There are so many styles and options available out there that are all acceptable Lifeguard Swimwear.

Personally, I think as a male lifeguard, you’re much more limited on what you can wear and still be stylish.

I mean, let’s be real – Please don’t wear a speedo if you don’t have to!

However, for a woman, Lifeguard Swimsuits can be more exciting when it comes to shapes of the suits.

There are bikinis, tankinis, one pieces, different colors, different piping, thick and thin straps, etc. Shoot, you can even wear board shorts, I believe.

Not only can do lifeguards style & profile with their Swimwear, but also with other items, like cover ups, t-shirts, long sleeves, swim parkas and their cool whistles…LOL

Anyway, be safe, be cool and look good out there lifeguards!

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I hope you enjoyed this Fashion & Sports post on Through the Eyes of Kimberly Edwards! Until next time…

I Am & Will Continue To Be,

Kimberly Edwards

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Lifeguards Can Be Stylish Too is a post from: Life of Kimberly Edwards

Okay, so we were serious troopers on Saturday here in Dallas.

We trudged out to Coppell’s Yucatan Sand Volleyball to get our game on despite heavy-laden skies of grey!

Kenney, Aaron and I were peppering before playing and within about 15 minutes or so, it went from slight sprinkles that we could handle to torrential downpours.

The court next to Kenney and me just finished their game point when it happened…

We ran to get all of our gear and clothes to find shelter in the building.

However, we only made it so far as the outdoor bar, which was unattended…LOL

So, a few people played darts, ping pong and pool inside, while we waited for a chance to make it to our vehicles, since some of the car alarms were sounding adamantly from the thunder.

We had so much rain yesterday in Dallas, that the streams, creeks and ponds are overflowing in places we haven’t seen in a long time!

In fact, the park just down our street – where we often play flag football in the fall, has a pond, which has now taken up the entire football and soccer fields, as well as the walking trail all the way up to the parking lot – and that looks like a pier.

I know the people that live with this field in their back yard must have been getting a little worried by the steady climb in water!

Anyway, at least we tried to get our athletic endeavor in on Saturday!

Oh, and what happened after we waited…and waited…?

5 guys from our group – minus Kenney and me, went out on the mucky courts, each side of which had huge pools of water, and played anyway!

They got completely full of wet sand, but they had fun! The volleys were a little heavy from the water soaked ball though. They had fun.

Oh yeah – the rain was warm, so it wasn’t so cold that it was unbearable there – it was actually pleasant out…

…But “Dag Nabbit”, I didn’t get any sun! LOL…

What did you do this weekend? Let me know by Commenting in the Comment Box Below!

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I Am & Will Contiue To Be,

Kimberly Edwards

P.S. Get your own beach volleyball and start bumping around:

Baden Sand Shark Outdoor Volleyball Microfiber composite cover Latex bladder provides, increased durability and greater shape retention Hand sewn ball used for beach or outdoor use

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Thunderstorms Stopped our Sand Volleyball Playing is a post from: Life of Kimberly Edwards

Why not get fit, log the miles or the time you work out and use your mileage or calories as a way to donate to Breast Cancer?

You’re saying, “Wait…What?”

1. Go sign up at BeeWell Miles .

2. All you have to do is log how far you walked, jogged, ran or enter the times you played or participated in any other activity every day between now and October 31st, 2009.

3. Bumble Bee Foods (you know, the people that bring you some of the best Albacore tuna out there!) will donate 15¢ for every mile you log to the Breast Cancer Network of Strength up to $200,000.

So, the more you walk, run, jog or get fit, the more you’ll help those who need help and need a cure for Breast Cancer quicker!

Why Do I Care?
My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in April of 2006. She underwent 2 surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation and a preventative treatment for 1 yr after all of that.

So far, she is a 3 year cancer survivor – Praise God! That’s a real blessing.

However, we know a number of people, some even related to us, that were not so fortunate with Breast Cancer.

Many of you know I participate every year in some kind of Breast Cancer fundraiser…Now, you know why!

Please, while you’re already working out or even if you needed a good reason to get fit, let this be that reason.

Register, log your miles every day until the end of October, and let’s make a real difference to real people out there that need it!!!

