Dear 2017: I wanna be BIG.

January 25, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Somewhere around Thanksgiving week of 2016, I had a very dawning realization as I was planning out my Christmas list of “wishes” to give to my husband. I want to be big. I want to be strong, and big. Well, bigger. Bigger than I currently am. I want to put on one of those super […]

Gear Release & 11.25 Sale… and free shipping? Must mean that it’s… BLACK FRIDAY!

November 24, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

A lot of you who follow me on Twitter and Instagram have seen my frequent shout outs to 1st Phorm, or have seen here, on my blog, recipes that include some of their delicious flavors of protein. I get a ton of emails and DMs asking questions about the products I use for my workouts […]

Cooking with Level-1. The Why.

October 20, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

Why do I bake with only Level-1, and never use Phormula-1? It was a question I was asked the other day when sharing a recipe for protein brownies with a friend. They noticed a re-occurring theme with my “baked goods” recipes that I often pass along to them… on the ingredients list, I always list […]

Why Not Wednesday: Protein Granola Bars

August 31, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

I have forever been on a mission to make myself a better snack. One where I don’t have to give (re: compromise) too much, if anything at all. Remember my protein hockey pucks? Yeah, those babies steered me off the path of making my own snacks for a bit. I think I finally ended up […]

Supplement education – family style.

February 6, 2016.Reading time 9 minutes.

Last night, in the middle of our first significant snowfall of the season (which feels weird to say that, given where we live… but a different story for another day), my son, while splashing around in the bathtub, sending Ducky sailing through the air to plop messily in the bubbly water, points to my phone […]