Happy Wednesday. I hope that y’all are having a good week. It seems that everyone I have talked to is really busy with work, final summer vacations, etc. Just checking in today with eats + workouts from the past few days. I did this workout on Sunday along with 50 GHD sit ups after and [...]
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What I Ate + How I Worked Out Wednesday…On Thursday
August 1, 2013 { 16 comments }Hola…my intent was to publish this post last night while I was on the couch eating takeout and drinking a glass of wine but I got sidetracked by HGTV and catching up on reading other blogs. So here is my “What I ate and how I worked out out Wednesday” on a Thursday! I subbed [...]
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Where Is Summer? And Scallops, CrossFit Craziness, Baking and Yogi Clothes
July 13, 2013 { 19 comments }Well, it’s cloudy, raining and unseasonably cool for July in Charlotte again this weekend. It’s a trend this summer. I’m seriously not kidding. – Rain has fallen somewhere in Mecklenburg County daily since June 23. – Since June 1, more than 11.7 inches has fallen at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Charlotte’s official measuring station. That [...]
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Video Blog: Workout Ruts, CrossFit Questions, Working Out With Injuries & Ashtanga Home Practice
July 10, 2013 { 10 comments }Hi everyone. Thank you for your thoughtful (and kind) responses to my last post. I wanted to check in via video today so you could have a chance to see me smiling! I received TONS of great questions on Facebook and Twitter. I wasn’t able to answer them all but many will become a full written [...]
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Pimento Cheese Chicken
June 26, 2013 { 16 comments }Hola! I’m en route to Kiawah Island in South Carolina where I will spend the next 5 days at a Young President’s Organization conference. More details on that later but I’m so excited for the opportunity to attend this event. It’s going to be a once in a lifetime experience! First, let me give a [...]
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Friday Stuff: Google Reader Alternative, Read This, Music, Summer Love
June 21, 2013 { 13 comments }Happy Friday everyone. I’ve got nadda to show you on the food/life front although I assure you that you aren’t missing anything. My life has been extremely photo unworthy over the past couple of days. I’m just doing the best I can to even get through this week right now. However, I do have several [...]
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20 Minutes of 5 Minute AMRAPs {Workout Post}
June 19, 2013 { 24 comments }Hey there. I don’t have much to report from today other than… 1) My AC unit is on it’s way out but all hope is not yet lost so for now we wait. Best case scenario I pay $400 for a motor in several months…worst case scenario I replace the whole thing but we’re not [...]
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Metro CrossFit Throwdown…One Successful Year
June 17, 2013 { 8 comments }Metro CrossFit celebrated its one year anniversary on Saturday and I planned a throwdown to celebrate! Typically, throwdowns are a little more chill than official CrossFit competitions. The idea is that you invite athletes from your gym and other CrossFit gyms in the community to come together and workout. The past few weeks of my [...]
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Crossing It Off The Wish List
June 12, 2013 { 13 comments }When people ask me if I’m into photography I explain to them that it’s not a “passion” exactly but I take pictures every single day. So by default of doing it so much and wanting my photographs to look nice, I have kind of gotten into it. I’m not motivated to go out and take [...]
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WOD + Eats + New Yoga Playlist
June 6, 2013 { 11 comments }Workouts this week have been good. Lots of yoga, lots of strength and little running. I’m just really not feeling the running right now. But I did have to get some running in on Wednesday in honor of National Run Day. I did this WOD but substituted a 500 meter run for the rowing. This [...]
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Gratitude Overflowing
May 30, 2013 { 37 comments }I had the most wonderful Thursday. I feel so grateful for so many things…my job working at Metro not only doing something I love but doing it with amazing people, the friendships I have made here in Charlotte, the opportunity to teach yoga and being a part of the yoga community as a whole and [...]
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Tuesday Burger Day
May 28, 2013 { 24 comments }Hi! I come to you after a long day involving teaching and taking on fire hot yoga, lots of desk work at Metro, 80 squats in tonight’s CrossFit class and a disastrous but delicious dinner. Let’s start at the beginning. Breakfast was overnight oats with Greek yogurt, rolled oats, chia seeds, cinnamon, apple, banana, apple butter and [...]
