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Rest Day 11/15: What do you eat before a workout?

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Rest Day 11/15:

What do you eat before a workout?

Checkout this post from Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition for some good info and ideas.

What Should I Eat Before a Workout??

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Posted on November 14, 2012 by Wicked Good Nutrition

Deciding what to eat day-to-day can be challenging. Choosing the best thing to eat – a meal that will give you energy to perform without making you feel too full, sick, or hungry – can be even more challenging. Every workout is different, so how you fuel for each one will be different too. You probably wouldn’t eat the same breakfast before a 2K test as you would before a 10 mile run. Read on for some basic pre-workout meal guidelines and some ideas for before a workout.

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Rest Day 11/11: How do you keep it healthy during the Holidays?

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Rest Day 11/11:

How do you keep it healthy during the Holidays?

Below is a great holiday nutrition post from Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition.  Check it out and post your thoughts and favorite recipes!

It’s November! Which means the holidays are fast approaching. And often times it’s not just the individual occasion of Thanksgiving dinner or Christmas Eve festivities to worry about, because everyone can afford a cheat day here and there. It’s the stuff leading up to the holiday, like work pot lucks, holiday parties, and cookie baking.

So, to help you get through the holidays with fewer cheats and keep you wearing your skinny jeans into New Year’s eve, I’m starting a recipe thread for “healthy holidays”. Each recipe will be either low-calorie, lower carbohydrate, or made with all natural ingredients.

…Check out the full post here…

Rest Day 10/28: What’s your favorite Pumpkin food?

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Rest Day 10/28:

The fall/Halloween season is in full swing and Pumpkins are all around.  Here’s a great post from Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition on why they’re so awesome!

Pumpkin Awesomeness

These days fall is almost synonymous with pumpkins, and October is National Pumpkin Month. Pumpkin spiced lattes, pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins… one New York Times writer has even argued that pumpkin is the new bacon.

Not only is it fun to carve pumpkins and a delicious addition to any meal or snack, pumpkins and their seeds also offer some health benefits.

Namely, pumpkins are … Read All About Pumpkin Benefits Here …

Rest Day 10/4: Do you eat Organic? – Share your thoughts!

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Rest Day 10/4:

Do you eat Organic? 


Below is an excerpt from a video blog posted by Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition.  Share your thoughts!

What is Organic?

 “Organic” means the food was produced with agricultural methods that facilitate cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and maintain biodiversity. Organic production does NOT involve pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, irradiation, or genetic engineering.

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Rest Day 9/2: Do you cheat? Share!

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Rest Day 9/2:

Do you cheat?

Share your thoughts!

Below is a great post from Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition on cheat days!

Why Sometimes Cheating Is  A Good Thing

And by “cheating” I mean on your diet, not your workout or anything else.  Anyway…

Bacon Wrapped Bananas!

I’ve written about “cheat days” before on the CrossFit Boston blog. But as Labor Day weekend and its end of summer festivities involved are approaching, I thought it was a good time to revisit the topic. I first started thinking about the idea of “cheat days” back in July when a coworker asked me if I’d heard of the “Four Hour Body” by Tim Ferris (he also wrote the “Four Hours Work Week). Apparently, he encourages dieters to take one day and cheat to the extreme, eating as much “restricted food” as possible, almost to the point of sickness. His reasoning is that this will make that bad food unappealing all week and the bump in calories will keep your metabolism from slowing down due to calorie restriction. While I don’t (and probably never will) encourage anyone to go to that extreme, cheating – when done right – can be good for you both physically and mentally. Here’s why…