HOW DID I DO THIS?

I love my body, I hate what I put it through.  I love the way the mirror smiles at me, I hate cardio in the morning.  I love the way my back muscles pop out, I hate the lat pull-down.  I love the thickness of my abs, I hate hanging knee raises.  I love the smoothness and mass on my legs, I hate 30 leg presses.  I love the roundness of my butt, I hate that I have to do walking lunges to get it.  I love the cuts in my arms, I just hate doing arms.  I love how my chest sticks out on presses, I hate pushing  the weight.  I love sweating during cardio, I hate the starimaster.  I love my body, I hate working my body just so I can love it.  I love my workout and diet plan, I hate my trainer when he adds more weight.  Yeah, it is a love/hate thing.

As a school teacher, I find myself surround by adolescence and teenage drama. If it is not horny middle school-aged boys with x-ray vision, it is 12 to 14 year old girls with weight problems.  It use to be that starving themselves was an issue.  NOT ANYMORE!!! I find so many teenage girls overweight.  Yes there are many TV. role models that are not overweight, but they so not influence this “new” generation of teens.  On a regular basis, students ask what they can do to get in shape.  I am sorry if I offend anyone (not really) but at 14, the last thing I was thinking about was loosing weight.  I was active to the point I had to figure out how to find time to eat.  I am so tired of girls telling me they are not fat, they are thick.  What fool has influenced my young counterparts to believe that fatness is fly ness?  Oh I know, Nelly with AppleBottoms, Kimora with BabyPhat, Rappers of all sorts with fat azz females in their videos and Tyra who has put on weight and just has to be proud about it.  Stop the madness, PLEASE!  I get approached by so many YOUNGER men; I could right a How-To-Smile-and-Say-No-Politely manual.  I ask where are the ladies your age.  “You put girls in my age bracket to shame.” was one response I received.  Now do not get it twisted, I love the attention, but I am not ready to be labeled a Cougar yet!  I have a few months to 35, and then I will think like Demi.  All I am saying is if you have a teenager in your life encourage her to love herself first.  Then take her to the gym and feed her less Twinkies!!!! 

Peace! 

As a nail tech that has competed in nail competitions nationwide, I am not happy with the hands I have seen on fitness magazine covers and between the pages.  Cover nails look way different than salon nails.  They are to be so thin that if you tap them they will break.  The reason being, because they will appear fat and unnatural.  Our hands and feet are an extension of our body.  the body that we have been building.  Please do not let them go to the dogs.  Take care of these.  A manicure (once a week) and pedicure (once a month) that includes an exfoliation would help rejuvenate their young appearance.  For ladies who opt out for acrylics, ask the tech to for an exfoliant scrub when you wash yor hands.  Tell her or him that your hands are sore from lifting, writing or filing and maybe they will give you some sympathy and a quick massage. 

MEN:

Bitten nails are not attractive.  I know you may work hard, but your hands do not have to feel like it.  I know a lot of women who love nice, strong hands rubbing (not scratching) their body.  Be mindful of calluses.  They can be filed off, exfoliated and paraffin dipped.  If your nail tech is not aware of any of these procedures, FIND A PROFESSIONAL!

Now for the feet.  I use to hate pedicures, until I did Priest Holmes of the KC Chiefs.  Not for the money, but his legs were so strong my biceps hurt after his massage.  Not to mention he was not bad looking on the eyes.  Serios though the feet.  While in the shower, was between your toes and scrubs the backs of your feet and around the ankles.  Make sure you massage in the lotion or oil after you bathe.  Once or twice a week during the winter, rub your feet with Vicks Vapor Rub, put on some socks (warm if possible) and you will sleep like an Angel.  You should also try it when you do AM cardio.  It helps relax your mucles all over.  I add this trick to my pedicures and call it the Winterize foot Wonder.  I have just winter clients that have been comin just for that service for years.

Just like you can workout at home, you can maintain your hands and feet at home as well.

If your hands or feet are not becoming to you, please come to me!

I shook his hand and he shook my world.