Health & Wellness by Lexa's Journal

My mission in life is to not merely survive, but to thrive: and do so with passion, compassion, humor, and style. – Maya Angelou

Category: Fitness

  • Image courtesy of l-e-m-i-n-i-m-a-l-i-s-m-e.tumblr.com I’m so excited!!  After grappling over vibrant fabric samples with cool textures, trying to figure out which color will look best against my tanned brown skin on stage, I finally decided. I did it!!  There is NO turning back. I ordered my suit for May’s competition! Climbing out of bed daily…

  • I’m still here. Am working on today’s lunch, scallops and fresh spinach and meal prep for the week. Pics to come. Gotta eat!! TTYL!

  • Happy Monday! For the umpteenth time this winter, we’ve gotten a shoveable amount of snow at the Jersey shore. But I must admit, it’s beautiful out!  Crisp cool and refreshing air–that is until I got a whiff of mom’s cigarette this morning! #venting Phew, yuck, nasty, foul-smelling and vulgar tasting!  A gust of wind and…

  • The CrossFit games are going on strong and so am I. I see that the 14.3 was a beast!  While I am missing out on this round of the games, there will be others. It has been nearly two weeks since completing my last WOD, so I was highly motivated to get to this morning’s…

  • I am building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel, At just the right moment, I light the match. –Mia Hamm Today was back day. On the cables, I did three sets of the Lat Pulldown. The last two sets, I graduated to 90 pounds!  I’m getting stronger and my back…

  • In October when I started my training, I firmly decided that Sunday would be my rest day.  A career, B’Dazzle’s football and basketball schedules, football camp combined with a house, wife duties and… oh yeah, me time has me rising early six days a week. One day of rest isn’t asking for too much. Today…