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Memorial Day Weekend “Staycation”
May 27, 2013 { 24 comments }Three-day Memorial Day weekend was a huge success. I ate good food, relaxed by the pool, spent time with friends, did yardwork, QT with Sullie, taught and took yoga, CrossFitted and more. Now you know why I haven’t been around to update all weekend! I figured y’all were out having fun too so here’s an [...]
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Front Squat Workout + Fueling The Workouts
May 23, 2013 { 16 comments }Hello and happy end of week…especially since it’s an end of week leading into a long weekend! I have lots of updates on the food and fitness front. Let’s start with fitness. I have really been digging the direction my workouts have been taking lately. I’ve been feeling less run and more CrossFit and yoga. [...]
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Customer Service Win + The Best Grilled Cheese Ever
May 18, 2013 { 10 comments }This was a working Saturday for me which I was prepared for. Unfortunately, it also ended up being stressful on the life front for a couple of reasons including my car going crazy. Car trouble is always no bueno but I am so lucky with how my situation turned out. Let’s start with breakfast. I [...]
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The Week In Fitness And Food
May 17, 2013 { 11 comments }Annnddd let’s return to regularly scheduled programming. Well, I don’t know that any posts have been “regular” around here lately but today we’ll get back to food and fitness which I guess is the “heart” of the blog. Although lately I feel it’s kind of been a steady rotation of yoga, what I’m eating, workout, [...]
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Working Out Hard + Eating Good
May 14, 2013 { 14 comments }Oh my…I have a feeling that I’m going to be unbelievably sore tomorrow. On Monday I did this ladder WOD. I went light on my clean and jerks at 55# because I wasn’t feeling super great and was in a space where I couldn’t drop weight but I did kip all of the pullups. It [...]
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Packing Dilemas, Workouts, Eats, Etc.
May 2, 2013 { 22 comments }Final preparations for my Chicago weekend are underway. Mainly focused on freaking out about what to pack. We knew the weather would be dicey with an early May trip so I’m not surprised that this is the forecast…I just have no clue what to pack. Everyone tells me it’s still appropriate to wear boots in the midwest [...]
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Standing in the Same Spot Two Years Later
April 28, 2013 { 24 comments }It’s been a rainy, cool weekend and that has felt pretty perfect for me. I have spent a lot of time in the yoga studio, coaching CrossFit and hibernating at home. On Friday afternoon I got an SOS request to help out with the yoga teacher trainees at the studio. I led them through their [...]
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CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course: My Experience
April 25, 2013 { 27 comments }Remember back in October when I attended the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course? Yes, it’s been a while and now that I’ve been coaching CrossFit for six months I figured it was finally time to write a review of my experience! Let’s start with why I attended the Level 1 Trainer Course. I manage Metro [...]
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Life Lately: Workouts, Meals and More
April 17, 2013 { 28 comments }Some photos from the week to share with you. I started the week on my mat with a 6:30 a.m. yoga practice. It ended up being the best practice I’ve had in a really long time. I felt so good in my body for the first time in weeks. Pumpkin overnight oats in April. I [...]
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Sunday in Photos
March 24, 2013 { 12 comments }It’s been a good weekend but I haven’t stopped moving so I’m just now checking in with you. My weekend has been full of CrossFit, teaching yoga, Ikea trips, house project, social gatherings…busy but good and fun busy. Today’s biggest accomplishment was assembling my first piece of Ikea furniture all by myself. Like using the [...]
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The Time I Sucked at CrossFit (Open Workout 13.2)
March 20, 2013 { 35 comments }I promised you weekly updates on the five CrossFit Open workouts and weekly updates I shall provide…even though this one is tough to write. I dreaded this workout for days. I tried the 75# shoulder to overhead to test out how it felt and it felt HEAVY. I skipped the group WOD on Friday night [...]
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Weekend In Photos
March 17, 2013 { 26 comments }Why do the weekend pass so quickly? It was a beautiful 75 degrees here in Charlotte on Saturday and Sunday. The kind of weather that makes you smile and take a deep breath when you feel the sun on your face. Here’s my weekend in photos. Friday night furniture building party with chicken parm, roasted [...]
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The End of a Long Day
March 14, 2013 { 8 comments }I would write a real blog post for you tonight but I worked from 6 a.m.-8:30 p.m. today and I’m pretty done. Things are a little crazy right now but as my friend Andre reminded me, “you are living your dream.” It’s not like this all the time but it’s necessary right now. Things ebb [...]
