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Marriage: Growing Together
Marriage is Hard Work This week my husband shared a story about a couple we know that are no longer together. It was quite a shock to hear the news that they are divorcing – they seemed very well suited for each other, had a couple of kids – just like me and many of…
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Take the Lead In Your Life
Change is hard! There I said it. So many of us lead hard lives as it is that when presented with choices to make a change, we don’t. Why do something else hard by choice? And sometimes you are so clouded that you don’t even realize you need to change. Logic says that if…
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Is Your Diet Causing Sleep Issues?
Does Paleo Cure Insomnia? My friend Lani mentioned that she has been sleeping horribly but last night she slept great. I told her it could be what she was eating because whenever I eat crap, I sleep like crap – wake up every few hours, toss and turn and wake up feeling hung over. I…
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Coming Clean About Eating Clean
I had seriously the best weekend – I had a super great Thanksgiving day filled with fitness and family and food. I had a date with my silver fox husband. I worked out to raise money for Wounded Warriors Project with a super fun partner, and had a fun, laugh filled lunch with the ladies…
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Honoring Fallen Heroes in Afghanistan
As a way to honor the 100+ plus Heroes that have passed through here since March 2012 – a hero WOD has been created by SSG Shawn Fischer, a member of the unit. Fallen Heroes’ Memorial WoD 9 exercises, 100 Reps. With the 9 exercises representing the 9 months of my units deployment, and 100 reps being 1 rep…
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Day After Thanksgiving: Working It Out
To CrossFit or To Not CrossFit? What a Stupid Question Yesterday was a great day. Wegmans really does make a great Thanksgiving meal easy. i ordered their dinner package and with their instructions on the overall timing, it all came out perfect. My mom came from NJ and my friend Lani came over. It was…
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Day Before The Turkey
Happy Turkey Day Eve!! A day to relax, get ready for the feast and begin to think about all the things you have to be thankful for this year!! warmup racing drills DROM Skill Ring L-Sits WOD Backwards Tabata l-sits on parralettes WOD 12min AMRAP 9 Deadlifts 12 Push Ups 15 Box Jumps rounds:5+
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Christmas Abbott, CrossFit Athlete, Coach and NASCAR Trailblazer
Christmas Abbott goes after her dream I make no secret that Iove Christmas Abbott – CrossFit athlete, coach, amazing person and now the first female Nascar pit crew member! CrossFit helps women achieve great things – helping inspire women to embrace strength and mental grit is one of the best thing about CrossFit for me. Showing…
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Earning Thanksgiving
Lots going on this week –the obvious, Turkey Day! I hope you all have great plans filled with great company and even better food. Life is about living and deciding when it’s a good time to indulge. I firmly believe for me, Thanksgiving is the right day to have good food — Paleo or not.…
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Being Thankful this Thanksgiving
Being Grateful A bunch of my friends have been doing a daily “I am thankful for” post on facebook. I love seeing them all post what is great in their lives — its a great reminder for me and everyone else how lucky we are and there is always someone out there that doesn’t have…