A Star is Born!

Dear Friends and Fans,

Well the whirlwind has uprooted everything, and I'm just about finished picking up the pieces of a busy 2 weeks. WE TV sent their crew http://www.pangolinpictures.com/ here to shoot my story. We had a great time. Up til now the most experienced person I've worked with behind a video camera was Steve from http://www.awefilms.com/ . I was pleasantly surprised what a movie making production crew entails.The amazing equipment, organization and professionalism made for a very smooth, fun and productive 2 days. We started filming Thursday morning 9am (until 5pm) at my home. They filmed me getting out of bed, making my breakfast, working on my blog and web site, and of course a preview of a couple of new Dr. Sexy outfits with posing. The whole crew is new to the bodybuilding thing, especially in person, so they seemed to be WOWED with every outfit. After that, we headed to the gym for me to see a couple of patients, and hit some weights. Boy I was exhausted... We were at it for a good 12 hours...I even turned down a Brazilian dinner, so I could rest up for the next day. Friday they arrived back at the house...7:30am (until 2:30pm). We filmed me with maryjane... walking and cuddling. The final shoot was the interview. The crew set my basement gym up to look like this awesome place just by hanging some black sheets around and using light. The interview went really well.. everything was positive. Oh, by the way, they all fell in love with Maryjane.... of course... soon I will be getting more Christmas cards for her than myself.. but thats ok..we share! I did fall down the stairs on Thursday and my little faithful friend was right by my side.. and I fell right on her sore leg.. and she screamed!!! She limped around for a day.. better, but I don't think she'll ever be back to where she use to be. She just likes to goof around and be fast.. and she has these little falls that keep reinjuring her little leg. I've tried to hog tie and chain her to the couch...but she just doesn't seem happy that way..lol!

So over the weekend, I got all caught up on my business stuff. I just have to make sure I do all my entries and stay on top of all the work. I keep ignoring the paperwork, and I can't figure out why it won't go away. Doesn't it get the hint I don't want it around???lol. I can't really say that now... if I didn't have all this paperwork over my head I may not have a roof either. I'm just wanting to complain. I will tell you all though.. it is very hard work. People around me who see me on a daily basis always ask "what about your personal life?" They know I'm always working at my office, business organization and documentation, working out, web site stuff and photo shoots. So, the answer to that question lies in next topic. There are still more things that I haven't mentioned, that I do daily. I have gotten caught up on my emails and hope to stay that way. I answer all me emails personally. It takes time out of my day to sit read and respond. please do not be offended if I haven't written back a lengthy description of what I want from life or who I am. My life is an open book on this site. I can hardly find time to read the emails let alone go into some length.. I'm sorry. I want you to know that I saw your email and appreciate your support. I would like to state for the record that I am single because I CHOOSE to be not because I can't find a date or someone to love me. I have never been happier with myself and life than I am at this moment in time. My best times... have been on my own. If you would like to get to know me better and develop a more intimate friendship than the best ways to accomplish that is to come see me on http://www.herbicepscam.com/ or schedule an MSN or phone conversation via my website and pay pal. On to the subject of my website.... We have 3 new work out downloads and some tanning and posing, shot around the time of the 2007 Jan Tana, available. They are packed with hard, veiny, full striated muscles. Check it out and let me know what you think.

I have a Chiropractic seminar to attend this weekend, so there goes another one, time flies when your having fun..lol. I finally got Dan to commit to a date for our shoot. Tuesday next week he is going to drive down for the day and shoot my professional wear and sexy santa. We should have some great stuff continuing to stimulate your appetite for more and more.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Life In The Fast Lane

Dear Friends and Fans,

I'm so proud of myself that I've gotten to this point in my day. The point being writing to you. I have been working like a one armed paper hanger since Beth left. I have my office work just about caught up, I am having difficulties doing it all!! My business stuff that is. Thank god for my web master and BB manager, Joel, he has been keeping everything up and wonderful on the site!!xo. So, I now have to go from post guest house to pre guest house.. We TV, http://www.wetv.com/ , is coming to my house tomorrow morning. We will be filming all day Thursday and Friday morning. Needless to say, it takes a lot of preparation on my side. Let's start by getting my office and house in TV mode.. you gotta keep it real.. whose house is instant camera ready?..lol.. plus I have to continue to see my patients and run my office, and I just had 2 weeks of guests . Dan Ray is coming next Friday and Saturday morning to do a shoot, plus I have a Chiropractic seminar to attend all next weekend. WOW!! No wonder I feel like a pinball. I have to see patients in the office tonight from 4-8:30pm, so I have to everything finished up. I hope Patty will come by and put some color on me for the filming.

