I am married to an Italian who also happens to be a brilliant cook, which means that generally when I do eat, it is mostly high calorie foods. My metabolism is in need of rebooting as a result of bad choices in the past.

As far as holiday eating is concerned, I generally only take one helping of everything, and I usually skip the desserts as well. Not only am I not fond of pumpkin pie, but I hate the feeling of being gorged.

I spent my entire adult loving exercise, pushing myself to work harder etc., even through three babies. Then in one fell swoop my brother died, my mom died, my mother-in law died, my dog died, my husband lost his job, and I just couldn’t cope anymore.

Twenty pounds heavier and a total weakling, I am trying to get back on the horse. I know it will be the best thing in the world. Your posts on how you use it to help manage your Tourette’s is motivating me to do more than just walk my dogs everyday.

I am so curious as to what the hell kettle bells are. I am going into the archives to figure it out. Not that kettle bells seem up my alley. I’m more of a kickboxing, hip-hop, soul grooves type gal.