Recently, I’ve taken over the CFNE apparel department, mostly because I know what I want to wear and this is a way to make that happen…and, get everyone else to wear it with me. It’s brilliant. Or, at least I think it is. The first shirt I designed was our “humble. hungry. happy.” shirt. I’ve wanted to make this shirt for years: it has a sun on it, a cool font that I love, and…
Here’s the situation. Remember about a month ago Ben talked me into getting a $250 King sized gravity/weighted blanket to help improve our sleep? He was all gung ho (is that even how you spell that?) about getting the heaviest option at 25 lbs. because he said, and may I quote, “If it gets you one extra hour of sleep, it’s worth it.” We’re talking he insisted we get one. So, we did. And,…
I woke up and immediately wasn’t feeling good about myself. Do you know how you just have one of those days sometimes, and there’s no good explanation for it. Well, other than the fact that my inner thighs were touching when I checked after my morning pee run which means that the scale is 100% off-limits today. And, if there’s anything that can lay a bad foundation for the day’s self-confidence levels, it’s the ole’…
Mary Kay Ash, the founder of the hugely successful Mary Kay Cosmetics, had it right. “Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, “Make me feel important.” “ Imagine how incredible our relationships with people would be if we actually did this? All of the time? Not just with our immediate family members, but also with our parents, siblings, neighbors, co-workers, close friends, the person standing…
A theme that’s been coming up a lot lately is this: sometimes “well done” is actually more perfect than “perfect” is perfect. In one way, there’s a big difference between something being well done and something being perfect. There are perfectly made beds. There perfectly arranged salads. There are perfectly weighed and measured out portions for meals. There are perfect songs to listen to when you’re about to attempt your 1RM PR. There are perfect…
Lemme’ tell you about the highlight of my day which, now looking back on the whole thing, I wish was actually the bag of frozen chicken feet that drove around with me all morning in the front seat of my car. I had my first appointment with my new functional medicine practitioner at The Rothfeld Center in Waltham. I was so excited and had such a great visit; I must’ve met…
This morning, the kids got up early before Ben even left for CFNE. They usually transition to being awake by climbing onto the couch with one of our many fuzzy, super cozy blankets. Harley Love always, without fail, says, “I want someone to snuggle me.” Since this morning Bode was down early, too, I couldn’t help but bypass my normal highly regimented routine to go lay down with the two of them. Today was even…
First thing’s first. I COOKED FOR EASTER. I know I never cook, but the truth is that I actually like cooking, am pretty good at it, and love the opportunity to take other people’s ideas and tweak them around to fit what I want them to be. I ALSO love having a handful of go-to’s in my back pocket for when I’m supposed to bring something to a party. There’s definitely a little bit of…
I know I’ve been writing a lot about things that happen during Ben’s classes, but I guess that’s when I do my best thinking for some reason. Ben does this thing that means so much to me, not just as his wife, but as any other athlete in his class: he intentionally walks around looking for me to, specifically, ask me how my workout went. He’s not doing it just for me, just because he’s…
A couple of weeks ago, you might remember me posting a couple pictures of some frames I put together of Maya and her friend, Alex, of pictures of them hugging at their last basketball game together. It was actually a picture they asked me to take of them because it was a tradition they had after team huddle and right before the game started. I somehow managed to totally nail it and ended up with…