My Thanksgiving was great. Beth and I had a lot of fun. We ate a big Thanksgiving buffet, and gobbled up a 1/4 ham. Beth probably lost weight while she was here...lol... i never realized how cold I kept my house until I see Beth walking around with a thermal long sleeve shirt and a hoodie on. I was bragging how my power bill was only $45 last month...lol... I was going for a record low til Beth told me I could blow a pipe if the house is too cold!!! OOOO, that did happen to me a couple of years ago.. do you guys remember??..lol.. well regardless, I turned the heat on more often so she didn't freeze to death. I like it cold... I'm a hot piece of coal!! Thank you Beth for spending the holiday with me.

I'm hearing of a new show for women in May. I have lots of things to talk about regarding me doing the show, and what some of my goals are for my physique. I have to let it simmer right now, but believe it will be ready soon. I just have to get through this filming and next weekends shoot and seminar. I figure I won't need to everything ready til January. I will keep you all up with the WE TV show, but you can go to their site and see what they are about http://www.wetv.com/ . I'll talk to you next week and let you know how it went and how it is going..lol. Thank you for your love and support! Xo

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Dear Friends and Fans,

It's mid day on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, and I'm running around like a chicken with its head cut off. I'm sure many of you can relate. I have to get into the office to see a couple of patients. Beth is in route as I type. My friend Brian is going to pick her up for me, and I shoud be home shortly after they get here.I am far behind in my office work.. but that's okay .. I'm having fun. I'm going to make some of my favorite stuff for us to eat all week. tomorrow we will be going to the Adams Mark Hotel for Thaksgiving dinner. We get to drink champange on a beer budget.. lol.. I have plenty of cooking to do... I plan to make so ooey gooey sweet potato casserole, pumpkin cake with cream cheese icing, peanut butter pie, and a honey baked spiral ham. I may start some of this tonight or work on it tomorrow it depending on the weather and if Beth feels like going out. I don't really frequent any spots here. To me the best spot is on my porch chilling with my dog..lol.! Come look for us on cam. We plan to hit the malls on Friday. I have to get some outfits for my next shoot. It's a professional wear shoot.. it will be fun. WE TV, womens entertainment, is coming out next Thursday and Friday to do a documentery on me.. I'm pretty excited. It makes a really busy month for me... Dan Ray is hopefully coming out Sat and Sun next week, so that leaves me filming Thurs through Sunday, and then the following weekend I have a Chiropractic seminar to attend.... AHUG!!!! Anyway, I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving and long weekend. I'm shooting my sexy santa gallery next week.. look out for the super hot photos.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Hills andValleys

Dear Friends and Fans,

It's a Rainy Monday here in St.Louis.. but I like it. I've chosen to name this blog what it is because it feels like that is exactaly what I'm experiencing. I have nothing really bad going on, just rolling hills... and sometimes they get boring. It's been a bit since I wrote last...not this Friday but the last I hurt my back doing dead lifts. I felt real good after the 10th rep.. so I decided to push it for 12 since it was Friday.... well screw Friday!!!lol. I heard a muscle tearing sound and a pop. Of course something like this has to happen on a weekend I have things planned. I had to go to an event with Becky.. she was dancing in The Stars of St. Louis, and I was planning on moving my gym equipment into the basement. I had to cancel my patients for the day.. I knew one thing and that was that bending over my table delivering adjustments to people was not going to be good for my back and the spasm it was in. I still went with Becky on Friday, and Sunday my good friends Patty, Joe, and Gary moved my gym into the basement. It all turned out ok after all. Needless to say, I took the rest of the week off from the gym, until I could get 2 adjustments in for myself. I was back to training back on this Friday, and a good one to boot. This weekend was spent cleaning up around the house and finishing up on some final fall things. When you have your own property to keep up.. there is always work to be done. I lifted Maryjane into the tub yesterday and pulled my already not healed shoulder again. It just hasn't been the same since I hurt it about 6 weeks ago. I had to train bis and tris today instead of chest and shoulders. I'm not sure when it is going to be better. My job it makes it difficult to heal since I'm always using it and putting extra stress on it during the day. I'm still mananging to keep my weight up at 160 which is surprising because I haven't been eating as much as I should be. Somedays I may only have 4 meals. I opened my fridge the other day and told one of my friends...is this going to put size on me... we started laughing, I had 2 huge onions, one Sam's sized ketchup, diet Dr. Pepper and some lime juice. I have since gone to the store and got big girl food! lol. The holiday season has a tendency to be a bit slow. It's hard for people to come in when they still have so much shopping to do.. and lots of eating! Beth Roberts will be coming back out for Thanksgiving. She dosen't have much going on around her town this year, so she will visit me so I'm not alone...ahhhh! Thanks Beth. Still pondering on the question... is THIS what it's all about???? The hills and valleys, trials and tribulations. The pic I attached was taken on my friends cell phone from the Dancing with the Stars of St. Louis. Thank you for caring enough to read what I had to say. We are having a lot of fun with the site.. and more to come. Have a great week.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Aches and Pains

