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What I Learned at Fit Fest

  • Fit
  • Feb 19, 2018
Fit Fest Goodies

This past weekend, I attended MPLS. St. Paul magazine’s Fit Fest presented by Northwestern Health Sciences University with my friend, the mysterious V (she values her privacy). By fest’s end, we decided that we must do it again next year. Don’t you love it when you try something new and are so glad that you…

Now that I have a Fitbit

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  • Jan 18, 2018
Fitbit Alta HR

Now that I have the Fitbit Alta HR, my first, I am becoming extra data driven about my weight loss journey. I wish I were equally discipline driven, but I’m getting there. Many months of my year seem to consist of one celebration or get together after another and for that I’m grateful. We have…

Sankalpa: My New New Year’s Ritual

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  • Jan 9, 2018

Bruce talked about sankalpa in yoga class. It was the first Saturday of 2018. He said something like, “This is a time of year when we make resolutions that are hard to achieve, because they’re surface desires.” A sankalpa is a solemn vow, a heartfelt promise. Sankalpas dive beneath the surface. Then, before our practice, he…

Food Has Purpose

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  • Nov 26, 2017
Pure Purpose Key Lime and Cinnamon Raisin Bites

Getting Mornings Started Right My fiancée and I have started doing our workouts in the morning before work instead of after. Our pattern had become gym to Caribou Coffee & Einstein Bagels where we’d make poor choices (mochas, bagels, butter) to office.  The healthy mornings of vegetable omelettes are now a rare treat. Adapt and…