I have been running with the same antiquated GPS (and gigantic!) watch that I’ve had since I started training for my first marathon back in 2008…until about a month ago when I got a major upgrade with the TomTom Spark Cardio + Music GPS Fitness Watch! Let’s start with a high level overview of all [...]
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Friday I’m In Love, Volume 6 (featuring my favorite seasonings!)
March 11, 2016 { 122 comments }Happy Friday! A friend shared this with me on Facebook and it made me laugh. I have a few favorites to share with you today along with a giveaway for my favorite seasoning rubs of all time. Let’s get started. The weather. The weather, the weather, the weather. It’s INCREDIBLE in Charlotte this week. This [...]
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My First Grocery Delivery: Life Made Easier with Postmates
March 8, 2016 { 12 comments }I don’t know about you guys but the few days leading up to a trip always seem to be jam packed with errands to run and work to wrap up in addition to packing. Before we left for our retreat I was in full out “go mode.” In addition to the work, errands and packing, [...]
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Recent Eats: Valentine’s Day + Entertaining with Blue Apron
February 24, 2016 { 138 comments }After taking a hiatus from Blue Apron during Whole30, I sure was excited to see that box waiting at my doorstep last weekend! If you’re a regular reader then you already know how much I love Blue Apron. If you’re new here, let me give you a quick introduction. Blue Apron is a delivery service [...]
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Friday I’m In Love, Volume 5
February 12, 2016 { 6 comments }Happy Friday! I’m happy to be sitting down. I had a busy start to my Friday. I trained clients at 5:30, 6:45 and 7:30 a.m. and then taught hot yoga at 9:30. I rushed straight from yoga to my own training session where my trainer put me through quite the leg workout. Tomorrow should be [...]
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Friday I’m In Love, Volume 4
January 29, 2016 { 110 comments }Hey, hey and happy Friday! It was a short week for me so it’s hard to believe that Friday is already here but this is a “working weekend” so I guess it doesn’t really matter anyway. We have our third teacher training weekend (out of eight) and this weekend we’ll be teaching the trainees how to [...]
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Life + Loving Lately…Party Edition (with a giveaway!)
December 15, 2015 { 164 comments }Hellllooo! It’s 72 degrees in Charlotte…on December 15…and it’s AMAZING. I mean, it’s a little weird to be getting ready for Christmas in flip flops and tank tops but I’ll take it. Apparently, we can thank a strong El Nino year for the 60 and 70 degree days that we’ve been enjoying all month. My [...]
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I Take My Books on the Go with Audible
December 14, 2015 { 4 comments }http://ads.blogherads.com/75/7551/campaigns/22/2221/2221118/x90.js I love to read. When I was younger I was a voracious reader and spent hours upon hours devouring books and many late nights reading under the covers with a flashlight. While I still love to read like this when I’m on vacation, I find it difficult to even get through a single book [...]
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6 Things I Love About Blue Apron + Win A Week of Blue Apron!
December 3, 2015 { 157 comments }This post is sponsored by Blue Apron. I am so happy that I was introduced to Blue Apron earlier this year. Although my experience with Blue Apron started as a partnership with the brand, it’s become something that I personally use regularly as well. A delivery the week before we moved was a lifesaver in [...]
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Using an Activity Tracker for the First Time: My Experience with Garmin vivofit 2
December 2, 2015 { 12 comments }Activity trackers have gained popularity over the last few years and it seems like “10,000” steps has become an everyday term. It’s been great to see so many workplaces embracing fitness trackers, creating challenges for their employees and rewarding them for being more active. I think corporate wellness is a HUGE area for growth in [...]
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Friday I’m In Love: David Williams, Costco Instant Savings, Weather and More!
September 11, 2015 { 9 comments }Hi and I hope it’s been a good week for all of you. I’m writing a “Friday I’m in Love” post today and I must start it with this video that my mom shared with me. This is Bretagne and she’s the last known rescue dog who served at Ground Zero. Bark Box has an [...]
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I love Blue Apron!
September 1, 2015 { 16 comments }I have another week of Blue Apron eats for you today. Blue Apron has become one of my favorite ways to mix up our dinners and as I’ve shared before…I just love the convenience and variety. My most recent delivery was awesome and I think the best yet! For those of you who are unfamiliar [...]
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Anemia Update: 18 Months Later
August 26, 2015 { 8 comments }This post is sponsored by #CVSHealthySolutions. A little over 18 months ago I shared a post about my experience with anemia. After a lifetime of physicals where I was always told that I was perfectly healthy and normal blood panels, I was really surprised to receive news at my annual physical in 2013 that I [...]
