How’s your week been? Mine has been really great but it’s been rainy and gross in Charlotte. I am so ready to see the sun again. One or two days gray rainy days are nice but it begins to wear on me a bit after it goes on for multiple days. That said, I do [...]
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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 State of the Blog
October 5, 2011 { 35 comments }Dear amazing readers, have I told you lately how much I appreciate you? Seriously. No matter how crazy or how busy my days get, one of my favorite daily rituals is updating my blog. Take today, for example. It’s after 11 p.m., I taught three classes and two privates and didn’t get home until 10:30 [...]
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It’s All Good
October 3, 2011 { 27 comments }Hi and hope that Monday was kind to you! I know I sound like a broken record but my Monday was so good. With each day that passes I feel more and more confident that I made the right decision to take the leap of faith and change careers. The big news of today is [...]
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Week One Done
September 30, 2011 { 25 comments }And with Friday week one of my big career change comes to a close. My thoughts… I anticipated having a lot of downtime and the opportunity to get some things done around the house that I’ve been putting off. That was so not the case. This week honestly made me wonder how on earth I [...]
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Fall Flavors
September 26, 2011 { 23 comments }Hi guys. How was your Monday? Mine was strange…it felt more like a long weekend than the start of a new career. The next couple of weeks are going to be a bit of a challenge for me because I am going to have a lot of downtime. I’m teaching a ton (check out my [...]
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Asheville Part Two: Brunch and John Rock Hike
September 26, 2011 { 32 comments }In an effort not to overwhelm you with tons of pictures from everything we crammed into two days in Asheville, I thought it would be smart to break it into two posts. Read part one here (heavy on food + beer). And here is the Saturday recap! I somehow managed to sleep until almost 10 [...]
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My Day in Three Photos
September 21, 2011 { 20 comments }I can sum up my day in with three photos. I made a peanut butter, banana and honey sandwich for breakfast when I got to work this morning. It was necessary after a late night and very early morning. I looked like a Girl Scout today. I packed these clothes in a half-asleep stupor at [...]
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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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Happy Friday Updates
September 15, 2011 { 20 comments }Hello, hello! Long time, no update (well…2 days feels like a long time these days!). I wasn’t able to post last night so I planned on getting something up at lunch but the day got busy. Here it is 10 p.m. and I’m just sitting down to blog. I had a great morning. I set [...]
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A Little Off
September 13, 2011 { 13 comments }Today was all off. It started out with me stumbling out of bed in a half-asleep stupor at 5 a.m. and slamming my toe into a door. Which resulted in a split toenail that left me walking around all day with a half the nail polished chipped off and a throbbing big toe. And then [...]
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When It’s Good, It’s Great
September 12, 2011 { 28 comments }I taught my normal Monday hot class this evening but it was one of those classes where everything seemed right. I felt instantly engaged and connected. The moment I walked in the studio door after a long afternoon at work, I knew it was going to be good. This is in stark contrast to last [...]
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Big Red Shoes 5K and Salutation Nation
September 10, 2011 { 28 comments }It’s a beautiful Saturday in Charlotte. The sun is shining and I’m having a great day full of my favorite things – running, yoga, Starbucks, farmers market, cooking and Georgia football. I set a new 5K PR (which admittedly was not difficult given that it was only my second 5K ever). I ran my first [...]
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It’s Been A Year
September 9, 2011 { 8 comments }Hello and happy Friday. This short week has kind of thrown me for a loop but I feel like I’ve definitely crammed five days’ worth of activities into four. Though my week has been busy, busy I cannot complain because it’s been full of really good things…that I’m looking forward to sharing with you soon. [...]
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Foodie Heaven
September 5, 2011 { 14 comments }While we were in Atlanta this weekend I wanted to make sure to get a trip to the Dekalb Farmers Market in. The name is a bit misleading because it is actually a 140,000 square-foot market that features produce, meats, cheeses, dry goods, bulk products, wine and more from around the world. It is most [...]
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Gameday Returns
September 3, 2011 { 34 comments }Happy GAMEDAY! College football kicks off this weekend and we’re heading to the first Georgia football game of the season today! When you grow up in Georgia, it’s pretty hard not to become a University of Georgia football fan. Bulldog football is literally a religion in this state and engrained in you from a young [...]
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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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Weekend Love, Part II
August 28, 2011 { 28 comments }Weekend part two was equally as awesome as weekend part one. This was the first weekend in a very long time that hasn’t been devoted to studying, traveling or teaching a ridiculous number of classes and it was just perfect. Since we went out on Friday night we stayed in and cooked on Saturday. We [...]
