After the long holiday season of eating and eating (and more eating), I felt the need to do a gentle cleanse to get me back on track to my normal at-home-diet. We ate tons of yummy (and not so healthy) food over the last month, which has left me feeling a bit sluggish. I feel like I gained about 10 pounds, even though I remained pretty active during that time. I doubt I actually gained that much, but still I decided that I needed to do a cleanse to feel back to normal.
Happy Almost Halloween!! It seems that most of you are already in the full swing of of the Halloween / Fall season. Jilly and I certainly are. We thought it would be fun if we played our own version of “Iron Chef” and use Pumpkin as the secret ingredient. In other words, have a whole meal where every dish has pumpkin in it. Read more →
Good Day Folks and Folkettes! We are a few weeks into training and things are going well. The tempo is several paces more than the norm. But its good. Sleep has become much more essential (9-10 hours), but we are in a great routine and having tons of fun. Jill has been very busy with work so she can’t devote quite as much time as I do, but I LOVE it. I feel like a sled dog…the more excercise (and food) I get, the better behaved I am. Jilly would agree.
Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport. It will test your strength, endurance, agility, and balance along with your mental control. In rock climbing, climbs have grades that describe the difficulty and danger that you can expect with a climb. The grading system factors several qualities including the technical demand of the moves, strength and stamina required, the level of committment (mental control) required and the difficulty of protection. Anything that is considered rock climbing requires the use of a 3 point stance (Two hands and a foot or two feet and a hand) on the rock, and it begins at level 5.0. This is called the Yosemite Decimal System.
So, I have just finished my yoga challenge. The challenge (not really a word I like) started off as simply: “Go to a Yoga Class Every day for 30 Days.” Not a 2-a-days class one day and take the next day off non-sense. So why did I do this? Well, Jill and I often like to come up with crazy idea’s to get us out of our comfort-zones, in order to push ourselves and evolve.
We also have a few cousins (Shout out to the Fletcher’s) who run a weight loss drink company and have created an entire community of people who support/motivate each other. They do ‘challenges’ to help people motivate and lose weight. Jill and I have also spent the entire winter destroying our bodies while training for rock climbing and I had so many aches, pains, lingering finger injuries, etc… that I finally had to say enough is enough and take a break from hard climbing. Since I’ve worked my fitness level up so high I needed a release. Lastly, there is a studio that Jill does design work for, which also happens to be about a mile from my office, called Yoga Loft. They have a 30-Day for $30 dollar deal. All these factors made this challenge a very obvious decision for me.
Thank you Sandy! You should check out our new blog www....August 22, 2014 - 2:39 pm by Jacob Challis
Love reading about your adventures. From: Sandy (friends...August 22, 2014 - 2:39 pm by Sandy TerrellLets do a big family trip next year (end'ish of summer ...October 2, 2014 - 2:33 pm by Jacob Challis
Looks amazing!!! We would love to visit with you!!!October 2, 2014 - 2:33 pm by Julieand so easy to make! we've made a couple batches just this...August 15, 2014 - 7:37 pm by Jacob Challis
