For those of you that know me, I’m not a big advocate of eliminating foods from your diet; I find that it’s either unnecessary as it causes you to miss out on vital nutrients, or it’s too restrictive, causing you to eventually rebel and eat too much in the long run. Most foods (even treats) [...]
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Spring Has Sprung! Detoxify Your Home in Three Steps
Spring has finally arrived after one of the most brutal winters on record. And with spring, comes the need to detoxify. The term spring cleaning has real meaning. We are in hibernation throughout the winter time, covered in clothing, blankets, and weighed down by comfy foods. And this isn’t a bad thing, this is how [...]
Food Rules – Make Your Own
I absolutely love Michael Pollan’s new book “Food Rules”. It is full of snippets of easy, often catchy phrases that remind you of the best ways to approach food.
Some of my faves from the book are:
“If it came from a plant, eat it. If it was made in a plant, don’t.”
and “Avoid products that have [...]
Carbs Are Not Your Enemy
Carbohydrates are the body’s ideal fuel for most bodily functions. They supply the body with the energy needed for the muscles, brain, and central nervous system to function properly. The brain actually relies exclusively on carbohydrates to function.
Which is precisely why I cringe when people say they are going ‘low/no carb.’
Carbs are found in fruits, [...]
Junk In the Trunk
Are you packin’ junk in the trunk? I admit, this is not a question you’d typically want to be asked by anyone unless you’ve got something that would make Lloyd’s reevaluate the JLo’s backside insurance policy or make Beyonce’s bootylicious asset take home silver. No, the trunk I’m referring to is the rear end of your ride, and for once packing junk is a good thing!
3 Day Marathon Plan
As I train for my sixth marathon I have decided to take on a three day training plan. Instead of training five days a week like I have in the past, I am just running three. My plan consists of one track(speed) day, one tempo run, and one long run.
*My track runs consist of several different [...]
Quick Blueberry Muffins
Every summer I stock my freezer full of all the berries I couldn’t eat fast enough. And, by summer’s end, the freezer is bursting with a colorful mix of blues, reds, and purples. I find that freezing the berries before they turn is not only less wasteful, but it is a great way to have [...]
Best Indoor Activity With Kids: The Beach Ball
The thing about being a mom is that it’s not always going to be fun. When children are sick, it’s seriously a bummer. And, when both are sick, it’s even more of a bummer. Today, all my couches were in use at the same time with sleeping/napping/vegging out boys.
I just feel bad for them. I [...]
Make Your Own Organic Potato Chips
As you begin to live a greener lifestyle, one thing that you’ll notice time and time again, is a reduced need for processed foods. Processed foods come with a bunch of packaging and it takes energy to make them in huge factories and then deliver them to a store near you. Learning to make your own [...]
Avoid Your Comfort Zone
If intensity is the key to results, then your comfort zone is your worst enemy.
Your comfort zone comes in many forms: doing exercises you are familiar with, training methods you are used to, the same time every week, pushing yourself just as far as you think you can go, or as far as you went [...]
New To Juicing
A couple months ago I won a Breville Juicer from Foodbuzz and finally started using it. I have always been very interested in juicing, but didn’t want to fork out the dough or cut off my right arm for a juicer. I really like the juicer that they sent me and now think it is [...]
The Injured List
In January I ran the Disney World Marathon. I wasn’t completely ready for the race, but I rocked it out and finished. After the race I felt exhausted and sore – just like you’d expect after running 26.2 miles! But, I didn’t feel like anything in particular hurt.
Well, a few days later on a recovery [...]
Away WeeGo! Lifefactory’s glass baby bottles.
A few years ago when the plastic pandemonium hit, parents couldn’t get their hands on glass bottles fast enough. What was once an outdated only choice for bottle feeding has come back in a big way. Even now, with pretty much all plastic baby bottles boasting BPA-free on their labels, many moms are still concerned [...]
New Gear for Spring
GEAR
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Salomon, best known for their ski and snowboard gear, puts their all-weather, all-terrain technology to work for runners, too. Light and stable, their XA Pro 3D ULTRA GTX trail runner transitions seamlessly from pavement to trail and can handle even the sloppiest spring conditions. These babies will stick to anything and actually [...]
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