I got myself a pedometer so that I could log all the miles I put in. You don’t really need one…You can even map your routes on BeeWellMiles.com for accurate distances you can log…

I only got to log 1.5 miles today, as I worked all day from home… But that will be changing very quickly!

You can also use the Bee Well Miles website to log your meals and calorie intake, interact with healthy living experts, and check out other guests/users and become friends and share tips.

Oh yeah, if that wasn’t enough, every day you log your miles or game codes from the pink cans of Bumble Bee Tuna you have, you could instantly win one of 15,000 prizes!!! Awesome!

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I Am & Will Continue To Be,

Kimberly Edwards

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Get Fit and Make a Difference for Breast Cancer is a post from: Life of Kimberly Edwards

This is a 3 Part Series – So, please be sure to check out Part #1 and Part #3 too!

You’re In Shape – Now What?
Start looking in fitness and bodybuilding mags and pic out some shots you think are nice and would suit you.

Then, search for a really good photographer.

NOT JUST ANY PHOTOGRAPHER because it’ll cost you more in the long run if you go with a half-rate photographer that clicks 200 pictures in 20 minutes…This is not going to work!

Photo right: Kimberly Edwards – photo by Zdenka Micka – Make-Up & Hair by Kimberly Edwards – Oshawa, Ontario

The pics may cost you between $500-$1000 to get done. It would even be worth a plane ticket – round trip of $250 – to be sure you get a photographer that can make your photos look like the ones you chose from the magazines you’ve been researching!

For example, in the Toronto area: Zdenka Micka (choosy with who she will work with) or Ryan Thomas (I haven’t shot with as of yet, but like what I see) are great choices.

*** Be sure you told them Kimberly Edwards sent you – it will work in your favor! ***

You can even look at the credits in those fitness mags and see if you can’t contact one of those photographers and tell them how you like their work…See if they’d be willing to work with you, sending them a few photos of what you look like now…do the best you can with some digital body photos…

Go through the photographer’s portfolio and BE SURE they can do what you want them to! I had to pay for 3 photo shoots, which all cost me in excess of $3000 before I got one I remotely liked…My first agency at that time “made me” go with them!

YOU ARE IN CHARGE…DO NOT let people, even your agency, make you use a certain photographer that you are actually going to pay for, if you don’t like them…Agencies are a dime a dozen these days…If they’re not willing to listen to you and work with you, forget them! Move on!

If you check out Part #3, you’ll find out what you do with those fabulous photos and more!!!

* This is a 3 Part Series – So, please be sure to check out Part #1 and Part #3 too! *

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I hope you enjoyed this Modeling post on Through the Eyes of Kimberly Edwards! Until next time…

I Am & Will Continue To Be,

Kimberly Edwards

P.S. While you’re getting ready to break into the fitness modeling industry, you really should try your hand at Modeling in general to get some experience under your belt and learn how to work in front of a camera…

Check out the Modeling JobsCentral site below to get started:

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How to Become a Fitness Model – Part #2 is a post from: Life of Kimberly Edwards

A bunch of my friends have started to ask me the question of how they can get into fitness modeling…

So, I figured they are a good cross section, especially of my readers here, and I wanted to share my answer that I’ve been “copying and pasting” to my friends as they contact me…

This is a 3 Part Series – So, please be sure to check out Part #2 and Part #3 too!

They often ask me if I’m a fitness model – I guess because they know I work out all the time, eat healthy and model too, but I wouldn’t even really label myself a total “fitness model” per se…

Photo left: Kimberly Edwards – photo by Zdenka Micka – Make-Up & Hair by Kimberly Edwards – Oshawa, Ontario

There is a huge industry in fitness modeling right now.

Why?
People are trying to be healthier…They’re working out more, eating healthier and are simply more aware of their bodies and fitness. So, why not make your efforts worth something, right?

To Tattoo or Not to Tattoo – That is the question:
Although I’m really not into tattoos and don’t have any myself, many people nowadays do, including my dear hubby…So, what’s the skinny?

Tattoos are still “in”, so you could get some work in the fitness industry even with them – especially with specialty industries (have you seen the “Suicide Girls” tatted up with piercings?)

