Hi friends! This Friday favorites post is about my love for all things Bulletproof. I am excited to share more information about Bulletproof as well as a round up of some of my favorite Bulletproof products. And I won’t make you wait until the end of the post to get my discount code. You can [...]
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Friday Favorites
September 17, 2021 { 8 comments }Happy Friday! After 10 days in a row of teaching yoga and strength classes and leading yoga teacher training, I am ready for a few days off this weekend! I’ll be hanging out with Finn, working on recipe development for some partnerships and watching the Georgia Bulldogs. This is also the last weekend that the [...]
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5 Fun Health + Fitness Finds for Spring
May 5, 2021 { 5 comments }This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx. Hey, hey! I have a fun round up of spring-themed health and fitness products. There is something for everyone here and I’m excited to share all the details with you. I enjoy receiving sample boxes. It’s fun to try brands and products that I might not have known about [...]
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All the Laundry Smells + 30-Minute Strength-Building Power Yoga Flow
December 4, 2019 { 7 comments }This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Clorox. All opinions are 100% mine. I’ve got a popular post topic coming for you today…laundry and dealing with unwelcome smells! This is seriously not a joke. Every time I write posts on dealing with smelly laundry (and I’ve written several over the years!), [...]
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Raise the Bar Dumbbell Workout
October 29, 2019 { 2 comments }This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Jack Link’s. All opinions are 100% mine. Today’s post is all about #RaisingTheBar on two things: 1) your average snack bar and 2) your average dumbbell workout. I’m here to tell you all about an awesome new savory, real foods snack bar + to [...]
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4 Ways That I Maintain My Healthy Diet on the Go
October 26, 2019 { 4 comments }This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Lonolife. The opinions and text are all mine. Between teaching yoga and fitness classes at multiple studios and gyms around town on a weekly basis and traveling for work and to visit family, I am constantly on the go and living out of packed [...]
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Easy & Healthy Salmon Stuffed Avocado
October 3, 2019 { 3 comments }This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Blue Harbor Fish Co.. All opinions are 100% mine. If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that one thing that I always keep in the pantry is canned tuna and salmon. They are an excellent option for a [...]
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The Beauty Hack I’ve Used Every Day for 20 Years + 10 Current Beauty Faves
February 6, 2019 { 7 comments }It’s no secret that I’m kind of the furthest thing from a fashion or beauty blogger that there is. I will totally own that. Even still, I have always enjoyed trying different beauty products. I can spend hours reading about different products and browsing aisles in beauty departments. I’ve had a running list for a [...]
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All The Food Things
January 16, 2019 { 5 comments }Hello, hello! I just got back from an awesome 4.5 mile run with Zoey. I think 50 and sunny is hands-down my favorite running weather. It’s warm enough that you can wear shorts and lose the gloves but yet chilly enough that you don’t overheat and the crisp air feels energizing. Don’t judge my hairline. [...]
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20-Minute Power Yoga Flow Video + An Intentional Start to the Day ($100 Visa Gift Card Giveaway!)
October 25, 2017 { 214 comments }This post is sponsored by Organic Stevia In The Raw® and SheKnows Media. Today I’m excited to share a 20-minute power yoga flow video with you along with how to start your day in an intentional, powerful and present way! There’s also a $100 Visa Gift Card giveaway at the end of the post so that’s a [...]
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20 Ways to Use The AbDolly for Total Body Training + Why You Need One of These In Your Life!
September 28, 2017 { 10 comments }This post is sponsored by AbDolly, LLC. I am always looking for new ways to spice up my workouts and I recently discovered an awesome piece of equipment that has been helping me do just that! This is the AbDolly but don’t let the name fool you. The AbDolly is great for core training but [...]
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2017 Summer Travel Fashion Picks
June 20, 2017 { 10 comments }I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all of your shoe and clothing recommendations as I prepared for our summer trip to Europe. I feel like packing wouldn’t have been such a big deal if I didn’t live in workout clothing. I felt like I had been wearing the same travel clothes for a [...]
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80Fresh Review: Home Cooked Meals in 20 Minutes or Less
April 25, 2017 { 7 comments }This post is sponsored by 80Fresh. If you’re looking for a healthy meal delivery solution without all the prep work or a better option for singles, 80Fresh is for you. Keep reading to learn how you can get 30% off your 80Fresh subscription. Last year when I sent out my Peanut Butter Runner reader survey [...]
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Go For The Gold: Track & Field Inspired Running & Bodyweight Track Workout
August 14, 2016 { 37 comments }We are having so much fun watching the Olympics this summer. It’s been so exciting to watch Team USA dominating gymnastics and swimming. As those events come to a close, we are looking forward to shifting our focus to the track and field events. I don’t know about you but watching all of these amazing [...]
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Laundry Made Easier for Fitness Lovers + AMAZING LG Giveaway!
June 30, 2016 { 177 comments }I think I can safely say that my readers are a community of heavy laundry doers. Whether you like to work out and are always washing sweaty clothes or you have children (which from what I can tell takes laundry to a whole new level) or both (hats off to you!), laundry seems like a [...]