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7 Sweaty & Summer Skin Care Tips + 5 Beauty Products I’m Loving
June 25, 2015 { 21 comments }I don’t know about you, but I definitely find that my beauty routine changes with the seasons. I recently received a question from a reader about my skin and body care specifically when it comes to exercise. Here’s what she wrote: “Hello! I’m curious what kind of skin care you use for your body given [...]
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Finding A Replacement When Your Favorite Running Shoes are Discontinued
June 12, 2015 { 40 comments }Has anyone else experienced the agony of finding THE PERFECT RUNNING SHOE only to have it discontinued? This is exactly what happened to me when Mizuno discontinued the Wave Elixirs back in the summer of 2013. Luckily, I was able to make it a while without needing to search for a new shoe because I [...]
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My Favorite Fun & Functional Summer Flip Flops
June 1, 2015 { 12 comments }Being a yoga teacher, I spend a lot of time in flip flops. They’re the easiest thing to throw on to get me to and from the studio. But the issue with most of the flip flops I wear is that while they’re functional, they’re not very fashionable or supportive. That’s all changed thanks to a [...]
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Friday Faves…Jewelry, Things to Read, Contests, Walks and More!
May 29, 2015 { 9 comments }Hello and happiest of Fridays! It’s been quite a while since I participated in a “Friday Favorites” type of post and I have many to share today. Get ready. I made a long overdue stop to visit Erin of Erin McDermott Jewelry last week. I was eying these purple beads with a green stone. But [...]
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Getting Inspired and Out of the Box in the Kitchen
May 28, 2015 { 11 comments }This post is sponsored by Blue Apron. I was first introduced to Blue Apron back in February and I have been talking about it with friends and family ever since. If you’re not familiar with Blue Apron, it’s a service that delivers all the farm-fresh ingredients you need to make three or four meals right [...]
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Chocolate & Peanut Butter Strawberry Banana Smoothie Bowl
May 15, 2015 { 8 comments }I have a non-green smoothie recipe to share with you featuring two of my favorite flavor combinations. 1) Chocolate and peanut butter 2) Strawberry and banana It’s also my first time sharing a smoothie bowl recipe with you so it’s like a whole new smoothie game today! :) For the last nine months or so [...]
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Let Me Upgrade You {iPod Touch Review} + Recent Eats
April 8, 2015 { 22 comments }You’re totally singing Beyonce in your head now, right? My life changed a little bit yesterday. I received a very generous gift of a brand new 64-gig iPod touch for all of my yoga music and work social media needs. Within an hour I had it fully loaded with all my favorite apps and every [...]
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Reader Questions…Yoga Mats, Postpartum Fitness, TV Shows and More!
April 6, 2015 { 50 comments }Hope it was a good Monday! It’s spring break here in Charlotte so I am teaching a LOT of yoga this week due to sub needs…14 hot classes…it’s going to be a long, sweaty week. :) I have received quite a few reader questions lately that I thought would be beneficial and fun to answer [...]
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Weekend + A KIND Start to the Week {Giveaway}
March 23, 2015 { 298 comments }Hi! Keep on reading for a sweet giveaway from my friends at KIND. My weekend was relaxed and full of the normal stuff…yoga, golden retrievers, food. I stayed in on Friday night, ate Vietnamese take out and watched Gone Girl (well, half of Gone Girl…I fell asleep). It was kind of amazing. I taught two [...]
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A Week of Meals with Blue Apron
March 3, 2015 { 19 comments }I have a week of amazing meals to share with you thanks to Blue Apron. Blue Apron is a service that delivers all the ingredients you need to make fresh and flavorful meals right to your doorstep. I have read about Blue Apron on some other blogs I follow and have several friends here in [...]
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Loving Lately + Luxe Box Winner
January 9, 2015 { 16 comments }Happy Friday! Making good on my intention for 2015 to slow down and connect more, my Friday is full of friends! I am all about planning QT with my friends and scheduling meetings make new connections right now. This morning I met a friend for a (KILLER!) workout followed by a coffee date. I met another [...]
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Loving Lately: The Gift Edition
December 30, 2014 { 7 comments }Hola and happy New Year’s Eve Eve. Just 36 hours until a brand new year is upon us. I have all sorts of things I want to say about bidding 2014 farewell and my thoughts/goals going into 2015 so stay tuned for that over the next few posts. I wanted to switch up loving lately [...]
