Quick blog post – and a shout out to Michelle for reminding me to post this! A few weeks back, I posted that I was going to try the Haylie Pomroy Fast Metabolism Diet (that post is HERE). So here’s what happened. The first week I didn’t lose any weight/body fat, but I started to […]
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best beef jerky ever!
2018 UPDATE! Use London Broil steak, cut against the grain (e.g., cut parallel to the short end, not the long end). It is WAY less expensive than skirt steak, and works just as well if not better. Recipe: 1 gallon Ziplock bag a cookie sheet (must have a lip) or two a cookie cooling rack […]
“It’s all about that bass…”
Whenever I think about my rapidly expanding lower body self, I seem to hum this song. (Perhaps because I have an ever-expanding “bass,” and very little “treble”…Why can’t fat go where you want it?) As I’m typing this blog, I’m humming this song. So I thought I’d share a little earworm with ya. That done… […]
Recommitment A.G.A.I.N. …
Yup, recommitment. Again. My Amazing Race partner and I haven’t heard anything, and the CBS rep had said that we’d hear “Monday or Tuesday” if we were chosen to go on to the next step in L.A. So, unlikely. Both of us were distressed at “where we are,” body-wise, compared to where we’ve “been.” We talked […]
The Amazing Race – video tryout
Yup . . . I also did a video submission. As I mentioned in the last blog post, Jamie Fellrath and I do the podcast for the BeingJamesBond.com website – but we’ve never met in person. So we did a Skype video, hoping to play on the fact that Amazing Race is doing a #BlindDate […]
The Amazing Race – In-Person Tryout San Francisco 2015
Today was the day! The Amazing Race came to San Francisco to do in-person tryouts today. I read obsessively what I could about the intakes on various blogs, and peppered my cousin Christopher (who has tried out for Amazing Race 2x and Survivor 2x) with a ton of email questions. (As a side note, I […]
Sous Vide = The Best Meat You’ll Ever Make
I do a lot of cooking. Luckily, I quite like to cook. I even like the prep work. Granted, I do it while listening to a book on Audible or watching an old TV show (Magnum P.I., anyone? #GuiltyPleasures), but it’s a sort of Zen thing for me. My biggest issue usually revolves around timing […]
EVEN IF you have insurance…
A week or so ago, I blogged about a new company that’s of interest to me (that blog is HERE). I have a friend who asked a few questions, and then signed up because, even though she has ‘platinum level insurance’, she thought it was a great idea, at an affordable price. I’d like to share […]
I feel better now…(really, a shout out for BeyondTheWhiteboard.com & the “Spirit of” Crossfit)
I feel better now. Yesterday, I had a good, long rant about what an idiot I was to have signed up for a Crossfit Competition this weekend. However, today, I am feeling more philosophical about it. Why? Well, because of course the gal who is putting the Throwdown together is lovely, and talked me down […]
Competition. WHAT was I THINKING?
You know what? I WAS NOT thinking. Our Crossfit box is having a “Throwdown” this weekend. I, being friendly with the coach who is constructing this competition, said “oh, sure” I would do it. My efriend Jennifer recently did an Olympic weightlifting competition, and she also was very inspiring to watch – ESPECIALLY as she […]