We are finishing up our 2nd week of the nutrition challenge. Hopefully your creativity has been keeping you jazzed about making optimal nutrition choices. I say optimal because the sliding scale of really good food to really bad food is quite subjective and eating a “bad” food doesn’t make you a bad person or knock you off the tracks to your goal of health and fitness. Sometimes you just have the iced coffee, light and sweet, and you move on with your life. They (whoever they are) say that it takes two weeks to form a habit. Habits formed can be new ones or the byproduct of the dissolution of previous not as acceptable habits – quitting smoking, not moving, screen tunnel vision, etc. We have almost made it to a newly formed habit! If you are going strong – CONGRATULATIONS! If you are losing steam, that is normal, acceptable...Read more

What is harder – relationships with people or with food? Going to go with food since the feedback seems more critical from food than from people. Our personalities, patience levels, physical bodies, really everything about us evolves – hopefully for the better. I was never a picky eater, but my kids appreciate more than chicken nuggets and ramen these day. Environmental factors shape what we do, how we handle things and what we eat. Emotional factors do the same. Did ya’ ever hear about stress eating? A little comfort food? Great job, let’s go get ice cream! You need to finish what is on your plate – don’t waste food. There are so many emotions (guilt, shame, reward) to process just in what we choose to put into our bodies, we may not be paying attention to why we are eating the way we are. My relationship with food has...Read more

This week’s challenge within the challenge is meal prepping throughout the week. You can meal prep for a day or two, or plan out a little farther. I like to make sure I have protein on hand to grab, and then I work from there. Grilled chicken breast or thighs individually bagged to grab and go works well in my household. It also stops people who are not looking at the portion size from taking ALL of our food LOL. Meal planning is another aspect of prepping. In your packet, there was a meal planner sheet. Make copies or create your own meal journal. I work from my protein down, planning each meal around whatever protein I am choosing for that day. I generally meal plan dinners only since I eat other meals on my own. Tonight we are having chicken thighs with some black beans, corn and carrots from...Read more

Text 209-345-4380 or talk to Alison for the nutrition packet. BUT here is an idea of some pre-challenge items that need to be done. PICK A LEVEL THAT MIGHT PUT YOU JUST A BIT OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE. THIS IS A CHALLENGE! CLEAN OUT KITCHEN – NOT EVERYONE IN YOUR FAMILY IN ON THIS CHALLENGE. REMOVE ITEMS THAT MY BE HARD FOR YOU TO RESIST, OR PUT THEM IN A DIFFERENT PLACE.  FOOD MATRIX – FILL OUT WITH YOUR FAVORITES AND SCHEDULE MEALS BASED ON THOSE. (in packet) JOURNAL FOR 3 DAYS  – DON’T CHANGE ANYTHING JUST YET. (journal template in packet) COMPLETE THE BENCHMARK WORKOUT. – We will be doing this in class the week before the start and repeating at the end. MAKE A COMMITMENT TO YOURSELF. Read more

Fresh fruits and veggies at every farm stand makes this nutrition challenge EASY. Join us from June 12th -July 2nd to balance out the nutrition that may have gotten off track. We will be focusing on whole foods, all of the protein, carbs and fats. Choose your Challenge Level Important Dates: Nutrition challenge: June 12-July 2nd All About Foundations Seminar to check in: June 26th 7:30pm All About Foundations Seminar Post challenge July 24th 7:30pm Challenge: Eat according to CrossFit Nutrition & have adequate hydration Level 1 Commitment: Daily Food Journaling, Challenge Facebook Group, benchmark workout. $FREE Level 2 Commitment: Daily Food Journaling with weekly revision by a coach, access to Challenge Facebook Group, benchmark workout, Macros to track, before/after pictures & measurements $50 Level 3 Commitment: Level 2 with accountability – 20 minute Weekly check-in with a coach – in person or FaceTime/zoom $100 Weekly Challenges:  Week 1: Meal...Read more