"America doesn't have a healthcare system. We have a disease management system." - Andrew Weil, IIN lecturer As some of you already know, in January I started school at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition to become a certified health coach. The school offers an awesome flexible yearlong program, and I'm in the thick of it and loving it. Every week I feel engaged in the lessons, and it's great how I can listen to the lectures anywhere on my iPad. As I recently mentioned, lately I've gone to the beach a few times to do school work, which provides just about the perfect setting for relaxing while learning! In February I did a recap of my first month of school, and I was planning on doing a post on my favorite ideas and concepts for each month I'm in school... but somehow a few ... [Read More]
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Hi friends! Anyone else psyched for Thanksgiving? It's 4 PM on Tuesday and I'm already done with my work week! Tomorrow my hubby and I are heading down to San Diego for the rest of the week, and I'm really looking forward to it. It's crazy to think that I haven't been back to San Diego since moving from there to the Bay Area earlier this year -- which was already 7 months ago. I adore SoCal and my friends there, and we have a lot of fun things planned! First up, my weekly autumn slim down recap: With the exception of indulging a little bit more than I had planned on last weekend, the past week my eating has been super healthy and my workouts have been great. I've really been enjoying writing down my workouts on a daily basis. It allows me to look back at the whole week and recognize ... [Read More]
Peanut Butter Lovers Rejoice
Did you know that today is National Peanut Butter Lover's Day? I am a huge peanut butter fan. My favorite ways to eat it are with apple or banana, in a good ole PB&J sandwich...and possibly straight out of the jar on occasion. Don't even get me started on my love for peanut butter ice cream. I obviously had to celebrate the occasion by eating some PB today. My favorite new kind is from a local company called Pacific Beach Peanut Butter. The owner has a stand at the farmer's market and I don't pass him without trying a sample :) The jar I own at the moment is caramel flavored. To. die. for. He also makes cinnamon, white chocolate, and toffee flavored spreads, plus some other ones I can't recall (kind of happy I don't have his entire line memorized!). I ate some for lunch on whole ... [Read More]