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Your Best Summer Ever
June 12, 2016 { 11 comments }In case you’ve missed it any of the last six summers since I’ve been writing this blog…summertime is my favorite time of the year. I love everything about it from the long days to the warm weather to the delicious food to the abundant social events. When I was growing up I lived for summer [...]
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Sustainable Seafood with Blue Apron
April 18, 2016 { 65 comments }A few weeks ago I wrote about “how much is too much” when it comes to eating salmon. Salmon shows up on my menu plan at least once a week for dinner and often for several lunches as well. I was happy to learn that I could keep eating all the salmon I wanted but [...]
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Sweaty Strength + Plyo Workout
April 5, 2016 { 84 comments }Today I’m sharing a workout with you that combines strength training and plyometrics. I love interspersing plyometric exercises into my clients workouts as well as my own. They are a great way to train power and speed while also driving the heart rate up. The workout I’m sharing today features a strength training exercise followed [...]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How My Diet Has Evolved: Protein, Gluten & More
August 19, 2014 { 6 comments }Before I started working at Metro in early 2012 I really didn’t know a lot about gluten and its effects on the body. All of that quickly changed as I started to get involved in CrossFit and completed my CrossFit Endurance training just a few months after starting the job. At my CrossFit Endurance seminar [...]
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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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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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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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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 [...]
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This Week’s Workouts + Brady Bands Giveaway
February 2, 2014 { 138 comments }Happy Super Bowl Sunday! (Yesterday someone asked me what I was doing for the game and I asked them, “what game is even on tomorrow?” True story.) I’m checking in with my weekly workout recap but I also have a fun giveaway for you at the end so read on! Overall, it was a great [...]
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Green Protein Smoothie {Recipe}
January 20, 2014 { 14 comments }Recently I had the opportunity to combine two of the things that I love the most… Green smoothies… And peanut butter. Not just any peanut butter but the new Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter from Smart Balance. I received an email asking if I would be interested in sampling their new Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter and [...]
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Favorite finds to snack on, listen to and read.
November 14, 2013 { 15 comments }Morning! Today’s post is going to be a hodge podge of recent favorites from music to food to reading material so let’s get right to it. Perfect early morning coffee sipping activity! :) To snack on… This artichoke spinach “hommus” from Cedar’s. So tasty! These crackers from Glutino. I tried this brand a few months [...]
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Relaxation Rituals
September 17, 2013 { 12 comments }Growing up (and to this day) one of my moms favorite things to tell me when I was tired, sick, emotional or blah was, “take a shower and you’ll feel better.” It’s one of those things I wanted to roll my eyes at but I couldn’t deny that it worked. What is it about a hot [...]
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I had time to kill at Target. New makeup finds.
August 13, 2013 { 13 comments }What is it about Target that throws any good budgeting intentions and rationale out of the window and makes a girl feel like it’s her DUTY to take a stroll through women’s clothes, home accessories and the makeup and beauty aisle? I walked into Target on Saturday to get toilet paper. I left with Charmin [...]
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Get Your Good Going…Winter Edition {Giveaway}
January 7, 2013 { 268 comments }I love warm weather and sunshine which I am sure you have probably figured out by how much I complain about the winter months being cold and dark. I would much rather run in the heat of a 90 degree day than bundle up and deal with frozen fingers and toes when it’s 30 degrees [...]
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Cetaphil Review And $100 Visa Giftcard Giveaway
December 12, 2012 { 288 comments }http://oascentral.blogher.org/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/ReviewBadge/OID4166_Cetaphil_ReviewBadge_002/@x13 I continue to be amazed by how much my skin changes with hormonal fluctuations, seasons and weather, my stress level, age…you name it. Over the past few years I have struggled with acne, redness and dry, flakey skin. It seems like I’m in a constant struggle to find a skin care regimen that works [...]
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Zico Coconut Water Review and Giveaway
June 4, 2012 { 340 comments }It’s no secret that I live a pretty sweaty existence. Between teaching and practicing hot yoga, running and CrossFit, most days require multiple showers and outfit changes. But it’s not just staying clean and dry that I have to pay attention to due to my high activity level, I also have to be mindful of [...]
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A New Favorite Snack – Hungry Bars
January 4, 2012 { 8 comments }A couple of months ago fellow blogger Emily who owns Bluebird Bakery reached out to me to see if I would like to sample some of her products. I happily accepted her box of goodies! Her specialty is Hungry Bars which she describes as a cross between an oatmeal cookie and a granola bar. The Hungry Bars come [...]
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My Must Haves for Kitchen, Workout and Yoga
December 10, 2011 { 14 comments }I wasn’t planning on doing a “favorite things” post for the holidays but a few people have inquired about my favorite fitness and yoga gear and kitchen tools so I thought I’d put together a quick list of some of my must haves. KITCHEN Kitchen Aid Professional 600 Series 6-Quart Mixer. My baby. Seriously the [...]