Im one of Austin’s Fittest Mamas!
Mon, Nov 1, 2010
Well, oh Patient People, it’s time for the big announcement.
Id say I *way* oversold it in this post—-but, for me, I did not.
We all have differing zones of comfort and this was waaaaay out of mine.
When I found out I’d been selected as one of Austin’s 10 Fittest Moms I received a very nice email filled with lovely, complementary prose.
All this misfit saw, however, were the words you need to select a time for your photo-shoot.
Yep.
I can run in dresses, get up on stage (wearing nothing but a posing suit) & prance around for 90 seconds, but the mere mention of a photo-shoot made me immediately think hell no!!
Which, as I shared here, made me immediately realize I was *compelled* to say hell yes.
Tags: Austin Fit magazine
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Congratulations!
Awesome photo too…you both are adorable!
Woohoo!! Rock on Carla!!
And…that photo shoot…it turned out awesome-ly!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!
I love your article.
Love it! Congratulations!!!!!
I hadn’t seen this yet, Carla!
You need to let people know they can CLICK and the image gets bigger so they can read it
xo
i love your post. will be returning soon. keep up the good work
Woah, how awesome! Congrats Mizfit, and way to step out of your comfort zone with the photo shoot
I love how you say in your article that fitness and LIFE for you is about no longer fitting into anyone’s definition but your own.
That is my very definition of living healthy and I am trying to get there.
Congratulations, Princess!!!! (Always Princess to me: Our first meeting);-) They could NOT have chosen a BETTER MOM: DYNAMIC DUO!!! You KNOW I ALWAYS SMILE when I see YOU and MINI YOU in a photo together!! This one TAKES THE CAKE!!!!!! YOU 2 are POWERFULLY GORGEOUS!!!!
Loving you BOTH (and Prince Charming too) from a Distance..
Dr. Mo
Congrats! Well deserved!
AWESOME on so many levels!
A lot of congratulations!!!! Nice pic.
How very cool! Wonderful picture - what a great visual of this time in your life.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Congrats! Fantastic photo. Love that the tornado was involved. You rock hot mama!
Thank you for the consistent message that we do not need to be gym rats
to be fit.
I haven’t gotten to the gym since my twins (they are 5).
I need to rediscover my fit.
CONGRATS, Carla.
Great article/writing as well.
What a fantastic photo! I can’t even describe why I love it so - the smiles, the love, the muscles, the pink sneakers. You two rock.
I’m so glad you said yes! Emma is awesome! Can’t wait to start stepping out of MY comfort zone more and more. It’s a necessary evil that’s way more necessary than it is evil. I just have to keep telling myself that
Thanks for being a great example of it!
That is just too cute!!! congrats!
That’s awesome - good for you!
Yeah! Awesome article and picture! Congratulations!
Congratulations, Carla!
I LOVE the pose - you both look great.
I don’t know if you remember meeting me at the park, Carla.
I wanted to say congratulations.
That shot is awesome! I love the Tornado’s pose with you!!
Aww so great! You are a wonderful mom and example
XO
Woohoo, that’s awesome! I love the picture. It’s perfect.
That is an amazing picture.
I am in awe all the time of how much Tornado loves to be fit just like you. You are such a great role model for her
Awesome! They did a fantastic job. Does the Tornado feel like a superstar?!
YOU ROCK!
I freakin’ LOVE it! <3 Congratulations!!
Hell YEAH!
Congratulations.
G-g-g-g-orgeous. Love it….and congrats. Well earned.
Love it! I was hoping the link would bring up the page for me to read but it didn’t.
OMG, I LOVE THAT PIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could not get the article to come up so I will try later after some sleep.
Carla, so well deserved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So cool and so deserved!
And now, I’m going to be a little shallow. Because pink is my favorite color and I am all about the shoes (just call me Imelda)… I need to know all the details on those pink shoes!!! ASAP!
CONGRATS!
I love that photo of you and your daughter…
the shoes are Vibram Five Fingers Speeds
And you can read the article if you click on the image…
Adorable! LOVE IT!
WOOT!!!!!
Congratulations! What an awesome picture as well
This is great! Love the picture!
