Coach Kirstin

Since about mid-April I have had dizziness.  It started mild just a few times a day but then increased to almost every hour.  I saw a ENT who set me up for a “special test” for hearing and inner ear stuff but that took a while to get scheduled, so I saw my natropathic Dr Marie Rodriguez and she did two vertigo resets, each helping significantly but still not 100%.  The special test concluded no inner ear issues so before referring me on to a neurologist, I was put on a declining 14 day course of prednisone.  This stuff is awful.  The first week was ok but it upset my stomach quite a bit which is also part of the reason for putting together all my meals for the week.  But starting Monday, I began to reduce my dosage and its caused my heart to race, quite a common side effect of the drug in general from my what expert google skills can decipher.  So I am on day 10 of 14 and cant wait to be done.  The unfortunate part, my dizziness showed up again y...

So I have to admit, I’m kind of already looking forward to this week.  I have decided my life is just too hectic to even consider cooking when I get home at night, which at the earliest is 9:30 but usually later.  So I spent a couple hours Sunday cooking up food for this week.  On the menu for lunch is salmon with bacon Brussels sprouts.  Options for dinner are sausages with onion, peppers, zucchini and a “creamy” tomato sauce or ground turkey with beans and spicy tomatoes.  Neither are their original recipe, they are modified to suit my allergy issues and culinary ineptitude.  So the first recipe I got from Everyday Paleo.  Her recipe uses the zucchini like spaghetti.  It looks fabulous but I just didn’t have the patience or tools to cut mine that small.  So I have wedges.  And since I love zucchini so much, it’s actually better because I get big wonderful juicy bites of zucchini, yes I do love summer and f...

Yesterday was probably the toughest day I have had in a very long time, probably since May of last year. I try to look at things and reflect on them and what they mean about my life. There has been a theme throughout my life lately, a disappointment with people not showing up to their full potential. I've been watching it and hearing my instructors with the same message. I've looked at it as though I was fully committed but they weren't. Though I believe yesterday was a test to strip everything down and knock me off my high horse. My showing up may be more than most people's best but it's not my best and not my fullest potential. So as I head to the training center today, I bring with me a new commitment to my training and my nutrition. I have to push myself to the highest possible place, regardless of what I am surrounded by. My inspiration comes from within.