Have you heard of Fit Bottomed Girls? If not, allow me to introduce you in a major way. I’ve followed them on Facebook for a while now, quietly stalking their pages and absorbing their tips.

When I read about their FBG Life Summer Program, I knew it was time for me to get involved. This 6-week program is all about being healthy, confident, fit, and having a great time while doing it. It follows the principles that I think are important – addressing emotional eating, getting rid of the diet mentality, and kicking the scale to the curb.

I reached out to Jenn at FBG to find out how we could work together to share this with all of you, and I am so glad that I did. FBG was kind enough to offer my readers 20% off their registration for the program, so you could not only follow my journey through the program, but join in it with me! Just click here to register and enter code YLEUXPAV. I would love to have you with me on this journey, and I encourage you to act FAST, because the code is good for the first 10 of you that sign up and expires 5/26/2012.

You can get all the details on the website, but here’s a quick list of the topics they’ll be covering.

• Becoming an FBG: Setting reachable goals, food and workout basics to get you started, and why this is a life-long program and not a “diet.”
• Building Confidence: Breaking free from the comparison trap, finding your intrinsic motivation to get healthy, creating a daily feel-good ritual, and staying accountable.
• Eating like an FBG: Eating clean, saying goodbye to calorie counting, planning your meals and snacks, shopping healthy at the grocery store and the awesomeness of water.
• Overcoming Emotional Eating: Getting to the root of emotional eating, tips to cultivate a love for all food, and practicing the FBG emotional-eating stopper.
• Working It Out: Working out smarter, not longer, and understanding the three components of true fitness.
• Living the FBG Life for Good: Creating your vision board and setting goals for the future to truly be an FBG for life!

If you want a little taste of the program or just need a little boost, you’re also invited join Jenn for a free class on willpower next Tuesday, May 22nd.

I’m really excited and can’t wait for June 3rd to get started! If you sign up, please leave a comment or send me a message so we can rock this together. With a tagline like keeping a lid on the junk in the trunk, I know we’re all in for a great time and great results!

(In interest of full disclosure, FBG also graciously agreed to waive my fees for the program since I wanted to share this with all of you.)

Have you ever came up with what seemed like a brilliant idea and started telling everyone about it? Then suddenly, you stop and wonder what the f@!k have I gotten myself in to?

Welcome to my world, where my brilliant idea was to run a 5K. What’s that you say, what about your plantar fasciitis and heel spurs? Nonsense, I won’t let them stop me! What about the fact that you don’t like walking from the parking space to the store? Well, that’s boring, a 5K will be different.

This particular “brilliant” idea came to me while watching the hubby run his first 5K in Ocean City a few weeks ago. He was so proud to finish (and I was proud of him, and a little irritated by the fact that he had a pretty good time without trying).

It’s been a long time since I’ve run anything other than my mouth. I normally look at those who take part in my Run for the Door 5K and wonder what exactly is missing from their lives that they feel the need to do this.

But the competitor in me has never been good sitting on the sidelines watching (Sweetie, however, is a different story). It also likes to one-up people, so it came up with an even more “brilliant” idea originally – to run a half-marathon. After all, I like to go big or go home.

Luckily, I talked myself off that ledge and decided it might be a good idea to start with a 5K. Which brings us to today…I’ve signed up for the Virginia Beach Rock ‘n’ Roll Mini Marathon in September, which should give me more than enough time to get my butt in shape! If I’m being totally honest, I’m filled with equal parts terror and excitement, but I’ll be sure to share all of it along the way with you.