#SixPackMami …Or Not!
This has been a good week. There is a lot of buzz about the 3M Positive Impact Award I received, and about the South Beach Triathlon I will be doing with my quadriplegic friend Kerry Gruson in Read More …
Tag: Fitness Together
The Calipers Are Out – It’s #SixPackMami Evaluation Time
I was nervous heading into Fitness Together this Thursday. Not only was it my heart-beating-out-of-my-mouth fat busting circuit training, the one completely out of my comfort zone, but it was my evaluation. It has been about eight Read More …
Kerry Gruson and I Tackle The South Beach Triathlon As One
Life is hard for Kerry Gruson. As a quadriplegic, she needs help doing most of the things you and I take for granted: from cooking to brushing her teeth. But it wasn’t always like that. Read More …
When Fitness Becomes A Habit
Strange things happen: difficult things become easier; effort becomes habit. I no longer smoke, nor drink alcohol or soda. At first, these changes seemed impossible and the withdraw symptoms, even from Diet Coke, were difficult. Read More …
Thin Is A Feeling Not A Fact
I grew up in Brazil where women own their bikinis regardless of their shape or size. Except I am not one them, and so I embarked in this Six Pack Mami process where I am Read More …
The Fitness Together Nutrition Consultant Comes To Rescue My #SixPackMami Dream
I received many comments on my #SixPackMami challenge; from “way to go” to “way to alienate women” your opinions have been all over the map. My conclusion? Body image and weight loss is something we Read More …
What Did I Get Myself Into? New goal: #SixPackMami
Relax. This is not my goal though I respect the amount of effort she put forth to look like that. After completing IronMan Florida I thought: “I can dream the impossible.” I searched for a Read More …
Tri Chat: IronMan Florida Training Week 22 – An Attitude of Gratitude
Have I really been training for IronMan Florida for 22 weeks? Is the race less than a week away? It’s crazy but true. I am no longer in denial about the race being so close, Read More …
Tri Chat: IronMan Florida Training Week 21 – Taper Trouble
The less you do, the less you can do. I’m in the beginning of my IronMan Florida taper. It’s not that there is no training, but comparing to what I’ve just been through, it’s nothing. Read More …
Tri Chat: IronMan Florida Week 20 – Run Forrest Run
Twenty seems like such a milestone number … twenty weeks of IronMan Florida training; but in reality week twenty was a blur. It’s Sunday and I’m still not sure how I got here. All I Read More …
