I am Irish. Love my Irish (and Scottish) heritage. Every year I look forward to St. Paddy's Day because I LOVE Corned Beef and Cabbage. But throughout the past few years, my love of the stuff has been hindered by the thought of the amount of fat in the dish, and it's made from cow. And I haven't been eating mammals this past year. While Corned Beef is high in fat, is is also loaded with B Vitamins, Thiamin, Zinc, and of course, protein. But a little 3oz serving packs a whopping 210 calories, and... [More]

In the great Tampa Bay gym shake-up of 2012, a lot of of my gym buds started to try CrossFit. I was hearing chatter all around town about CrossFit this, and CrossFit that, and then throughout my social media channels I was seeing first hand some of the amazing transformations that were happening. I looked around at CrossFit gyms near me (in the CrossFit community the gym is called "the box") and since I was still working full-time I decided it wasn't the place for me because of my kids, so I con... [More]

I am struggling to find a good balance on the weekend. After a chat with my husband I realize that I need to spend more QUALITY time with my family.

Every Thursday for who knows how long, Matthew and I will be having private lessons with a tutor. But these are no ordinary lessons. These are lessons to get Matthew trained as a mental health therapy dog. You might be sitting there scratching your head? What, Jenny?? A mental health therapy dog?? Yup! I'll be blogging on Thursday about our Thursday sessions for as long as they go on!! I have to do it on the same day, or I might forget what we did! As I've mentioned, my son Ronin has special ne... [More]

I'm in the midst of changing up my workout schedule...again. It's fun to try new things and after running in to my former coach, Holly at the Gasparilla Expo, I decided to take her up on her offer of trying out the classes offered at Cheval Athletic Club. Cheval is a beautiful gated community in Tampa and last year they re-vamped their club and opened it to the public. They offer a wide variety of group fitness classes; Spinning, Pilates, Yoga and Strength Classes like TRX. But in my opinion wh... [More]