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Weekend Love
August 27, 2011 { 26 comments }WEEKEND! :D Mine has been fabulous so far – pedicure, dinner with friends, over two glorious hours of hot yoga and getting my life organized. Last night we met our friends Lelia and Matt for dinner at Sir Edmond Halley’s. Sir Ed’s is a and old Charlotte establishment that is tucked away behind a shopping [...]
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I Caved for Mmm…
August 26, 2011 { 16 comments }Those of you who follow multiple healthy living blogs have probably noticed that trends circulate through the blog world. If it weren’t for these trends I may have never discovered my love for green smoothies, quinoa, chia seeds and overnight oats. It’s funny…I usually ignore the trends for as long as possible, refusing to jump [...]
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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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About this week…
August 16, 2011 { 7 comments }Alright, as much as I hate to do this…I’m going to have to back off of the blog a little bit this week. Don’t despair, I have a few guest posts lined up for you (and they are awesome!) but I need some time off to focus on other things. I will try to pop [...]
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Sunday on Monday
August 15, 2011 { 13 comments }Happy Monday! I hope everyone’s week is off to a great start! Final weekend update for you before we roll into the new week. I spent most of my Sunday at Y2 Yoga teaching the morning and afternoon 90-minute hot classes. Both were fabulous. I’m not sure what it is but some days the energy [...]
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NoDa Night
August 13, 2011 { 13 comments }Hey, hey! Hope everyone is having a great weekend! I owe you a Friday recap…it was a really good one so let’s get right to it. First, I got to start my day with yoga, which was amazing. I have been so busy lately that I’ve been limited to practicing 2-3 times per week. I’m [...]
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A Much Better Day
August 11, 2011 { 19 comments }Today was a much better day. Eight hours of sleep was just what I needed to get my day started right. Sometimes it’s nice to give myself a break from the 5 a.m. wake up calls and sleep in a bit.I finally rolled out of bed and got ready for work at 7:45 this morning. [...]
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Burgers and Fries
August 8, 2011 { 17 comments }I’m not sure how it’s already 10:45 on Sunday evening. This weekend really flew by. Catching up on the weekend? Friday I had a really bad day and on Saturday I tortured Brandon with yoga! ;) We went out for dinner Friday and Saturday night so we were in the mood to hang out at [...]
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The Time I Tortured My Husband with Yoga
August 7, 2011 { 12 comments }We had a great Saturday but it was so busy that I never got a chance to sit down and blog about it. When we finally arrived home at 11:30 last night, I pretty much collapsed into bed and fell asleep immediately. I practiced and taught yoga at Y2 on Saturday morning. I had an [...]
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Crazy Ashtanga and Homemade Noodles
August 2, 2011 { 31 comments }The second day of August has been eve better than the first! Although I’m not loving this very moment because Brandon is watching True Blood and this show really creeps me out. Focusing my attention on blogging… I was up at 5 this morning to get an early ashtanga practice in at the studio. I [...]
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Beach Bums
July 30, 2011 { 20 comments }We’re having a great time at the beach with our friends! Lots of beach time. Bocce ball, boogie boarding (= awesome!), naps, chats. Blackened fish sandwich for lunch Friday. Beer-garitas = also awesome. Have you tried these? They are surprisingly tasty! One can of lemon-lime concentrate, one can tequila, two light beers and ice. Perfect [...]
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Beach Surprise
July 29, 2011 { 28 comments }Well, the secret can come out now! We are in Amelia Island, Florida! The reason for all of the secrecy was that we are here to celebrate my friend Cristen’s 30th birthday…and it was a surprise to her that we were coming! Her husband planned for us to be here months ago and we all [...]
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Hot Sunday
July 24, 2011 { 24 comments }A quick update on part two of my weekend (part one here) before I crash…I have a goal to be in bed by 9:30 tonight! I “slept in” until 7:30 this morning, which these days sadly is sleeping in. I had an English muffin with peanut butter, honey and banana with black coffee while I [...]
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Busy (Teaching) Bee
July 23, 2011 { 7 comments }Happy weekend. Here’s what my Saturday looked like. I opened the yoga studio at 7 this morning and closed it at 5 this evening. I subbed four classes for a grand total of FIVE hours of teaching. To say that I am exhausted would be an understatement. And not only did I teach four classes [...]
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Restorative
July 19, 2011 { 20 comments }The past few weeks have been a little off with regards to my workouts due to my hamstring injury. Rather than continuing to push through increasingly worsening pain, I’ve backed off of it to allow for recovery and healing. I haven’t run in 17 days (who’s counting?) and I’ve scaled back my yoga practice. Absent [...]
