I withdrew from the Fittest Games. My back/SI joint stopped hurting. I did all the right things (treatment, standing, icing, yoga), but I also worked through the conflict. Naysayers can say it was physical, believers can say it was mental. It was probably a combination of both. Like most things. There is no black and…
Author: Lyssa
Austin: PLAY BLONDES VS. BRUNETTES!
Last year when I started hyping the actual game on my blog (year two recap here, year one recap here), a bunch of you wrote in and said you would have liked to play! Well, ladies, now’s your chance!! YOU can play powderpuff football in Blondes vs. Brunettes, meet new friends, raise money for Alzheimer’s,…
Recipe: Pad Thai (Paleo)
Pad Thai 2 ways: paleo / no … either way it’s at least gluten-free! Yay! Adapted from this Eating Well recipe found on my new fave food site Foodily (Food I Love You). My mods/recipe is listed below: (Paleo) Pad Thai INGREDIENTS 4 ounces dried rice noodles [OR spaghetti squash!!***] 2 teaspoons coconut oil [or butter]…
Austin: Superbowl Parties at Bars
If you don’t have a house to throw a party at or to go to, join many other drunken revelers and football fans at these five hotspots for Superbowl-watchin’ action. HIGHBALL There’s all kinds of awesomeness to add to the experience of the Superbowl, like bingo (for the game AND commercials!), beer specials, a crazy…
Choose Your Own Adventure, Chocolate Edition
CHOCbite is an Austin-based company where you can customize your own chocolate bar. Sort of like a Choose Your Own Adventure book, but with chocolate. And toppings. Artisan toppings. Valentine’s is right around the corner? Purrrrrfect. Choose from white chocolate (8%), milk chocolate (32%), dark chocolate (56%) or black chocolate (72%) as your base, then…
Best Free Yoga Class Online
Check it: Kelly Morris: Try a Free Class Founder and director of the Conquering Lion Program, Kelly is a lineage holder in the Gelupka tradition of His Holiness The Dalai Lama. Featured numerous times in the New York Times, New York Magazine, and Yoga Journal as one of NYC’s most influential, sought-after teachers, Kelly teaches many…
Sports Psychology
I’m a psychologists’ kid, I can’t help it. Here’s my confession: I tried to back out of competing in the Fittest Games. Veronica made me sign up, and I want to compete because it’s fun and I love a good challenge, but I’m worried. I’m worried because I still can’t do muscleups or handstand pushups.…
Austin: Revisiting Frank + Breakfast!
Frank has arguably the best bloody mary I’ve ever had, plus delicious artisan sausages. Well good news, folks: Frank is adding breakfast and late-night options! Wahoo! Breakfast: 7am weekdays, 8am Saturday, Frank’s new breakfast dishes include buttery breakfast biscuits with honey, jackalope gravy, or egg-n-cheese, fluffy eggs, bacon, sausage, Canadian bacon, a variety of cereal options, or granola…
Aspen: or, El Jebel Really: Sushi Ya Go Go [Updated]
[Update: The second time was better than the first! I had an outstanding white tuna sushi and they made me a RICELESS El Jebel roll! Love them even more:] It’s no secret that I love sushi. However, it struck me that in Aspen I am undeniably landlocked the day I drove past a company advertising…
Mental Health WOD: Do Nothing for 2 Minutes
Have you guys seen this site yet? How awesome is this? http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com/ Meditation at the computer. Get it where you can!