Great article and you both look adorable
Wowza! If ever there was a picture that epitomizes you, that is it! Whose idea was it, yours or the photo shoot people? Thanks for sharing it with us.
Very nice information.
Congratulations! I LOVE that photo! How cute!
That is a GREAT PIC!!!! I am so glad you said yes!!!
Congrats!
What a great picture of you two and man, I want them muscles!!! Congratulations! You two look like superheroes!
Love! And I love that E is in the photo with you.
Your blog was down forever!!
AWESOME article.
I love what you say about exercise and fitting it into our mom-lives.
LOVE THIS!! You are so amazing and such a wonderful role model for Tornado!
Great photo! And a great reminder to schedule my own photo shoot, which I have been avoiding.
Congrats on the positive exposure!
Congrats! This is kinda coincidental too because I was just named one of Michigan’s least fit Dads. I also got a photo (and finger printing)…
Congratulations! Well deserved and the photo is so cute. When does the Tornado become of the fittest girls?
Congratulations! The accolade is well deserved and the photo is so cute. When does the Tornado become of the fittest girls?
That’s awesome!!! Congrats Miz!!
So freakin cool! Love the pic. Ah, the comfort zone…You have inspired me to blow mine up…with dynamite and all
I’m so proud of you! So very proud.
Congratulations!! What an awesome honor! And I love the photo of you two! What a great way to celebrate a fit life
Aieee! I’m so so excited for you! And no matter what you say I love that pick of you and the Tornado. Is the voting open to Austin residents only or can we all help elect you?! You win the FitMom tiara in my book every day!!
This is so AWESOME! Congrats! I love your pic.
Loved that article! And the photo of you two? Made my heart glow.
Congrats, and of course you always have to do what you are afraid to do. So do I.
That picture is amazing. The look on your girls face says it all
I wish you were my mom!
Congratulations, you definitely deserve it! Love the picture too!!
I haven’t seen the magazine out yet but will really be keeping my eyes open for it!
Congrats!!!! Awesome picture!
Ha - as if we needed a magazine to tell us that you’re one of Austin’s fittest moms!
You’ve got to be one of the healthiest people (mind AND body, which is the REAL feat) that I *know* (knowing via the blogosphere counts, right? 
).
Congratulations.
You certainly are one of Austin’s fittest mama’s and I’m glad Austin knows that now too.
That picture made my day!
This is great Carla, and it couldn’t have been for a more deserving person!
WOW!! You’r one of the fittest mommies in one of the fittest cities in America!! All I can say is, “WAY TO ROCK IT!!” You’re my idol!!
That is one cool ass photo and, damn, I didn’t know you had thigh muscles like that… Kudos!
CONGRATS!!! I feel like I’m saying that to you a lot lately because you are such a super star. LOVE the pic, too.
That’s absolutely awesome, Carla! Congratulations! I love that you included the Tornado in the photo with you! Perfect!
I love what Naomi said, Carla!!
You are fit among fit and a ROLE MODEL AMONG ROLE MODELS.
Congrats.
You look fantastic! congrats, Miz! Vee at http://veegettinghealthy.blogspot.com
Congrats Miz on this cool honor! I bet you were both smiling wide as can be when you saw the article in print. How cool is this!
Love it! You both are gorgeous!
Congratulations! Great picture!
Um I’m not sure who is cuter - you or your daughter. And I read your yahoo article today - you just rock. Anyone who tells me to work out less is A-OK in my book. LOL. I love me some interval training…I gotta get back to that.
Found a coffee house with free wifi and had to come see what you alluded to in your Friday comment - WOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!! What an awesome and richly-deserved prize!!! Congratulations! LOVE LOVE LOVE the picture - it says so much!
Seriously, is there anything you DON’T do? You amaze me.
Congratulations!
I discovered your blog from google and love your posts. Congrats.
You and the Tornado are such rockstars! Love it!
Winks & Smiles,
Wifey
Woohoo!! Late to the ride here, but I just wanted to say this is AWESOME, well-deserved and a testament to the great person and Mom you are Carla! This photo/story is such a great keepsake too