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It’s been many months since I’ve been on my favorite trail. I first ran around the lake about 7 years ago. I knew immediately that I loved the trails. There is something about the peacefulness of the single track through the woods and around waters, under blue skies. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. …

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One of the questions I had before cutting out grains, dairy, and legumes was how would I fuel my running and working out? It is well known that runners need carbs so if I was cutting out sugar, potatoes, pasta, and rice, how would I be able to run? First of all, I’m no ultramarathoner. …

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I’m a Type A type of girl. I like things to make sense and when they don’t, I get stuck until something changes. Until I change my approach, my attitude, my direction OR until the circumstances change. I’ve been stuck for a few months. I knew something wasn’t right with my health. I knew there …

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It has been a while since I’ve posted a favorite recipe from Cooking Light! During the 30 days the grain-free plan, I stuck to easy-to-fix vegetables and stir fries, many of which came from Cooking Light. Unfortunately, I did not get near as many pictures and I just don’t think I can post a recipe …

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Sunday: Chicken Soup with Kale Monday: Salad with ham Tuesday: Salmon, chili garlic broccoli, sweet potoes Wednesday: Crock pot Sausage stew Thursday: Orange shrimp stir fry with zucchini noodles Friday: Grilled burgers, parsnip fries, asparagus Monday: Circuit with HIIT intervals on TM, sit ups, push ups, weighted squats, chair dips between each interval, then 2 …

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This is a post of visual feasts. Bacon wrapped beef. These are tenderloins. Not the end tip fillet mignon, but the center loin fillet. Cheaper and ALMOST cut-with-a-fork tender, in my opinion. Roasted sweet potatoes and parsnips. Olive oil. Goodness. This is the last day for complete Whole 30 (35 days to be exact) and …

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My grandmother roasts a pork loin often when the family gets together. She usually heavily seasons the outside and lets it cook in the oven while we are all at Sunday worship services. This is not a childhood tradition, but more of a recent in the last 10 years type of tradition. She also makes …

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One of the most valuable habits from 30 days of whole food is the habit of preparing my meals for EVERY DAY at work. In all my years of teaching school, at least 1 day a week is eating the cafeteria food. In the past 4 weeks, I’ve dragged my lunch box every day. Here …

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This is the last week of the Whole 30! While I am looking forward to adding back in a few things like chocolate, I am curious to see how adding back in grains will affect me. But, I have another week of lean protein and all the fresh veggies I can eat!   Sunday: Shrimp …

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I’ll make this short and sweet. The school Virus of Everlasting is still hanging on and I laid low and tried to catch up on some sleep. I had oranges, eggs and bacon for breakfast. Lunch was grilled salmon with some mixed greens. Dinner: Spinach and stir fried broccoli, mushrooms, peppers. I made a big …

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