Most people I know live a scheduled lifestyle Monday through Friday. My schedule looks a bit like this: 5:15 am Alarm Goes Off 5:40am: Leave for the Gym 7:00 am: Return home from the gym 8:00am: Get to work 12:30pm: Lunch 4:45pm: Leave from work 5:00pm: Pick up around the house 6:00pm: Prep/start dinner […]
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Here Fishy Fishy Fishy
It is that time of year again where, for many, fish consumption increases. Now March tends not to be prime time fishing season, but it is Lent Season. Lent, the Christian season preparing for Easter, is when their is 40 days of fasting. For some, this means no meat on Fridays. For those individuals who […]
The Truth about Juicing
Documentaries tell a story in an entertaining way. Depending upon your interests you can pretty much find a documentary about it. One of the more popular documentary genres are related to food/nutrition and where food comes from. Have you ever watched one of these food related documentaries and been inspired? If so, keep reading as […]
Beverage of Champions
After a long day in the sun or a hard workout in the gym, what is your “Go-To” beverage of choice? Water? Sports Drink? Protein Drink? Soda? Milk? For elite athletes like Olympians, their beverage of choice is Chocolate Milk. Check it out! //gotchocolatemilk.com/
Olympians and their food!
Imagine training for 4-6 hours a day 6 days a week for years! Pushing your body, your stress level, your sleeping habits, and even your eating habits. Will there ever be a time when everything feels balanced. Monitoring sleep, stress, and body stress are all very important when training for the Olympics. However, the quote “You’re only […]
A resolution that’s here to stay!
Another year is here meaning another resolution to be made and broken. Diet and Exercise resolutions always sound good at the beginning but are the hardest resolutions to stick with. Why is that? The major reason is due to long term goals. Yes, long term goals are great but wouldn’t it be easier to have short […]
Accuracy of your activity tracker
What does Winter mean to you? To me, winter means: warm blankets, fireplaces, movies, hot chocolate, soup, breads, and fresh baked cookies. And with winter comes darkness. Darkness means I have all evening to sit down, watch television and enjoy homemade comfort food. What I “don’t” have time for is a workout. I mean, who […]
Weight, the double edged sword.
It seems like you can never win when it comes to weight. And the media sure doesn’t help to clarify it one way or another. One day you hear or read on the internet, news, papers or radio that carrying a little extra body weight may actually be healthy. Finally, something good! The next day, […]
The gift that keeps on giving!
Let the 6 week feast begin. Feast one, Thanksgiving: A table filled with a 20 pound turkey, 2 pounds of stuffing, 3 pans of potatoes (regular, cheesy, and sweet potatoes), green bean casserole, cranberries, relish tray, pumpkin pie, apple pie, pecan pie, ice cream, bars, wine and more wine. Sounds like one amazing stomach ache! […]
Ban of Trans!
Today is just one of those days. It’s raining and you forgot an umbrella so now you’re soaked, your coffee spills on your way to work/school, and your computer crashes and you lose the document you had been working on for weeks. Today is just not your day as anything that could have gone wrong, […]