FAQs

Yes, I am popular enough to get FAQs. In order to it to be considered an FAQ - the questions have to be frequently asked, that means more than once, haha... so I will answer the 3 biggest.

1) How do I eat healthy?
Well, I can think of 1,000 things to tell you.

• drink lots of water
• eat clean
• shop the perimeter of the grocery store - that is produce/meats/dairy - leave. Do not put processed junk in your mouth (except birthday cake and coffee creamer, lol)
• buy organic, when you can
• eat fresh eggs
• eat fresh veggies, so much better than that canned/processed crap
• do not drink your calories (i.e., trade sweet tea for unsweetened; sweeten with monk fruit, stevia, or agave nectar)
• write down what you eat
• measure what you eat
• try almond milk
• eat hummus and veggies as a snack
• I always prep meals ahead of time - grapes are washed and taken off the stem for a quick snack, I cut up all my celery and carrots for the week, make a weeks worth of lunches (this week it is an arugula, grape, and sunflower seed salad with a homemade mustard and maple vinaigrette - four servings all in plastic containers ready to go, the dressing will be added tomorrow), eggs boiled for a snack, etc.

Obviously there is tons more, so research it! 

2) How do I start running?

• Just put one foot in front of the other and take off.  
• Try Couch to 5K.
• Go to a park that has lightpoles, and run one lightpole, walk the next two - increase the running/decrease walk breaks until you are running an entire mile or more
• Find fellow runners - to encourage, inspire, and teach
• Get fitted for shoes
• Sign up for a race, that will make you do it
• When you get tired, walk, it happens to us all!
• Never give up! Today you might not be able to run for a minute, but if you stay motivated you will run that race!

3) How do you do it?
I just do. If, I want to do it: I set a goal, put my mind to it, never give up, and achieve.  One of my role models is Maria Kang (who is frowned upon for supposedly "fat shaming" - which is not true, she is a beautiful, sweet, and motivating wife and mother) - any how, Maria says "Thoughts become things." I truly believe this.

If I can run a marathon (which requires a good deal of training) with 3 kids, 9 chickens, 2 dogs, a full time career, a house, and keep my husband happy - you can run a 5K - or even an ULTRA!