Avid – diva’s Blog (used to be fitafter40)

Every time I write a post, the last line says, keep trying. Do you know why this is so?
Many times we start a new workout routine or a new diet, or make healthy changes. More often than not, we do not see changes right away. In my particular [...]

Yesterday was a busy day. I added several elements to my routine, specifically, a glutes workout. It is less than 10 minutes long and it will be included at least twice a week. It is intended to develop the butt muscles and that should make the fat look smaller and not as [...]

“Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want”.
“Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things”.

Yesterday night, as I due every couple of weeks, I checked out Randy Pausch’s site and found out that he died on Friday morning. I do not like to read the news, all that negativity is not good for the soul. But that bit of information made me cry. My reaction was [...]

This week has been very productive for the blog and for me. I’ve posted several times this week. I got back on the bike for 15 minutes, three times this week. I started belly dancing again. I walked quite a bit. I discovered that organizing my day on a list [...]

Today I was concerned because I was going to an event and was feeling ugly and fat. Then it hit me that the people at this event did not know me when I was skinny. To them I was just another middle aged mom with a little extra weight and very little wrinkles. [...]

I read somewhere that the recent economic crisis was having a negative impact on the obesity of America. That also holds true for other countries. The simple equation is:
less money = more fat
In essence, people are cutting costs at home by purchasing the wrong foods, thinking that they can [...]

Yesterday I decided to chop all my hair off. I left the hair salon with about 1/4 inch hair on my scalp. Today, after looking at myself in the mirror, for the 100th time, I realized I have too many gray hairs. They upset me, not because they are gray, but because [...]

2.8 is the amount in pounds of my weight loss after the first week on my new strategic eating plan – six small meals a day at 7,10,1,4,7 10. I did not concentrate on quality, only on eating at the proper times and listening to my body in order to not overeat. The [...]

I play tennis at least twice a week, with a good friend of mine. This Tuesday, we were talking about eating habits. This would be a good time to mention that my girlfriend is 5′ nothing and weights 140 (or so she says). I really don’t see any fat in her but [...]