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15 Reasons Why I Love Fall

I can’t believe that it is officially fall!  I have been anticipating the season for a good month now.  September is funny in New England.  She’s such a tease, or maybe just plays hard to get?  One day it’s crisp and cool and the next it’s hot sticky and humid.  Well September, there’s no turning back now….fall is officially here.  Here are a few of my favorite things about this time of year.

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  • Crisp, cool air that smells like a mixture of leaves, camp fires, and home-made pies (at least that’s what it smells like in my own head).
  • Foliage!

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  • Anything pumpkin flavored.  Coffee, Beer, Pie, Cookies.  It seems now a days everything can be pumpkin. I’m fine with that!
  • Carving pumpkins, scooping out the squishy insides, picking out the seeds and roasting them!
  • Apple picking, pumpkin picking, hay rides, and corn mazes.

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  • Sweatshirts and sweatpants.
  • Boot season!

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  • Fall comfort foods…Chili, Beef Stew, Soups.
  • Thanksgiving!! By far the best holiday.
  • Oktoberfest festivals at various breweries and bars are always a blast.  Can’t wait to go to the Harpoon Oktoberfest in Boston!

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  • Football season for the energy, watching guys get really excited or really mad over a game, tailgating, and Sunday food comas.

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  • Halloween. Last year I got pretty creative with my costume which made it a lot more fun than previous years!

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  • Tea or Hot Chocolate before bed.
  • It’s the best running weather.
  • Red wine, candles, and my couch.

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Primal Egg Salad over Spinach & Bacon Salad

Kelsey Finkle's avatarThe Primal Yogi

Why do I like such smelly foods?!  While coming up with this concoction of a recipe I forgot the scent that would fill my kitchen.  I’m used to the bacon smell obviously…but mix that with hard boiled eggs and it’s not so pretty.  I guess now I know why I have so many candles in my apartment!

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This salad was super easy to make and tasted yummy.  I’m all about the simple recipes during the week.  After a long day of work, sometimes I’m just not in the mood to make anything that takes more than 15 minutes!

Ingredients

2 Hard Boiled Eggs

1/2 Ripe Avocado

2 tbsp of Dijon Mustard

Salt

Pepper

Organic Baby Spinach

Grape Tomatoes

Sliced Mushrooms

Balsamic Vinegar

Olive Oil

2 Pieces of Bacon

  1. Cook bacon in oven on 400 degrees for 15 minutes turning over once.
  2. In a separate bowl mix together eggs, avocado, dijon…

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Monday Workout – Back At It

I made it through Monday!  It actually was a pretty good day.  The best part of my Monday  was getting back to the gym.  I haven’t been in a couple of weeks because of my vacation.  Before and after my trip I was just rotating between yoga and running, so getting a Crossfit workout in felt awesome!  I warmed up with a 2 mile interval run, did some stretching, and finished off with a short, intense, but well-rounded Crossfit workout.

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2 Mile Interval Run

Minutes 1:00 – 300: Walk on speed of 4

Minutes 3:00 – 5:00: Run on speed of 6

Minutes 5:00 – 6:00: Run on speed of 7

Minutes 6:00 – 8:00: Run on speed of 6.5

Minutes 8:00 – 9:00: Run on speed of 7.5

Minutes 9:00 – 11:00: Run on speed of 7

Minutes 11:00 – 12:00: Run on speed of 8

Minutes 12:00 – 14:00: Run on speed 6.5

Minutes 14:00 – 15:00: Run on speed 7.5

Minutes 15:00 – 17:00: Run on speed 6

Minutes 17:00 – 18:00: Run on speed 7

Minutes 18:00 – 20:00: Walk on speed 4

I then did some stretching on the mats before I started my Crossfit workout.  I decided on this particular workout because it was a quick hitter but intense workout – the train hard get fit one.  Also, since I haven’t done any strength training in a couple of weeks I wanted a well-rounded one.  This workout focused on both upper and lower body.

Here is the workout as posted:

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And here is how I modified it for myself:

40 pound shoulder press, 10 reps

40 pound overhead squat, 15 reps

40 pound push press, 15 reps

40 pound front squat, 20 reps

40 pound push jerk, 20 reps

40 pound back squat, 25 reps

This workout took me just under 10 minutes but it definitely kicked my butt!  My arms and legs are still shaking a few hours later!

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Here is what the rest of my week will look like for workouts:

Tuesday: Morning Yoga

Wednesday: Morning Run

Thursday: Morning Yoga

Friday: Off 

Saturday: Gym / Crossfit Workout

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