Again, another party tonight! Fun, fun, fun!
That means our focus AGAIN today has been to keep it healthy all day long so we can enjoy “tasty toxins” tonight if we so choose.
Breakfast was fresh fruit, whole milk organic yogurt, and some free-range organic eggs. Shortly after, the kids had almond butter (and grass-fed organic butter) [...]
Today was a running day.
Did 6.2 miles in 50 minutes.
Again, uneventful… which is odd for me! I’m like a magnet for funny, weird, nobody’s-gonna-believe-this-when-I-tell-them type stuff when I’m out for a run!
Then again, there WAS that groundhog that I totally freaked out today! Poor thing might have gone into cardiac arrest when I surprised him!!
Sure, movement and exercise are important to help us maintain (or achieve) our ideal body weight and composition. They are also key components for cardiovascular health, respiratory health, digestive health… even mental and emotional health.
But did you realize that movement and exercise are an essential ingredients for successful pain management (meaning, ‘getting rid of pain’, [...]
Today was a resistance/strength training day.
Actually, it was more like a “turbo training” day! I discovered that the clock I had been referring to while working this morning was about 20 minutes slow… rather than skip my work out due to time constraints, I just changed it up and made it a quick one.
Some exercise [...]
The overall theme of today is definitely “fill up with health FIRST!”
We’re heading out for a soon-to-be-seven-year-old’s birthday celebration with some other little munchkins. We’re going to the movies and to Rainforest Cafe afterward. I’m not anticipating that we’ll be loading up with purity and sufficiency at either location!
We’d don’t get popcorn when we go [...]
As a parent in a free country, I’d like to think that I’m still allowed to choose how to parent my children. I don’t think that anyone has a more vested interest in the welfare of their child than that child’s parents.
I think it’s my job as a parent to keep my children safe and [...]
Today was a running day (bike still isn’t fixed).
I did a nice, easy run - 3.3 miles.
No major news to share… not enough mud to squish around in, no animal or reptile encounters, no sandwiches falling out of trees, no drunk men trying to ride a bicycle while drinking their beer… pretty uneventful, as far [...]
OK, fine. I’ll get back into “logging” what I/we eat around here… I’ve heard from several of you that it was helpful to read the reasons WHY I say yes to some things and NO to others.
I’ve also heard that you get a kick reading about my poor choices! Glad to know I have a [...]
My “just one thing” recommendation today is actually a challenge.
For those of you who constantly count calories (and fat grams, and sodium content, etc.) in order to determine whether or not you’ll eat a certain food, or whether that food is “healthy”, my challenge is for you to STOP!
Instead, even if only for ONE DAY, [...]
Whew! Back on track today… didn’t feel “old as dirt”!
Today was full body resistance/strength training day (and also “obstacle course” day, as I needed to avoid being run over by or running into my daughter who was simultaneously doing gymnastics in the same room!).
Again, only one set of everything… no “repeat sequence”.
90 seconds wall squat
90 [...]
Remember back when you were a kid, and you thought that the people who were the age you are NOW were as old as dirt?
As an adult, I’ve always thought that’s so funny… odd. I’ve never (ok, rarely) felt my “age”! I stopped counting years ago. The math just doesn’t add up in my head!
Then [...]
I was just reminded by my kids that one of our favorite healthy, quick and easy snacks around here is carrot sticks dipped in almond butter.
Obviously, the raw organic carrots are chock full of nutrients. So is the almond butter… especially if you can get it from “raw” (not roasted) almonds, and organic. But even [...]
I love summer!
I love the casual gatherings, the spontaneous get-togethers with neighbors and friends, the relatives and friends from out of state that visit us each summer, the boat rides, the coolers loaded with snacks for a day on the boat… ahhh… it’s all good!
Then again, it’s not necessarily ALL good, in a literal sense! [...]
Yesterday was a day “off” from formal exercise. Instead, we enjoyed several hours out in the lake with our visiting family and the kids… swimming, running, playing catch and making vitamin D!
It was a day full of movement, just none of it “formal”!
Today, I went out for a 5 mile run. It was mostly a [...]
I was thinking about a casual chat I had with my neighbor yesterday as we spontaneously gathered out on our dock, munching munchies and sharing a cold beverage on a hot day…
I was commenting that I have a deep-seated affection for organic tortilla chips, especially when they’re seasoned with sea salt. Mmmmmm!
My neighbor friend said, [...]
Today, I went out for a run bright and early… FINALLY, beat the heat!
It was gorgeous! I went as soon as it was light enough for drivers to see me… caught a spectacular sunrise, deer playing, birds waking up… SO nice.
I did 4.5 miles, then had to head back so that hubby could get to [...]
Sometimes, the plan just doesn’t unfold as originally intended and you just have to get creative!
Today was going to be my running day… a longer run. BUT, I got caught up with some other things that took over the top priority spot on my to-do list this morning, and by the time I could have [...]
Yesterday’s work out was a high-intensity, short duration session. The kind that burns the most fat! (Raises your Resting Metabolic Rate for longer periods of time after your work out than traditional low-to-moderate intensity, steady state cardio.)
I did a series of wind sprints - 16 to be exact. Each sprint was probably in the neighborhood [...]
Wouldn’t it be great if there were one, simple formula to simplify your nutritional choices, your exercise choices, your mindset and stress reduction choices, your weight loss choices, even seemingly unrelated things like your parenting, environmental and financial choices?
For me, there is.
I call it “The Wellness Formula”.
It’s the one formula that I use to assess [...]
Yesterday’s work out was a really cool one!
I was still SO sore from my work out two days earlier, so I knew that I didn’t want to repeat any of those same moves just yet!
I didn’t use a single weight. I only did one “rep” and one “set” of each exercise (well, almost). The entire [...]
