Month: January 2013

  • Hoagie’s Heroes: Scope it Out 5K March 24 2013

    Scope it Out 5K This year is a big year for my family. The beginning of Summer 2008, my husband, Scotty was surprisingly diagnosed with colon cancer and had to undergo surgery to remove half of his colon and a year of chemo -that had us spending all day, every other Tuesday at Georgetown Hospital…

  • A Product Of Your Parents

    Happy Birthday Dad Today is my Dad’s birthday. I really feel blessed that both my parents are still around and in my life. So many of my friends — as we enter into middle age have or are starting to lose their parents and the fact that both of my ‘rents are still here and…

  • Paleo Worlds Collide

    When I first discovered CrossFit and Paleo eating – I came across a blog from Melissa Joulwan: The Clothes Make the Girl.  I didn’t know Melissa personally, but found her take on both topics to be really inspiring and helpful as I began to explore making meaningful changes in my life. Almost five years later,…

  • Bad Posture is an Epidemic

    Bad Posture. Why do so many of us suffering from it?  Did you know that bad posture contributes to some very common health problems like headaches, backaches, numbness in hands, constipation, neck pain, and even numbness in feet? Why You Have Bad Posture Wallets in our back pockets, heavy purses, lifestyle choices, computers, gaming — all…

  • Today’s Wheat: McGnaw the Gluten-Free Beaver

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  • Focus on Lighting A Fire Within

    I have been thinking about how people perform better when they are made to feel valued and how important that is in so many aspects of life. Your professional life, your immediate family and of course your friends. How many of us have been in a relationship (intimate, friendly, or professional) where you are left…

  • The Progress We Make

    Focus To Get Your Diet Back on Track Happy Monday! Every weekend seems busier than the previous –but all in good ways.  Working out, of course was on the docket but I also watched the team CrossFit Affiliate League competition at CrossFit Impavidus on Saturday. The kiddos came with us but of course had the…

  • CrossFit Creates A Family

    Yesterday was a busy day – we had a redo of Scotty’s birthday and after I coached the CrossFit Teens classes, I headed out to do a happy hour and dinner with friends to celebrate. It was fun but I totally ate like crap and had a martini. Not a huge deal in the grand…

  • It’s Always Too Early to Quit

    Why Are you Thinking About Quitting? I know it’s now almost mid-January and some of you are out there –talking to yourself about giving up on your fitness goals and quitting whatever you committed to on the eve of Dec 31st. But really — Why are you quitting? I came across this great post by…

  • Motherhood

    “Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you’d have. It’s about understanding she’s exactly the person she’s supposed to be. And, if you’re lucky, she might be the teacher who turns you into the person you’re supposed to be.” – The Water Giver