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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Recent Eats: Half Marathon Hunger
October 10, 2014 { 35 comments }My half marathon training plan is officially kicking my ass a little! I’m on week 6 of 11 and this is the halfway rest week in my training plan. After five weeks of increasing intensity, I finally get to take a step back. No speed work or long runs this week. Just lots of easy [...]
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Recent Eats: Bolognese, Scallops + The Best Apples
October 2, 2014 { 34 comments }Oh my gosh. Today was nuts! I literally didn’t stop moving all day. For those of you who love “day in the life” here’s brief synopsis of mine. 5:30-9 a.m. – gym…train 3 clients and meeting 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – home for breakfast, write first PBR blog post, respond to comments and so [...]
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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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Fall For Real + Recent Eats
September 23, 2014 { 18 comments }As much as I’ve tried to avoid fall and have complained about all the early pumpkin pushing, it’s here. Today is the first full day of fall and it sure does feel like it in Charlotte. It’s 60 degrees, gray and raining on and off. My body and mind are feeling the change of seasons. I woke up [...]
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Recent Eats: Coconut Curry, Flatbread, Zuchhini Carrot Bread
September 10, 2014 { 29 comments }The week has been off to a delicious start over here! I did some baking on Sunday afternoon and made this zucchini carrot quick bread. I was hoping to share the recipe with you but it’s not quite ready yet. I want to try it again with a few modifications and see if I can take it [...]
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Reducing Food Waste + Recent Eats
September 7, 2014 { 24 comments }This is the time of year where I want to buy ALL of the food at the farmers market. I get so sad about the end of summer produce that I buy too much of it. This was the state of my fridge last week. A little much for one, huh!? I’m happy to report that [...]
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Job Love + Blog Direction + Recent Eats
September 2, 2014 { 47 comments }Hi everyone. I hope the return to the real world after the long weekend was kind to all of you. Not gonna lie, I groaned when the alarm went off at 5:30 a.m. but once my feet were on the floor I made it a happy and productive day. One thing that starts my days on [...]
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Recent Eats: Lunch Bowls, Lots of Mexican, Pizza & Ranch
August 26, 2014 { 22 comments }Hi and happy Tuesday! It’s the most beautiful morning here in Charlotte. It’s 73 degrees, sunny and the humidity is low. It was like this yesterday too and I went for an awesome four mile sunset run to soak it all up…before it’s 97 degrees again on Friday. This is how we roll in the [...]
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Updates + Summer Loving Eats
August 18, 2014 { 20 comments }Happy Monday! I started my week off with 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. clients before coming home to this cutie. Sullie has a case of the Mondays and is being a little lazy but I am ready go GO! That my be in part thanks to the fact that I’m working on my second grande dark [...]
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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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Right Now I Feel + Recent Eats
August 7, 2014 { 21 comments }So…life lately. I don’t think I knew how much I need that beach getaway with my friend until I got there, relaxed and realized that I felt happier than I have in a long time. And then I came home and that feeling has stayed with me. We do this thing in yoga teacher training where [...]
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Recent Eats: Beach Edition (so much good food!)
July 30, 2014 { 10 comments }Beach eats have been nothing but good! I have been fed so many delicious things here… The first night we had grilled flank steak, asparagus, salad, roasted potatoes and quiche. What a feast! Another dinner was pasta with sauteed shrimp and scallops with salad and green beans. These sea scallops were so good. We went out [...]
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Weekend Away: Home in Georgia
July 20, 2014 { 10 comments }I spent the weekend in Georgia visiting my grandmother and parents who were also in town visiting. Getting out of Charlotte was just what the doctor ordered. Here are some photos from my weekend. I stopped at Om Yoga on my way out of town to pick up my paycheck and couldn’t resist a stop [...]
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A Different Kind of Lately
July 17, 2014 { 10 comments }Hi and we made it to Friday. What a week!!! Y’all, for the first time in three years I worked 40 hours in a week in an office job and I’m IN LOVE! I am so passionate about this new project that I’m working on. It’s totally lighting me up. Today was our big launch [...]
