Day 2 & 3 of 28 were the roughest of all. I was craving everything that I couldn’t have and nothing that I could. The amazing thing is that most of the meals are not that far off from how we normally eat, so it was really the little things and the sweetness of coffee and…
Tag: whole foods
Day 1 of Real Food Freedom
Captain’s log: Day 1. The 28 day challenge began for us on Monday. Cutting out the few ‘food’ ingredients that were off plan wasn’t the challenge (well, not really), it was the loss of half and half in my coffee and any potential thought of a glass of wine that nearly brought me down in…
Charlotte Recap: sweats + eats
After we finished sweating out the friday night branding celebrations at Fight Gone MAD, and after we kicked off the prelude to our ‘Real Food Freedom’ at Cristina’s ’28 to Life’ seminar, Dar and I beelined to Whole Foods immediately to feed our own personal hunger games. In the spirit of keeping things in line…
Chilly Days Chili w/Spaghetti Squash
We didn’t get any snow this week in Charlottesville, but the threat was enough to create mental need for winter comfort food. Enter: Meat-ful veggie chili. I had 3lbs of grass-fed ground beef that had been Whole Food’s ‘deal of the day’ for 4.95/lb (!!!). It went into the pot to simmer with onion and…
Sunday Night Dinner + Gluten-Free Options
Last night at about 6:35, when the first of the Sunday night couch club arrived at the front door, I realized that I had spent zero time planning for dinner. So, in the spirit of throwing something together, and honoring the Sunday Night Dinner tradition, I grabbed a few staple ingredients and got creative with…
fuel | sweat | grow 