31 Days of Mountain Biking in Pictures
31 days. 4 states. 200+ miles. In July I did the 30 day ride challenge hosted by Trailforks and Anthill Films. The challenge was simple: ride each day, including at least one full trail as mapped on Trailforks. Tijeras, New Mexico trails My month started off with lots of rides close to home. Luckily, I […]
My February Whole30 Win
Yep, this time around I finished the Whole30!! 🙂 I’ll jump right into the improvements and good things I’ve noticed: I feel more optimistic about my health. I don’t 100% feel like I’m ‘there’, but I feel like I’m definitely on the right path. I’m closer to ‘there’ than I was 2 months ago. I […]
My January Whole30 fail
My big goal for January was to complete a Whole30. I will say right off that I did not succeed. I was going strong through day 16 when everybody in the house came down with the stomach flu. I managed to stay compliant to the program for three whole days of the flu after that […]
Know YOUR numbers
Some time back, I watched a YouTube video of a TED talk by Daniel Amen. He spends lots of time looking at brain scans as part of his clinical practice. I definitely recommend this video. Later, I checked out one of his books on Overdrive from my library’s ebook collection. His books talk about steps […]
Whole30 mega-post
In this post I’ll talk about what the Whole30 is all about, go over my experience with my first Whole30, provide some resources for if you’re interested in doing one, and talk about why I’m doing another one. I mentioned in my last post that this year I am focusing more on monthly goals than […]
Yesterday we finally ran out of regular sugar… and a bunch of other thoughts on sugar and food
I thought I’d provide an update and a few reflections on my no-buying-sugar-for-the-year quest. In some ways the changes from it have proven to be more gradual than I expected. In other ways, the changes have proven to be much deeper and far-reaching than I expected. I figured that not buying sugar would quickly equate […]