Feb 22, 2010
We eat a lot of protein in our house. A LOT of protein. And as much as I love to play in the kitchen, sometimes we just need to eat. In those emergency situations – e.g., breakfast was four hours ago and we just got home from a movie theater where we tried to ignore the smell of popcorn for two hours – there has to be minimal time and effort between “hungry” and...
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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: Buddy’s Natural Chicken Sausage
Feb 21, 2010
This is the third in a series of posts about how I run my dino-chow kitchen to keep Dave and I fed without making me (too) crazy.
For me, the key to making dino-chow work is lots of planning and eating the same food combos a lot. But every once in a while, I feel rebellious. I want to taste something new or something I haven’t eaten in a while. That’s when it’s important to either find...
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Paleo Kitchen: Taste the Rainbow
Feb 20, 2010
Designer Justin Perricone created a lovely poster of the Frankenfood ingredients found inside a ham-and-cheese Hot Pocket.
On the outside, the Hot Pocket looks like this. (And may I say, “Ew!“?!)
On the inside, thanks to Justin, we know it looks like...
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Everything in a Hot Pocket
Feb 19, 2010
American ice dancer Tanight Belbin has added 10 pounds of muscle and curves to her frame since the 2006 Olympics in Turino, Italy – and she’s pretty happy about that. I am, too!
From The New York Times:
The American ice dancer Tanith Belbin looks at photographs of herself from the 2006 Turin Olympics and wants to hide her eyes.
Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto en route to winning the silver medal...
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Put On Weight – Go For The Gold
Feb 19, 2010
Think it’s too hard to maintain your CrossFit lifestyle and eat healthily while traveling?! Think again.
Erin Ammon – you remember Erin… when she was the focus of a profile here on my blog, I described her as “audacious and bold and silly and smart and that person you’re glad to know because she’s so brazen in her laughter and willingness to try new adventures.”
Yeah,...
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When In Wichita…
Feb 19, 2010
The 24th annual Tough Guy Challenge was held on January 31 in Wolverhampton, England. It’s advertised as “the safest most dangerous taste of physical and mental endurance pain in the world.” The 5,000 men and women who entered were required to sign waivers that said, “It’s my own bloody fault for being here.”
I’ve put a few of my favorite photos below – see all...
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The Tough Guy Challenge – And There Are Only 72 Days Til The Warrior Dash
Feb 18, 2010
Back in May, I did a profile of Lyssa, an Austin-based CrossFitter and freelance writer and fashion maven and general, all-around badass. Since then, she won CrossFit Central’s Fight Gone Bad competition, learned she has an extra-long femur, and launched a few more blogs. No, she doesn’t sit much.
For fashion advice and the inside scoop on where you should be in Austin, visit her blog this is...
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You Really Gotta Meet… Lyssa (AGAIN!)
Feb 17, 2010
Feasting on Fitness: The Fat Rant
“Feasting on Fitness has a really great post today about the benefits of eating fat – and the Frankenfood found in salad dressing bottles at the grocery store. It’s a long read, but well worth it. And your reward at the end is a yummy-looking recipe for Nut Crunch. Go read “Fatphobia” at Feasting on Fitness. Here’s a tasty tidbit to whet your appetite: … the food... read more
Feb 17, 2010
This post has nothing to do with training or clean eating. In fact, it romanticizes cookies. You will survive.
Take a look at this post that explains what happens when a kid staying home sick from school finds inspiration in a Seussian cookbook.
One Sick Day + Dr. Seuss = Weird and Amazing
Whenever either of my kids shows interest in cooking anything–no matter how weird, how obscure, however ill-timed,...
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I’ll Take a Hamburger With a Cookie On Top
Feb 17, 2010
How They Train
Time.com has a series of videos that demonstrate just how hard Olympic athletes train in preparation for their sports. I’ve chosen two of my favorites below: Noelle Pikus-Pace because I am a scaredy-cat of going fast and she’s not… and Apolo Ohno because at speed skating classes during my Roller Derby days, the goal was always to get low and tilt. Some of Noelle’s warmup drills... read more
Feb 16, 2010
A Girl Can Dream
One of my best running experiences to date – maybe even The Best – was the Lost in the Lost Pines trail run in October 2008. I loved bounding up hills and scrabbling over rocks, completely unconcerned with the time on the clock. It was just about having fun playing in the woods, and it felt like a celebration of our new-found love of running. All good things seemed possible. Hell, I even did a... read more
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The Redbreast: A Harry Hole Novel
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
The Redbreast: A Harry Hole Novel
I'm about two-thirds of the way through this detective thriller, and I'm hooked. It's set in modern Norway with flashbacks to WWII (catnip for me!) and features a somewhat grim hero that engenders empathy. I can't help pulling for the guy as I watch him struggle with his case and his life. The cast of characters is a realistic but motley crew, and it reminds me of other favorites set in cold, snowy climes: the Millenium Trilogy and Smila's Sense of Snow.
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The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
I picked up this book after reading an interview with Lee Child (author of the Jack Reacher thrillers). He referred to The Lost as "the book of the century" and since I devour as much as I can about the Holocaust to try to make sense of it all, I decided I needed to read it immediately. Part memoir, part detective tale, this book was thoroughly engrossing. It's intelligent, annoying, moving, frustrating, and ultimately, rewarding and beautifully written. It challenged me in ways I didn't expect, and I was sad when it was finished.
