 Kerri gives our Sprint Interval Training on the air bikes a thumb up! What's For Dinner?It feels like summer is slowly winding down. While I love fall, I love Montana summers. I just don't want this one to end! Eating dinner can be a chore or a delight. My wish for everyone is that dinner is a delight. A time for you to connect with friends and family. A special time when the pace of life slows down and you get to focus on just one thing - fueling your body. Green beans and tomatoes are coming on strong in my garden this week. Of course, you can also get them locally at the farmers market. Try this beautiful and tasty recipe for blistered green beans and tomatoes with your Labor Day cooking this weekend. Let me know how you like this recipe from Dishing Up the Dirt.  Click on the image above for a Dishing up the Dirt recipe that will liven up your Labor Day cookouts! 
Running is on the menu today. Remember, you can always ruck, row, bike or ski instead of run.
How Much Ultra Processed Foods Are OK?
I have explored the problems with Ultra Process foods. What you eat, is by far the biggest contributor of increased risk of heart disease, and one type of food in particular is the biggest contributor: high and ultra high-processed foods.
What is a high or ultra high processed food? It's something that has more than one other processed ingredient. Here's a nice visual from Stephanie Kay Nutrition: 
Recently, E.C. Synkowski, boss lady at Optimize Me Nutrition explored how much ultra processed foods are "ok" in a healthy diet. According to her:
"This is actually best answered by doing a comprehensive review of your whole diet, but besides that, looking at added sugars in your diet is a great proxy. 
The image above is a nutrition label for Chobani yogurt. Most of us eat yogurt because it is a great source of protein, indeed this serving has 14g at only 130 calories. That's a great ratio. However, check out the added sugars, 11g! That is A LOT of added sugars. When we're shooting for only 50 grams per day, eating this particular Chobani doesn't give us much wiggle room to include other food choices throughout the day that also might have added sugars.
What do low added sugar food choices look like? Here's a roundup of one day of eating by E.C. Synkowski.  The Open is always a good time! CrossFit ReOpenThe CrossFit Open is a worldwide ALL-LEVELS competition that is open to everyone! One of the things I LOVE about the Open is that we are all competing together and there are levels accessible to all participants. There's a level for everyone! Imagine the Olympics or the Superbowl hosting a competition that included the elites AND the novices. That's the Open! We are repeating the 2024 Open and we're calling it the REOPEN. We have done a REOPEN every August since 2015. We are finishing our CrossFit REOPEN with 24.3. This year I'm challenging everyone to do an upside down REOPEN. What makes an upside down REOPEN? Since we're repeating workouts, I challenge you to try a different category. Last year, when I did the REOPEN I repeated all of the workouts Scaled since I had done them Prescribed during the Open. If you did the Foundations category, try Scaled. If you did the Scaled category, try Prescribed. For all of you Prescribed firebreathers, you might think the scaled is "too easy." I guarantee it's not. For an extra challenge try to beat this best scaled athletes from this year's Open. I dare you! I hope you enjoy our REOPEN. share with us in the comments your favorite OPEN memories. |
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