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WIAW + My Favorite Kind of WOD
March 13, 2013 { 21 comments }My morning started out beautifully. I slept until 8 a.m. Wednesdays are usually the only day of the work week that I don’t have to be at the gym super early so I take advantage. I’ll do a little WIAW today since I’m focusing on clean eating this week. Things took a slight downturn when I [...]
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CrossFit Open Workout 13.1
March 11, 2013 { 31 comments }Last Friday I did two things that pushed me WAY outside of my comfort zone.. 1) Registered for the CrossFit Games Open. 2) Completed the first Open workout and achieved a new snatch PR…13 times in a row. Let me back up. Many of you have probably seen the CrossFit Games on ESPN. There is [...]
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(Slow) CrossFit Progress
March 5, 2013 { 12 comments }One of the things I like about CrossFit are how many things there are to work on. Just when you get the hang of something, there are tons of other movements to focus on. It’s also really interesting to see everyone’s unique strengths and weaknesses. I tend to excel at bodyweight and endurance focused workouts [...]
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My First CrossFit Injury (Totally My Fault)
February 13, 2013 { 64 comments }Well, I sustained my first CrossFit injury last night…but it was totally my fault for not paying attention. The rig was crowded and I was so amped up to start the WOD that I didn’t even pay attention to where I set myself up to do my pullups, which were the first movement of the [...]
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The Bear Complex
February 5, 2013 { 19 comments }I’m so late getting this post up but it’s been a long day. It started with zero sleep last night after taking that Zyrtec-D yesterday afternoon. It was that kind of sleep where you feel like you were never really asleep but semi-awake all night, you know? Needless to say, I will not be taking [...]
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Switching Up Lunch + CrossFit Pain Frames
January 30, 2013 { 23 comments }Long-term readers may remember the days of my open faced sandwich obsession. I would say that it was probably my calling card there for a while. Over time I gravitated away from sandwiches for lunch and more towards grain bowls, egg scrambles, salads and soup. A lot of this was due to becoming more aware [...]
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Fight Gone Bad, Round 2
January 20, 2013 { 13 comments }Oh Fight Gone Bad, we meet again. Why do you always do this to me? Fight Gone Bad is a benchmark CrossFit workout that consists of three rounds of five stations, one minute at each station and a one minute break between each round. So total, it’s a 17 minute workout. That doesn’t sound so [...]
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A Random One – BodyPump, CrossFit, Restaurant Review, Publix and MORE!
January 12, 2013 { 23 comments }Happy weekend! 1. I am glad y’all are on board with weekly fitness and yoga posts. I will kick it off on Monday! Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions. I’m going to have quite an editorial calendar of topics. 2. If you are participating in the 26 Random Acts project, don’t forget that your random acts [...]
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Busy And Back At It
January 9, 2013 { 24 comments }I am super slammed at work right now. Like 10-hour days and still can’t get it all done super slammed. I actually thrive when I’m this busy at work but I have to be careful not to burnout or run myself into the ground. Despite the craziness, I am feeling pretty in control of the [...]
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Oh Rowing…
January 5, 2013 { 28 comments }I have been feeling a little blah and unchallenged with my workouts lately so this morning I decided to finally make my way back to CrossFit. I can’t remember the last time I did a WOD. I have had the intention to go to class but just haven’t been able to fit it into my [...]
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Deep Stretch At MOGA Yoga
December 13, 2012 { 11 comments }I really enjoyed reading your responses to my “On Showing Up” post. They were very thought provoking and insightful. I will be responding to all of them and also writing a “Part 2” post because I have a lot more to say about the topic. I also appreciate the concern and kind words about my [...]
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The Kitchen Sink
December 1, 2012 { 9 comments }Happy weekend! I am NOT happy right now given that the Dawgs just lost to Alabama. Such a good game but so sad that we will not be heading to the national championship. Let’s focus on other things, okay? I was in the mood for a vegetarian dinner last night so I baked tofu, roasted [...]
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This Is How You Do A Monday
November 12, 2012 { 24 comments }Thanks for all the input on the paint. I realized that I was having a temporary bout of insanity when I considered painting the bedroom green. I don’t even like the color green. Why would I do that? Today has taken me in a whole new direction…currently considering Sherwin Williams Amazing Gray or Benjamin Moore [...]
