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Nutrient Series Part 3: Minerals
The final installment on my Nutrient Series is all about minerals. I’m only going over a select few, a better list of more minerals can be found here. Calcium What it is: Calcium is a mineral found...
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Let’s Talk about Progress..
I mentioned before that I had bought a LivingSocial deal for a month on unlimited group-personal-training classes. I thought this would be a good jump-start for me to get back into lifting...
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Pain and Pride
As if on cue, as soon as I am starting to make some good gains with crossfit, something happens and I have to take a break. This seems to be a pattern with me in my past. I’m on a roll with whatever...
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Some call me crazy…I call it dedicated.
It’s easier for me to live a healthy-eating lifestyle because I plan everything, and outside of that I don’t really have too much of a social life (which I don’t mind one bit). In the beginning of the...
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Living with H Pylori
Guys, H. Pylori sucks. My fiance and I have had constant stomach problems for over two months now because of this fun little bacteria. H. Pylori is short for Helicobacter Pylori, and it is a bacteria...
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The History of Fit Happy Free
You may have noticed that the website got a new look, and a fancy new logo that my fiance helped create. It has been three years since I started this blog, and it has taken a different direction than I...
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Eating Disorders are Hard to Understand
It’s really difficult to understand an eating disorder unless you have had one. Unless you have experienced it, the mindset and the fact that you can’t “just stop” can be difficult for others to...
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7 Natural Ways to Boost your Immune System this Winter
It’s cold season! Once the colder weather starts to hit, I start to hear sniffling, sneezing, and coughing all around me. In the past, it always seemed like I was sick on Christmas. The cold weather...
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New Year, New Goals, and Meal-planning
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe new year! As usual, with the new year comes new goals, new “resolutions,” new hopes, and new motivation. A lot of us will set...
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Meal-Planning for a Week
Since I am tracking my macros much more closely, I am learning to meal-plan more effectively. For the most part, I actually really enjoy doing it. There are a few times when it will get slightly...
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5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before a Binge
Every once in a while it pops up, that urge to binge. Maybe I’m having a rough morning, and someone just so happens to bring a tray of desserts to work. I will see them in the break room every time I...
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Sunday Rides : First Ride!
I was pretty excited about going for our first long ride on Sunday. David got a bike rack for the Versa and a top tube for my bike, so we can take them to parks and Greenbelts, and I was looking...
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Sunday Rides: Randy Morrow Trail
It’s Sunday again, and we are keeping our tradition of Sunday rides. This week we researched trails in the Austin area and decided on a trail. Today we decided to head to Georgetown instead of...
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Reversing the Physical Effects of Bulimia
This post took me a while to write, but I feel it is an important topic. I have posted a little here and there before about living with eating disorders, but never really went into the aftermath and...
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Fall Recipe Roundup!
It’s my favorite time of year! Here is a round-up of all of my favorite gluten-free, whole-food recipes that are perfect for fall. It’s already September, and fall will be here in a couple of weeks!...
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Blueberry-Orange-Vanilla Kefir Smoothie, and How to make your own Kefir
Did you know it’s super easy to make your own kefir? Kefir is a powerful probiotic full of nutrients. Use it in this Blueberry-Orange-Vanilla Kefir Smoothie! I have been drinking kefir a lot more these...
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Whole 30 Week 1
So if you’ve seen some of my Instagram comments, you know that I’m doing my first Whole 30. After perusing through Instagram and seeing some delicious looking Whole 30 meals, I decided I would give it...
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Whole 30 Week 2 (Days 8-14)
So another week of Whole 30 is down, and I’m still loving it. I enjoy everything I eat and look forward to cooking and planning meals. I have been planning ahead of time for two weeks to help me budget...
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Whole 30 Week 3 (Days 15-21)
I can’t believe I am over halfway done with Whole 30. This has actually been a little easier than I anticipated. I think eating out is the most difficult part, but I’m lucky that in Austin there are...
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Whole30 Recap – Thoughts, Feelings and Results
I finished, I finished! I can’t believe it’s already over. I knew I would finish, and it went by faster than I thought it would. Since I already ate fairly clean to begin with it wasn’t too difficult...
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