Dear Friends and Fans,

So how many of you are also feeling aches and pains as the weather moves through? You know... I'm not getting any younger either...lol. As I gain experience and experiences, I do my best to help my patients through the aging process. What do I know, right... seeing that I'm just beginning the process myself. So what I've come to realize is that no matter which age category your in, it's all about working within your limitations, but view these limitations as stepping stones to your longevity. If you don't, then you biomechanically start to mess things up which will cause an increase in pain and decrease in range of motion, and psychologically ,you depress yourself by reflecting on what you USED to do. We are organic compounds and are degrading daily NO MATTER WHAT. The only way to slow the process down is to decrease the stresses on the body.. these stresses are mechanical, psychological, chemical( nutrition), and environmental( air, rays etc..). Don't cry about what you used to be able to do; focus on what you can do to limit these stressors.

So, I'm in the 4th week of not being able to really train chest or shoulders. I strained my shoulder , doing one arm push ups. It's everytime I try to show off that I get some stupid little injury. Well I've just accepted what I can do, and work around it until it is better. How long....? As long as it takes. You see when i deliver a chiropractic adjustment I use a whole body force to move a segment. It sounds real barbaric,but it's not. The force is just the coming together of energy resulting in a thrust... and I'll leave it at that..lol I can see I may be opening up a can of worms here. Anyway, long story short.. everytime I deliver a thrust about 1/4 of that thrust comes back at me, kinda like a wave bouncing off the seawall, so all day long I get a little strain in my shoulder from adjustments, and if for some reason ( the patient not relaxed, joint not to tension, more speed or line of drive needed) then it's like hitting a bat against the wall, and yes I get a couple of those a day. All of this makes it even harder on the healing process then add some arm and back work outs, and who is calling the kettle black??? lol. I'm telling you this because this goes for the mommy sitting on the floor for hours playing with baby, the business person moving through the airport with their briefcase or roller bag in one had and phone in the other, the computer person moving the intricate muscles of the hand and forearm, carpenters swinging a hammer. Associate a lot of your aches and pains with the repetitive uses you have. Realize them, accept them, and then do what you can to decrease the stressors. Drink proper amounts of water, sit in the tub or jacuzzi ( I hate the sauna dry heat), get enough rest, massage and stretch the areas around your ouchies. Get your spine adjusted... make sure the door is hanging in the frame correctly...if not it will work, but could work better!

I'm continuing to do what I can in the gym.. mainly legs and abs. I'm still working on my Absolute Abs. I changed the name to avoid copyright stuff later. It's going to be lots of fun. I never told you guys what happened with Maryjane's leg. The Dr. says her symptoms presents a possible partial tear of the ACL. I figure if it goes we'll go have it fixed then. He said when it happens they won't even stand on it. We have started 3 cardio walks a week, and she seems fine. You see.. realize and accept your limitations.. I even have to do it with my dog if not I will lose my friend early.

Business stuff is coming around. I feel a bit flat lined, I'd love to go sit on a mountain somewhere and stare down at all the colorful trees. I bet it's nice flying into St. Louis right now. My friend Becky is having an event this weekend.. Dancing with the St. Louis Stars... she is performing and we have a dinner and stuff. Should be fun. I'm planning on wear a black foil gown with plunge neck. There is a pix of me in it on the site. I hope you all are enjoying the site. I have new stuff planned in late November.... and of course my sexy santa shoot. I'm still putting my ideas together for that. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for all your support.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

The Leaves Are Turning

Dear Friends and Fans,

What a good title for what I 've been experiencing the past 2 weeks. I'm sorry to be gone so long. I needed time to figure out what direction I need to take. It's easier said than done to just forget the 26 weeks of training I dedicated my whole self to. It's like walking away from a relationship your heart wants to be in, but your senses know better. Gym is always there for me. He's my special friend with benefits...lol. After talking to my life coach, and a couple other pro bodybuilders, I've come to terms with the fact I can't be a bodybuilder 52 weeks. I've been guilt ridden not having this extreme focus I had on bodybuilding just a couple weeks ago. I strained my shoulder earlier in the week, so I took the week off for my upper body to heal. I plan to be back in the gym next week and not push it real hard for the moment, but get the HUNGER back.