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Can’t Do It All
November 11, 2012 { 37 comments }I went into the weekend knowing that it was full of work and social commitments along with a list of things I wanted to get done around the house. Around 3 p.m. on Saturday I came to the realization that there was no way that I could do everything that I committed to doing and rather [...]
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Let’s Talk Paleo
November 8, 2012 { 23 comments }Hello and happy Thursday. I hope it’s been a great day for everyone! Mine has been good minus a small freak out about the paint color I chose for the living room (I second guess EVERYTHING) and the fact that it’s dark and cold at 6 p.m. now…but I’m going to have to get over [...]
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WOD-O-WEEN
October 31, 2012 { 8 comments }Happy Halloween! It’s “WOD-O-WEEN” here at Metro CrossFit. We encouraged everyone to dress up for today’s WOD and our director of CrossFit programmed a super creative workout. Zombie run = normal run with a plate held out in front Pumpkin Smash = ball slams Candy Bag Carries = dumbbell famer walks Pica Boos = pull ups Gremlin Crawls = [...]
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Arms And Legs…Falling Off
October 17, 2012 { 25 comments }I have been off the CrossFit wagon for a few weeks now. I’ve kind of been off all exercise-specific wagons given my travel and work schedule. I just fit in whatever, whenever. I have been thrown back into CrossFit given my training weekend and then the convenience of being at the gym and having it [...]
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Cranberry, Apple And Walnut Quinoa
October 14, 2012 { 10 comments }What a weekend. I survived my CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course. It was an educational, humbling and overall enjoyable experience. I cannot talk or think about CrossFit anymore right now so I will write a recap/overview of the course later this week once I’ve had a little break from it! To say that I am [...]
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Chocolate Overload
October 13, 2012 { 16 comments }Happy Saturday morning! I’m up bright and early getting ready to head off to day one of my weekend CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course. It should be a very interesting day, to say the least! It’s been a while since I’ve shared a “day of meals/eats” with you and you’ll soon see why. I haven’t [...]
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Yay!
October 5, 2012 { 5 comments }Happy Friday! I’m so excited! I’m at the airport on the way to go visit my mom in Florida this weekend. My dad is in Georgia so we’re going to have some girl time! I bought her a yoga mat and she’ll soon learn that we’re going to have a yoga private lesson every day [...]
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Blog Direction + Green Coconut Curry Recipe
September 14, 2012 { 16 comments }I have been a little sporadic with posting lately. It’s not that I don’t have a ton of ideas for things that I want to post about (lacrosse ball mobility, active v. dynamic stretching, a stability ball core workout, a yoga for runners video, recipes, etc.), it’s more that I am lacking the time to [...]
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Odds And Ends
September 12, 2012 { 11 comments }This post is going to be a little bit of this, little bit of that. SOYJOY Giveaway Winner Comment #157 from Ashley. I promise that the winning comment number was randomly generated and I did not play favorites based on peanut butter dipping! Frog-dog Half dog, half frog, 100% cute. Pumpkin First fall bowl of pumpkin banana oatmeal. Sullie is excited to [...]
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Throwdown and Touchdown
September 9, 2012 { 20 comments }My Saturday was packed with excitement. A group of CrossFitters in Charlotte have started a Throwdown series where different CrossFit boxes take turns hosting a free friendly Saturday afternoon competition. Yesterday was our turn to host the Throwdown and it was so amazing! We had a huge turnout – over 150 people – and Sean, [...]
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Place To Place, State To State
September 2, 2012 { 21 comments }This weekend has included a little bit of everything. My friend Miriam drove in from Winston Salem on Saturday for a CrossFit + lunch date. Luckily, the WOD was newbie-friendly and Miriam totally rocked it. It was three rounds of thrusters (a squat to overhead press with a barbell) and running. I did NOT rock [...]
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Put It In A Bowl
August 21, 2012 { 31 comments }As I was sitting in Chipotle eating dinner at 9 p.m. last night I had the realization that everything I ate yesterday was in a bowl. I’ve been back on oatmeal this week since the mornings have been kinda gray and cooler. “Cooler” being relative given that it’s like 68 degrees out. But there is [...]