"The Joy of Discovery"

Remember how your new year's resolution included reading more books than you did in 2010?!

Well here is my first MUST read of the year.

The 4-Hour Body

Most of you know Tim Ferris as the best selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. Apparently he's not stopping with just one.

Tim Ferris and I attended the same RKC certification in California back in 2009, and I was lucky enough to swing next to him in our final test of the weekend :)  You can check us out at :51 in the clip.
He's the guy in yellow and I'm the gal in blue.

I also had the opportunity to sit in on one of his lectures while out in California.  This dude's smart. Like crazy smart. Love him or hate him, you can't deny the fact he is WICKED SMAAHT.

The 4-Hour Body is a must read, pick up a copy and select a few chapters that interest you.
Whether you want to get bigger, faster, stronger, thinner, sleep better, injury proof your body or learn the secret of the 15 minute female orgasm....
this book is for you.

What is to give light, must endure the burning. 


Viktor E. Frankl

Exceedingly Positive

Don't worry about getting it done. Just get it done.

Don't complain about what has gone wrong. Just do whatever is necessary to make it right.

Your time and energy are too precious and too powerful to waste on things that will just bring you down. Instead of bringing yourself down, lift the whole world up.

Decide to live life on your own terms and make those terms exceedingly positive. Choose to spend each priceless moment in the service of your highest values.

Whatever the situation, you get to decide how you will be. So always direct your energy to where it will bring new richness to your world.

Take everything in stride, and respond with your own unique, positive perspective. Live on the highest level you can envision, and cheerfully encourage everyone else to come along.

-- Ralph Marston

Happy 5 year anniversary to someone special who exemplifies this in every way possible

xoxo

Happy New Year....Resolve to move BETTER in 2011

Taken straight from the MYOFORCE team :)

This weeks blog is not going to be on your typical New Year's Resolution.

AHH sure everyone resolves to eat better and nearly everyone resolves to exercise more in 2011 than they did in 2010.

I am here to tell you that your first resolution should be to move well first before moving often.

Oldie but goodie

Happy New Year :)

Once again here are some ideas to help make 2011 the Healthiest, Happiest and most Prosperous New Year ever!

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.

2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.

3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy

5. Make time to be thankful.

6. Play more games.

7. Read more books than you did in 2010.

8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

9. Sleep for 7 hours.

10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Direct from the Gluten Free Goddess...MEATBALLS!!!

Craving meatballs?

Can't have gluten or eggs?

Who cares!

After my year long love affair with whitefish, my body is feeling like some meat ;)

I picked up some organic grass-fed ground buffalo

Since I don't eat bread unless someone bakes it especially for me I don't feel the need to keep bread around my apartment. I don't even have a toaster anymore :0

What I do have is a loaf of the most plain, dry tapioca-based gluten free bread that I keep in the back of my freezer for occasions such as these.

For the breadcrumbs- toss 3-4 slices of store bought tapioca bread into the food processor and pulse them into bread crumbs.

Stolen from the pages of

Brussel Sprouts seem to have been the HOT the veggie of the 2010. Most people choosing to roast them whole and serve with olive oil, sea salt and pepper.

Here is a great YUMMY alternative :)

Garlicky Brussels Sprouts Sauté

Even people who don’t like Brussels sprouts will eat—and enjoy—this fast dish with a tender crunch. Pre-peeled garlic cloves from the produce section make this recipe even quicker.

Ingredient List

Serves 6

• 1 lb. Brussels sprouts, ends trimmed
• 2 Tbs. olive oil
• 12 cloves garlic, peeled and quartered lengthwise
• 1 Tbs. brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/8 tsp. ground black pepper
• 1 Tbs. apple cider vinegar