I spent my bonus week (Week 4) of this year’s Whole Living Challenge gradually adding dairy, gluten, and animal proteins back to my diet. It was a week filled with lots of fruits and vegetables, including trying a Celery Root, Kale & Avocado Slaw for the first time – that celery root looked scary! I
2013 Whole Living Challenge: Week 3 Recap
New to this series? Catch up here! I had a volleyball game with my women’s team the first evening of Week 3 of the Whole Living Challenge (Day 15). The first play of the game I brought my hands up to set the ball…and my wedding ring went flying off my hand! We immediately stopped
A Month’s Worth of Green Smoothies – Only One Day of Prep!
I started drinking green smoothies during my first Whole Living Challenge attempt, and ever since then they’ve been a staple in my a.m. intake. What thrills me even more than the fact that I start most days drinking literally one of the healthiest things you can put in your body (kale) – and LIKING IT!
2013 Whole Living Challenge: Preparing for Week 4
The 2013 Whole Living Challenge is only 3 weeks long, but for the past two years I’ve been used to doing 4 week challenges so I’ve decided to add on my own extra week. In light of falling off the wagon this weekend, I’ve been thinking about how I want to manage this upcoming week,
Falling Off the Wagon…and Getting Back On Again
I have this knack for sabotaging myself. Sabotaging my body, more specifically. The morning of my wedding I gorged myself on a greasy “breakfast” from McDonalds – and I NEVER eat at McDonald’s! I gained at least 5 pounds during the week leading up to the commercial shoot I had with Oreck last summer –
2013 Whole Living Challenge: Week 3 Shopping Trip
After my massive shopping trip prior to Week 1, and my smaller shopping trip prior to Week 2, I still have plenty of groceries left to get me through Week 3 of the 2013 Whole Living Challenge! Leftover from Weeks 1&2: Lettuce (3/4 bunch) Baby Spinach (1/2 bunch) Celery Root (2) Parsley (1/4 bunch) Cilantro
2013 Whole Living Challenge: Preparing for Week 3
Week 3 of the 2013 Whole Living Challenge is right around the corner, and I’m so excited to finally be able to add cheese-smothered nachos, bowls of pasta, and vats of red wine back into my diet! (And then I woke up.) What I do get to add back for Week 3 is organic non-GMO


