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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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Three Things I Am Adding To My Life
After having been on this planet for four-and-a-half decades, it now seems that my body is teaching me lessons I was loathed to learn in my 20’s or even 30’s. Being a hard-charger who rarely says “No” to a task and saw resting as weakness, it has been difficult to realize that my body is…
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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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Five Miles?! Am I crazy?
The answer to that second question must be decidedly — “YES!” I joined a group wellness class at work in late August. It loosely followed the Couch to 5k paradigm with which I was familiar, but in a group setting. I am always last–no big whoop. I don’t run for other people. Most of the…
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Know Better, Do Better?
How is it that I know a ton about what makes me tick, what is best for me, and yet, I still don’t do it? Why have I done this stupid dance of eating well, exercising, feeling fantastic and then slacking off and ending up feeling gross again? I’m happy for others who have “gotten…
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Whole 30 Day 02
Today, I failed to plan well, but I didn’t let that deter me from my overall mission of making it through this Whole 30 with everyone else who started August 1st. This morning, I hit the snooze button too many times for an omelet to be a food choice. Honestly, I wasn’t that hungry thanks…
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Whole 30 Day 01
Day 01 of my Whole 30 is in the books. My goal is to be asleep by 10:30 tonight. We shall see. Today wasn’t easy. My daughter had soccer from 9-11 am and I then had to rush to work. I have so much happening at work right now, it’s unreal. I somehow managed to…
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Whole 30 Day 0
Because beginning a Whole 30 challenge in my house isn’t as easy as just going to the pantry, I have to have a Day 0 to prepare. My oldest and I raided the produce section at the local market tonight and I’ve been in the kitchen since cleaning and prepping vegetable, making my favorite Whole…