So here's a quick scoop on me and why you might find this little Blog fascinating... My Name is Julie Barnes Maurer, that's right, I kept my maiden name cause it's mine and you can't have it... Well actually you very well might be able to have it, there are some men in my family (whom I love dearly, but...) who REALLY like to get married... A LOT ;)
ANYHOO... I have three BEAUTIFUL children. They are smart and funny and athletic and sometimes lazy and a little bit sassy, but mostly pretty darn cute, so I'm gonna keep them... but not for too long, ONLY because they are starting to think about flying the coop, leaving the nest, moving on!!! 
It's true! My oldest son is a senior in high school and has been accepted to Michigan State University and he's gonna LEAVE ME :( Which totally lends itself to the mess of a human I can be these days! My Middle Child (which is a title he wears as a badge of honor OR a label for excuses) ;) is 15 and 1/2 which is SUPER important because in just a few months he will have his DRIVER'S LICENSE!!! And yes this also lends itself to a certain lack of psychological stability!!! And finally, my baby girl is 11 years old, she is a middle schooler and if you've ever lived with a middle school girl YOU KNOW, YOU JUST KNOW how unpredictable and wonderful it can be! I hope she doesn't read this because although it could end in a elbow nudge, wink and a laugh it could also end in a FIREY DEATH BOMB OF SLAMMING DOORS AND "I HATE YOUS!!!"
It's true! My oldest son is a senior in high school and has been accepted to Michigan State University and he's gonna LEAVE ME :( Which totally lends itself to the mess of a human I can be these days! My Middle Child (which is a title he wears as a badge of honor OR a label for excuses) ;) is 15 and 1/2 which is SUPER important because in just a few months he will have his DRIVER'S LICENSE!!! And yes this also lends itself to a certain lack of psychological stability!!! And finally, my baby girl is 11 years old, she is a middle schooler and if you've ever lived with a middle school girl YOU KNOW, YOU JUST KNOW how unpredictable and wonderful it can be! I hope she doesn't read this because although it could end in a elbow nudge, wink and a laugh it could also end in a FIREY DEATH BOMB OF SLAMMING DOORS AND "I HATE YOUS!!!"Sorry to get all Kathie Lee on you ;o) I am also married to Eddie Maurer. He is an Electrical/Systems Engineer by day and a Photography Ninja by every-other-waking-moment. He's quite talented which can be rather annoying, and (secretly) fun to watch... If you tell him I said that I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL... AH, who am I kidding, he's so techy he's probably already reading this as I go...
I wear a few hats beside the mom and wifey ones. Monday through Friday I work at a middle school. My title is Learning Support Staff. I'm a cross between a para-educator and a teacher . I work with awesome kids doing reading and math interventions... It's cool.
Also, I work for a little company called CrossFit. 
I LOVE IT. IT IS A CULT and I DRINK THE KOOL-AID.
I also get distracted and drink other things and get involved with other delightful and fulfilling projects, but for me, CrossFit is an amazing fit for... me... Me Me Me ...ahem 'scuse me, I often break out in song, especially when it's about MEEEEE ;) SO, I teach a gymnastics class at my box which is also known as Oakland County CrossFit AND I get to work with CrossFit Gymnastics taking my umpteen hundred years of gymnastic involvement and SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD!!!! It's fun. I love it. slurp slurp...i have a kool-aid problem.
I LOVE IT. IT IS A CULT and I DRINK THE KOOL-AID.I also get distracted and drink other things and get involved with other delightful and fulfilling projects, but for me, CrossFit is an amazing fit for... me... Me Me Me ...ahem 'scuse me, I often break out in song, especially when it's about MEEEEE ;) SO, I teach a gymnastics class at my box which is also known as Oakland County CrossFit AND I get to work with CrossFit Gymnastics taking my umpteen hundred years of gymnastic involvement and SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD!!!! It's fun. I love it. slurp slurp...i have a kool-aid problem.
With that last little bit being said, I started gymnastics in 1984 after Mary Lou Retton won the Olympics. 
As a 10 year old I was a little late to the game, but took to gymnastics like a duck to water, or a monkey to trees or... well... I think you get the picture. I competed until I graduated from high school in 1992 and then immediately began coaching after graduation. 
I have had my hand in the gym for the better part of the last 20 years well 28 really HOLY COW, WHO TALKS LIKE THAT???
As a 10 year old I was a little late to the game, but took to gymnastics like a duck to water, or a monkey to trees or... well... I think you get the picture. I competed until I graduated from high school in 1992 and then immediately began coaching after graduation. 
I have had my hand in the gym for the better part of the last 20 years well 28 really HOLY COW, WHO TALKS LIKE THAT??? I am NOT old enough to say that I have been doing something for almost 30 years... oh wait, yes i am... :-/
So, it's like this: Over the past few months I have not been to the gym as much as I shoulda been. I kinda got sick AND THEN the holidays arrived with Turkey and Stuffing and YOU KNOW how once you're not at the gym AND you don't feel good it's really easy to make excuses that validate your eating - as if you have NEVER SEEN FOOD BEFORE IN YOUR LIFE!!!
AND THEN you (and when I say you I totally mean me, but sometimes it's too painful to admit that I am soooo weak and undisciplined so I will continue to say YOU to distract you from my decrepitude) just keep eating at that capacity BECAUSE YOU CAN!!! AND WHO'S GONNA STOP ME? I CAN EAT EVERYTHING IF I WANT TO EAT EVERYTHING AND YES EVEN MY STRETCHY PANTS ARE TIGHT NOW AND I'M CRYING SO I'M GOING TO GET A BOWL OF ICE CREAM TO MAKE MYSELF (i mean you) FEEL BETTER!Wow, too much??? WHATEVER, now it's time to get myself - and maybe some others - inspired to reevaluate how we take care of ourselves. It's time for me to go back to feeling good instead of achy, to feel energized instead of sugar-crazed frenzy of peaks and valleys... It's time to go PALEO!!! It's time to start the New Year off right!!! The PALEO CHALLENGE is ON!!! You can click on the paleo challenge to get the gist of the rules for now. I will explore more about it as time goes on, but in the meantime just know that clean eating and portion control is on my mind and maybe now it's on yours!!!
Stay tuned for the hideous before pics and stats as the party gets started TODAY Monday January 2, 2012... Besides the paleo journey we will chat about all kinds of goodies...but not the sugary ones unless of course there is a major FAIL...which is totally possible :P
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