Why I’m not pissed at the Abercrombie CEO

I’m sure you’ve seen this.  The Abercrombie and Fitch CEO made some troubling comments about only wanting thin, attractive people wearing his clothing line.  This was done in an interview 7 years ago but for some reason is all over my facebook today.  In case you missed it: “CEO Mike Jeffries  said in a 2006 interview [...]

What I “really” look like, a perfectly healthy body in more and less flattering photos

  I’m a beautiful woman.  Sorry I’m not sorry if that is off-putting.  I believe I am a beautiful woman and that is important to me.  I don’t think that is vain.  It has nothing to do with how I look compared to other women, how many dudes would want to have sex with me [...]

P.V. Body/Ellie review

So in November I wrote a post about pv.body. The deal was 20% off of your first order and you get nice workout clothes from various companies (nike, lululemon, nux etc).  I was contacted by the company to extend my audience a discount and I got some free swag and referral kick backs.  I get [...]

Why I quit eating dairy, gluten and animals… and why maybe you shouldn’t quit.

So much to cover here.  In general I like to avoid labeling my eating habits or over-sharing them because it seems to have the following negative effects: 1) People get super defensive.  It’s amazing how many people feel the need to go on and on about how much they love eating meat when they find [...]

How being fat ruined everything

I’m obviously pretty awesome.  I mean, c’mon… I’m charming, occasionally I say something hilarious, I have serious, farm-hand like calf muscles and I’m really good at growing my fingernails long. What’s not to like? But I haven’t always known this.  And to be honest, I still don’t always behave like I do. For as long [...]

Why I don’t sell things

Lots of fitness folks sell things.  I am mostly writing this post so that I don’t have to type it out every time I am approached by a company or representative about selling things (which is daily).  I have zero problems with people selling things in fitness.  There are products/services I appreciate more than others. [...]

Why are yoga pants so expensive?

Let me start off by saying I’m frugal.  I like having quality things but have a limited budget for such things.  Thus: I am always looking for a steal.  Clothing wise this usually means shopping consignment stores often enough to find amazing things.  This might make me cheap.  I prefer to think of myself as [...]

Night owl to worm catchin’

In October I’m waking up before the sun.  Something old me would have thought completely ridiculous. In case you missed it, I turned 30 last month and have decided to celebrate my year with new goals each month.  September was 30 days of yoga.  It went well.  Mostly it was a great way for me [...]

30 for 30, my personal experiment with my 30th year

I’m turning 30 on the 5th of September.  I couldn’t be happier about it.  I haven’t been this excited about a birthday since 21 but for very different reasons. 30 is one of those years that when I was younger I thought of as being “so old” and then there was a list of things [...]

How to get your kids to eat healthy– without being a short order cook

I have a four year old.  Her pallet is not always into some of the things I cook for my husband and myself.  But while I have some “back ups” (quick things to throw together for her) for the most part I prepare for her the same things we eat, in a different way. Two [...]