me “just keep wearing them and I will fix your feet later”. I am actually pretty careful about how my shoes fit, how long I wear them and I have a lot of muscle [...]