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How Do You Treat Your Feet?
December 12, 2014 { 6 comments }How you treat your feet is pretty important to your long-term health and ability to remain physically active. For some reason we tend to forget about our feet but they need some serious TLC. In addition to getting you through workouts and runs, they also carry you around all day, every day. I wanted to share some [...]
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Gift Inspiration: 5 Kitchen Faves
December 9, 2014 { 18 comments }So Christmas is two weeks away and I don’t know about you but I haven’t even started my shopping yet. Help!!! So in light of that I wanted to put together a post with some of my favorite gift ideas to give y’all some inspiration and me a kick to get with it. I’m going [...]
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Let’s Hear It for the Boys + Larabar Giveaway
November 21, 2014 { 216 comments }Hi and HAPPY FRIDAY! Weekends don’t really truly exist for me since I teach on Saturdays and Sundays and always end up doing blog/writing/marketing work too but I do love them because I get to sleep a little later. After five days of getting up at 5 a.m., I welcome the opportunity to sleep until 7 or 8. [...]
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Happy Friday! Erin McDermott Jewelry Giveaway
November 7, 2014 { 339 comments }Happy Friday! In celebration of an amazing week full of growth and new beginnings, I have a sweet giveaway and discount for you today from my friend Erin McDermott. Erin and I have been working together for over two years to support each other in pursuing our goals and passions (read about how we connected [...]
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Staying Active Outdoors When the Temperature Drops + Gear to Keep Me Warm
October 28, 2014 { 13 comments }If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time you know that I am so cold natured and hate being cold. Thus my love for hot yoga, hot tea, hot summer runs (yes, I’m one of those crazy people who doesn’t mind running in the heat), the space heater that sits next to [...]
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Half Marathon Training: New Shoes & Socks
October 4, 2014 { 41 comments }I’ve completed five weeks of my half marathon training plan and there are six weeks (42 days!) left until race day! Up to this point I have not missed a single scheduled training run. I think that may be a training plan record for me! This morning my alarm went off at the early hour [...]
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Misery + My First Must Have Box
September 24, 2014 { 12 comments }I am a little bit miserable right now. I got stung by a yellow jacket on Monday when I was mowing the lawn (yes…you read that right) and while it really hurt for a couple of hours after I got stung, it seemed to be fine after the initial pain wore off. Well, I woke [...]
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My New Favorite Lululemon Outfit for Running and Workouts
August 22, 2014 { 21 comments }Happy, happy Friday! We are pretty excited about the weekend over here. It’s going to be an active but fun one. I’m running the OrthoCarolina Classic 5K on Saturday morning (Charlotte readers…join me!!!) to represent Run Charlotte Run and then heading over to Metro CrossFit for our third annual Throwdown. I’m all signed up for a [...]
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After the Review: Follow Up on Results and Continued Use
July 19, 2014 { 10 comments }Hi and hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I’m in Georgia visiting with my family. My parents are in town this weekend so I decided to come too. I was thinking that I do a lot of product reviews but not a lot of follow ups. I wanted to do a post today on [...]
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Silk Almond Coconut Blend: The Perfect Non-Dairy Milk Option
July 16, 2014 { 7 comments }When I was in college I ate one of two things for breakfast, a bagel with cream cheese or jelly or Kashi Go Lean Crunch Cereal with vanilla soy milk. While times have certainly changed in regards to my breakfast preferences, one thing that hasn’t changed is my love for milk substitutes like soy, almond [...]
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Farm Fresh to Your Door from Bella Bean Organics
July 11, 2014 { 13 comments }Several weeks ago I received an email from North Carolina company Bella Bean Organics. They are a farmer grown and farmer owned GMO-free, organic food delivery service based out of Hillsborough. They work with farms around NC to deliver produce, meats and artisan goods to consumers in NC, SC, VA, DC and Maryland. They’ve also [...]
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Giving Up the Flat Iron, Pancakes & Winners
May 29, 2014 { 19 comments }Hi there! I have loved your enthusiasm this week about froyo, Coldplay and Target. Read to the end of the post for the giveaway winners! :) I have a little more shopping to share with you + some delicious recent eats. Talk about stores that suck you in and make you spend more money than [...]
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Two Sweet Giveaways
May 27, 2014 { 200 comments }Good evening. Hope it was a good day. I’m about to make it a little brighter with two SWEET giveaways! TCBY is now offering a dairy-free frozen yogurt made from Silk Almond Milk. I swung by on my way home from working out, training and teaching at the gym tonight for a little sweet treat. [...]
