I’ve been thinking about the topic of this post for a few days, and mulling over how to approach it—how much do I want to reveal about my personal life, and how do I present this so that you will be interested? I’ll give you the backstory. If you’ve been reading for at least 2 …
When an Idea Falls Out of the Sky and Makes You Feel Like You’re “Home.” Read More »
Yesterday, Kathleen posted about fast food, and speculated that we are mistaken when we vilify it without also condemning many of the other crappy quality foods we have in our lives. It made me start thinking about healthy eating and food rules, and how we set our limits about what we will or will not …
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 »
Thanks for all the kind words for Matthew! I know it’s rough for him to lose Camo his pup-brother, and I wish I could make life just happy and easy for him, and protect him from any bad feelings ever. What–it could happen! Here’s a pic of the new short haircut: I might actually use …
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 …
On Saturday, I participated in the Finger Lakes Wellness Fair. I had four things to focus on while I was prepping: seminars I was giving on bone health, nutrition for athletes, and smoothies, plus healthy snack demos/samples. What I learned: ditch the seminars and just give people food! I did have amazing conversations about my …
Pizza Flavored Kale Chips, Dark Chocolate Avocado Pudding, Smoothies, and the Ugi Ball Read More »
I’ve spent the last year or so reframing and redefining my definition of being Productive. It used to involve quantitative measurement of outcomes. But now? My goal is to work less (and make that smaller amount of work fun), and along with working less, I want to breathe more deeply more often and do things …
Productive Weekend. {Depending on How You Look At It} Read More »
Stefanie from The New Healthy is hosting a Sweat it Out Saturday link party… And since I sweated it out a lot yesterday, I thought I’d share. I’m in the middle of my Traditional Fitness plan, which means I’m lowering the intensity for most of my exercise, and increasing the times and quantity of activities …
Happy Holiday Weekend! Do you have to labor on Labor Day? For an online teacher, holidays are usually irrelevant (some schools give a week off at Christmas). But since I’m teaching f2f (face to face) on Monday nights, I actually get “a day off” from that! I’m planning to use the time to work on …
