Terie (aka SpinDiva)'s Blog (8)

What will you do in the hour of darkness? Turn out. Take action. Be part of this historic event. March 28, 2009, 8:30 pm local time World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour – to make a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions. (source: Earth Hour) Help your kids get involved, g… Continue

In my many efforts to introduce my kids to a variety of foods that are wholesome and healthy I have cut way, way back on snack foods that are filled with sugar, empty calories, etc. I do keep 100% fruit juice on hand which the little ones drink diluted with water (they've never complained). I also keep things like pretzel slims from Trader Joe's and their cheese puffs which taste like popcorn but look like those old orange cheese balls, except these are white. The pretzel slims are my favorite… Continue

I have been so absent from this awesome social network for a while now. Life has been busy around here and apparently, it's not promising to get better. I must join the masses and enjoy the chaos. I have been busy with the kids, school work, recently became Pilates certified--big woo hoo to me!! Something I wanted to do for a long time. Not quite ready to teach yet but working on it. I hope to incorporate this new certification into my current classes but later, once I have more knowledge and mo… Continue

I am so excited to announce that I have added yet another certification to my Fitness Resume. I am now Spinning Instructor Certified by Spinning.com. I had a great time learning and training and learning how to train those who run and those who ride the open air as well. I have been teaching indoor cycling for about 5 years now but my training consisted mostly of either on-the-job or something similar to Spinning but most certainly not as precise. Indoor cycling can be intimidating for many peo… Continue

Sometimes we stop appreciating the tools that generally make our lives easier such as our laundry machines, dishwasher, oven, and refrigerator. Each day these are used and sometimes abused and only when they fail do we realize how much more work we would have to do without them in our l… Continue

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This year you made the very important decision to listen to your inner voice and get on the… Continue

An infant grapevine, April 2008 (photo by SpinDiva) It has been the rule since the beginning of ...well, who knows since when, but many of us choose to start almost everything on Monday. I remember overeating over the weekend… Continue

One of the reasons many of my clients like me as their trainer is because I'm not a model of perfection. I'm not a size 3 and I don't weight 90 lbs wet. I do eat some things I shouldn't and take advantage of quiet days to cuddle on my couch and be a couch potato. I am the first to admit it and I'm not going to sugar coat who I really am. I am a work in progress and I make sure they know that. I work very hard 90% of the time because after having 4 kids and no longer being 25--bouncing back just… Continue