However, there are a number of ways to cover tattoos up too, if you so desire in competitions or anything like that…everyone does it…LOL…So, don’t let that stop you.

My cousin also had a few tattoos removed with laser and you can’t even tell they were there…

If laser removal is too expensive or you’re afraid it’s going to hurt, check out this new product I just saw that you do at home to remove your tattoo:

How Do I Start?
Okay, if you’re interested, get yourself into great shape…Be sure you’re shredded nicely.

That means, you’ll need a work-out plan! The people in the fitness industry take their bodies very, very seriously…This is not for the “fly by night” or the “faint of heart”. It’s hard, hard work…

Not only in the gym, but with your very strict diet that will ensue, plus the money you’ll spend on natural supplements and vitamins to be sure you’re getting enough protein, etc.

* Check out Muscle Surf if you’re looking for Muscle Supplements

If you need some good information on losing weight naturally and getting fit, check out:

Natural-Weight-Loss-Tip.com & DoThisToGetRidOfCellulite.com

Guys or gals looking to gain weight fast for body building purposes, check out:

TheHowToGainWeightFastBlog.com

*This is a 3 Part Series – So, please be sure to check out Part #2 and Part #3 too!

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I hope you enjoyed this Modeling post on Through the Eyes of Kimberly Edwards! Until next time…

I Am & Will Continue To Be,

Kimberly Edwards

P.S. While you’re getting ready to break into the fitness modeling industry, you really should try your hand at Modeling in general to get some experience under your belt and learn how to work in front of a camera…

Check out the Modeling JobsCentral site below to get started:

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How to Become a Fitness Model – Part #1 is a post from: Life of Kimberly Edwards

How do you get into this deal?

Well, at Charter.com, you can use their simple website to build the service bundle that works best for you and is best for your needs.

Once you have your service installed, you are entered to win! You’re also entered to win the grand prize package of a 52″ LCD Flat Screen HDTV, a Home Theatre System and 1 year of Free Charter Digital Cable with HD Programming…Good deal!

(Last month, Charter drew more new customers than any other online promotion to date!)

So, by using Charter, you’re also saving money because you’re bundling your services too!

With this cable provider, they always have really cool contests going on…Last year, they gave away Xbox 360 game systems, laptops, even a 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid! How cool is that?

So, if you sign up for service, keep yourself posted by visiting their website to check out how you can get in on the contest action!

What I think is great about Charter is that they’re trying to save their customers money, make things a bit more fun and be more “transparent” as a company in these tough financial times…They’re even on Twitter: @CharterCom

Be ready to get your programming for summer sports – Baseball Season is upon us!!!

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I Am & Will Continue To Be,

Kimberly Edwards

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Want to Win a 22″ Flat Screen HDTV? is a post from: Life of Kimberly Edwards

If you’re a teenager and you’re interested in becoming a torchbearer for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, check out this website I found: SOGO Active

This program is presented by Coca-Cola and they will award over 1,000 spots to be torchbearer before the torch is lit at the Winter Olympics.

A torchbearer is a person that carries the torch the Olympic flame, typically from one end of the country to the other, to where the Olympics are being held.

These spots will be awarded to teens who join the SOGO Active program and demonstrate the commitment of adopting a lifestyle that is active and healthy.

20 of the spots will be awarded to teens/youth who are affiliated with the Halifax-based Halifax Active Communities. Halifax is so important, as this is where the first community organization in Nova Scotia to host the SOGO Active Program.

I’ve seen the Olympic flame being carried, I guess it must have been for the Calgary Winter Olympics, and everyone gathers in front of their houses and cheers the torchbearer on. We have photos of it…Looks like I’m about 10 years old or so. It’s such an honor! I wish I could carry it!

So, get over to SOGOActive.com and sign up! Once you’re there, you can design your own program to be active. It’s a really neat site…You get a profile you get to create, design, change and control!

Get out there and get active!

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I Am & Will Continue To Be,

Kimberly Edwards

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Be a Torchbearer for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olypmics is a post from: Life of Kimberly Edwards

I’m going to put a little effort and sweat into raising some money for Breast Cancer Research in Hamilton.

