I was just so easily inspired! As a kid, I watched the Olympics and started doing gymnastics because I wanted to fly through the air, then I watched a movie about soccer legend Pele and I started playing soccer. Once I start moving I almost always like what I'm doing.

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My fitness section is a mix of fitness news, and a lot of how-to's that you can use immediately. I'm also known to throw in a rant every now and again when something hits mainstream media that drives me crazy! My big passions are to get people moving and feeling better about themselves. Any time I get a thank you from a reader in the comments I smile for days.

It's definitely a day-by-day struggle. Despite the fact that I train in a Pilates studio 5 mornings a week at the end of the shift I usually just want to go home. I have to talk myself onto that Reformer at least twice a week! But I'm always grateful after I've done it, nothing makes me feel as calm and centered as exercise. From a practical point of view, I negotiate with my husband a lot for who gets to take a run when, and I have an exercise bike in the TV room that I use when all else fails.

Just pick one thing, one thing that seems to easy you can't possibly fail. Then pat yourself on the back a month later when you've aced it and then pick another thing. When I started living a more healthy lifestyle the big thing for me was swapping out a bad food for a good food. So I'd ditch the french fries for a sweet potato, or the white bread for whole grain. The changes are nearly painless and you can look back in a year and see how far you've come. For exercise, think about what worked for you when you were a kid, is there a piece of that you can do as an adult? I'm not flexible enough to do gymnastics anymore but I can play my iPod and boogie around my living room and have a lot of fun while I burn calories. Think about how you can adapt old passions in new ways.

I work out all over the place and at all different times depending on my schedule for the day. I have a steel stomach, so for me a pre-workout snack doesn't matter. I just make sure I have my water bottle and go sweat.  For post-workout foods I tend to reach for a handful of nuts, but if it's dinner time, then I'll eat a full meal.

My meat thermometer!  I still don't trust myself when cooking meat, especially roasts, so I use my meat thermometer all the time to make sure I don't kill anyone! I live by the adage, "trust but verify." I've found I'm better at judging a meat's doneness but it's always good to have the peace of mind of knowing, yes I did cook the chicken to 165F.

Lisa can most often by found on Twitter, @LisaJohnson where she might have a teensy social media addiction problem.