Live Fit and Sore

Month: November 2013

  • Black Friday Madness

    Day after Thanksgiving -I did not do any Crazy Black Friday shopping. What I did do is head to Highbar CrossFIt and get in a good workout. Back squats and then CF girl, Annie. I felt plain yucky after eating all the food yesterday and felt worse after my workout. It’s time to get back…

  • Be Thankful on Thanksgiving

  • Let Things Happen

    I had lunch with a friend yesterday that I haven’t seen in almost a year and it really helped me recharge. Sometimes you don’t realize you miss someone until you spend time with them again. Sara left the company I worked at up until recently back in February – for many of the same reasons…

  • Thanksgiving is coming: Are You Ready?

    It’s almost Thanksgiving – are you mentally preparing and creating a plan on how to approach this holiday? Some people find it super stressful – their eating focus is thrown off, or their family is visiting, or just the simple fact they are out of their routine.  Coming up with a plan on how you…

  • Decide to Move On

    Here’s some food for thought that really spoke to me this weekend from Joel Osteen. “You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not…

  • CrossFit: Knees in or Out?

    I’m not sure if I have already shared this blog post started by a well known Olympic Lifting coach Bob Takano about the practice of pushing your knees out when lifting.  It is an approach that gained popularity by Kelly Starrett of the awesome Mobility WOD site.  I am a huge fan of Kelly’s — no…

  • Learning How to Eat Paleo

    Busy day but I wanted to share a few things I think everyone should read and also just mention something that happened to me yesterday. I stopped in to Wegmans to pick up a few things and while I was heading towards the Gluten Free/Natural foods area – I noticed this woman who was furiously…

  • Tracking Your Sleep Habits

    I recently started looking into my sleeping habits by using an app called Sleep Timer by Azumio. Each night, i set the time I am planning on getting up via the app and lay my iPhone down on the bed and it tracks my light vs deep sleep and my awake time.  I’m not sure…

  • Your Mind is a Powerful Tool

    I am continually working on ways to quiet my mind. It’s true when people say that the mind quits long before the body does. So much of making progress and improving is all in your head. I know from personal experience, as soon as I let my mind focus on how uncomfortable, fearful, horrible –…

  • Working The Power Positions

    Now that I am temporarily unemployed, Mondays are a bit tougher for me than normal. I think all the hustle and bustle of the weekend, and being around people feeds my soul, and come Monday -it’s back to being somewhat solitary. I know it’s only temporary, but it’s been tough on me mentally. I am…