When you’re eating real food (i.e. food without labels), the point isn’t to ever be hungry or feel like you’re being deprived, it’s to fuel your body with good, real food and maintain a consistent insulin level to increase energy and avoid crashing. When you’re in a groove with your grocery shopping and menu planning,…
Tag: real food
The Whole Damn Thing – Guidelines
Today is the day my friends. We’re kicking off The Whole Damn Thing; 30 days of real-food focused clean eating, sweat and overall mindfulness, and we’re doing it as a community. For any first timers still trying to figure out what level of commitment might work best for you, I wanted to share a few…
Prepping for the Week + The Whole 30 Challenge
There are some weekends that stand out from the rest, and this weekend was one of them. Fall is in full swing in Charlottesville, and things in MADville are getting crazier by the day. A full social, sweat, and food recap of the weekend is in order, but I need to take a day or…
Kale is King
After this summer I think that I’m going to designate Kale as it’s own food group. It’s not just that it’s such a nutrient rich plant (or, you know, the most ‘in’ leaf right now; my excitement really revolves around the fact that it keeps so amazingly well marinated in dressing that other soggy and…
Starting the Week with Sunday
Sundays are the days that I look forward to most – not just because it’s part of the weekend, but because it’s usually the re-grouping day. It’s the day when my errands happen, groceries are stocked, and the chaos of the last week gets settled so life can be organized. It’s also the day that…
Day 1 of 28: Real Food + ‘Real’ Life
Day 1 of 28 is in the books — and it was a great one. I had done my due diligence of stocking the fridge and cabinets with all of my favorite clean foods and ingredients, but I completely failed on the Sunday prep piece so meals today were a little bit of a scramble (and…
fuel | sweat | grow 