Food
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New Year’s Wish
It’s another new year and of course all the “new year, new you” stuff is flying fast and furious. Yes, it’s a new year. Yes, there are 365 days to write your next chapter. It is awesome. We all have the power to effect positive changes, though – any time we choose. We don’t need… Continue reading
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Soup Saturday
After teaching spin this morning and training a few clients, I decided to turn this dreary rainy weather into food prep day so we’d have delicious meals ready to roll through the week. There is nothing quite like a road trip to remind us why home cooked food is awesome! Yesterday I made this yumminess:… Continue reading
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I Don’t Think I’ll Miss My Toast
My niece over at Hangin’ By A Thread texted me last week a picture of this book, Whole30, with the description: This is my December. Hmm. Not one to let a challenge go by, (without further investigation) I jumped on board saying, “Hey! I’ll do it with you. It’s only 30 days, right? No big deal that… Continue reading
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Teaching Gumption
“Pull the dumbbell up like this,” I told her, “as if you are pulling the cord on a lawn mower.” I had borrowed this phrase from my trainer, because it accurately illustrates the movement I wanted her to perform. To this day I cannot start my lawnmower and not think of this move, and my trainer.… Continue reading
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Learning, Learning, and More Learning
Since the phone call, I have met with a registered dietician in my area twice and have gained a wealth of knowledge. So much of which is counter to what we are taught as trainers. (Not to mention the crap nutrition info that gets passed around on the internet!) During the first session, I was poised to take… Continue reading
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The Phone Call
“You’re cholesterol numbers look good…” The nurse paused as I anxiously wondered why they were calling me. I’d had the exam last week, and as per usual, no news is good news. Yet, here I was on the phone going over lab results. Okay… But. There’s always a but, isn’t there? “But…you’re blood sugar numbers… Continue reading
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Challenges, Accountability, and Finding Balance
As a member of various fitness groups and pages on social media, there always seems to be some kind of challenge, contest or accountability thing going on. For example, one group is streaking (repeating running or exercising consecutive days in a row), another is recording minutes per week engaged in physical exercise, and another offered up… Continue reading
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Fed Up
When I was in high school, I read Upton Sinclar’s The Jungle. It was a novel that highlighted the atrocities of the meat packing plants in the early 20th century. This book is what started it for me. In 2000, I got my hands on a copy of Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, and became pretty… Continue reading
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Happy Thanksgiving!
I love food. Good food. Not drive thru fill-your-gut-but-feel-like-crap-5-minutes-later type of ‘food’. Real nourishment. The kind that feeds your tummy AND your soul. In today’s daily post, we are asked to “describe a favorite childhood meal. The one meal that was a treat, meant “celebration” or was pure comfort!” Meal prep was fun in our house.… Continue reading
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Good Fences?
We’ve been blessed by having really great neighbors most of my life. Growing up we lived next door to childhood friends. We had campouts in the backyard and our families regularly had dinner together. After getting married, we’ve been fortunate to live next to some really awesome people, many of which have become long term friends.… Continue reading
Life and Other Stuff 