I wasn’t the only one having a rough morning yesterday. Sullie seemed to be in quite a funk too. I came home at lunch and gave her lots of love. We cheered each other up. Puppy cuddles (especially of the golden retriever variety) are the best. I was craving eggs so I made a scramble [...]
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Such A Girl
April 19, 2012 { 38 comments }What a day. I feel like I’ve been going full-speed ahead but haven’t even made a dent in my to do list. I had a productive morning…taught a yoga private, meetings, emails and trained clients but then my afternoon was a disaster. Let me explain… We were supposed to max out on shoulder press, back [...]
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A Sad Dinner And A Happy Dessert
March 27, 2012 { 30 comments }It’s going to be a hot topic this week so get ready but I have to give a shout to all the 7-Day Green Smoothie Challenge participants. We’re up to about 85 now! I am LOVING all of the recipe suggestions and have so many ideas for new combos to try this week. I stepped [...]
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Squats, Lunges and Cupcakes
March 15, 2012 { 33 comments }Remember the workout I posted yesterday? It ended up taking me about 30 minutes total to complete with the running and CrossFit WOD and clearly it was effective because my glutes (we’ll be PC here) are sore today. When girls ask me “how do I get rid of this” while pointing to their upper thighs, [...]
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Shaking
March 6, 2012 { 43 comments }I am happy to be sitting down right now. It’s 8 a.m. and I’ve already done 150 dead lifts and 150 pushups. I was shaking after the workout. Ashley, Shannon and Elizabeth from Lululemon joined me bright and early at Metro to do the CrossFit workout of the day. It was 10 rounds of 15 [...]
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New Workout Playlist
February 1, 2012 { 36 comments }I love music and one of my favorite things about teaching yoga is being able to put together playlists for my classes. I’m pretty crazy about it and spend waaaayyy too much time looking for new songs and artists. Also, I teach so many classes every week that I get sick of my music so [...]
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550
January 26, 2012 { 28 comments }This is post number 550 on PBR! I somehow managed to blow right past 500 so I felt like I had to acknowledge 550. It feels like a huge milestone. I can’t believe that I’m approaching my second blog anniversary in April. I just love the direction that the blog has taken and I’m so [...]
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All Over
January 25, 2012 { 27 comments }Where am I? What day is it? The last 48 hours have been insane. Since you last heard from me I have taught six yoga classes (at three different locations!), taught BodyPump, trained two clients and had a couple of appointments and meetings. Craziness but I completely love it. I didn’t get a chance to [...]
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Ghandi Inspired Giveaway
January 23, 2012 { 393 comments }Because it’s Monday… Because I had to drive four hours in fog and rain… Because I am feeling inspired by “Ghandi’s Top 10 Fundamentals for Changing the World”… It’s giveaway time! Keep reading…details are coming. I slept until about 8 this morning and then came downstairs for breakfast and coffee with my grandmother. I don’t even [...]
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Powered By Coffee And Carbs
January 18, 2012 { 14 comments }It was a busy Tuesday! I kicked off the day by teaching a 7 a.m. yoga class followed by a yoga private and a training client. I had a little bit of downtime before my lunch class so I took a break from the gym and headed over to Sunflour Bakery to get some computer work [...]
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Scenes from Christmas Eve Dinner
December 25, 2011 { 5 comments }Merry Christmas! I hope you are enjoying Christmas morning. So far I have slept later than planned (which will result in no time for a morning run), guzzled coffee and eaten cake for breakfast. Now it’s time to tackle wrapping gifts. Yes, I’m am one of the world’s worst procrastinators. It’s all good. :P Before [...]
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Will You Ever Post About Running Again?
December 5, 2011 { 28 comments }Happy Monday! I had intentions of getting a post up yesterday but found myself in bed at 9 p.m. instead. Oops. Sometimes rest has to take precedence over blogging. So, I just received a comment on my last post asking, “Will you ever post about running again?” Excellent question. The answer to that is yes but it’s not [...]
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Friday Night Distractions
December 3, 2011 { 12 comments }What’s the best way to recover from a tough week? Wine. McManis Petite Sirah is one of my all-time favorites. Sushi at Yama. Started with a seaweed salad. YES. I have had a serious sushi craving for weeks. (image) Edward. (image) Or wait, maybe now my loyalties have changed. Jacob. ;) Breaking Dawn was just [...]
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Food Truck Fun
October 7, 2011 { 6 comments }Happy Friday! I have a quick break between classes so I thought that I would get you updated before the weekend. Be on the lookout, I’m going to be posting my first real workout post this weekend. I did an outdoor cardio strength circuit yesterday that I want to share with you. It was a [...]
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The Great Cookie Debate
September 20, 2011 { 33 comments }I received a question on my last post about whether I’m a crunchy or soft cookie fan. I am 100% in the soft cookie camp. My dad started me on this young. He made the best chocolate chip cookies and always under baked them. Although I must agree with Tiff that cookie dough is also [...]
