Om on a Friday Night

Today I bought a yoga DVD at Target. It is two DVDs one for 15 minute results on upper body, lower body, abs and all over conditioning and one for cardio burn. I also picked this one because Mariel Hemingway is in it and I like her. I came home from work, changed into my …

7 Things I Learned on My Trip to Denver

1. Southwest Airlines has a system. I don't really know what it is. It involves columns. It involves the letters A, B, C and numbers 1-5, 6-10.... see the pattern? It goes up to 30 and then sometimes up to 60. And they call the A's to stand by the columns and then they call …

Hey Walkers! Take Off Those Ear Things and READ This!

I have been seething about this topic all summer. I have bitched about it to my children. I talk aloud to myself about it while driving. Hey Walkers! Yeah, you! You dumbass with the ear things in and your ponytail swinging, holding your cute  lime green water bottle. YOU! You need to Walk Against Traffic …

My New Yoga Regimen

I'm an enigma. You heard me, an enigma! Most people get into dieting and fitness during the spring and summer months when food is fresher and fruit is abundant, the weather is nice so you can exercise outside. That doesn't happen to me. Summer is a time for eating, drinking and being merry. Then winter …

Helping the Victims of Hurricane Sandy or Why Americans Rock

The devastation and tragedy in the aftermath of Sandy goes on and on. If victims are lucky, they don't have power or are waiting in lines for hours at gas stations. If they aren't so lucky, they have no food, no water, no shelter, no diapers or baby formula, are old and trapped, are using …

And Nowwww….. Back to ME.

Hope everyone enjoyed the FABU meeting yesterday. We will be meeting again in the fall so please let me know if you have any discussion items for the agenda. Now Back to ME. What about Maggie? What does Maggie like? What makes Maggie happy? My yard makes me happy. Here it is in a portrait …

Someone Less Fat Happened!

Someone Less Fat Happened! I broke the 10 pound plateau! I have lost 10.5 lbs. since January 3! What? January 3 of this year, of course! Yes.... 2012. This was me before losing 10.5 pounds:   I attribute my weight loss success to a few things. Doing two sets of these strength training exercises twice …

Not Gonna Do It, Wouldn’t Be Prudent

Here is the second installment of my list. If you are asking yourself "whatever list could Maggie be referring to? to which list is Maggie referring? refer Maggie to list which?" Read this post if you need to know what is going on. The spacing is pissing me off just so you know I wanted …

What NOT To Blog

I got the message loud and clear! "Hey Mag! No one is interested in your 7 Day Jumpstart Workout!" Some people are (half as many as were interested in my post that wasn't a post) but those who were interested got maybe a quarter of the way through and were probably so bored they went …

7 Day Jumpstart Workout: Day 1

Those of you who have been with me lo these many months know how this all started; I couldn't find a coat that fit me. So I went on Sparkpeople and dieted and lost 10 lbs. Now I'm stuck at the 10 pounds which is 33% of my goal. The first 10 came off relatively …

This is NOT a Post About the Hunger Games

Nor is this a dieting post about the Hunger Games like you're dieting so you're really hungry. I haven't seen the Hunger Games.  Annie saw the movie on opening night with a bunch of her friends. The movie started at midnight, they had already purchased the tickets, yet she sat in a theater seat for …

Of Sensory Movements and Superheroes

I’m turning into a 47-year-old on Sunday.  I gained a half pound this week, which should not be surprising since I had this for dinner during Whidbey Weekend: That’s right, that is a 32-ounce bone-in ribeye steak, barely cooked, seared so it was crusted on the outside and bloody red rare on the inside! I …