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One of my recent blogging goals has been to gain more followers, and the SexyFlexi, Sam, is helping me to do just that! 🙂  She has nominated me for a Liebster award (never heard of it? Me neither!) To see if I’ve nominated you, keep reading! The Liebster award is given to upcoming bloggers who have less than […]

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Throw out the scale and now the mirror?

by ~jenniferlynn on August 3, 2012

in Working Out

About a month ago, Nia Shanks, creator of Beautiful Bada$$ and co-founder of Girls Gone Strong, posted an article about throwing out your scale. In it, she discusses how many women are completely defeated when they see a certain number on the scale, rather than focusing on how they look and feel.  Prior to the […]

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  •••••••••••••••••••••• If you’ve been keeping up with my posts, you’d know that I decided to try out Fitness Cheerleader’s August Healthy Living/Fitness Blogger Writing Challenge. Every day a portion of my post will be dedicated to the suggested topic on her blog. Find out more here! Day 3 Where would you like to be in […]

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Lift All the Things!

by ~jenniferlynn on August 2, 2012

in Challenges, Running, StrongLifts, Weight Lifting, Working Out

One reason I like blogging is I get to really write whatever I want and since I have a small following, I actually feel somewhat accountable for things that I put down here. I do use it mostly as a way for me to keep track of my own things (you know, outside of the […]

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Mannish Muscles

by ~jenniferlynn on July 17, 2012

in Weight Lifting, Working Out

Watch out, ladies. No longer should you not just lift more than 1.5kg, but don’t do any weight lifting cause you might end up look like these ladies!

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Budget Paleo-sagna (or Primalsagna with cheese!)

by ~jenniferlynn on July 10, 2012

in Food, Recipes

Edit: When I originally wrote this post, I was all about eating cheese all the time- not paleo. Adding the cheese will not make this paleo, but does make it more delicious! I love veggies. Okay, not really. Actually, almost not at all.  I grew up as a meat and potatoes girl, and my parents […]

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A Pull-up for my Birthday!

by ~jenniferlynn on July 3, 2012

in NROLFW

So after my horrible mini-meltdown after an amazing vacation full of sleeping and eating, and more eating and eating.. I think my boyfriend had some pity on me and decided to give me an advance on my pull-up challenge and buy me a present anyway without me having to torture myself some more 🙂 I […]

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As part of working on my NROLFW program, I have learned a lot about how the fitness industry somewhat has a distinction between what exercises men and women should be doing, and how most of that is just pure nonsense. The book encourages stepping away from the pink “Barbie” weights and becoming familiar with the […]

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The intention was to do a venting write-up on front squats last night, but due to unforeseen circumstances, this post was delayed.. Has there ever been a particular workout move that you torture yourself with and get such mental anguish over that it throws off your whole focus and frustrates the heck out of you?  Up until […]

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Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs: Easiest Way EVER!!

by ~jenniferlynn on June 4, 2012

in Food, Recipes

Since I’ve recently traded in my usual cereal or oatmeal for breakfast for more protein-packed eggs instead, I have been determined to find a good method of making hard-boiled eggs that don’t suck and that peel perfectly. Thanks to Pinterest, I have! This recipe was adapted from Mom on a Mission and since I discovered this way of […]

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