What sort of conversations do you have at your bank when you go in just to make a simple deposit? I went in the other day, dressed in my workout clothes and wearing my Vibram Five Fingers, and somehow, this (along with my amazing physique – ha!), made my service representative think I was someone [...]
Here was my To Do List for the morning of Saturday, December 4: 1.Stairway to Heaven. 2.Buddha’s Burden. 3.Terrible Tires. 4.Wrecking Ball. 5. Bonus Tires. 6. Fools Spools. 7. Rope a Dope. 8. Skid Marks. 9. Wall of Fame. 10. Cargo Congo Climb. 11. Mud Madness. 12. Mystery nightmare obstacle. 13. Hell’s Hills. 14. Mud [...]
At the risk of being misunderstood or sounding arrogant, I must say I have figured it all out! After my many years on planet Earth, I have discovered the truth about what it takes to be truly healthy, happy, and fit. I know what you are thinking . . . something like “Yeah, right, Rachel! [...]
Inconceivable!!! It’s been one month since I last blogged. I have a very good reason for my absence. Shauna and I moved. We left Santa Barbara and became Carpinterians. We are now the proud owners of a smaller home on 4 acres of raw, undeveloped land! Just what we wanted. The process of moving included [...]
My friend Dawn just ran her first marathon. For her it was about more than just running a race. It was about honoring her father. Her story inspires me and I hope it does the same for you. Here are Dawn’s own words. My dad passed away a year ago from cancer. And with the [...]
Yes, it’s me, Romero, the cutest, most adorable guest blogger around. I’m back. My mom, Rachel, has been busy with lots of projects lately, so I’m blogging today. At least I think she’s doing something productive or hard or something. She keeps making this certain face while she’s staring into her computer screen and wiggling [...]
You decide it’s time to get serious about your fitness. You start working out or maybe you decide to change your eating habits. Most people are pretty committed and good for the first week. Then something happens right about week four. They step on the scale or look in the mirror and if they aren’t seeing [...]
We’re having a bit of a mini-summer here in Southern California. Since we didn’t really get one during the actual summer months, I’m loving the nice hot, sunny days we’ve had this week. Gotta make the most of these warm days – who knows when Mother Nature is going to have her next mood swing. [...]
If you were told you were going to die in 2 weeks, what would you change about the way you live your life? Would you stop eating healthy foods and just pig out on all the yummy, tasty, crap that’s out there? Would you just plop yourself on a couch and chug gallons of beer [...]
80,000 Americans were surveyed over 5 years to get an understanding of how the people of our fine country live. Apparently we are indeed a country of couch potatoes. Basically people were asked to report on their daily activities, then those activities were sorted by categories. All of their daytime activities fell into one of [...]
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