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Strong Is The New Skinny
Love this – Strong is the New Skinny Intimidated by CrossFit Women? That’s a Good Thing. Strong is the new skinny, and pop culture be damned, because we will no longer be constrained with an impossible ideal. We should approach our fitness experience like any other gym-goer and not be afraid of more. Stepping up the intensity…
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Going Gluten Free
Gluten-Free: The Low-Carb of This Decade? The slant of this is annoying — that you shouldn’t go gluten free if you don’t have a health issue bc you could lose out on vitamins. If you are eating whole, clean foods –that shouldn’t be an issue. “Gluten-free” is fast becoming the “low-carb” diet trend of the…
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Foodie Pics and Weight loss
Say Cheese, Nachos! Can Photographing Your Food Help Weight Loss? Interesting concept, although I don’t think taking a pic of what I am eating will help me — when I realize that most of the apps that estimate calories are wrong. There are so many factors that determine how many calories something is —…
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Debate over who can call themselves sugar …
Sugar Farmers And Corn Industry Debate Who Can Name Themselves After Poison You can put lipstick on a pig, it’s still a pig — Last year, the Corn Refiners Association decided that the term “high fructose corn syrup” just didn’t have same catchy ring to it as “sugar.” The solution: re-brand HFCS as “corn sugar”…
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Want to go organic?
Saw this mentioned by my friend Koren at Live it Coaching — Five Easy Ways to Go Organic Switching to organic is tough for many families who don’t want to pay higher prices or give up their favorite foods. But by choosing organic versions of just a few foods that you eat often, you can…
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Here’s to being fit!
this is one of my most favorite people and who originally inspired and led me to try my first boot camp way back when – Melissa!! At my friend’s baby shower yesterday, I was lucky enough to get to hang out with her! I miss getting my fitness on with her every morning — but…
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Sitting too much is not good for you!
Sitting All Day: Worse For You Than You Might Think Yes, exercise is good for you. This we know. Heaps of evidence point to the countless benefits of regular physical activity. Federal health officials recommend at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise, like brisk walking, every day. Studies show that when you adhere to an…
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CrossFit WOD: TOSH
Warmup jog heel to butt shuffle karoke skip Today’s WOD was focused on endurance — named ‘Tosh’. 3x (200m + 400m + 600m) Rest the exact time it takes you to complete the interval in each set (Ex: 200m Run takes 35 Sec, Rest 35 Sec, then Run 400m, Rest 400m time, etc…) TOTAL time…
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Sugar- the most demonized additive known to man
Is Sugar Toxic? It’s so interesting to gain the insight and knowledge that science provides us around what we are trained to put in our bodies — On May 26, 2009, Robert Lustig gave a lecture called “Sugar: The Bitter Truth,” which was posted on YouTube the following July. Since then, it has been viewed…
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Gluten Free and Be Done With It
Will a gluten-free diet improve your health? (Health.com) — Sarah Cooper was a new mom in her mid-20s, busily juggling her family and a career as an electrical engineer, when everything came to a halt. She lost all her energy. She developed acne. And she began experiencing gastrointestinal problems: bloating, diarrhea, cramping, constipation. Her doctors,…