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Recent Eats & Renovations
July 15, 2014 { 20 comments }Good morning. First, this. The light of my life. Second, this. That would be my gutters, removed from the house, sitting in my front yard. What began as a small repair project has morphed into a whole new ball game. And what began with just replacing my kitchen counter tops has morphed into exterior work, [...]
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Recent Eats: Fig Love
July 7, 2014 { 27 comments }I have some great posts planned for you later this week including a recipe for the BEST chicken enchiladas, a giveaway, a workout and more. But first, I’m going to catch you up on some recent eats. I have received so much great feedback on these posts and the ideas/inspiration that they generate. This week’s [...]
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Recent Eats: So Much Good + Too Much Kale
July 1, 2014 { 19 comments }I’m so excited to share this recent eats post with you. I have several new, creative and fun meals to share with you…but also a word of advice (read on for more!). I have been having a great time in the kitchen playing around with summer produce. I feel like I waited so long for [...]
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Recent Eats: Eating Out
June 27, 2014 { 6 comments }Happy Friday! I am so happy to see the arrival of the weekend. This was a brutal week for me in terms of sleep. I was out every night with various social engagements and up every morning for 5:30 a.m. clients. I do teach on Saturday and Sunday mornings but getting up at 7 a.m. [...]
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A Slow-Paced Tuesday + Recent Eats
June 24, 2014 { 7 comments }Tuesday used to be the busiest day of the week for me and I was crazy busy running all over town to train and teach. Lately they’ve been a pretty relaxed day for me. If I did a “day in the life” post today, you’d all be pretty surprised. I started early with 5:30 and [...]
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Recent Eats: The Cake Edition
June 19, 2014 { 22 comments }Hello and TGIF! Thursday was a beast for me. I had training clients at 5:30 a.m., 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. followed by a gym management meeting, another training client, teaching hot yoga and book club this afternoon/evening. I arrived home at 10 p.m. and was DONE! One thing I do [...]
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A Day In the Life: Birthday Edition
June 17, 2014 { 19 comments }Hi there! Sorry I’ve been MIA for a couple of days but I was soaking up momma + bday time. Here’s a look at my birthday in photos. It was a great day and I felt so lucky to have my mom here with me for it! It started bright and early at Metro where I coached [...]
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Puppy Fever + Recent Eats + Lately
June 11, 2014 { 22 comments }So…I have a little tinge of puppy fever. I met up with a friend from yoga yesterday to chat and she brought her adorable golden retriever puppy, Bear, to hang out with us. We sat on the ground and cuddled like this for at least five minutes. He was so sweet and had those razor [...]
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Lately: Food + Life
June 4, 2014 { 26 comments }Hi and good evening. Thanks for the great feedback on the Arm Sculpting Workout. I was excited to hear from several of you that you already tried it. For those of you who had questions about my use of the word toning in the graphic, I’m just going to state that it’s a common catch [...]
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The Weekend + Love, Empowerment & Acceptance for All
June 1, 2014 { 11 comments }I wish I could say that my weekend was full of fun and exciting things but about all I’ve got for you is book writing, avocados and a cute golden retriever. I received an 80 page word document full of tracked changes to review from my copy editor that was due by Sunday evening. It [...]
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Making It Worth It
May 30, 2014 { 21 comments }I tell my clients, students, friends and family all the time that all the hard work that is put into healthy eating and exercise isn’t worth it if you can’t live a little and splurge here and there. I put this into practice all the time. Take yesterday for example… My day started with pancakes. [...]
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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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Memorial Day Weekend, Part Two + Recent Eats
May 27, 2014 { 27 comments }Memorial Day Weekend part two was nowhere near as eventful as part one. I spent most of the latter half of the weekend in front of the computer wrapping up this little project… It turns out that my editor and I were kind of on separate thought trains about the direction of this book so [...]
