All Entries Tagged With: "motivation"
Gluten Free Athletes, More on Goal Setting, and Gluten Free Fitness on Facebook
Goal setting for living a healthy gluten free life can be difficult. We’re creating a supportive environment to help you reach your goals.
The Tale of the Clear Heels-the Gluten Free Princess takes the Stage
I’ve been a little absent this week. As some of you know, I had a date to be on a stage with a fake tan and wearing clear heels yesterday. Get your mind out of the gutter Yesterday I competed in a figure competition-kind of a fitness modelly type of competition that requires a bit [...]
Part 5-Weight Management and Celiac Disease-Wrapping it Up-Gluten Free Style
There’s been a lot of ground covered over the past couple of weeks regarding managing your weight on a gluten free diet, and how celiac disease can affect weight control. In Part 1 of this series, I revealed how I was a cheater at the gluten free diet. In Part 2, we covered some physical [...]
At the Crossroad-Choose to Move Toward your Goals, or Away From Them?
I wrote this post a couple days ago, and hesitated about publishing it. After all, this blog isn’t about me per se-it’s about living a healthy, happy, fit gluten free life-and I didn’t want to sound like I was whining I decided to put it out there. I hope you enjoy it, and if you [...]
How I Was a Cheater at the Gluten Free Diet
Yup, I was a cheater. When I was diagnosed with celiac disease, I cheated on the gluten free “test.” How is this? What the heck do I mean? I didn’t cheat in the sense you may be thinking. I didn’t, and don’t, eat any gluten foods. But I was cheater in the sense that my [...]
Walk, Type, and Burn Calories-Seriously.
Remember the old “pat your head and rub your belly” trick? Try it again, now, just for fun. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Now try it, but rub your belly slowly. Don’t think about it too much, just let your hand move. Got easier to pat your head, didn’t it? I promise you I have a [...]
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution-let’s make a positive change
Jamie Oliver is a chef from the UK who originally came on the scene with the “Naked Chef” TV show. No, he wasn’t naked. The “naked” name referred to his method and philosophy in cooking-that food didn’t have to have a bunch of crazy ingredients or use fancy items in prep. That great food could [...]
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
This doesn’t have anything to do with celiac disease, per se. However, last time I checked we are all human. As such, we need to eat in order to survive. Also, we need to not eat too much in order to survive, to have maximal health, to like the way we look. Right? Food is [...]
The Importance of Keeping Moving: aka Don’t Pass Out on the Treadmill
Forward motion. Inertia. Sometimes, we just lose it. Get stuck. Stop. And then, bad things can happen. When I was in college I was running on a treadmill (this was before the knees got so bad that I couldn’t run) and my ponytail was coming loose. So I stopped running, put my feet on either [...]
Warning:New Year’s Resolutions Ahead-or 5 ways to avoid a resolution fail
It’s almost New Years Eve-time for champagne, kisses at midnight, and the random person shooting themselves when they fire up in the air. (Gravity-it will win, every time. Bullets go up, bullets come down) In a recent analysis done at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, 700 people were questioned regarding resolutions. 78% had [...]
