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 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…
I’ve been a fan of Kodiak Cakes products for a couple of years. The high protein content advertised is what prompted me to pick up one of their pancake mixes the first time. I had been meeting with a nutritionist and she recommended focusing on protein. It’s good fuel that helps a person feel fuller…
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…
Just off highway 10 in Ramsey, Minnesota, behind the Outpost Bar and Grill, a frozen yogurt is made that may make you change the way you think about ice cream. It changed my mind when I sampled some Voila Fiber Rich Frozen Yogurt at Feast, an annual local food festival marketplace held in Rochester, Minnesota….
Sauna to the Rescue Winter was harsh the year I sold cars. It was 2014 and there was a polar vortex going on. Most Monday mornings were spent sweeping snow off off vehicles, moving them, and plowing the lot. Days spent much above zero seemed few. There were snow and ice storms more than a…
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…
Oh the omelette. Apart from how to spell it (omelet? omelette?), when it comes to the omelette, there is little to argue about in our house. Other ways of preparing eggs can lead to quibbles. Will making eggs over-easy cause illness? Must scrambled eggs really be brown (burnt) to be called done? Even writing that…
My arms feel weak, and my heart feels full. Today, I find myself thinking about how I want to be in the space I occupy on the earth. Who do I want to commune with? What communities do I belong to? Yesterday, I attended Rochester Global Mala. We did 108 repetitions of Sun Salutation A….
Finding the Chicken Enchilada Chili Recipe My boyfriend, Chris, and I ate at Cafe Zupa’s in Maple Grove, Minnesota. I’d been there before and loved the fresh, healthy food options, service, and chocolate covered strawberry they serve with meals. Chris tried and loved their Chicken Enchilada Chili. I wanted to recreate the soup at home….