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Recent Eats: Needing A Salad Break & A Nap
May 22, 2014 { 14 comments }Hi everyone! Hope you’re having a great day! As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I have a lot going on this week with deadlines and projects on top of doing more personal training. This week has been full of early mornings and today I had to break down and take a 45 minute nap after three back [...]
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Avocado, Cashew & Lime Tuna Salad
May 20, 2014 { 11 comments }I get on kicks with my breakfast and lunch selections where I make variations of the same thing every day. Lately it’s been smoothies for breakfast and salads for lunch. Last week I was ready to break out of my salad rut so I got a little creative with a can of tuna. I don’t [...]
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Simple & Clean Cooking & Eating Lately
May 14, 2014 { 28 comments }Hi and happy Wednesday. So I just posted a “Throwback Thursday” photo on Instagram…and then someone pointed out that it’s actually Wednesday. Delete. I blame it on 5:30 a.m. clients three days in a row. Thank god for Starbucks reward drinks. Yesterday I treated myself to a venti soy latte. The barista asked me if [...]
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Recent Eats + My New Favorite Salad Combo
May 10, 2014 { 14 comments }Welcome to recent eats: the salad and smoothie edition. I think that our immediate launch into summer here in Charlotte put me in the mood for cold and light food. I’m NOT COMPLAINING though. I will take 90 degree days over 40 degree days ANYTIME. I am a summer girl through and through. Bring on [...]
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Recent Eats: Home At The Beach
May 6, 2014 { 16 comments }It’s been so nice to be out of my kitchen and in my dad’s…both delicious and inspiring. My dad’s been getting all crazy lately with making homemade bread, pizza dough and even his own yogurt on the regular. I’m going to share all of that in a separate post where I can brag on him. [...]
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What I’ve Been Cooking Up
April 29, 2014 { 25 comments }This morning started with a 4:55 a.m. alarm for a 5:30 a.m. training client. Surprisingly enough, I bounded out of bed and felt great. My client has been sick/traveling so this was our first 5:30 a.m. in several weeks. Time to get back in the groove! I had another client at 6:30 a.m. and then [...]
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Mediterranean Lentil & Couscous Salad
April 24, 2014 { 12 comments }I have a recipe to share with you today for a Mediterranean Lentil and Couscous Salad that can be prepared ahead of time to serve as a side dish or to have on hand for lunches for the week. I have been making this recipe since 2011 so I can assure you it’s tried and [...]
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Recent (REALLY GOOD!) Eats + Rethinking Mashed Cauliflower
April 23, 2014 { 23 comments }I take back all the mean things that I said about mashed cauliflower. I was too quick to judge! Back in December I made mashed cauliflower at home for the first time. The problem was that I gave it a half-hearted effort and tried to puree it in small batches in my tiny food processor. [...]
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Recent Eats: Creative in the Kitchen
April 16, 2014 { 18 comments }So glad y’all are loving the Tommie Copper giveaway. Remember, you have until midnight tonight to enter! And be sure to check back later tonight for an Erin McDermott Jewelry giveaway! (WOOHOO!!!) It’s been a week since I’ve shared recent eats so I want to quickly show you some of my favorites. Many of my [...]
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Recent Eats: Dinner Love
April 9, 2014 { 16 comments }Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and well wishes for Sullie. I think it’s safe to say that this furry one is feeling better if the trail of toys means anything. It seems to have just been a GI infection. I will keep you updated if anything else comes up but I think we’re in [...]
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Recent Eats: Give Me Salad Edition
April 3, 2014 { 17 comments }Time for a look at some recent eats! As always, good stuff for ya today. :) Breakfasts/Brunch I’m not going to show the smoothies (will wait for the challenge week one recap for that) but I have a couple others breakfasts to share. My favorite breakfast pita with scrambled eggs, spinach, roasted tomatoes, feta and [...]
