5:30 a.m. – alarm…get up, pack bag for morning activities, pack breakfast, get dressed 6 a.m. – teach hot yoga…hot, hot, hot practice! 7:15 a.m. – finish cleaning room and head up to shower and get ready to train clients I packed chia pudding to eat while I’m getting ready. Lots of fun toppings! :) [...]
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Escaping Winter Storm Jonas + Things To Read + Ways to Sweat
January 23, 2016 { 12 comments }Good morning and happy Saturday. Let me first start by saying that I hope all of you being impacted by Winter Storm Jonas are safe and warm. I couldn’t believe the coverage coming out of DC, NY and NJ this morning on The Weather Channel. We definitely had our fair share of winter weather in [...]
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Tuesday in the Life: 1.19.16
January 20, 2016 { 31 comments }I decided to document a day in the life yesterday and was surprised to find this morning in my TimeHop that I did a “Tuesday in the Life” exactly one year ago today! Guess it was meant to be. Here goes… 5:35 a.m. – alarm goes off and I am awakened from a super deep [...]
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Monday in the Life: Saved by the Crock Pot
September 21, 2015 { 14 comments }4:50 a.m. – wake up 5 minutes before my alarm is set to go off. I love this. I feel a million times better when I wake up naturally. 5 a.m. – get out of bed and let Zoey out of her crate. We cuddle and hang out while I make some tea. Sullie is [...]
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Day in the Life Tuesday: August 2015
August 25, 2015 { 19 comments }Day in the life Tuesday for you today. For whatever reason I seem to always do these posts on Tuesdays and it’s fun to look back at past years and compare. – Here’s a day in the life from 2011 in my first month of a full-time career in fitness. – Here’s a day in [...]
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Let’s Catch Up: Learning to Snap and Scope, Yoga Teacher Training, Goldens and More!
August 20, 2015 { 16 comments }Good morning! Some bloggers do these “coffee talk” posts where they conversationally write leading with, “if we were having coffee right now, I’d share…” But sadly, my coffee is empty. So we’ll just chat. I had a sweaty and tearful start to my day. I taught my 6 a.m. and it was my friend Virginia’s [...]
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Day in the Life 7.22.15
July 22, 2015 { 20 comments }5:55 a.m. – Alarm goes off and I do a quick scan of email and social as I try to get my eyes open. I give myself 5 minutes in bed before I have to get up and get moving. 6 a.m. – Get out of bed and start getting ready for the gym. I [...]
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Birthday in the Life + Friend Celebration
June 18, 2015 { 23 comments }Thanks to all of you for the sweet birthday messages on Instagram and on the blog. This has been one of those birthdays that seems to stretch out over a few days! Last year I shared a “Day in the Life: Birthday Edition” post after my birthday so I thought I’d do that again this [...]
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Monday in the Life + Scenes from the Weekend
April 27, 2015 { 3 comments }Monday is always a crazy but fun start to the week for me. I train clients at 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. and then head to the studio to teach at 8:15 a.m. and usually take the class after to get my practice out of the way while I’m already sweaty. I shower and head back [...]
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My Week + Girl Power + Roasted Veggie Love
March 25, 2015 { 8 comments }Hi! This week is totally nuts but really amazing at the same time. As much as I hoped it was allergies, I’m pretty certain I have a cold. The worst part is that it has been going since Friday and presents itself with different symptoms every day ranging from a stuffy nose to nausea to [...]
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A Fun “Celebrity” Week + Should the pups get their own Instagram account?
March 13, 2015 { 34 comments }Hi and happy Friday! I’ve had a really good week…work was steady busy but not crazy busy…which is always nice. I’ve REALLY been working on cutting back and being smarter about how I arrange my schedule. It’s working! This afternoon I had the BRILLIANT idea to add chocolate chips and dried cranberries to my peanut [...]
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A Long Travel Day + Lost Bags + Cute Zoey…and More!
February 26, 2015 { 14 comments }I am happy to report that I’m back in Charlotte. Today was a LONG day! My alarm when off at 4 a.m. in Cancun. Our group of stranded stragglers met in the lobby of our hotel at 4:45 a.m. to head to the airport. (Thanks to the Marriott Casamagna for accommodating us when our trip [...]
