Rest days.  I always hated them.  For YEARS I have lived over trained...working out 6 days a week...for up to 2 hours a day.  I lived on ...

For many of us, it begins in childhood...maybe even as early as when we are toddlers.  When we are hurt or sad...disappointed or angry, we...

 We all do it.  We take things for granted that we just assume will always be there.  I have.  I have many times...in many areas of my lif...

  A year from now...you'll wish you started TODAY! Stop waiting. Stop making excuses. Stop focusing on how long it will take and ...

"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to...

  Reasons To Be Fit #156..."because this should be your prime." You don't have to be in your 20s to be in your prime. Yo...

“Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not ...

   A link below to my newest blogpost on my STRONG LOLA® blog!  Go read it! http://www.stronglola.blogspot.com/2013/03/keep-looki...

Sundays are my days to lie in bed and think when I first wake up.  I like to reflect and have honest "conversations" with myself...

It's funny how even those of us that work in the fitness industry and motivate people for a living are more like the people that we tr...

I was always "regular."  I yo-yoed...did nothing but cardio...and was resigned to the fact that I would never look anything but ...

I woke up feeling really empty this morning.  I know...GREAT way to begin a post on what is supposed to be a motivational blog.  Sorry...I...

9 years ago when I weighed 200 lbs, if someone had told me that I would be sitting here typing these words today...I would have laughed.  ...

I remember a conversation in the gym several months ago.  We were talking about all the things women do to look better and younger and one...

Are YOU guilty of this?  Do you quietly judge and label people?  We all know that "you can't judge a book by it's cover"...