skip to the last segment in this podcast to hear an Asian American woman discuss her battles with cultural beauty vs living in America and her resulting issues with food.

I've been doing the 15 minute Results Yoga DVD for 2 weeks now and while it has been excellent to ease me back into a commitment of exercising every morning before work, I can already tell I will be growing past it soon.  I mean, I'll definitely keep it as a backup for when I really don't have more than 15 minutes to work out, or if I fall off the ( Read more... )

Well, ladies. It's been awhile. The personal life has been absurd again. Every time I think it might settle down, it gets crazy again ( Read more... )

Last week I gained 1 pound. I'm not discouraged or upset about this. My clothes fit better, I have more energy and am generally a happier person ( Read more... )

 A little inspiration for everyone today. 

I had a really hard time getting motivated to work out on Sunday. I had a pretty busy day and only 1.5 hours in the afternoon but I pushed through it, drug out the manual treadmill since I didn't have time to actually drive to the gym and got in 25 minutes on it. I also did my arms and abs workout that day with tapes. I am pretty proud that I ( Read more... )

K, I know many of you will be celebrating a Holiday this weekend. We Americans like to celebrate by eating! Just remember to enjoy yourself. If you want to off-set the food intake, you can increase your cardio a bit in the coming week ( Read more... )

I weighed myself this morning and I am down 5 pounds!!!! Very happy about that!!! Progress is good. I noticed some new "dimples" at the top of my thighs and upon examination - it's muscle starting to define itself some. It's just the barest of starts but I do seem to have more energy and I'm liking the small changes I am starting to see. I am ( Read more... )

Juju Chang is trying to lose some weight.  She blogs about it over on her abc.com blog.  Today she had a nice post about controlling cravings.  You can see it here.

#2 is one of my worst sins.  It was my mom's too.  #2 is precisely why I have no business keeping chips in my house.

Hello, ladies ( Read more... )