I’m down 16 lbs since I started the 5:2 Fast eating style! Holy shizzz I am so stoked! It REALLY does work, people! AND I’m still an equal-opportunity eater! There are NO restrictions on this eating style (unlike Paleo, Keto, Vegan, etc) - not even big bad alcohol is...
November 1st, 2018 – Down 13 lbs!
I've been on the 5:2 Fast Diet for 13 weeks and I've lost 13 lbs! So at first I think I was having a lot of fluctions from water weight and such. But I’ve been sticking with it and it’s been so great to feel better and have my clothes fit better. Also, Jorge and I...
August 22nd, 2018 – 3 week update on the 5:2 Fast Diet
After 3 weeks on the 5:2 Fast diet I haven’t lost a single pound. As a matter of fact, I’ve gained a pound. I was 157 when I started and now I’m 158. That’s f-ed up. Fasting isn’t easy. I wonder what I’m doing wrong. I must be eating too much on my non-fasting days....
Aug 1st, 2018
It takes a lot of courage to share your deepest thoughts and fears and failures on a blog like this. I’ve never really opened myself up to criticism as blatantly as I am here. But I believe that in this world we just don’t get enough connection anymore. We all hide...
Changing My Life: Doing the 5/2 Fast at 40
“So you’re starving yourself today?” That’s the encouragement I get from my husband when he realized that the breakfast I just made is only for him. That’s because I recently turned 40, and since I was up to a ridiculous 157 lbs, I decided that it was time for a...
5 Things You Need to Do to Be Ready to Leave Your Day Job
A lot of people have asked me how in the world I left a lucrative 6-figure engineering career to be a full-time working musician. Well, it was hard and a lot of work, but with the proper planning, I was able to make it happen and eventually make even more money as a...
Great weekend shows with Bohemian Insurgence!
This weekend was an absolute BLAST playing with my band Bohemian Insurgence!! We had a fun string of gigs starting Friday at Tempe Center for the Arts, then Saturday at the Tempe Festival of the Arts for a mid-day set. We closed out the evening headlining the...
First Stop motion short – Involuntary Recruitment
I was Working on making new percussion instruments out of seeds from the Texas Laurel tree and got tired of drilling holes in the seeds and wanted to make a break. I ended up getting out my DSLR camera and opened up DragonFrame and started to play around with...
Stop Motion Animation – a new adventure
Jorge and I decided a couple years ago that we wanted to get into stop motion animation but neither of us had any idea where to begin. We bought some software (Dragonframe) and he started trying to make a puppet. We didn't talk much about it - kinda kept it on the...