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a day of silence
September 11, 2011 { 11 comments }in much the same way that it was difficult for me to know the right words to say as i led my yoga class this morning, i am unsure of the right words to say on this blog today. to talk about my weekend and the things i have been doing seems trivial and even [...]
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Build Your Own
August 31, 2011 { 17 comments }I was so excited to receive so much positive feedback on my Stress Less post. Unfortunately, I know that stress is something that most of us can relate to so I think it’s important to focus on dealing with it in healthy ways. So no photos from my day yesterday because I was on a [...]
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Since I’ve Been Gone
August 23, 2011 { 17 comments }Sung to the tune of Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone” – haha… Here is a glimpse of what has been happening in my life since I have been kind of MIA the past few days. #1 Birthday Celebrations We went to my friend Sarah’s house on Sunday night to celebrate her birthday. Sarah was [...]
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Fueled by Ice Cream
August 18, 2011 { 138 comments }Here for a quick check in. This sums up my week… :Daze: Let me reinforce that…I haven’t practiced yoga in a week…and with the lack of yoga has come a sizable increase in coffee and ice cream consumption. A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do. Thanks for the great comments on Stef’s guest [...]
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When It Rains…
August 5, 2011 { 11 comments }…it pours. It’s been one of those days. It started out good enough – I subbed the 6:30 a.m. Friday hot vinyasa class at Y2 (which I always take) because my teacher was out of town. And although I honestly missed practicing, I loved teaching the yogis that I usually practice beside. I had a [...]
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Kitchen Therapy
July 25, 2011 { 19 comments }It’s been quite a Monday. I left the house at 5:30 this morning to teach BodyPump, made a quick trip home at lunch to eat and pack clothes and then taught yoga and had another commitment after work. I didn’t get home until 9 p.m. Call me crazy but the only thing that I wanted [...]
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Friday News Updates
June 23, 2011 { 15 comments }Happy Friday!!!! :lol: How has your first (official) week of summer been? Mine has been pretty good with the exception of wishing that I could get down to Georgia to see my grandmother. First things first, some PBR news. Check out my guest post on Scatterbrain Jane about training for your first half marathon. Sweet [...]
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Monday positivity…and dress details!
June 6, 2011 { 27 comments }Did you survive Monday? I find that Monday sets the tone for my week so I always try to go into it with a positive attitude and think about all the good things I have to look forward to during the week. My Monday started out wonderfully – I slept until 7:30 a.m.! I am [...]
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Alaina’s Story – My Path to Bliss
May 14, 2011 { 15 comments }Today’s guest post comes to us from Alaina at The Jogging Concierge. She lives in the Boston area and is a concierge for a four-star hotel. Alaina blogs about running, life, her husband’s deployment to Afghanistan and her experiences as a concierge. Alaina and I became friends through the blog world last fall and love [...]
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The ABCs of Jen
March 17, 2011 { 37 comments }My first idea for this post was to do a “Fun Fact Friday” and then I remembered the “ABCs of Me” that’s been circulating the blog world for the past couple months. I thought this would be an easy way to share some fun facts with y’all! A. Age: 27 B. Bed size: Queen…and Sullie [...]
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Homemade Awake Tea Latte & Baking Night
March 16, 2011 { 13 comments }And I’m back! I wish I could say that my night off of blogging was super relaxing but it was actually jam-packed with subbing a BodyPump class, grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning. We didn’t sit down to eat dinner until 9:30! The good news is that Wednesday is “no AM workout day” so I did [...]
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Gratitude
March 11, 2011 { 18 comments }I have been feeling overwhelming gratitude for all the good in my life. Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. – Brian Tracy For the arrival of spring and these [...]
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Nicaragua Bake Sale – TODAY
March 3, 2011 { 0 comments }I’m here with a lunch break post today to announce a special event happening on Katie’s blog today. This involves the possibility that I will bake delicious Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars for you so listen up! Katie is in graduate school for dietetics and has committed to spending her spring break in Nicaragua to [...]
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An Unplanned Rest Day
February 2, 2011 { 22 comments }I went to bed last night to the sound of rain and thought it was going to continue into the morning (that’s what I get for trusting the weather man). I was so sad to wake up at 7:15 and discover sunny skies and warm (relatively) temperatures. There just wasn’t enough time to squeeze in [...]
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An Old Dinner Favorite Returns
January 19, 2011 { 15 comments }I am thoroughly entertained right now. I’m watching American Idol for the first time in years and it’s awesome. Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez are complete pushovers (um, and Steven Tyler loves the ladies)! Did anyone else catch the Michael Jackson impersonators attempt at Miley’s “Party in the USA?” Priceless. Moving on. Wow, where do [...]
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Better Butter Winners
January 17, 2011 { 2 comments }Thank you again for your interest in the Better Butter giveaway. The founder of the company, Marina, has been blown away by your interest in Better Butter! Marina and I have been exchanging emails for a few weeks now and I love her story. She left her safe, corporate job to start her own company. [...]
