Coach Kirstin

I was all set to write my next post about my kryptonite when I walked past my coworkers desk and she was eating a jar of Gerber Graduates.  Not sure I believed my eyes, I sent my coworker on a drive by and I went by again, confirming she was eating baby food.  Honestly, I find the idea of eating baby food kind of logical for an on the go person who doesn’t have a kitchen or a fridge or a microwave and who doesn’t have regular access to a grocery store.  My biggest concern would be the nutritional make up of something that is formulated for a growing baby versus an adult female facing bone density loss, closely followed by how many you would have to eat.  But this particular coworker had come by my desk that same morning to  brag about her 5 lbs weight loss using weight watchers with only walking one time a week. Maybe I should have asked the secret to her success and I would have found out, its baby food, not actually managing your portions.  At...

Just finished up a fantastic lunch of lemon butter chicken with peas.  I had my usual egg whites with bacon and gouda cheese for breakfast but to aid my stomach healing, I had a small Greek yogurt with honey before I left the house.  Eggs and I have a very tumultuous relationship going back to Thanksgiving of 1998, when I got food poisoning.  It wasn’t the eggs that made me sick but it was the last thing I ate, hence being scarred for the better part of the last 13 years, dumb but the mind is very powerful thing to have a fight with.  I have tried many times eat eggs.  Usually they are smothered in green chile, like any good New Mexican, and I can get them down the first time but the second time is a no-go.  At the beginning of this year when I wanted to do a practice weight cut, I realized I had no choice but to eat eggs as granola or oatmeal weren’t going to help in weight loss.  Also after further research, they really aren’t the b...

To celebrate my boyfriends birthday we had a small BBQ and in typical Murphey fashion, I bought enough food for a football team.   In my brilliant plan to have everything prepared, I decided we should cook it all up and just eat it all week.   That’s probably been my worst decision in a while.   Currently the thought of a hot dog or hamburger makes me want to yak.   Hindsight 20/20, I should have put half the stuff in the fridge and or freezer right away, but I kept it out with all the other bbq stuff for a while.   Im not sure exactly what went wrong, but my stomach cant take it and thus I have felt like poo all week.   The worst part was my workouts.   With 4 days of rest, I expected to come back and feel full of energy but that couldn’t have been farther than what happened.   Every kick, every punch, I had to pull from the bottom of my toes.   And then try and not vomit, because my dizziness is getting worse.   So I already have a ...