I hope everyone had a great New Year, and of course, happy 2014!

Contrary to what many of you might be thinking, I did stay awake until midnight (I was shocked too).  But, that was probably because I half expected Miley Cyrus to be riding the Times Square ball on the way down, and consequently being the "wrecking ball" to all of society's New Years celebrations...

Heyo!

Happy Holidays everyone!  I hope you had a Merry Christmas (if applicable, of course), and that Santa was as great to you as he was to me.

On a related note, don't the days immediately after Christmas - but preceding the New Year - just feel like the outro from the song "Layla?"

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably noticed how torn ACLs have become much more prevalent these past few years.  In fact, this type of knee injury has become so common that nowadays it's almost synonymous with a broken leg or a bad case of the flu....that sidelines you for the rest of the year.  

Let's make no mistake, a torn ACL is a very serious injury to the knee joint.  In fact, the rise of ACL tears has been almost historic, particularly in the NFL this year, with 41 individuals already tearing their ACL compared with only 25 in 2011.

So, what gives?

So, I've decided to stop being lame and finally write a new post!  I know, you're excited....but try to keep your paws off the screen.

Anyway, I decided to break tradition with my normal posts, as I've had a few odds and ends floating around my mind for some time.  While none of them really make a full post, hopefully the collection of all three certainly do..

1. With Thanksgiving in the books, and the holidays being literally right around the corner, it's a good time to touch on a conversation that I had with a client of mine.  A few days before Thanksgiving, they told me that they needed to burn 1400-1700 calories during their workout because they heard that amount was the average Thanksgiving meal.  My first reaction?  Well, I hope mine completely dwarfs that number..

I can hear the groans already....another post about diet and nutrition?  Ugh.

Well, in some ways, you're right.  This IS another post about diet and nutrition, but it's a bit different.  Rather than simply talking the talk, I've decided to show that I walk the walk, by taking a picture of my weekly grocery shopping cart.  And messy apartment aside, this isn't a tale of deprivation - it's how I shop every week.