When my kids were babies, I never left the house without a diaper bag that held all the essentials to care for an infant. Mainly, the bag contained spare clothing, but also, especially for older babies and toddlers, it included… Continue Reading
I’m not exactly sure how, or when it happened, but some time during this last seven-month health and fitness journey with Matthew Lister at Align Private Training, something unexpected happened: As my body changed, so did my brain, and with it… Continue Reading
It was late November when I decided to do something drastic about getting fit and healthy. Someone’s post of a supremely unflattering Facebook photo brought me to my senses and forced me to take action. Not only did I hate… Continue Reading
Q: Viki Twyman, welcome to A News Cafe.com for this week’s The Weight is Over. I was intrigued by your recent Facebook comment where you basically said that you decided you wanted to be healthy, so you created a fitness… Continue Reading
Kind of like having a focal point during labor to take a woman’s mind off the discomfort of childbirth, sometimes it’s my nearby workout buddies who inadvertently provide the most welcome distractions during my most strenuous workouts. Before my fitness/nutrition journey began… Continue Reading
It’s been three months since I started this life-changing weight-loss journey at Align Private Training with Matthew Lister. I’ve been flying high pretty much since Day 1, which was just before Christmas. Was I crazy to start a drastic diet… Continue Reading
A few days after I started working out with Matthew Lister at Align Private Training, my blood was drawn at a lab for the Boston Heart Diagnostics test. Those two events were unrelated, except they both occurred a few days… Continue Reading
I recently entered a national contest for the chance to host a series of 2-minute televised cooking shows. In the spirit of full disclosure, I’m hoping that if I win this contest, it will catch of the eye of the… Continue Reading
It’s been almost exactly two months since I committed to the Align Private Training plan with Matthew Lister here in Redding. It feels as if I’ve been doing this for years, not months. As I reported last week, I’ve lost 15… Continue Reading
My previous gym experience consisted of me moseying through the machine circuit. There, I’d set the weight load to where I was comfortable. I’d complete as many repetitions as I wanted until I grew bored or until it became too… Continue Reading
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