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Adding A New Job Title…
April 1, 2014 { 56 comments }I’m adding a new job title to my repertoire…personal chef! (This is not an April Fool’s joke!) The job title list for me now includes blogger, author, personal trainer, yoga teacher, group exercise instructor, CrossFit coach, marketing and communications manager and personal chef. After all, I am a gemini and we’re said to be “jacks [...]
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Recent Eats (All Over the Place!) + Digital Fatigue
March 30, 2014 { 12 comments }I hope you’re all enjoying the weekend. I didn’t get a chance to check in yesterday because the first copy deadline for my book is April 1 and I have been covered up trying to knock that out. I was out with a friend last night and she asked how I was doing. I replied [...]
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Recent Eats + Early Morning Workouts
March 26, 2014 { 40 comments }Hi and happy Wednesday! I just finished teaching my 6:30 a.m. yogis at Y2 Yoga. This is one of my favorite classes of the week. Most of the people who come to this class are getting their yoga in before they go to work and they’re serious, focused and hard working! It’s so special to [...]
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Recent Eats: Trying to Switch It Up a Bit
March 22, 2014 { 16 comments }Happy weekend! I have almost a full week of eats to share with you. I think I did a good job mixing it up a little bit this week and breaking out of all my same patterns. You’ll see some different breakfasts, new salad combos at lunch and a dinner using the crock pot. I’m [...]
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Seasonal Eating + Recent Eats (And Cute Sullie!)
March 18, 2014 { 21 comments }I have not been feeling super inspired when it comes to cooking lately. I think I’m just tired of cold weather foods (as I type this I have dinner in the crock pot) and I’m ready for seasonal ingredients and lighter fare. I can’t wait to fire up the grill for summer veggies and burgers. [...]
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Recent Eats: Photo Shoot Week Edition
March 15, 2014 { 25 comments }Welcome to recent eats, photo shoot week edition. Let me sum it up for you…it was NOT EXCITING. Lots of juicing, smoothies, soup, protein and veggies. Not a carb to be seen until we wrapped on Friday (scroll down for the Friday night celebration carb fest). Y’all know I am all about eat all foods [...]
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Recent Eats…Featuring Tacos & Bacon
March 11, 2014 { 26 comments }Happy Tuesday! This morning I trained a client, worked out, taught yoga and practiced yoga. I have my first photo shoot for my book in a couple of hours. Many of you have asked for more details on the book…it’s about core training, specifically planks, and will be photography heavy with written descriptions of all [...]
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Back to Reality + Off to Chicago {This Week’s Eats}
March 6, 2014 { 24 comments }Back to reality this week but it’s been a short one. I am currently on a plane again but not headed anywhere tropical! I’m on the way to Chicago for a quick overnight. I’m visiting the ALDI headquarters where I’ll spend the afternoon doing activities like switch and save tastings, price challenges, a smoothie challenge, [...]
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My Vacation Food Philosophy
March 4, 2014 { 27 comments }How I eat on vacation can be summed up pretty simply…whatever I want! I consider vacations (and girl’s weekends and quick getaways) to be sacred me time and I allow myself to let loose a little and eat, drink, sleep as I please. This goes back to my childhood. My family always spent two weeks [...]
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Recent Eats: Vacation Edition
February 25, 2014 { 14 comments }My eats over the last few days will definitely be different (and so much more beautiful!) than what you are used to seeing. One of the best things about Zoetry resorts (I’ve now stayed at the one in Punta Cana twice, Puerto Moreles once and there is one more in Cabo that I haven’t visited) [...]
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This Week’s Eats + Off to Mexico!
February 21, 2014 { 15 comments }Happy Friday! This time tomorrow afternoon I’ll be practicing yoga on an open air pier in Mexico with this view… This trip crept up so fast! I can’t believe that I’ll be spending the next week in Mexico on a yoga retreat with many of my close friends and students from Y2 Yoga. We had [...]
