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Six Weeks’ Worth of Awesome
January 7 marked the beginning of a six-week challenge at my CrossFit gym. For a $20 buy-in, gym members could challenge themselves in the areas important for overall health–nutrition, rest/hydration, and exercise. I decided to toss my $20 into the hat knowing full well that I had just donated $20 to the winner, but that…
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Day Two of Smoothie Review
On Saturday, I had an 8-hour shift at my side hustle. I did NOT want to go, but I am not one to skip an obligation. I decided to try the Cold Brew & Almond smoothie for my second review. My youngest assisted me. I’ve decided that to make future smoothie attempts easier on myself,…
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Let’s Make Smoothies!
My Daily Harvest shipment arrived yesterday & I was super excited to try it out this morning. Day One of subscription service smoothies is in the books!
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Go Ahead. Grab the Granola.
Have you ever paused in the grocery aisle and debated whether to buy something obviously the next best thing to homemade (maybe better?!) or something with more ingredients on the label and a factory birthplace? Was the reason for your pondering the price of the more personal product? I had a crisis of conscience in…
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My Word for 2017
Everyone seems to have a word for 2017. I’m sort of still trying to dig myself out from the mess that was 2016. I feel like that year steamrolled me worse than any other in a very long time. And, if you knew me at all, that is certainly saying something. I think, though, that…
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Adding to My Bookshelf
I received an email last week that still has me super stoked. I have been a big fan of Melissa Joulwan since stumbling upon her blog when I first heard of Paleo. Her mayo recipe rocked my universe and the Sunshine Sauce still ranks as one of the best things I ever took to a lunch…
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Are Macros Just Food Math?
After a year of working out and only half paying attention to what I have been eating, I know I have reached the limit of my 40-something body to continue to be more fit than fat. I have lost weight and I have been maintaining. But, I’m kind of to the point that I would…
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Not a Morning Person
If only the day started at 10 a.m., then I would be a morning person. I used to be a morning person. I worked in early a.m. radio as a part-time gig and I would go in super early, do the morning drive time and then head to class. Sure, it was a drag to…
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I Love a Good Dinner
Today was a super busy day at work including a last-minute voluntold luncheon attendance. Luncheons are awesome, but when you’re trying to be compliant to a pretty healthy eating path, they can be torture. I successfully managed to avoid shoving a slice of pecan pie into my face…pretty much only because there was a steady…
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Cold Stay Home Day
I always loved how my kids’ teachers in preschool would differentiate the weekend or holidays as “stay home days.” Today was a stay home day which was a blessing because it was so frigid outside and because my youngest was feeling under the weather. Tomorrow, the oldest already has a two-hour delay. I’m sure the…