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Workout Wednesday 2-24-16


Hello there sunshine! It happens to be Wednesday today and not very sunshine-y out at all, quite dreary actually. But never the less, it’s time for a workout, wouldn’t you say?? This one is, you guessed it, another Kettlebell Quickie! I promise I’ll get off my Kettlebell kick soon, I just love the convenience of them […]

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Fitness

Workout Wednesday 2-17-16


Hello Hello Hello! It’s Wednesday! All downhill from here, right? Right. I’m coming to you from ‘my’ (shared) office at work, on my lunch break, while I stand in a half squat type posture because I will be sitting for the next 5 hours seeing clients (yes, people look at me funny when they walk […]

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Autoimmune

Butternut Squash Soup with Bacon


I’ll be honest, I haven’t been on the soup wagon my whole life. I know, how horrible right? But growing up I was only exposed to chicken noodle soup, which had lots of vegetables in it. And when I was a kid, veggies were NOT my thing. AT ALL. When we had chicken noodle soup, […]

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Health

How to Let Go: A Story of Boxes in Basements


Ok. I’ll throw it out there. Le Hubby and I live with my parents. We have been for about 10 months. We would love to own a house in the NEAR future, so we had to make that decision in order to do so. It’s been interesting, to say the least, but overall a positive experience. […]

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Fitness

Workout Wednesday! 2-10-16


Hey All! It’s time for my Weekly Workout Wednesday, Wahoo! How’s that for an alliteration?! Anywho. This week I bring my favorite barbell complex of all time. Now I absolutely love barbell complexes. Mainly because I love complexes, and I love the barbell. What is a complex you ask? A complex is any set of […]

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Autoimmune

How to Survive an MRI, and Other Life Stressors


If you’ve ever been so fortunate to visit the hospital for specialized testing, MRI/CAT scan/CT scan etc, you know it is not something to be thankful for. Hospitals can envoke extreme anxiety for many people, just by their atmosphere alone, not to mention the actual reason for being there. I recently had my latest round […]

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Fitness

Workout Wednesday


Workout Wednesday is a new series of posts that I will put up every Wednesday with a new, fun challenging workout that can you can try out. Let me know what you think, or if there are any types of workouts you would like to see on here! This is the quick workout I did […]

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Fitness

Hitting the Wall: How to Bust Through a Plateau


“Plateau”: 1. an area of relatively level high ground 2. a state of little or no change following a period of activity or progress 3. a word that creates panic in exercisers everywhere   This post was inspired by a friend who reached out to me for a few tips after finding herself chilling on […]

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Fitness

Exercise RX


The frustrating thing about pain, is that it comes on so damn quickly. I can be feeling ‘ok’, and then BAM! Everything hurts. For me, it feels like there is a wave of pain, flowing through my body moving from joint to joint. Then they all hurt. It’s frustrating to say the least. My hands […]

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Autoimmune

Better late than never, a New Years post.


That pesky question. The ever popular inquiry that everyone seems to make this time of year. ‘What’s your New Years Resolution?’ There always seems to be a little judgement behind that question too. Like ‘What are you going to fail at this year? Seems to be how it goes. Since I’m not too big on […]

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