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,…
Exercise Mantras

I’m not one to shy away from delicious leftovers for lunch, so you can bet that last night’s dinner made an appearance in my afternoon meal. My mid-day meal included an Italian sausage sandwich with mustard, spinach and tomato slices, paired with carrots and green pepper strips and string cheese. Lots of flavahs! And now…
Return of My Exercise Mojo

It’s been quite a while since peanut butter has been featured on this blog. What’s the deal!? Rest assured that plenty of peanut butter fingers have been enjoyed as snacks and fuel while making other meals (namely dinner). Today, after an all-too-long hiatus, peanut butter returns to its rightful home! Breakfast included two toasted whole…
New Cardio Circuit
Giving Plyo a Go

Today’s morning workout was a new one! Yesterday I was on a mission to find a quality 30-minute plyometric workout to try out today. For those of you in the dark about plyometric workouts, they consist of fast, powerful movements that really get your heart rate pumpin’. I found this workout and copied it down…
Sadie Loves Animals, Animals Don’t Love Sadie

Good morning! Isn’t downtown Orlando pretty before 7 a.m.? Workout This morning Ryan and I headed to the gym and split up do do our respective workouts. We workout together, but not together. 😉 While I took a BodyPump class, Ryan hit the stair-stepper, bike and treadmill for a cardio workout. Ryan almost always does…