Hello and thanks for stopping by! My name is Angela. I am a scientist, wife, cat-mom, and fitness enthusiast. This page is my personal blog, and you will find a range of topics, centered around healthy living. Why “The Chicken Scoop”? Well, when I started this blog, we had just gotten a small flock of chickens and the name just stuck! I hope you enjoy your visit!
Okay, here is the obligatory after Christmas post!
In case you missed it, Rob and I host Christmas breakfast every year and this year was turning out to be a big one! It seemed like everyone was coming (and they did!).
Rob is one of 6 kids and I am one of 4, so between our two families, we can pack a
I’m back from vacation! Well, not really. The last few days, I took sort of a personal vacation from life. I stayed home a lot, I cleaned the house, I studied or not, I hung out with Rob, I skipped the gym, and I obviously ignored my blog. And it was just what I needed.
It’s Monday’s already?? I definitely don’t have enough time over the weekends or enough organization. The time just speeds right by!
I have no idea what I did on Friday. There were attempts at homework. Then I had a major headache for the early afternoon followed by a crappy gym session. I sooooo did not want to be there (and it didn’t help that when
I have to admit, Rob and I have been really lax on the whole no-gluten-eat-paleo thing lately. I started to ease up a few months ago and finally just stopped worrying altogether in June for the sake of my sanity. It was enough to just worry about getting a workout and tracking my food without having to stress over the types of food.
What a day yesterday! I took a rest day from the gym but I spent the whole day cleaning and organizing. We are still dealing with all of the boxes from when I moved home. We have doubles of things or things we just don’t know where to put (seriously, I have way too many textbooks). My in-laws were coming over for dinner though so
Before I post about my whirlwind of a weekend (as usual), I need to do a quick post about some samples I received! FrogFuel sent me some free samples of their protein shots in the mail for the purpose of review and to set up a giveaway!
I got them last week and decided to try them as a post-workout supplement rather than a
Hello there! I don’t know if anyone is reading today but I must blog. I was deathly sick last week and am finally feeling better. Amid all that bobsledding fun, I got food poisoning. Severe. Details not required but I was sick from Wednesday through Thursday. Then I was still woozy and couldn’t eat a thing. I’m still feeling off, as its hard to eat