If you were a fly on my wall, you would hear a lot of laughing. And it would mostly be Joe laughing after I’ve said, “I have an idea. Do you want to hear it?” He isn’t really laughing at me (well, maybe a little), but he is definitely laughing at the fact I have …
I got up early today, just like I had planned. I tackled my To Do List, and I even took chicken broth to my Mom who has an ear infection, a sinus infection, and bronchitis. It made me ponder how thankful I am that I am not sick. And then I washed my hands. For …
Good afternoon 🙂 I’m teaching 8 classes and I’ve been a big slacker in researching things for friends/clients (but I’ll admit, I’ve been researching the things that interest me the most…). Often, when I am trying to help someone improve their health, we have to find substitutions for “old” habits—without that, we’re bound to try …
DIY: Nut Butter and Baby Formula (not together!) Read More »
Happy Saturday! I’m going to spend the remainder of the weekend in yoga teacher training (I wish there was wi-fi there—then I could be like my nutrition students and pretend I’m listening, but really be chatting and playing on the Internet…just kidding, I wouldn’t do that!). I want to tell you a few random things …
Thanks for all of your great comments on my post about trying out Intermittent Fasting! I appreciate your perspectives, and I completely agree that IF is not for everyone…in fact, I’m not actually recommending it to anyone yet. I’m just testing it out on myself! Alison (who is my bloggie-neighbor) wrote a post about her …
Day 3 of Intermittent Fasting (but I’d rather call it delayed eating) Read More »
As a health, nutrition, and fitness professional, I read about different philosophies and lifestyle (diet, workout, etc) strategies. A. Lot. Much of the time, the only way I can recommend or suggest/educate people about new things to try is to try it on myself first. I realize that many people hear the word fasting and …
A Self-Experiment with Intermittent Fasting, and My Lessons in Hunger vs. Appetite Read More »
People are constantly asking me what they should eat before, during (!), and after a workout. I do think there is some variability regarding what works best for different people. As a result of that, I’m just going to tell you what I do, and why it works for me. I generally do not eat …
What I eat After I Work Out (and the best snack I’ve ever had) Read More »
When I was contemplating topics and methodologies for my dissertation, I really wanted to do a photo novella…but everyone (in academia) to whom I mentioned that idea…well, they laughed (not at me…I don’t think). I ended up going with a narrative inquiry (story telling) methodology, but I think there’s a lot of overlap between that …
Testing Out the iPhone 4S … Sunday Morning Pics, and One of Life’s Unfortunate Lessons Read More »
Since the newest spin on my exercise/activity habits involves working out “smarter, not harder,” I’ve really gotten more into functional training. Right now, I’m primarily doing a lot of low-moderate-level cardio, interval timer strength/cardio training (with a variety of intensity levels), and yoga (the teacher training I’m doing helps push me to keep it a …
I like to buy new workout things—often it does not work in my (bank account’s) favor, either because it’s junk or I don’t use it. I get questions all the time from clients about what I think about regarding the effectiveness of P90X, Insanity, BodyRock, 10 Minute Trainer, Jillian Michaels’ workouts, the Bender Ball, and….you …