My focus at this time needs to be on some ideas that need to be implemented into my practice. Since I've been back from the Olympia my practice has been off the hook which is great, but it makes triple work for me on the paperwork side. I start feeling overwhelmed. I can't wait for the day I can be just the doctor. I will be in a Chiropractic seminar all weekend. I'm looking forward to turning over my leaf and motivate and be motivated by my colleagues and mentors.

I'll be working on my Hip Hop Abs class the rest of October. I plan to start it at the gym in November. I will record it and have it on the site shortly. November 2nd is the set date for me to get the gym equipment in my basement. My good friends and sponsors Frank and Liz Aten are downsizing and have lots of stuff for my gym. I'm looking forward to being able to train at my leisure at home. I have a Smith Machine coming... that's an important piece. I hope to start training my friend Patty in the basement. I need to find joy in it again. I've never felt this way... so I'm having to just ride the wave. ALL is great though... my life still is the best it's ever been. I'm just the type of person who is always striving for more. It's hard especially if you don't take the time to sit back and think about what you have already accomplished. No matter what... I've worked very hard to be where I am....

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Back from the Olympia

Dear Friends and Fans,

I'm on the plane from Arizona to St. Louis. I always love to fly home and let my thoughts go. WOW! 6 days in Vegas is a long time. Of course, as usual, I had a loneliness for my dog. It really messed with me for a couple of nights. I don't realize how much time we spend together until we are apart.

This trip, for some reason, was different from all the others. There was just a different feeling all together, but I learned some valuable things about myself and how I plan to pull all my life experiences together to one day be a very satisfied, complete person. One of my biggest life fears was to wake up @ 45 years old and wonder who I was and what have I done with my life. Now, although I gingerly step outside the box, I have learned that if you don't step out and experience life and its obstacles, them you can't make observations about yourself and gain wisdom from it and, in the long run, make it part of your completeness. Much of this is getting to know myself and accepting it. People " think" they know who they are, but they really don't. I don't know myself totally yet, but I'm striving to know me better, and feel a large weight has been lifted away when I discover something new.

I had a great time at the MHP booth with my fans. Really that is the only reason I was there. To tell you the truth I didn't see the pre judging or any shows. Thursday night, I stood at the entrance of Meet the Olympians to wish my favorites, Dayana, Lisa, Valentina and Tazzie, good luck. I was happy with the great response from the women. Ultimately, I want to inspire them to be strong in mind, body and soul. Don't get me wrong guy's..lol.. I love how you encourage me to be strong. See the difference??

Well I arrived @ 160 and got home @152. I've been so far off schedule and am looking forward to getting my life back. No gym, little sleep and food is a quick way for me to drop weight.

I went out Saturday night. I started at Pure and ended up at Empire. My posse was a bit small. My other usual peeps were who knows where, but I had my ole faithful Nida and her roommate Becca, and of course (bodyguard) Joel.. lol. I stayed at the Orleans and moved to the Mirage on Sunday. Boy what a difference between those 2. Mirage..better clientele, cleaner, better restaurants and shops and on the strip. Strange... this strip is nothing like the strip in NY or Venice Beach. In my opinion, the Vegas strip really lacks the energy I need. It seems like it is filled with people who have forgotten how to walk. It seems like people are stumbling over each other with no direction. My mom would say in this situation " shit or get off the pot!"... leaders don't follow people with no direction!!! I guess that's why I felt so frustrated.

I felt really good this morning. Had a great brunch w/ manager Joel and we discussed my monthly and up coming goals goals business wise.. oh! and what are those?? We have set a patient average and per person average for me to start hitting in the office. he is helping me determine my insurance reimbursement which is a very time consuming job I have no time for. Thank you Joel for all your help. the insurance situation really sucks for all health care providers, so please don't be upset with your doctor if he stops taking your insurance soon.. After successfully maintaining my averages for several months, I can start focusing on preparing my weekend seminar for Chiropractors, physical Therapist, and qualified Personal Trainers. I hope to have this course finished and ready to go by January 2010.

I could lie and tell you how motivated the Olympia made me this year, but I won't. Usually, I get this amazing high from the shows, but this time I got self recognition... and that was worth it. I plan to start hitting it hard in the gym and my business. I'm considering not going to the Arnold. I need some time to just rest from the scene. I plan to bring up my weaknesses and hit the 2008 Europa. My goals from bodybuilding will be to get an Arnold invite in 2009

Thank you to all my fans, supporters, members, friends, and family that stand behind me and help me be strong. I need you all!!

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena