Nutrition

2014 Be Strong Challenge Winners

Join us in congratulating our 2014 Be Strong Challenge Winners! First Place and winner of $500.00 and a free month membership Goes to Sindi Eyler. Second Place and $350.00 goes to Danielle Marsalek In a tie for third place was Jason Eckard and Holly Rowe.  They each received $150.00.   Every participant had unbelievable results and picking this year’s winner was one of the most...

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Resolution Revolution

Today puts you at 85 food-points into CFR’s 2014 Be Strong Challenge. The literal half way mark…80 food-points to go! How’s it going? Noticing anything yet? My bet is that all of you have started noticing some sort of change. Maybe the pants are a little looser. Perhaps that black coffee didn’t taste exactly like burnt tar this morning. Less congestion could be...

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The Case for Candy Canes

Let me be Frankincense, er, frank: Sugar is not good for you. Does not matter how much it costs at Whole Foods, or if it’s so darn local it came from your backyard bees. It just isn’t. Now, a Gold(en) Rule: 95% of you are going to eat sugar, regardless. Myrrh(y) Christmas to You: The other 5% of you have been having ‘a little’ sugar…it IS the holidays, after...

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Fifty Shades of Squash

It’s a delicious food…it’s an adorable decoration….IT’S SQUASH!!! There is something to be said about a food that can be turned into a bird feeder, be set on your porch beautifully-maimed and lit-up from within, and even still; grace your plate as either faux-spaghetti, a delicious soup, or lasagna. You can even roast the darn seeds for a snack. Seriously. What is...

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irRATIONAL THINKing

Sit down, because I am about to get all up in yo’ business. Today, we marry two of my favorite things: Psychology and Nutrition. Whether you walk into Crossfit Retribution as a seasoned crossfitter or a seasoned couchsitter, once inside, you begin to challenge your beliefs on fitness; many of the things you thought you already knew. Beliefs are a funny thing. Some are ingrained; brought...

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It’s Still Summer…Drink It In!

Just sayin’. The public pools may be closed, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still 3 weeks left of summer. People are allll ready to jump right into fall with their pumpkin spiced lattes (which now are just psl, because you know, pumpkin spiced latte was entirely too difficult to say. And oh yes, you. Psl’s are Prettymuch Stinkin Lightyears from paleo-friendly....

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