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Holiday Eating Tips
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Holiday Eating Tips

Holiday Eating Tips…what a gimmicky title, right? It’s not that hard! Really! First, if you’re reading this and are associated with Ed or I, our gym, or the lifestyle we promote, then you get it. Our, and your health, is the one thing in life we have almost complete control over when it comes to...

How Diversified is Your Diet?
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How Diversified is Your Diet?

  HOW DIVERSIFIED IS YOUR DIET? I love this word: diversity. Every time I hear “diversity”, I think about newness, variety, no boredom, blah, blah, blah. It’s a good word! So, speaking of diversity…not just what you eat, but why you would want diversity in your diet (or rather, why wouldn’t you want it)…just how...

Critical Thinking About Health
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Critical Thinking About Health

I am often caught talking to myself lately!  I’m always recounting in my head how I’ve gone off on a tear about something like how someone was probably trying to tell me their juicing strategy, or how they just want to be “tone”, a word that is like fingernails on a chalkboard in my head),...

Shrimp Paella
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Shrimp Paella

Shrimp Paella from 21 years in our Kitchen! Serves 4 (so make triple – freezes well!) This recipe is so incredibly flavorful!  And I mean INCREDIBLY! It’s actually one of the most beautiful dishes I’ve ever made, and will rock your world visually, as well as gastronomically!  Substitute the shrimp for chicken, turkey, or beef...

Super Bowl 50 Chili
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Super Bowl 50 Chili

This is a repost from 2016. And every single thing about it is still the same, including: “What happens when things get done at the box at the end of the week and I don’t spend the weekend catching up? I get to cook!  This honestly hasn’t happened for quite some time, so I’m totally...

Food Addiction
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Food Addiction

FOOD ADDICTIONS? “Hello, my name is _________, and I’m addicted to _________”.  Janet, Mickey, and I were laughing about this on Thursday night.  Could you fill in the blanks with something you legitimately have cravings for? Like cigarettes, alcohol, sugar or salt?….for me it used to be gum.  “Hello, my name is Sam and I’m...

Dairy: yes or no?
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Dairy: yes or no?

It’s been at least 15 years that I have functioned in the capacity of a personal trainer, a CrossFit Coach, a Nutrition Coach, and a Health Coach. Yes…all of those things. And prior to that, in the years I got to work with Ed in the clinic – I saw predominantly seniors for exercise in...

Grains: yes or no?
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Grains: yes or no?

  Seriously, if you’re like more than 75% of our old box, (CF Rebels) or most of the current box (GrandMastersRx) – if you take grains, dairy, legumes, and sugar out of your diet for 30 days and then reintroduce grains,   your gut may become upset, you may bloat, your joints will ache… symptoms...

Inflammation
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Inflammation

The reasons we like these group Health Challenges is very simple: for a short time, we remove potentially inflammatory and allergenic foods from someone’s diet, theoretically letting them settle into a nice, balanced internal state of digestion, absorption, and health, And then – after a set number of day, 14 to 21 (30 days ideally…but...

What a 95-year-old eats
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What a 95-year-old eats

What Jaye Eats You guys keep me going!  ~Jaye F. Veering from our regularly scheduled program (again). I had the pleasure of chatting with Jaye on Wednesday during the 8:00 a.m. class.  If you don’t know Jaye, she’s 95 years old and lives independently. Her family is pretty adamant about her continuing to work out...