Living a Life Fueled by Healthy Food and Fitness
It’s the day after my birthday and I’m making a concerted effort to avoid the post-birthday blues. I cannot help but feel a little sad after every holiday and birthday because all of the fun leading up to the special day dissipates and it’s back to normal life. But the good news is that I…
Guess what today is??? Today this old bag of bones turns 26! Though birthdays are always fun, I can’t help but feel a little nostalgic that another year has come and gone. Stay tuned for a fun recap of this past year later this afternoon! Workout This morning, I awoke to a husband singing me…
Sometimes when I take a few days off from the gym, my next workout feels more difficult than usual. I’m sure it’s all mental, but getting back into the gym after a weekend of pounding down lots of holiday food just feels hard. My workout yesterday was tough. I felt my body huffin’ and puffin’…
Back in March I gave up sweets for Lent. I defined sweets as basically anything I would consider dessert. For example, ice cream = sweets, granola bars = not sweets. Well, guess what? We’re on the home stretch, my friends! Only three more full days remain until I can dive, face first, into a bowl…
Ryan and I both awoke in quite the chatty mood. We began our workouts with 20 minutes of side-by-side cardio while we talked away. I love that Ryan is now integrating cardio into his daily workouts. It makes the first 20 minutes of my workouts a lot more fun! After 20 minutes on the elliptical,…
It’s official. BodyPump Release 77 is the JAM. It seriously rocks my entire body. (Source) (Side note: Doesn’t that puppy look like Kona!?) For those of you unfamiliar with BodyPump, it is a total-body strength-training class created by Les Mills. The routines are created by Les Mills employees and distributed to instructors and gyms all…
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