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The Things You Don’t See
July 14, 2011 { 14 comments }Recently I have received quite a few questions through email and comments on posts about my daily eats. The questions mainly focus on what I eat throughout the day, when I snack and if I show everything I eat on the blog. I most definitely think this is worth addressing for everyone. First and foremost, [...]
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Clumsy in the Kitchen
July 10, 2011 { 29 comments }It’s hard to say how many times I’ve burned myself while cooking. Let’s see…there was the time that I took a cookie sheet out of the oven and then reached up to get something out of a cabinet leaving a burn across my belly. Then there was the time that I was heating jam in [...]
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Pizza, Peacock, Pool – A Happy Fourth!
July 4, 2011 { 16 comments }Back to the real world and catching up? (Why can’t every weekend be a four-day weekend? Waaaahhh….) We Went to Georgia! Part One and Part Two. Sullie turned FIVE! Beware, cute golden retriever photos! Our long weekend was fabulous! We arrived home from Georgia late Saturday evening and decided to go out for pizza and [...]
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Melon Head
July 3, 2011 { 7 comments }I took yesterday off of blogging since we were busy visiting with family and then traveling and as a result I feel behind. Lots to catch you up on! First of all, I hope everyone is having a fun July 4th weekend! We’ve enjoyed being able to spend part of the weekend with family and [...]
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Super Fit Saturday
June 26, 2011 { 16 comments }I’m settling down from the craziness of the weekend at 10 p.m. on Sunday night to finally tell you about it! We’re going to have to do this in two parts because it would probably be the longest post ever if I tried to cover it all in one. Saturday was a special event that [...]
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Weekend Build Up
June 24, 2011 { 12 comments }I keep typing and deleting, typing and deleting…this is a nightly occurrence. Figuring out how to start posts is usually the hardest part about writing them. That and coming up with a title. I am majorly title-challenged. Anyway…how was your Friday? Mine was okay. Like I do every Friday (or really just about every morning), [...]
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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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A Birthday Boy
June 21, 2011 { 22 comments }Guess who has a birthday on Wednesday!? Wish my sweet husband a happy birthday! He’s 29…just one more year until the big 3-0! I like to tease him about it. And just for fun, check out my happy birthday post for him last year. It’s a good one! :P Side note, I love that I [...]
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Reunited
June 18, 2011 { 11 comments }Happy weekend! I hope everyone is having fun and getting ready to celebrate Father’s Day! My weekend has been great so far. Friday night my yoga teacher training group had a reunion party. The evening was full of good food, wine and Skinny Girl margaritas and some rather interesting conversation. I contributed baked brie in [...]
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It’s My Birthday!
June 15, 2011 { 420 comments }Tomorrow (Thursday – when most of you will be reading this!) is my birthday! I will be 28 although I had someone at work today guess that I was 24. I just had a moment of weakness and thought that maybe I would post a baby picture but I’m going to save that for a [...]
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Get Strong
June 13, 2011 { 38 comments }Okay, you know that I sing the praises of strength training all the time. I honestly believe that it changes the shape of your body and your muscles like nothing else can. I love teaching BodyPump and strength training classes! I’ve been promising you guys a glimpse into how I strength train for a while [...]
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Back to Charlotte + 8 Miler
June 11, 2011 { 6 comments }Look who’s happy that I’m home. I drove back to Charlotte this evening. I got in around 7 and Sullie hasn’t left my side since. I was only gone for two nights! It was really hard to leave my grandmother after such a great visit. She said she felt like a movie star after reading [...]
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Friday with Mema
June 10, 2011 { 38 comments }I have to say that I enjoyed your comments on my last post but my grandmother loved them. I know I’ve mentioned this before but she reads my blog every day! When I got home from my run this morning she had just read the “Surprise Visit” post and said that it made her a [...]
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A Surprise Visit
June 9, 2011 { 32 comments }Hello from Georgia! Surprise! I decided Wednesday afternoon that I was going to come visit my grandmother for a few days. I packed the car up at lunch today and hit the road after work. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate with my travel plans and I battled quite a few severe thunderstorms (hail, cloud [...]
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Somebody’s Watching Me
June 8, 2011 { 25 comments }I loved hearing how you beat the blahs. I also loved how many responses I got about pets improving your mood. I type this as Sullie has her head in my lap and is looking at me with “pat me” eyes. (Or maybe she’s just begging for the peanut butter toast that I’m eating! ;)) [...]
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Beating the Blahs
June 7, 2011 { 28 comments }I truly appreciate your encouragement and kind words on today’s post. I really needed to get that out there. I promise to keep you updated on how things are going – good and bad. You know what helps when you’re feeling blah? The cute face of my sunbathing sweet golden retriever! ;) Seriously, it’s 90 [...]
