Get The Jump On The Lumps!

'Does this Double Quarter Pounder with cheese make me look fat? How about the super size fries and the sundae?' Uhhh....do I really have to answer that?

How about picking up a new habit or two BEFORE the ball drops and the confetti flies?
Try this: Just make a promise to yourself to hop up on that treadmill tomorrow! Or the elliptical. Go buy yourself a Wii system and start smacking some imaginary tennis balls.

Or maybe just skip that fatty lunch you usually have, and take a nice, long walk on your break, picking up a couple apples or a banana somewhere along your stroll. Top that off with a pint of milk or soy milk, with maybe some oat bran pretzels for the munchies, and I swear...you just might feel full.

The thing is, you don't have to wait for the New Year to begin your resolution to knock off a few. Truth is, the sooner you start, the easier it will be to adhere to your bold, new plan. Instead of using the year's end holidays as an excuse to glutton up, they can be your will power's beta test.

Still enjoy the holiday goodies, but put a lid on it, will ya? That way, when the weather warms up again, and we all start peeling off the layers, you might actually have something to show off instead of hide. Remember, it's gonna be YOUR butt in those jeans, not mine! Now, get OFF that fast food line. NOW!!

** The Fitness Diva® is a top fitness trainer and instructor living in New York City. The name "The Fitness Diva" is solely her official registered trademark. Anyone else using the name or mark is subject to a lawsuit.

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And a Happy Ho-Ho, Ring Ding, and some Pie....


Whether you're happy, sad, pissed, or just blank on the emotional scale, FOOD is always there to comfort, excite or please you. Funny....those are some of the same qualities we're all looking for in a mate!! Wow! I just had a lightbulb moment!! :D
---Happy Holdays, every one, and eat, drink, drink, and be Merry!!

   (and then get your ass back to the GYM!)


Calorie Cost of a Few Holiday Treats
By The Associated Press

-- Want to know how long you'll need to dance to burn off that slab of Christmas ham, or how much time you should spend walking to work off that piece of pecan pie? Here are a few examples:

__Six ounces of honey-glazed ham, 26 minutes swimming


__Four bite-size mini pizzas, 23 minutes running


__A cracker with cheese, 8 minutes bike riding


__A candy cane, 19 minutes of yoga


__A slice of fruitcake, 55 minutes of dancing


__One small slice of pecan pie, 54 minutes of biking. _Or an hour of swimming. A 1-hour, 11-minute run. Two hours and 10 minutes of walking. Or 2 hours and 51 minutes of yoga.

Source: Charles Stuart Platkin, author of "The Diet Detective's Count Down""
Calculations are for a 155-pound person
add time if you're lighter, subtract time if you're heavier.



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Where's the Booty?


I am losing my mind!! I am so knee deep in work and tasks for my websites, not to mention the fact that I still have a JOB, that I barely have time to breathe! Forget about a social life! That went down the tubes the minute I started this whole process of leaving my job and becoming independent. Yet, I know it will all be worth it in the long run! It had better be!

I haven't had a date in forever!! Well, not a REAL date. A couple nice booty calls, yeah. But a girl can't live by booty calls alone! I haven't been in a relationship in a while, but you know what? I don't WANT to be in a relationship. Ha! That's a first! I remember when the one thing I wanted was to hear my loved one's key turning in the door every night. To have someone sooo deeply in love with me, and ALL UP in my life. I was also consumed with the thought of having BABIES!
It's so funny how I no longer think that way. So many other things are more important to me at this stage of the game. Like establishing my businesses so I can quit this damn job!
Being so financially secure, that I can write my own ticket, wake up every day and DECIDE what the hell I want to do, where I want to be, and how I want to spend my time. That ain't gonna be easy! But I'ma do it!

On the romantic front, I do miss being wooed and adored by some hot man, even if only on a casual, part time basis. Now, I know that sounds like Booty Calling, right? Well, I'm kinda looking for "Booty Call Deluxe". That's where you get the hot sex AND there's at least a little bit of an emotional attachment. I don't want a boyfriend or (God, no!) a husband, but to have someone out there that I know gives a damn, thinks I'm a sexy, fabulous chick, and remembers my birthday and helps me celebrate a special occasion every now and then.... that would be FRICKIN' GREAT!!!
Where the hell can I get that? And to also have it with a guy that's not also sleeping with everyone else on the planet? Now, understand, I'm not talking 'monogamy'....but I am hoping for a man who is at least selective, and in control of his hormones.

