When I had my two younger boys, I thought my days of having a flat stomach were over. I’d become sedentary. I couldn’t walk up a flight of stairs without sounding like Darth Vader. My self-confidence was shot. I fell into the trap of thinking, “Well, I’m already over-weight. Might as well annihilate this cake!” My husband convinced me to […]
For those of us who started 80 Day Obsession on January 15th, we are in the thick of Peak Week and the optional Deplete Days nutrition plan. What does that all mean? Peak Week is a showcase of two of the most difficult* workouts from each of the three phases. It’s meant to allow us to give our peak performance […]
Trying to eat clean on a road trip can drive you batshit crazy if you let it. We recently made the six hour* drive to Saint Louis with all three boys. My husband signed up for a course to receive his running coach certification, and we tagged along to sightsee. Road trips are usually an excuse to binge on beef […]
Tomorrow marks the first day of Phase 3 of 80 Day Obsession. When we started this program on January 15th, I had no idea how much my body and my mind would truly change. I feel more focused, organized, and in-tune with what I need to do to be a healthier me. The picture on the left is from January […]
Double Chocolate Cookies are one of the 80 Day Obsession approved foods from the Fixate cooking show. It was my favorite of the treats from our first Refeed Day. They look like the really gooey cookies you get from the bakery at Dillon’s without all the processed garbage in them. Processed garbage is delicious, I know. Most of us will […]
Cardio Flow tank tops are here! My husband and I have been working on an athletic clothing company that would mesh with his business, Hard to Kill Training, and mine. Rather than try to restrict our ideas within the confines of health coaching and survival fitness, we decided to launch different lines within the company. My love of pithy yet inspirational […]
I’ll start with the good news: if you’ve stumbled upon this post in search of a recipe for Refeed Day, you’ve come to the right place! The bad news: with this recipe, 1 serving = 1 donut hole. I know. I know. Let’s take a moment and weep together, shall we? This recipe is adapted from the Fixate recipe available […]
Next week, those of us who signed up for this 80 day adventure get to indulge in cookies, donuts, and nachos during Refeed Days. So the cookies have coconut flour, the donuts are made with xanthan gum, and the “chips” for the nachos are apples. My point still stands. These delectable delicacies are made with dirty yellows, or simple carbs. […]
Holy hell, folks. We made it through Phase 1! Phase 2 is going to introduce some new challenges, including a new meal plan. We have less of a calorie deficit, so many of us moved up a bracket. My carb-loving ass has been doing a happy dance since finding out I was moving from plan b to c which gives […]
I’ve always called this dish shepherd’s pie. It wasn’t until a few years ago that I learned the awful truth: the shepherd’s pie I grew up with was a lie. Shepherd’s Pie is made with lamb. I come from a corn-fed family from the Midwest. We didn’t eat lamb. What we’d been eating was actually a version of cottage pie. […]
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