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The power of walking

“Ugh I have to get to the gym.” “I really need to start exercising everyday.” “I need to start lifting weights.” What if we just begin with moving more in general? If you wore a pedometer for a day, and just went about your normal day, how many steps do you think you would achieve?ContinueContinue reading “The power of walking”

Macro Friendly Fried Rice

Tomato Feta Pasta

When I search a recipe online, I DO NOT want to scroll through the creator’s memories of a warm summer day when they made this recipe. Or the fond memories they have over this recipe. I just want the damn recipe. So if you are the same, then my recipe posts will be the placeContinueContinue reading “Tomato Feta Pasta”

Don’t feel guilty for pursuing health or fitness

Peer pressure. You think once you become an adult that you have escaped it, but man, are you wrong. If you are in the fitness realm in any sense of the word, from starting your journey, to being years in; you know exactly what I mean… Let’s set the scene. You go out for dinnerContinueContinue reading “Don’t feel guilty for pursuing health or fitness”

Should you peep the whiteboard before hitting the gym?

When I first started this whole CrossFit thing in August 2017, I never even registered for my Gym’s software called Triib, which would let me see the WOD and enter my score, so I was honestly confused at first at how people always knew what was going down that day. When I did in factContinueContinue reading “Should you peep the whiteboard before hitting the gym?”

Leading by example

I’m a firm believer in leading by example, so I wholeheartedly believe that if we want our loved ones to lead healthy lifestyles, we must exemplify that lifestyle ourself. I also believe that that which we believe will manifest itself, if we believe we can, then we will, if we sit and doubt our abilities,ContinueContinue reading “Leading by example”

Supplements and Sucralose

Supplements, they can be a great asset to our fitness regime or our biggest enemy, depending on the ingredients within the package. Looking at the ingredients of some of the hottest brands on the shelves today, you may as well just have Kool Aid and Monsters for pre workout, and Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup in milkContinueContinue reading “Supplements and Sucralose”

Should you skip fruit?

If you’re into the fitness world or even if you aren’t I’m sure you’ve heard of the infamous “Keto Diet”. Which everyone tends to see as “I can eat all the bacon I want and lose weight,” right? Welp, sure some people or you may successfully lose some pounds doing this, but typically it endsContinueContinue reading “Should you skip fruit?”

Mental Health

In a society where everything seems to be so fast paced, and family dinners, bubble baths, long walks outside, Hell even just sitting on the couch watching tv for an hour seem like luxuries, we need to take the time to slow it down. It seems impossible, I know, because in our same society, rentContinueContinue reading “Mental Health”

Discipline. When motivation runs out.

Motivation usually runs rampant when starting something new. Think New Years resolutions. For the vast majority of us we set those goals for the new year and we go all out to achieve them. We buy new clothes, new programs, new equipment, whatever it may be that we hope is going to set us upContinueContinue reading “Discipline. When motivation runs out.”