September 2009

Lemme Work It: 9/20-9/25

September 25, 2009

Well, goood morning! I hope you had a great theme week. My week flew by, and I didn’t have time to post any workout recaps. But lest you think I’ve abandoned the gym and all my goals, here’s what I’ve been up to this week! Sunday: The Detroit Zoo Race, brunch in Royal Oak, and [...]

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Black Chicken* Dinner

September 24, 2009

[*I almost named this dish after a male chicken, but then realized that might start attracting people in search of something very different.] So, today in the Shed Kitchen, I decided to go with an easy weeknight recipe that incorporates two of the healthy dark foods we’ve been talking about this week: chocolate and black [...]

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A Little Night Workout

September 24, 2009

Though I’m now a morning person through and through, there was a time when I chose to exercise at night. About five years ago, I’d get this huge, crazy-intense burst of energy every night around 10 PM, and, rather than call all my friends and talk their ears off, I’d go to the gym and [...]

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Hump Day Treat: Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies

September 23, 2009

Happy Wednesday! In keeping with our theme, today’s Hump Day Treat features dark chocolate! I wanted to use dark chocolate since it has the antioxidants I talked about yesterday, and I was on a mission to find a way to put it in no-bakes because it’s a busy week as I get ready for the [...]

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Press Play: Pop, Lock, and Drop It

September 23, 2009

In keeping with this morning’s post about the posterior, I decided to share some of my favorite songs to work out to when I’m working on the junk in my trunk. Nothing makes me keep doing squats like hearing Justin Timberlake say, “Bounce — like your ass has the hiccups.” Have you ever heard anything [...]

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Once You Go (Half) Black: My Quest for an Apple Bottom

September 23, 2009

While I’m all for civil rights, I have to be honest: I get more excited about half-black victories than I do about all-black ones. Halle Berry. Tiger Woods. Rashida Jones. The Rock. These are my people. When Barack Obama won the election last November, I wept, and not because we had the first black president. [...]

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Press Play: A Little Night Music

September 22, 2009

What good is a theme week without lots of theme songs? Download this one for your evening workout tonight! (Cause I know you’re going to the gym tonight.) I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyed Peas) Nighttiming (Coconut Records) The Dark Side of the Sun (Modeselektor ft. Puppetmaster) **I LOVE this song! Full Moon (The Black Ghosts) [...]

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Black Power Foods!

September 22, 2009

Dark foods are good news. Foods that are rich or deep in color usually pack more antioxidants than their pale friends. And, trust me, you want antioxidants. Why? Antioxidants are the nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that repair and protect your cells from damage caused by free radicals. (Free radicals are basically renegade molecules that need [...]

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Press Play: 40 Winks

September 21, 2009

Speaking of sleep, do you fall asleep to music? I usually do, but on most nights, I don’t make it past the second song! I know everyone has their own favorite lullabies, but here are my best cures for the worst nights of insomnia. In the Sun (Joseph Arthur) **Confession: I have listened to this [...]

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Shed U: Sleep

September 21, 2009

Good morning, sleepyhead! In keeping with this week’s dark theme, today in Shed U, we’re talking about what’s keeping you up at night! I first became serious about sleep my junior year of high school. I made it my New Year’s resolution (see—goals!) to get enough sleep. Once I did, I felt a million times [...]

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