SIX MONTHS LATER…

So why would I become vegan? It’s a personal choice, yes. But let’s just say I now know just way too much. And despite being a meat-eater for more than four decades, I feel like I’m in a really good, healthy and positive place.

My Week as a ‘SUPER’ Vegan

I imagined myself in that moment standing in my kitchen, my fists upon each hip as I stood strong and tall with a cape flowing from the ceiling fan breeze behind me. “This week, I’ll be VEGAN.”

Why Vegan?

Why Vegan? WELL I thought it’d be a good idea… why not? What’s the big deal? I’ll eliminate meat protein and dairy for the week and be vegan! So why would I even come up with that idea? I sorta, kinda blame it on my clients. Oh boy. I said it: it’s all their fault! […]

TRAINING FOR LIFE!

When a friend asked, “What are you training for?” Ludgina’s instant and energetic exclamation was a resounding, “I’m training for life!”

FIT TO BIRTH- Beyond the Myths

But being 35 and pregnant, Janice’s pregnancy is labeled as a high risk. “I hate those terms: high risk, geriatric pregnancy,” Janice proclaims. “I’m the type to flip the finger to those stereotypes.”

New Year’s Resolutions

I’ve never believed in New Year’s Resolutions. The resolutions that people spit out always seemed to be clichés– words, thoughts, ideas that were proclaimed by well-intentioned individuals as one year ended and another began.

Magic

Why did I even sign up for this race? Half of New York is probably stumbling into somebody’s bed in a drunken stupor as Google alarms me a second time that it’s time to wake up and run!

I AM FTM

As we flourished, it also became our accountability, advice, support and inspiration circle. It was a sisterhood with a fitness competitive edge that kept us sweating and kept us motivated to eat better, move more and stay excited about it.