I think I took my first yoga class in 2002.
I was 23. I talked fast, I thought fast, I liked things fast.
Yoga was slow. It was uncomfortable, it was kind of boring.
Did I mention yoga was slow and I liked things fast? I did not really like yoga.
Still, there was just something about yoga that kept me coming back to it.
I eat eggs just about every day. They are easy to prepare, crazy good for you and there are approximately one gagillion different ways to use them. I completely agree that eggs are one of the healthiest foods on this planet and in my opinion, represent the pinnacle of affordable nutrition.
I try to buy pastured eggs from my local co-op or farmers at the markets because free range chickens produce eggs that are nutritionally superior to conventional eggs. When I don’t have time to get to the markets or the co-op, I do sometimes buy organic supermarket eggs, but it’s important to say that organic supermarket eggs are not the same as eggs you would get from a local farm or your own backyard.
At the beginning of the year I wrote about one my favorite snacks, Chocolate Crunchy Coconut Cups. Today I’m here to tell you that not only are we still loving these, but I’ve perfected my technique to make them in less time with less effort and less mess.
Thanks in part to this silicone mold,
and in other part to my realizing that I should be mixing the ingredients right in a pour-able, heat safe vessel.
(As opposed to combining everything into a mixing bowl and then ladling out into tippy, paper cupcake wrappers.)
When I first started this blog, it was all about me. I wrote day-to-day, journal style entries that documented my meals and workouts. I had found my groove in what felt like a much healthier life than I’d ever lived before and I was very excited to share what I had learned and how I was working healthy habits into my life as a stay at home mom of two little girls. I loved reading healthy living blogs and eventually decided to jump in on the fun, despite knowing how weird it was to take pictures of my meals and telling stories about my latest run, bike ride or nutritional experiment.
Today marks 28 days into my personal 40 Days of Yoga challenge and things are going well. Most days I try to get anywhere from 10 to 45 minutes of practice in at home, either as self guided practice (that means making it up as I go) or a class from yogadownload.com. I’ve been getting to the studio once or twice a week for a 75 minute class, and then other days, like last Friday, it was a couple downward dogs and forward bends in my pajamas right before bed because the entire day slipped away before I had a chance to roll out my mat.
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