Negative People

by Dani Taylor So, you’ve decided to make your health a priority. You’ve gotten into a fitness groove where you are working out hard and consistently. You’re finding yourself not really going out on the weekends and instead you’re making sure you get a good night sleep. Maybe you’ve even started packing your own meals…

The PlantBuilt Experience. by Sara Russert

We just returned from our PlantBuilt excursion in Austin Texas.  It was an awesome week and we took home many trophies, DEFINITELY making a strong statement for veganism. We have invited Sara Russert, donut queen turned champion vegan bodybuilder, to write a blog about her experience! I am still gathering my thoughts and trying to…

Not losing weight? You may not be eating enough.

Most people have the general premise down.  If you want to lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you eat.  Calories in vs. calories out.  While I certainly don’t base my meal plans on this idea alone, this statement holds true.  So, a person looking to lose weight, often in an attempt to…

Overtraining. It happens to the best of us.

As many people know, I had a goal set to run a thousand miles this year.  As a kid, I was fat.  And slow. No, really slow.  And when I had to run the (extremely embarrassing) presidential mile in eighth grade, it took me about 14 minutes, and I was one of the last kids…

Seattle Veg Fest and Fun!

Sorry for the bloggy silence this week.  We’re just getting ideas about how to make regular updates happen while we are on the road this summer.  This past weekend we flew from Massachusetts to Seattle for the Seattle Veg Fest, which was the first show that we ever did!  This was our fifth year there…

Vitamin B12 for Vegans

As vegans, we catch a lot of flack for various aspects of our diet, often from people with very little understanding of nutrition themselves.  In many ways, I think vegans, in general, are very good at explaining the whys and hows of veganism. One particular quip that I hear frequently though is “If being vegan…

How many calories are you drinking?

I feel like this topic may have been beaten to death, so I apologize to those who have heard it before.  However, lately, I have started noticing a trend in some of my clients and several friends and acquaintances.  These people are trying to lose weight, but are not getting very far.  They’re getting frustrated,…

Snowed In and Loving It

I was super pumped for my bar shift last night.  Fueled up, walked in and stocked the bar full tilt.  And here is what happened cricket. cricket… It was literally, one of the slowest shifts that I have seen in at LEAST six months.  Naturally.  I managed to get a lot of cleaning done though.…

Drizzly Morning

I slept in an extra hour this morning and it was glorious! My alarm went off, and I thought “meh”, and rolled over and went back to sleep. When I actually woke up, I had my usual glass of warm water with lemon and cayenne while I cooked breakfast for my brother and myself. We…

Post Leg Day DOMS

Yesterday was leg day, and MAN am I feeling it!  I didn’t feel much soreness until about an hour or two ago, just a little over 24 hours post workout.  Although standing from sitting and climbing stairs are no fun right now, I do feel a tinge of satisfaction every time I get sore after…

What to avoid in a personal trainer.

  Today was leg day for me.  It is probably my most dreaded (yet most effective) workout day of the week.  And I really wasn’t feeling it today, but I trudged through and got it done and actually felt much better afterwards which is often the case.  During my post lifting run, however, I was…

Why hello there internets!

Welcome to our new blog! We have been looking forward to this new website for a LONG time!  I hope that everyone likes it as much as we do.  It is just a much better platform to get new products and information to all you wonderful people.  I am excited to get this blog up…