Embrace the Summer Rain
This post is part of the Sharing is Caring Summer Blog Hop hosted by Life WithLovebugs , Powerful Mothering, and A Spectacled Owl! I love the summertime. I love sunshine and long days and warm...
View ArticleThe two great obstacles: Pain and Boredom
I had a brilliant professor in exercise physiology named Dr. Phil Allsen. He was an older man, easily in his 60s or 70s at the time I was in college, and he was completely ripped. He was in amazing...
View ArticleThe Power of Tracking What you Eat
I know lots of people who are trying to lose weight. One of the most underutilized strategies for losing weight is tracking what you eat. Keeping a food journal or log is a surprisingly important and...
View ArticleWhat I Ate Wednesday and Why it’s Worth Reading
If you don’t read a lot of blogs you may not be familiar with the acronym WIAW which stands for “What I Ate Wednesday”. The blogger will post everything they ate in a day so you can copy recipes and...
View ArticleMove NOURISH Believe Week 2
As week 2 of the Move Nourish Believe Challenge hosted by Lorna Jane and Fitapproach comes to a close, I’ve been thinking about those three words and how each get progressively more difficult for me to...
View ArticleMarching in like a lion
As the saying goes, March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. Typically this saying describes the spring weather. Stormy at times, calm and peaceful at other times. Spring is coming and it is so...
View ArticleQ&A – Why doesn’t my partner support my new fitness goals?
On Friday I wrote a post about supporting others in their goals, specifically fitness goals. In response, I got an interesting message from a friend which led to a lengthy conversation. Without giving...
View ArticleHow to teach your kids about nutrition
I don’t just want my kids to eat good foods, I want them to CHOOSE to eat good foods. My hope is that as they grow and they are on their own more and more that they will have the knowledge and ability...
View ArticleWIAW – Clean Eating Challenge
I’m hosting my first clean eating challenge group on facebook this week. So far it has been great. There are about 20 of us actively trying to eat clean and supporting each other along the way. Some...
View ArticleYou can’t outwork a bad diet
I used to believe that if I exercised for long enough, with enough intensity – that I could eat whatever I wanted and it would not matter. Is nutty bar a protein? This philosophy sounds like it could...
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