It’s prep time my friends. With The Whole Damn Thing ‘officially’ kicking off on Sunday, it’s time to talk about the rules. 1. Whole 30 allows meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, roots, and nuts, and excludes grains, legumes, dairy products, salt, refined sugar, and processed oils. Key points: * Protein every meal * 3 meals per day,…
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6 Basic Tips for Starting (& Living) a Real Food Lifestyle
Time to say hello to 2015; and hello to the possibility that this will be the best year of your life. For those of you prepping (with me) for The Whole Damn Thing, it’s almost GO time! While the prep and the weight of the ‘commitment’ itself can seem pretty intimidating as it approaches, I assure…
Goal Digging My Way into 2015
This may be news to some, but it is likely the least shocking and most underwhelming declaration to those who have known me well over the last 5 years: I love goal setting. I’m a total goal digger. At my core I’m an idea generating, relationship developing, connection making, and all around goal crushing nerd…
Generosity + Compassion: Creating Impact out of Gratitude
I spend a lot of time focusing in on gratitude; on being thankful for the people, opportunities, and quality of my life – and I should – I’m very fortunate. However, one thing that can be arguably more important than showing gratitude, is giving to others. Generosity and compassion, the cousins of gratitude, they generate action that speaks louder…
Wine, Apples, Brunch + More: #23to30 Days 4 & 5
This weekend brought Day 4&5 of my #23to30 chronicles, and marked a solid October weekend of both amazing friends and the first convincingly crisp fall air. Day 4 landed on Saturday, and it kicked off with an abrupt wake up call that was the second to last day of cardio week intervals at MAD Cville. Saturdays, when…
My Tribe: Wonder Women + The Countdown to Thirty
Two weeks ago one of our first ever MADville clients, and a pretty freaking awesome professor at UVa, Lisa, made/gave me this Wonder Woman mug for my coffee, of course personalized with my name on it. If you know Lisa, you know that in addition to being an amazing super woman/mom/human who makes her family’s…
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