Wednesday at work I had a revelation. I was sitting on my butt, per usual, noticing the pain in my hip flexors and upper back. So I started calculating the number of hours I sit each day. Okay so my day usually lasts from 8am-11pm… wake up and sit down to eat breakfast… sit during … More Day 192: Take a Stand for Your Health
I have to blog about Sunday. It was so exciting! The night ended with some late evening food prep while watching my Integrative Nutrition class on how to cook healthy! To do is to learn. I also may have rocked a Christmas apron. While wearing a green shirt. So festive! First I prepped a huge … More Day 161: Healthy Food Prep and My First Personal Training Client!
This weekend just flew by! Which is a good thing because Peter comes home Friday :-). Till then I have a ton of things to jam in this week since I will be out of commission for a week or two ;-). Sorry, I’ll stop smiling and winking now. Saturday Saturday was a very non-eventful … More Day 160: You can always be too prepared
Guess what? It’s still pouring outside!!! This weather will just not let up. To counteract the lack of sun I took two Vitamin D pills today instead of one. Bring on the internal sunshine! Like I mentioned, yesterday was just as dreary. My day brightened considerably when FedEx dropped a lovely package on my doorstep … More Day 158: My Updated Training Program, New Protein Powder, and Bulging Biceps
By all means it should have been a fantastic day. Like a superb day. Stupendous day. Fan-flippin-tastic day. First good news. I won an award at work! I received a big package in the mail which turned out to be my Exceptional Contributor Award in a massive frame. The award is almost hilariously large. But … More Day 156: Good Day, Bad Mood
Another day another dollar. And a shiny clean car at the car wash. So satisfying. Daily Workout The best part of the day was hanging out with my sister on her final day in town. We biked to the gym and unknowingly dressed the same. Great minds think alike. I did some upper-body lifting and … More Day 128: Sister sister
My lifting routine is back in full force and it feels so good. Now that I am doing no running or sprinting because of my injury, I have more time for a good lifting session. Like I mentioned before, I am lifting 4 days a week with two upper-body days and two lower-body days. For … More Sizzling Leg Burner Workout and Move for Shoulder Health
Do you know this song by Will.I.Am? It’s my new gym jam. And it helped me push through the doldrums this afternoon to complete a fantastic workout. I biked to the gym for dose of Florida sunshine. However, the forecast is stormy for next several days so I had to deal with cloudy skies and … More Day 111: Go Hard, Lift Heavy, or Go Home
At the end of January I wrote about the importance of strengthening our feet. I talked about creating a program for my friend Mariana who was suffering from achilles tendonitis. While creating her program, I realized that I probably have a form of tendonitis in my left foot. Well it has gotten worse. Much worse. … More My Foot Injury and Rehab Plan
Happy Tuesday! I missed posting yesterday but I am making up for it now. Honestly, I haven’t felt like writing much the last three days. So instead you got a wordless weekend. However the weekend was pretty stellar. On Saturday I took spin, had an interview with admissions from The Institute of Integrative Nutrition, then … More Day 107: The Benefits of Food Journaling
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