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Fruit or not a fruit?

This past Sunday I volunteered at a bake sale. All the usual suspects were there – cake, cupcakes, chocolate chip cookies, and brownies, provided by yours truly. No, there was nothing “healthy” about these brownies. I take my brownies seriously – butter, whole eggs and the riches chocolate. One brownie could earn you 100 squat…

Living in a Paleo World but am I a Paleo girl?

I started the Paleo Diet Challenge, the team challenge that I doing with the folks at CFDV, on January 4th. I broke the news about The Challenge to The Husband on Christmas Eve while we were in Giant doing our food shopping for Christmas dinner. “So, I guess I should tell you now… I’m doing…

New Year’s shopping list

Ah, January 4th. The first Monday after the New Year. The reset button has been pushed; time to get back to routine. Most people are headed back to work for the first time in a few days, if not weeks. And let’s not forget the daily workout – a routine that some haven’t engaged in…

“C” is for cookie

The week before Christmas is a minefield – at least it is for me. Clients give me their home baked goodies (I think they’re trying to get back at me for all the push-ups), while for some reason The Husband buys bags and bags of holiday M & Ms (Apparently this is essential for his…

Losing it

The heat is on. Only 9 days until Christmas. Your calendar is filled with appointments – holiday parties, end of the year meetings, shopping dates. Surely, there’s no way to fit in a workout during all this madness. Why not just wait until the new year. What are the results if you stop training all…

Day 15 of the 30 Day Challenge

Day 15 of the 30 Day Holiday Challenge and I haven’t had a meltdown, although I did have pumpkin cake on Sunday night. In spite of the pumpkin cake and my Friday night cheat meal I’ve had 2 big achievements in the past 15 days: Lost 3 total inches Increased my max rep push-ups by…

The D word

Back in February I attended the CrossFit Level 1 certification. The first session of the morning was dedicated to nutrition lecture. This was a good thing since I still couldn’t move my arms and legs from the prior day’s brutal training. Our presenter, one of the “master” CrossFit trainers, was clearly chagrined at the prospect…

30 Day Challenge update

Sometimes things aren’t as daunting as you think. Sometimes you get blessed and the difficult turns out to be quite easy. Three days into my Dove Dark Chocolate moratorium and I haven’t had a meltdown (pun). Here’s an update on the last 3 days: 12/6: oatmeal w/ 1 tsp almond butter 2 scoops Nectar protein…

A new routine

So this whole 30 day experiment has got me thinking. What could I achieve if I changed my routine? Those habits and behaviors that are just a part of my daily life. What if I gave up some of the food behaviors that just “have” to be a part of my life: the evening Dove…

Can’t do pull ups? Maybe it’s the beer.

Read this article on the effects of alcohol on fitness and performance. You may want to give it some thought before you have your next sip of holiday punch. The 30 Day Challenge It’s day three of the challenge and already my life is starting to interfere. Schedule changes meant that I had to adjust…