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Wednesday Workout

Workout equipment: Workout type: 12 minute Set your timer for 18 rounds of 10 and 30 second intervals. Complete the following exercises during the 30 second work interval: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Bonus: 30 second

Is Your Food Obsession Ruining Your Life?

Some people spend every minute of their lives obsessing over food.

Devout Paleo diet followers, for instance, nearly cry if a speck of grain touches their lips. They have a hard time eating out with friends, and can’t enjoy a rich dessert at a party. And this is the same for any extreme dieter, not just Paleo lovers.

If that’s the kind of life you want to live, go for it.

I, on the other hand, am a big believer in enjoying life.

I want to experience everything life has to offer, and yes, that means a glass or two of wine several times a week, some bread here and there, even (gasp!) a melt-in-your-mouth chocolate chip cookie once in a while.

No, I don’t eat these things every day, but I do eat them more often than you might think.

Why? I want to be happy. I want to experience life with the people around me. I don’t want to obsess about every morsel of food I eat—I want to enjoy my food.

I live by the 80/20 rule — 80% of what goes into my body has to be good food (fruits, veggies, protein, healthy fats, etc.)—and 20% can be the fun stuff (wine, treats, carbs).

Monday Workout

Workout equipment: Workout type: 16 minute Set your timer for 24 rounds of 10 and 30 second intervals. Complete four rounds of the following in the 30 second work intervals: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Friday Challenge Workout

Workout equipment: Workout type: Challenge Time: ? Complete the following workout twice: 100 25 100 25 100 25 100 25

All We Have is Our Health

I was watching old episodes of Ally McBeal the other day while doing some work (don’t ask me why—the selection on Netflix is pitiful these days), and during one early episode, after everything else in her life goes wrong, she repeats, “I have my health. I have my health. I have my health…” over and over.

And it’s true, isn’t it? There are so many things that are important to us… our families, our careers, our hobbies… but without our health, where would we be?

Yet for some reason, in this day and age, people seem to take their health for granted.

There’s so much information out there about how to keep yourself healthy into old age, yet people rarely follow it—thinking instead that they are invincible and that they don’t need to do these things and follow these rules, even though everyone else should.

Think about it.

How many people do you know that value their sleep?

Eat fresh produce on a regular basis?

Make an effort to exercise and be active in their daily lives?

Wednesday Workout

Workout equipment: Workout type: 12 minute Set your timer for 18 rounds of 10 second and 30 second intervals. Complete four rounds of the following during the 30 second work interval: 1. 2. 3.

Why You Should Throw Away Your Scale

Admit it… it’s depressing.

You work out on a frequent basis. You do resistance exercise and high intensity cardio like you know you should. You try and eat nutritious, healthy foods (and not too much of them) 90% of the time. But the scale refuses to budge.

And you can’t help wondering…

Do you just need to be patient, waiting for the numbers to finally get smaller?

Or could it be possible that the numbers on scale doesn’t really matter… and you’re actually making progress, despite your stagnant weight?

Why weighing yourself doesn’t work

People have been using scales to determine their physical health for ages. Long ago, someone determined that what you weigh is somehow the pinnacle of how fit and healthy you are. And society wholeheartedly accepted this.

Heck, I remember hearing about cheerleading squads in high school who wouldn’t accept anyone into their team who was over 120 pounds, despite their level of skill or overall appearance.

Not even two pounds over. Does that seem right to you?

Well, the ugly truth about the scale is that it doesn’t actually tell you how in shape you are.

Why? Because the scale only looks at your overall weight… it doesn’t consider other (more important) factors such as how much muscle you have, how dense your bones are,

Monday Workout

Workout equipment: Workout type: 16 minute Set your timer for 24 rounds of 10 and 30 second intervals. Complete four rounds of the following during the 30 second work intervals: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Friday Challenge Workout

Workout equipment: Workout type: Challenge Time: ? Complete five rounds for time of: 20 30 120

Morning Protein Oatmeal Recipe

I started eating this breakfast nearly every day over a year ago and have yet to get tired of it. It keeps me full, gets my energy up in the morning, and is a cinch to make! Ingredients: 1/2 cup quick or regular oats 1/8 – 1/4 cup skim milk (or soymilk) 1 scoop protein …