Once again, where can I find that? Anybody got any ideas? Let a girl know! Give me the 411, y'all!

Okay....gotta work!! No rest for me until my empire is built!

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I've HAD It....!!

"It ain't easy being the best" -- Fitness Diva

I'm going into 2007 on a mission! I'm DONE working for a company that uses me for my talent and doesn't give a damn about me, the person OR the employee. Who else can relate? Who else out there feels pissed on by the company they work for? I'm willing to bet damn near everyone who takes the time to read this knows that sick, trapped feeling. (Unless you're your own boss, and if you're pissing on yourself...you got some problems! lol)
Well, they can't piss on me anymore...at least not for long, baby! I will no longer allow it! Enjoy the last few drops, b*tches...I'm bustin' outta this joint!

I've been in fitness for 10 years now, and when I step up into a room to teach, I'm a fierce, ruling DIVA, a Diva in the BEST sense of the word. I rise to the occasion, and then some. I don't just put down choreography and moves...I put my soul and my spirit out there on the floor, and everyone who comes into one of my rooms feels it. I rock the house and everything in it. I wouldn't have it any other way.

I can easily say that I have touched and taught over 465,000 people this past 10 years (I've done the math, trust me...I might even be under by a few thou), and that's not even counting clients I've personally trained. This year I will hit half a million members taught! The sheer number of people served per class alone... You'd think I'd be tired by now, but I'm not tired of teaching. I love it, and will probably be somewhere trying to still teach a class when I'm 80. I'll just be a tad slower, I'm betting... Just a tad! ;)

Thing is, I had and ran my own business successfully before this whole fitness career came along. Guess it's about time to get back to being my own boss, like I used to be. Yeah, I'm feeling that for sure.
And I can do it. I've done it before, and now, I'm ten times the person I was 10, 15 years ago. Just watch me....

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My Transition....with not one day's rest....!

..."what's a Diva to do?", one might ask oneself, when you're faced with the task of having to dismantle everything you've sucessfully built over a long stretch of years, only to now have to turn your back and walk away from it all!

Well, in many ways, I have been preparing for this moment for a long, long time now. I'm always writing out business plans about one business idea or another. I have notebooks full of this brilliant crap! The beautiful thing is, now when I look back in some of those notebooks, I'm finding that many of those mad scientist-worthy, well outlined plans actually have some meat to them. I'm so glad that any damn business idea, or thought for a product or a design for something that ever came to me on the spur of the moment, or during one of my billion rides on the train, found me with a notebook on hand to jot it all down. Yep, that was me you saw on the subway-- Crazy Chick, scribbling away frantically in a spiral notebook, a pen stuck in my hair....


I have already started my own independent class in Manhattan; Cardio Kickbox Bootcamp, and so far, it's going well. I'm gonna start 3 more, and that will keep me teaching. I can't leave fitness completely. It's too important a part of my life, and it's a love of mine. But I also can't keep working for other people on their terms, and taking bullshit for it. So......


I now have two websites running. One is ThePinkRibbonMall.com
Stop by, take a look, do some shopping! The other website I own and run, I'll discuss at a later time...;).


I am now in the process of building 3 other sites, having learned some HTML and basic programming along my journey. I can't wait until my other sites are up. They are gonna be BANGIN'! I also plan to start another blog somewhere, cause there's a totally different side of my life that I need to express!! Hmmmmm....what could THAT be about? lol It'll be here soon, peeps...!


Also, I am working on a couple ideas that I plan to unveil to the world a bit LATER. Can't show all my cards in one hand! lol I've got lots to work with, so I have no fear. I'm excited!!


Now if I could just afford an assistant..... I'm brilliant at some things, but SUCK at certain other simple tasks, like organizing, and staying on top of all the bills. I'm guessing that condition would be called being a "genius savant"? Has anybody coined that one yet? Cuz, that would be me! lol Okay...gotta work NOW.... I can't procrastinate!!! I can't afford it yet!

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