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I Love My Reality…Monday In The Life
February 2, 2015 { 16 comments }It was back to reality today but I love my reality so it was a happy Monday! :) I kicked off my day with a 4:55 a.m. wake up call to train clients. I ate half of a banana with almond butter and made a cup of Every Day Detox Tea to take to the [...]
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Friday in Paradise
January 30, 2015 { 17 comments }Happy Friday! It’s been a beautiful day here in Punta Cana! We were shocked to wake up this morning and discover it was 9:45. We slept 10+ hours last night. We decided to get moving with a poolside yoga practice led by one of my friends who is also a yoga teacher. It was sweaty, [...]
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Lately: So Much Yoga, A TV Appearance & Vacation
January 22, 2015 { 25 comments }A quick post tonight to say hi. And I’m tired! I have taught five hot yoga classes in the last two days. Three on Wednesday and two on Thursday. Let me state for the record that I am not complaining. I absolutely love each and every class that I have the honor to teach for so many [...]
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Day in the Life: One Week Until Christmas
December 18, 2014 { 5 comments }5 a.m. – alarm 5:05 a.m. – make it out of bed to let Sullie out, make a shot of espresso and get dressed for the gym. For whatever reason, this was an especially tough morning for me and I was SO tired. 5:30 a.m. – the girls (I took both of them today!) and [...]
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Monday in the Life
October 21, 2014 { 23 comments }Hey there. I am moving fast…but it’s a blur of good. I woke up at 1 a.m. last night and started to panic about everything that I have on my plate (the middle of the night will do that to you every time!) but I reframed my anxiety to focus on feeling gratitude for the [...]
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My Perfect Friday Night + Day In The Life
September 26, 2014 { 24 comments }Hey and happy weekend! I’ve reached a new level of lame (and awesome at the same time). My Friday night has included working out, the grocery store, a walk with the pup, cooking homemade pizza, painting my nails and watching a combo of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader show and a Sex and the City marathon. It’s [...]
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Day in the Life Friday
August 8, 2014 { 2 comments }Hello and happy Friday! Here’s a little day in the life for you. 4:55 a.m. – alarm goes off. I didn’t get in bed until midnight the night before due to the baseball game and then work stuff when I got home so that alarm came early. 5:30 a.m. – train my first client. I [...]
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Day In The Life Thursday
July 24, 2014 { 19 comments }4:55 a.m. – alarm goes off. Check phone in bed until second alarm goes off at 5 a.m. I get up to train clients at 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. Sullie stays in bed. This is the regular for her. She never gets up until I get home from my morning gym sessions and then she’s [...]
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Day in the Life: A Holiday Week
July 3, 2014 { 8 comments }4:50 a.m. – alarm goes off. I didn’t fall asleep until midnight (with the help of a guided meditation) so this felt very early after three weeks straight of 5:30 a.m. clients and lack of quality sleep. 5:30 a.m. – gym to train a client who is in her third trimester and a close friend [...]
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Day in the Life: When Clients Cancel, A Good Run, My Book is Done!
May 2, 2014 { 28 comments }Happy Friday! Happy Friday! Happy Friday! I’ve got two big reasons to be happy today. 1) I turned in the FINAL draft of my book yesterday! 2) I’m celebrating with a trip to the beach to visit my parents. Flying out at 6 a.m. Saturday and can’t wait! So I thought I would do a [...]
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Day in the Life Tuesday: Fitness Pro & Yoga Teacher
January 21, 2014 { 47 comments }Hey, hey. I have a day in the life post for you today because today was one of those “what happened to my entire day?” kind of days. I had so much work I wanted to get done for Metro and my blog but teaching and training took over and I just ran out of [...]
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Day in the Life Monday
December 30, 2013 { 7 comments }I thought today was a good “day in the life” post for you. It’s a little different because almost all of my PT clients are traveling and not training this week but it still gives you a good idea of what a working day looks like for me. 6 a.m. – alarm goes off. I [...]