Chocolate Cookies for Eating or Tossing?
April 27, 2012 – 6:13 pm | No Comment

Not all cookies are created equally. Sometimes they leave something to be desired. Then you have to choose which you prefer, less cookies or less workouts. What would you do? Would you eat the cookies and run the laps simply because they were a gift, an expensive gift?

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Chocolate Cookies for Eating or Tossing?
April 27, 2012 – 6:13 pm | No Comment
Chocolate Cookies for Eating or Tossing?

Not all cookies are created equally. Sometimes they leave something to be desired. Then you have to choose which you prefer, less cookies or less workouts. What would you do? Would you eat the cookies and run the laps simply because they were a gift, an expensive gift?

I Can’t Follow Directions
March 22, 2012 – 2:10 am | No Comment
I Can’t Follow Directions

I’m not sure why, but I just can’t follow directions—even if it seems important, and especially if there’s no apparent reason for the rule.
“Don’t lean on this.”
“Open other end first.”
“Store in a dark place.”
“Don’t sign …

The Name’s Lead Butt
March 10, 2012 – 9:51 pm | No Comment
The Name’s Lead Butt

Whether you live in the great state of Utah or not, you’ve probably heard of Alta Ski Resort, right. In fact my neighbor took a trip to France and were proud to report they spied …

Popcorn Anyone?
July 20, 2011 – 2:39 am | No Comment
Popcorn Anyone?

To most people Chicago is about great architecture, the Lakes, the Mag Mile, and deep-dish pizza—but to a Cookie Athlete, Chicago means one thing—Garrett Popcorn.
If Garrett Popcorn is your first stop when you’re in the …

Top 10 Reasons Cookies are Better than Doughnuts
June 3, 2011 – 5:50 pm | No Comment
Top 10 Reasons Cookies are Better than Doughnuts

Today happens to be National Doughnut Day. Here at Cookie Athlete that means one thing—time to eat more cookies to compensate for all the heightened doughnut consumption. This morning I saw a longer-than-usual line outside …

10 Facts About Girl Scout Cookies
March 1, 2011 – 12:52 am | No Comment
10  Facts About Girl Scout Cookies

Girl Scout Cookies® had their earliest beginnings in the kitchens and ovens of our girl members, with mothers volunteering as technical advisers. The sale of cookies as a way to finance troop …

Homemade Pretzel Turtles
December 16, 2010 – 1:33 am | No Comment
Homemade Pretzel Turtles

These are so easy and fast. Plus they are really good. They make for a great neighbor gift!

Ingredients

50 small mini pretzels
50 Rolo candies
50 pecan halves (optional) I also have used walnuts

Directions:

Preheat …

Kids Exercising
December 16, 2010 – 1:13 am | No Comment
Kids Exercising

The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmonious proportions to produce a creative intelligence. And so did the most brilliant intelligence of our earliest days – Thomas Jefferson – when …

The 4 Pillars of Health
December 15, 2010 – 11:59 pm | No Comment
The 4 Pillars of Health

“I want to live until I die; not die and then live for 10 more years.”
A synopses of ​​a lecture I recently attended by Jim Rhoades.

Rest: “Your body will exact revenge on you later in …

The Cookie Athlete Store is Here!
November 11, 2010 – 2:08 pm | No Comment
The Cookie Athlete Store is Here!

We finally have apparel, gifts and accessories for Cookie Athlete fans! Check out some of our products! You can go to the “Our Store” page or click on the photos to purchase products