I was just about to leave for the gym to do a quick lunch-time workout when I came across this note in my email: Appearance is a consequence of fitness -Mark Twight That is a quote I heard somewhere, I think it was on thefitcast. It really made me think, why do I  workout? Is it to look...

Today’s delicious breakfast: 2 eggs, 3 slices of bacon, and sauteed greens: I made a variation of this, but used swiss chard instead of kale. Not a very good picture (used phone) but it sure was tasty!

I have always loved the “Back to School” time of year, and really feel that Fall should be the beginning of the new “year”. I think my primary focus for the new year is to “be real” – inspired by a post on Ordinary Courage, “Once you are real,...

My typical breakfast consists of 2 eggs over-easy with ham, and sometimes so veggies. But after listening to Episode 88 of the Paleo Solution I began to reconsider my daily egg intake – Robb gave some good advice on varying your diet, especially since eggs can be a food not well...

Kate Somerville makes a face scrub that I absolutely love, ExfoliKate Intensive Exfoliating Treatment, but at $85 per 2 ounces its rather expensive. Granted it does last a long time, you need only a pea size amount to scrub your face, but since I have been looking for more budget friendly...

Ran sprints this morning – 8 sprints of about 12-15 seconds. 5 were up a small hill. I did the a similar sprinting workout Sunday morning when down in Rochester at my mom’s house. Both time started with about half mile jog to a school (its funny we both live on streets with...

This is my silly dog Boo, making the most of the pillows and her bed Sorry for the bad picture – it was early and I used my phone’s...

Yesterday was one of “those days” the ones best remedied by a nice cocktail and snacks while sitting in the sun with hubby.

Athleta has a good sale goig on – extra 20% of sale items, but hurry, it ends 8/5/2011. Promo code is SUMMER20. I can always use a few more workout tops (extra motivation to go to the gym – show off new clothes!) so I picked up a few new things: Printed Victory Top  The...

This comes from Mellisa at The Clothes make the Girl, so...

Went to the gym today over the lunch hour – was planning on doing some yoga. As I stepped outside the sun felt so warm and nice I decided I would do yoga outside. So I went into the gym, which was freezing of course, changed, then walked around behind the building where there is an empty...

A friend made the statement this past weekend that “you burn more calories power-walking than running”. I vaguely remembered having heard similar claims, but doubting the validity of them. So, I challenged that calories burned is a matter of moving mass over distance, so whether you...