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The Juravinski Cancer Centre’s Breast Disease Site Team hosts the inaugural Bright Run/Walk to support breast cancer research in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

BRIGHT stands for Breast Cancer Research in Greater Hamilton Today and underscores the commitment the JCC’s Breast Disease Site Team has to its patients through treatment and leading-edge research. In fact, the JCC is home to many renowned researchers whose work in clinical trials and health services research has improved and advanced the treatment of breast cancer patients locally, nationally and around the world.

BRIGHT Run participants will have the option of walking or running along the beautiful Rail Trail. Walkers can choose a 1km or 5km route and runners can choose a 5km or 10km route. There will also be many activities at the Trail Centre for participants of all ages to enjoy. Best of all, proceeds from the BRIGHT Run will benefit the JCC’s Breast Cancer Research Program.

All monies raised will stay in Hamilton and be used specifically at the Juravinski Regional Cancer Centre for breast cancer research. None of the funds will go into the Toronto program. Also – all radiation treatments for the Niagara area is done at JCC.

The Reason I’m Running
My Mother is a 2 1/2 yr breast cancer survivor, and was treated in Hamilton with radiation. I am so very blessed to have my mother still with us, as we know all too well how serious cancer can be, as we lost my father to a rare cancer, the same week we found out mom’s diagnosis.

Check out the post: My Mother Has Graduated From Cancer Treatment

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Also, be sure to check out our Cancer Info Today blog on the BlogNButter.com blog network…

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Please Do Whatever You Can to Help,

Kimberly Edwards

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I’m Going to Run 5 km in the BRIGHT Breast Cancer Run is a post from: Life of Kimberly Edwards

Some people may see this as lazy, and maybe they’ve never ridden a bike up a huge hill before that seemingly doesn’t end…

I could see how these hills may discourage more people from going out to exercise…These lifts may actually get more people into fitness that otherwise would not be interested.

Anyway…I thought this was one of the coolest things I’ve seen. I also love how creative the residents of this community are, especially when riding the lift up with their baby carriages…

Check it out here: Bicycle life in Norway

Let me know what you think about this cool find by Commenting in the Comment Box Below.

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I Am and Will Continue to Be,

Kimberly Edwards

P.S. Has this post inspired you to get outside on a bike? Get your own Mountain Bike here:

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Norweigian Bicycle Lift is a post from: Life of Kimberly Edwards

I can see the trees go by, smell the lilacs as I jog past, and get some fresh air. It’s just you and the road with your thoughts…

If you don’t feel like thinking, it’s easy to be distracted by everything going on around you.

When you feel frustrated and like you can’t get anywhere in your thoughts, going for a jog gives you a feeling of accomplishment…

My biggest piece of advice:

Make sure you’re wearing good shoes for jogging…Otherwise, you can cause yourself a lot of grief with your joints, especially your knees (in my case).

I thought I had some great shoes that I was wearing for the past few weeks, but my knee started hurting more and more as the days go on.

I switched my shoes out today to a different brand, my older ones, and I was able to jog for about 40 min today! Yeahhh! My limiting factor was my knee, not me being tired…

Well, just wanted to share my advice!

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I hope you enjoyed this Sports post on Through the Eyes of Kimberly Edwards! Until next time…

I am and will continue to be,

Kimberly Edwards

P.S. These are the shoes that I prefer to wear when jogging, except mine are purple…They really cushion my heels, as I’ve had heel problems in the past, and they alleviate the pain in my knees…Check ‘em out for yourself:

Women’s Nike, Shox Turbo Shoe *Women’s Nike, Shox Turbo * Turbo-charge your training in the Women’s Nike Shox Turbo V+ SL * pouch in the heel for your Nike+ sensor enables you to track your training * progress so you can reach your fitness goals. * FIT: Streamlined, synthetic leather upper for comfortable support * CUSHIONING: Classic Nike Shox cushioning in the heel for a great ride TRACTION: Full-length BRS 1000 carbon rubber outsole for unsurpassed durability

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Jogging Clears The Mind is a post from: Life of Kimberly Edwards