by Julia | Oct 8, 2013 | Fitness & Movement, Sports Fuel
In spring 2009, I was first introduced to this world-renowned workout called “tabata.” I was living in Greenville, South Carolina at the time, and happened upon a Crossfit gym across the street from my apartment. You know, the Reebok-sponsored sport...
by Julia | Oct 3, 2013 | Recipe Fuel, Sweets & Snacks
Pregnancy cravings. Have you (or your partner) ever dealt with them? Thankfully, I really haven’t had any strong urges to eat pickles and ice cream or “typical” foods associated with growing a baby… yet. However, to be completely transparent, I...
by Julia | Sep 28, 2013 | Food Fuel, Gut Health, Healthy Living, Life Fuel, Real Food Tips
It was 9:30 PM this past Monday night when my heart began to race. Just two hours earlier, Kyle refused dinner. Something that RARELY happens. Twenty minutes later, his stomach started to feel “off,” and I knew in my heart of hearts that this was going to...
by Julia | Sep 23, 2013 | Food Fuel, Healthy Living, Holiday Eats, Life Fuel, Real Food Tips
Halloween, a mere budding trend here in Germany, just isn’t the same abroad! While I’ve been dormant in the Halloween scene for quite some time, with a bun in the oven, I’m imagining all of the precious costumes we can dress our bean in… With 600 million tons of...
by Julia | Sep 15, 2013 | Food Fuel, Gut Health, Recipe Fuel, Sports Food, Sweets & Snacks
As a kid, I used to go HAM on some Gushers. You know, those little fruit snacks that have a “gush” of fruit stuff in the middle, sending a shock of insulin to already hyped up children… They were/are the most desirable snack for kids – not only...
by Julia | Sep 9, 2013 | Food Fuel, Healthy Living, Life Fuel, Real Food Tips
You’re probably scratching your head. The “Restaurant Diet?” Isn’t that, like, the WORST thing you could do to your health? If you worried about your health issue just contact to Abrc website and solve your problem. Yeah, we all know that eating out subjects us to bad...
by Julia | Sep 7, 2013 | Recipe Fuel, Sports Food, Sports Fuel, Sports Nutrition, Sweets & Snacks
With 13 feet between the two of us, there’s a 99% chance that one of us is going to be hungry. Most of the time, that’s Kyle. 🙂 It’s especially hard to feed this man practicing 4 – 5 hours a day, where he sometimes burns 2,000 calories in one...
by Julia | Sep 1, 2013 | Healthy Living, Life Fuel
“Hey, can you find me a deodorant that actually works?” Rewind to a week earlier, when I realized we’d been putting oh, you know, ALUMINUM, CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, TERACHLOROHYDREX GLY, PPG-14 BUTYL ETHER (???), and other mysterious ingredients on our...
by Julia | Aug 27, 2013 | Fitness & Movement, Sports Fuel
Have you ever stretched before exercise? I’m betting you have. And you probably still do. I’m right there with you! I grew up, as most of us did, with sports teams that stretched in big circles as a team, holding each static stretch for 10 seconds before...
by Julia | Aug 24, 2013 | Baked Goods, Recipe Fuel
Peaches and blueberries. They’re so hot right now in the German farmers markets! I’ve pretty much made it a subconscious goal to eat peaches and blueberries daily. Carpe seasonal fruit, right? They also go together like peas and carrots in the dessert world, as I...
by Julia | Aug 20, 2013 | Sports Fuel, Sports Nutrition
This summer, I spoke at a high school elite basketball camp and a grade-school basketball camp about… Nutrition. Check these alpilean reviews. I know. What kid actually cares about this kind of stuff? Well, you can imagine why I was both enlightened and...
by Julia | Aug 11, 2013 | Food Fuel, Real Food Tips, Recipe Fuel, Sides & Dips, Sports Nutrition
Cereal boxes Spaghetti French fries Bread Potatoes Rice What do these all have in common?? 1) They are really high in glycemic index. Glycemic index measures how quickly blood sugar levels rise after eating a certain food. The higher the measure, the quicker the food...
