Following Fit | My ongoing journey to understand all things fitness and nutrition.

When I was in high school, I had an English teacher (Hi, CHSers, you know who this is!) who gave everyone a knickname. My name? Koko Krispey (“Krispey” is a nickname that has stuck with me, by the way, since …

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Things I Thought I’d Never

Kristen May 1, 2013

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Things I Thought I’d Never Hear an Actual Client Say: “I don’t want to get bulky.” “Oh my god, really? You eat after 7 PM?” “I stopped drinking protein shakes because I don’t want to get bigger.” “I don’t do …

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Coming Clean, One Year Later

Kristen April 24, 2013

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I remember April 24, 2012 very well. It was a Tuesday, and I was at school teaching that day. I had spent four months wrestling with uncharacteristic binge eating habits, and I was fed up with myself and with food. …

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Because a List means I’m Saying Something Unified, Right?

Kristen April 23, 2013

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Sometimes it’s hard to get back into the habit of doing something when you haven’t done it for a while. That’s me and blogging right now. I have had zero desire to write a post. Not because I don’t like …

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Hi There.

Kristen April 14, 2013

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I’ve been a bit AWOL from the blog lately — more AWOL than I intended when I warned you that I’d be MIA in this post. Frankly, I am going to be AWOL a little while longer. I can’t really …

How I Stop a Binge

Kristen April 2, 2013

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My life is dog poop. I don’t mean that my life is bad. Just that all I ever think or talk about is whether or not the puppy, Bertha, is progressing in her potty training. Potty training is …

My Year-Ago Self: Easter 2012

Kristen March 29, 2013

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I distinctly remember Easter Day 2012. Well, sort of. I *think* I worked at the gym in the morning, since I have had a few Sunday morning clients since I started there last January. And I *think* I did …

Completely Non-fitness-related Totally Self-Absorbed Post

Kristen March 25, 2013

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This was my weekend: We adopted a four-month-old Pomeranian puppy named Bertha. She’s sweet, and tiny, and the cats are even starting to hang out with her. She isn’t, however, house-trained like we originally thought. So should I …

3 Lessons for Women from the Fitness World

Kristen March 21, 2013

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I’ve learned a lot, of course, from my personal training certification, from my nutrition course work, and from writing this blog. But there are some genuinely odd things I’ve learned from the world of fitness & nutrition that, despite their …

School, Pants, & Deads

Kristen March 20, 2013

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SCHOOL I might just go a little nuts this semester. My semesters are broken into 2 8-week terms, so while I take just 2 courses at a time, each course is packed into a short 8-week span. During the first …