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Decisions
December 16, 2010 { 27 comments }I am currently in the midst of making a decision (which I hope to be able to share with you early next week) and I am really struggling with it. This has been going on for weeks now and while I am the first to admit that I am terribly indecisive in general, this particular [...]
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It’s Thanksgiving Eve!
November 24, 2010 { 3 comments }Happy Thanksgiving Eve! I’m sure you are all busy cooking, traveling or spending time with family but I just wanted to give you a quick update since I wasn’t able to post yesterday. We were called in for last minute babysitting duty for our nieces. Despite my mile-long to do list, I couldn’t say no [...]
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Five Things I’m Loving
November 16, 2010 { 15 comments }My friend Ashely writes really fun posts about five things she’s loving at the moment. I always enjoy reading these posts and thought I would borrow her idea tonight. So here are five things that I’m loving right now. 1. Hoodies. My cold weather go-to for comfort. I’ve been wearing them nonstop for the last [...]
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Cake Indecision
November 10, 2010 { 23 comments }My very sweet niece (and goddaughter!) is turning one on Saturday! Of course, I volunteered for cake duty but with this comes much indecision. I always drive myself crazy trying to pick out the perfect thing. For Emerson’s 2nd birthday (my older niece) last February, I made butterfly cupcakes. They were a huge hit. Here [...]
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Menu Plan – Week of 8/23 (late!)
August 23, 2010 { 1 comment }Apologies for the very late menu planning post today but I taught BodyPump this morning, went straight to work where I played catch up after being out Thursday and Friday and then hit the yoga studio (for what turned out to be the hardest class I have attended in a long time – totally caught [...]
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Menu Plan – Week of 8/16
August 16, 2010 { 0 comments }Better late than never, right? Here’s the menu plan for this week. Please keep in mind that I’m only preparing meals Sunday-Wednesday this week because we’re flying to DC on Thursday for a long weekend! Sunday Grilled ribeye (using the T-Rex method) topped with blue cheese Grilled zucchini, squash and mushrooms Roasted Spiced Sweet Potatoes [...]
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Menu Plan – Week of 8/9
August 9, 2010 { 0 comments }Sorry for the late menu planning post this week. We’re traveling a lot in August so it’s going to be hard for me to get menus planned on Sundays but I promise I will get the menu plan up at some point – even if it’s later on Mondays. Since we’re traveling so much the [...]
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Menu Plan – Week of 8/1
August 2, 2010 { 1 comment }Here’s the menu for the week. Bon Appetit! Sunday Seared Tuna with Wasabi Aioli Sushi rice Frozen Asian vegetable medley Monday Baked Eggplant Parmesan or Eggplan Napoleon Parmesan Salad Pasta (I probably will just have eggplant and salad) Tuesday Grilled organic chicken breasts on the Big Green Egg – we’ll just season them with a [...]
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Menu Plan – Week of 7/25
July 26, 2010 { 2 comments }I’m really excited about this week’s menu plan. Several fun dinners and a baking project! :D Sunday Fig and Prosciutto Pizza – the figs are finally starting to ripen on my mother in law’s tree! Expect lots of fig-inspired things in the coming weeks. Monday Chile Marinated Pork in the Style of Oaxaca (translation: pork [...]
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Menu Plan – Week of 6/28
June 28, 2010 { 3 comments }And I’m back with the weekly menu plan. Sorry that I didn’t post last week’s but we had tons going on and dinners were a little crazy and unplanned. I’m happy to be back on track this week. I have some more involved meals and baking projects planned this week due to my time off [...]
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Menu Plan – Week of 6/13
June 14, 2010 { 0 comments }Last week’s menu planning post was very well received so I will continue to share our weekly menu plans. I created this week’s menu plan on Sunday afternoon while I watched The Avett Brothers perform at Bonnaroo on YouTube. It was an awesome show! I kind of felt like I was at Bonnaroo but with [...]
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A Year's Journey
June 9, 2010 { 7 comments }It’s amazing how much life can change in one year. Recently I have been thinking about our life in Birmingham and in disbelief that it’s been a year since law school graduation and our move to Charlotte. I’ve been working on this post for the last couple days to give you a glimpse of then [...]
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Sickness Not Welcome Here
May 25, 2010 { 0 comments }Today was not an exciting day. I kind of can’t believe that I’m updating you guys with the details…so hang with me here. Breakfast was Apple Cinnamon Oats (no picture) but delicious. 1/3 cup oats, 2 tablespoons Bob’s Red Mill 10-Grain Cereal, dash salt, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup skim milk, raisins and Trader Joe’s [...]
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Peanut Butter Runner Makes its Debut!
April 16, 2010 { 8 comments }WELCOME TO PEANUT BUTTER RUNNER!!! I’m in a bit of disbelief that I’m actually writing the first post for my new healthy living blog. The main thing I want readers to know is that I’m serious about this blog. It was not created with a “me too” mentality but because I truly want to inspire [...]