“We’ve been married for 52 years. Our health has always been a priority for both of us. We have two terribly different metabolisms but you come to a realization with who you are and what you need to do to be healthy. Honestly, as a younger man Dave could eat anything and I used to […]

“Six years ago I had a brain tumor removed. It was getting into areas that were potentially inoperable. I thought for sure it meant I was going to die. They ended up taking out almost my entire right temporal lobe. After surgery, I felt horrible. I gained a lot of weight. I wasn’t able to […]

“In 3 years, I’ve lost 201 pounds. I had always been overweight. I gained about 45 pounds per pregnancy and then just never lost it. When I had my oldest son I became a mom, and that’s what was most important to me, so everything else fell away. Finding time to make working out or […]

“Having such an inconsistent schedule means that I also have an inconsistent workout routine but I try to always find a way to workout. When I workout on tour the rest of my day goes so much better. Being on tour, there are times when everyone just goes and does their own thing, and one […]

“My mom has lupus, an autoimmune disease where your body attacks itself. I know I should start taking better care of myself because I don’t know if I’m going to develop lupus at some point. But I’m struggling to do anything about it right now because I’m so not motivated. I just can’t get it […]

“I suffer from severe back spasms. I have spinal degeneration and arthritis in my lower back, so I deal with flare-ups quite a bit. I got speared in my lower back in football when I was younger, so I think that contributed to it. I’ve been trying to be more consistent with doing planks to […]

“Back in 2009, I went in for my first 40 year old mammogram and found out I had really bad breast cancer. I had no symptoms. No family history of it. Had always eaten healthy. Had been practicing and teaching yoga for years. So there was nothing that would have lead me to believe that […]

“In December, I found out that I don’t have Huntington’s, a disease my dad had and my brother has. I always thought I had it too. I planned my life around me having it. I just knew that I had it. It was me preparing myself for the worst. I worried everyday. Down to like […]

“I’ve been heavy my whole life. Even in kindergarten I weighed 70, when everyone else weighed 50. They used to weigh us in front of the whole class and say how much we weighed out loud. It was so embarrassing. I remember when I was 12, I wouldn’t wear shorts because I thought I was […]

“When I get into Kung Fu on a regular basis, it’s incredibly grounding. It’s hard to get back into it sometimes. I’m not proactive enough and it takes a while to get back on track. It’s built to really refine your mechanics and how you move, and through that you can feel your body moving […]