Posts tagged health
Stop trying to fix your body. It was never broken. - Eveensler
How to burn fat, build muscle & be plant-based on a lean budget (Sample list)

…So while you’ll be cutting back on some of the bougie items for now (I know, green juice is life) you’ll be surprised that you can leave in some others (coconut water anyone?)

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Thank you Drew!

(From November 2017.)

Thank you so much @drewsiv for coming by and saying hi!

Drew saw my post yesterday and came by to visit at the @landroverusa event in Venice today. He shared his incredible story with me: he said he had been following me for years and struggled with his weight due to a debilitating injury.

Through his successful recovery and by tweaking his food, water and exercise habits, he was able to lose 25 lbs. and even develop an awesome set of abs! His inspirational story, paired with the fact that…

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Answer Me This (and Snowboard Snacks)

It has been proven to me time and time again through my work that the magic lies in the little, not-so-noticeable things, and that the smallest changes WILL ALWAYS yield the most admirable results.
Just think about hormones. These teeny, tiny things that are an invaluable part of your system control everything from appetite to mood, to sex drive, to energy level, to hair growth, to pregnancy and the list goes on. Yet you can only see them under a high-tech microscope. So small, yet one the most powerful forces I can think of!

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No Respect

Time on stairclimber: 140 minutes.

No, not once in a while. I climbed 140 minutes on stairs that went nowhere, every, single, day.

What a waste of life.

Food: 5 food categories, zero deviation:

1) protein powder
2) lentils & beans
3) green vegetables
4) peanut & almond butter
5) oats & rice cakes

Total daily intake: 1130 kcal. Me: Hangry. Bored. Perma Fuzz-Brain.

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Michael Jackson's Wrist Flicks

…I am impatient, yes, always, I can’t help it. But I am so excited too. I love the climb. I fell in love with the process a long time ago…

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Are You Frozen Fleeing or Fighting?

I promised my introverts a shout out a few emails back, after my “You are too BIG” email. (In it, I attempted to highlight the similar struggles between being overweight and being a spirited extrovert.

So “introvert introspection” is what I bring to the cyber table today. Here we go…

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Are You A Unicorn? 

Two weeks ago, I was riding in the car with a good friend of mine. She put the guy she just starting dating on speaker phone. So of course I fired off questions. After all, what kind of non-nosy, awesome friend do you take me for? ;-) …

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This Law of Science Will Destroy Your Current Motivation

…Here is where a very practical law of science comes into play.

We fear that we won’t accomplish the goal. That we will fall short, put ourselves out there, make the effort, and never see the reward. This is our first fear. (Strangely enough, we don’t seem to fear the temporary reward, even though that has far more severe psychological and physical long-term repercussions.)

Our second fear is that we won’t ever do the work in the first place. Our second fear is that we are inherently lazy, and this causes us to distrust our ability to get the job done.

Ipso facto, we are fearful of our own potential for non-action…

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LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE 

…It is what we crave from others. It is our singular reigning request from our universe. Our treatment of this truth can either create our biggest internal void or our absolute ecstasy. Because our entire perception of what we see outside of ourselves is predicated by what is already happening within us…

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What I'm Learning From Back Surgery

…The doctor removed over half the disc. He said the herniation was massive, one of the biggest he had ever seen. I will never grow that disc back.

He also joked that he had placed bets with his nurses, that I would be one the 8% to re-herniate within the first 12 weeks post-op, due to my active lifestyle and profession.

Ha-ha, I thought. I was determined to prove him wrong.

Now this is the hardest part for me to tell you. I ended up not proving him wrong. I re-herniated my disc before my 12 weeks of recovery were up…

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How To Save Money at The Grocery Store

Right now the internet has us on information overwhelm. The amount of food facts, free recipes and supplement options used to make me feel like I was drowning. One could go broke trying to keep up with each and every new detox trend and pretty food blog. But I don’t let any of that happen anymore.

The secret? Well, I’ll get to that. But first let me paint a picture for you.

Let's lay the scene…

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