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FITori Gym | Where do you train?

January 16, 2012 get FIT January 16, 2012

The FITori Gym is almost open! We “unfinished” our basement to make it a gym and it’s PERFECT! It’s the perfect cooler temp. It’s the perfect size! It’s bright! It’s the perfect flooring. We have a squat rack. Dumbbells. Kettlebells. Music. TV. Horse stall mats. And, we need so much more. We are considering a treadmill but just not sure. I’m asking [begging] for a new, fancier camera…and a treadmill. My wish list is pricey at the moment! We are still in need of some mirrors, for sure, before it becomes my “happy place” and a complete workout space for me. I need to watch form when I work out. It helps to motivate me and just keeps my mind from wandering and wandering my ...

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Fitness Inspiration | Joy is in us.

September 12, 2011 inspiration September 12, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about happiness. Where does happiness come from? Are we born with it? Is it a choice? Is it harder for some than others? Is it harder at some times than others? I am a generally happy person. I look at the good. I have a great gift of forgetting the bad. Lately I’ve left a lot of conversations thinking “Why can’t people just be happy!” It’s a topic that almost scared me away from having children…the unhappy-mother-syndrome I see so often. In my former life, pre-motherhood, I got frustrated daily at work and I was most frustrated when my hubby had time off work and I was still stuck working. Now, I just have different and new frustrations. Lately, ...

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FITori Inspiration | Dream It. Plan It. Do It.

April 23, 2011 inspiration April 23, 2011

photo source I got another certification in the mail last week!!! YAY!!! I’m now certified as a Pre & Post-Natal Exercise Specialist!! Woohoo!!! I’m really close to obtaining two others! I’ll keep you updated in the coming months! What’s your dream? What’s your plan? When are you going to “GO FOR IT?!”

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decisions, decisions | deal or let it go….

February 20, 2011 health February 20, 2011

I pulled this ad from a magazine. I believe in this quote…. sound mind. sound body. I am struggling with something today….I need your advice. It’s with my mind and whether or not to give my energy to this….. I have the best friends and readers and need my smart, wise and balanced friends to weigh in on what you think I should do. I just found out that a competitor, fitness profession copied my post on cooking spray, word for word, copied and pasted as her own blog entry!!! She used her own pic, also stolen off the internet with no source, but she stole my work!!! I AM PISSED!!! What is the right thing to do? Do I email her and tell her I ...

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women & power | make the whole world smile….

February 15, 2011 inspiration February 15, 2011

photo source A long time ago I read a book about marriage that talked about women & our power. It wasn’t about our power to manipulate which, whether we want to believe it or not, we are GREAT at! Instead, this book talked about how we have the power to encourage and lead our families through our attitudes (and moods). We have the power to influence the moods of others around us. We can make others having a bad day happy with a smile. We can greet our husbands and boyfriends happily. We can be the bigger person. I have to remind myself this and as I think about being a mother and expanding my family I remember how much MORE important this will be ...

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A muscular woman…

February 3, 2011 beauty February 3, 2011

This was inspired by a reader email this week. [You know who you are!] She was asking if she should lift more than a certain amount due to her size and my answer was a resounding…YES YES YES! Start lifting more TODAY! Hurry up! Get to lifting! Get strong! Add muscle! Lose fat! RESHAPE your body! Feel strong! Feel awesome! Be fit! Be tough! Be lean! So, since this has been a tough week and I’m wiped out and still need to bake for the wake/memorial service and clean up, do laundry, etc tonight… I thought I’d leave you with this inspirational pic and quote. I love it. I believe it. I am it! I started lifting after my wedding. I was gaining weight ...