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My Six Favorite Hot Teas
May 8, 2014 { 31 comments }I love hot tea and typically drink at least two cups each day and some days it’s upwards of 4. I credit my mom for this as she was always making tea and offering me a cup when I was growing up. I should have taken a picture of her tea stash when I went [...]
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Take A Walk In My (Comfy!) Shoes: Reebok SkyScape Review & Giveaway
April 18, 2014 { 546 comments }When said goodbye to my 9-5 desk job and hung up my suits and dress clothes, I gained a new appreciation for comfortable shoes given that my new profession requires a lot of time on the go and on my feet. Given that I was never really a sneaker girl before, I have gained a [...]
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Blogiversary Extravaganza: Erin McDermott Jewelry Giveaway
April 16, 2014 { 477 comments }Hello, hello! I hope that Wednesday was kind to you…if it wasn’t I’m about to make it better for you with a SWEET giveaway! :) I had a pretty solid Wednesday. It started out with teaching my 6:30 a.m. yoga class at Y2. My yogis were out in full force for some hot yoga and [...]
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Glowing Green Ginger Power Smoothie {Recipe}
April 11, 2014 { 11 comments }We’re 11 days into Green Smoothie April and my favorite smoothie so far has been my green ginger creation. I’ve made it three times now and I have the recipe just right and ready to share with you! What I love most about this smoothie is that it’s almost more like a green juice in [...]
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New Beauty Products I’m Loving: Latisse, Jane Iredell & Vitamin C
April 4, 2014 { 9 comments }I can’t tell you how amazing it’s been to meet with an esthetician monthly to talk about my skin as part of my partnership with Carolina Facial Plastics. I truly feel that we are on the path to a long-term sustainable skincare routine that I can stick with for years and years to come! Today [...]
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For Your Entertainment: Zombies, Books, Movies & More
March 24, 2014 { 26 comments }Thanks for all of the thoughtful discussion yesterday’s strength training post. Keep those questions coming and again, please let me know if there are any specific fitness topics you’d like me to address in these “weekly workout” posts. I’m going to take a little more of a lighthearted approach with today’s post and share with [...]
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Loving Lately: Food Edition
March 19, 2014 { 47 comments }This week’s posts have been heavy on the food topics and I’ve got another one for you today. I will try to get a new workout up for you tomorrow. Any requests? I’m thinking lots of squats! :) I always like to get recommendations from others on new food products to try. I have discovered [...]
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ALDI Smoothie Challenge + Dinner (Tons of Recipes!)
March 12, 2014 { 24 comments }Happy Wednesday! It’s a gloomy day here in Charlotte but good for productivity. I just finished teaching yoga and having coffee with a friend and now I’m hunkered down getting work done. I’m so excited to share more of my ALDI test kitchen visit with you today. You can catch up on part one in [...]
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An Afternoon in the ALDI Test Kitchen {Giveaway!}
March 10, 2014 { 205 comments }I’ve spent the last month serving as a short-term blog ambassador for ALDI to bring awareness to not only their brand and the unique shopping and saving experience they provide but also their new focus on providing customers with nutritious and affordable food. ALDI recently launched a new organics line, Simply Nature, and introduced organic [...]
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Packing More Protein Into Breakfast with AllWhites Egg Whites {Recipe & Giveaway}
March 3, 2014 { 353 comments }Breakfast is an important meal that I never skip. There are so many benefits of eating breakfast including higher energy levels, increased mental focus, better portion control throughout the day, metabolism boost and maintaining body weight. My struggle with breakfast is getting enough protein. I blogged about how important protein is as a part of [...]
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Protein Takes You Places {Review & Giveaway}
February 24, 2014 { 247 comments }One of the most challenging aspects of my all over the place schedule is making sure that I fuel myself properly given often long stretches between meals and late dinners. I always make sure to eat a substantial breakfast, lunch and dinner but I often find myself needing a good snack, especially in the afternoon. [...]
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Suave Professionals® and a $1,000 Visa gift card giveaway!
February 11, 2014 { 504 comments }http://ads.blogherads.com/75/7551/campaigns/14/1485/1485505/x90.js Over the last few years I have become a big fan of Moroccan argan oil products for my hair and I use a Moroccan oil shampoo and a serum daily. I’ve had great results with how much moisture and shine these products add to my hair. Recently, I was offered an opportunity to try [...]