Well, this is certainly not a blog post I ever thought I’d be writing. Yes folks, I got the Shingles! (queue that lame Shingles TV commercial), at this very moment I have a nice scabbed over, itchy rash starting at my belly button and going all the way up the left side of my torso. ……

You know that feeling. That heavy, uncomfortable feeling right around your waist. You have to unbutton your pants, wear a loose shirt or throw on sweatpants just to feel some sort of relief. You look in the mirror and you appear to be 6 months pregnant without the baby… Sure we have all dealt with ……

For as long as I can remember I have been so intensely attached, devoted, madly in love with THE GYM. Since college, high school even,  I was always told that I needed to go to the gym at least 5 days a week in order to maintain a desirable weight.  Being a rule follower my whole ……

We have all done it. We have plans to go out to dinner with family and friends so we go to the gym the morning before in preparation for the excess calories… Or the day after a night of indulging and drinking we wake up and make sure we get to the gym to burn ……

I had never really been into drinking or going out, not even in college; I was always that girl that ditched parties or stayed in to go to bed by 9pm. I guess you could say I began my “party” stage a little late in the game. I moved to Denver, Colorado a few months ……