Thanks Miz for sharing the purple spotlight today. It’s my color, it brings out the green in my eyes. I’m Rita. I parent a delightful young lady. I am in mad crazy love with a police officer who saves the world from evil every day. I am in college to get my degree and become a personal trainer so I can help people save themselves. The best way I know to support people is to let them be their ... Continue Reading
It’s National LOVE YOUR BODY Day!
Yes we wear these constantly. Yes you may join us. Today, People, is National Love Your Body Day (or, if you live in our domicile, it’s simply Wednesday. We behave as though every day is NLYBD up in herre). And yes. Im here to shout from the proverbial rafters that I DO. I love my body. I love, appreciate, & take better care of it now at forty-one than I did at twenty-one. I ... Continue Reading
EXPOSED! Reflections on a movement.
It has been about eleven months since I wrote my initial EXPOSED post and a year since Mishe started the Exposed movement. When she emailed & asked if Id blog about my thoughts/experiences since I first being EXPOSED I knew immediately what I'd write. *immediately* It's amazing to me what a difference eleven months can make. I yammered then about how grateful I was for my health ... Continue Reading
Are bloggers role models?
(My fave non-role model'y tee & boyfriend) It feels like a lifetime ago I sat on this panel** (I blew-off missed BlogHer this year. If you went & blogged about it please link your posts in the comments!). During the session, panel members & the audience chatted about blogs, bloggers, readers & responsibility. I clearly recall being left with the question of what, if any, ... Continue Reading
Operation Beautiful virtual book tour (video/giveaway)
(there's a video above if youre reading via google reader) One of my fondest mamahood memories is the first afternoon (we've now done it a few times) my daughter & I climbed upon the Operation Beautiful bandwagon. I'd decided to join in after reading about other people's experiences on Caitlin's blog & really didnt think much about the fact Id have to haul my tornado of a girl ... Continue Reading
Positive self-affirmations (guest post.)
MizFit is her own superhero. Are you yours? Do you look in the mirror and say, "Dang, my butt looks great in these jeans!"? Or maybe, "I am so proud of myself for choosing whole wheat over Wonder Bread at the store." How about: "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it -- people like me!"? Me neither. But I'm working on it -- and that's the inspiration behind my new ... Continue Reading
Self-objectification.
Whether you are familiar with this term or not---Im pretty confident in saying we're all familiar with the concept. Technically defined self-objectification is defined as when we choose to evaluate ourselves based on appearance because that's how we believe others adjudicate us. (many believe that the media plays a large role in teaching us to do this---but that's a post for a different ... Continue Reading
Intuitive eating (new Two Fit Chicks podcast).
At long last the topic for which you've all been clamoring (and for once Im not even being facetious!). Episode 14 is here and focuses upon Shauna & my experiences with eating intuitively. We chat about how we've both come 'round to thinking this is the food approach which works best for us. We share the tips we've found which have helped us along the proverbial way. And we suggest ... Continue Reading
N(o) S(cale) V(ictory).
Please to read this post as merely my experiences and thoughts. Im an avowed NON-WEIGHER (I encourage you to take a moment and skim that post if you havent before so you know where Im coming from). It's what works for me. I do "say" that I have a pair of jeans I use as a barometer (they should totally fit without my needing to be UBERactive or ANYkinda"dieting")----but Ive realized ... Continue Reading
Raising a child (or spousepartnerfriend) who likes to exercise.
I'm the first to acknowledge that, although I'm a mama, I'm still kinda in the early stages of motherhood. The easier stages Id imagine as peer pressure & the junk food availability her independence will bring haven't yet come into play. (Much anyway. This blogger has been *repeatedly* regaled with the story of my returning from Blissdom & learning of her new-found fondness for ... Continue Reading