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Category: Healthy Body

  • New Year and a New Subject for My Blog – Disc Golf

    Since I started thebeanandseed.com, I’ve been posting about food, healthy body, and healthy mind. While I will still continue writing about all of these topics, I intend to include more regular posts on disc golf. With that in mind, this is now a blog about food, health, and disc golf! Read on to understand why…

  • Enjoying Fall While Preparing for Winter: A Fitness Plan

    As we’re nearing the end of 2025, I want to send out a reminder to get out and take in the fall season. If you’re involved in a sport like Mary and I are in disc golf, then this could quite possibly be the best time of the year to enjoy the cool and the…

  • Healthier Dessert Pairings

    As someone who enjoys a little something sweet after a meal, I thought I’d share some ideas for what I consider to be healthier alternatives to traditional dessert options. I, admittedly, struggle to eat the recommended serving sizes for a lot of foods as I don’t get my fill. I love Pepperidge Farm cookies, for…

  • 30-Day Physical Therapy Challenge Results

    30 days ago I challenged myself to try and improve the health of my thumb and forearm. You can read more about the injury I sustained in my “30-Day Physical Therapy Challenge & Car Accident Insights” post. The goal of the challenge was to see if I could improve the current state of my thumb…

  • 30-Day Physical Therapy Challenge & Car Accident Insights

    Back in 2019, Mary and I were involved in a head on collision where our car was totaled. Mary was mostly unscathed, but I suffered an injury to my left arm and have never fully recovered. Over the next 30 days, I am challenging myself to remedy this the best that I can before seeking…

  • 7 Years of Pain

    My earliest memory is one of pain radiating from the back of my skull through my left eye. I do not remember crying out, but I know my dad came to my aid with a warm washcloth to place on the back of my head. In my mind’s eye, the scene plays out from above…

  • Happy Disc Golf Day!

    The first Saturday in August is National Disc Golf Day; that’s today! It was just about a year ago that Mary and I first started getting into the sport and it has quickly become our go to activity. A couple of the purposes of this blog are to promote physical and mental well being and…