One of my favorite things about visiting my family is being in my dad’s kitchen. There is always something good in the works and on this trip it’s been homemade sourdough bread, homemade yogurt (tutorial coming soon!) and an awesome taco salad. Last night we cooked a Southwestern Shrimp Taco Salad that my dad has [...]
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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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Weekend: Day Trip + Seafood Extravaganza + So Much Cake
September 29, 2014 { 11 comments }After my riveting Friday night in I actually did have a jam-packed weekend (jam-packed with goodness). After my long run Saturday I headed over to Om Yoga to teach hot vinyasa. Class request was to do handstand work so I had them move their mats against the wall halfway through class and we stayed that [...]
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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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Rained Out + Recent Eats
September 17, 2014 { 23 comments }Last night was a little bit of a let down. I had plans to see Kings of Leon with some friends but the weather was not cooperating. Our seats were on the lawn and there was an 80% chance of storms and a hazardous weather warning. We decided to chance it anyway and drove to [...]
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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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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 + Perfect Imperfection
August 3, 2014 { 23 comments }Good morning and happy Sunday. After days of rain I awoke to a beautiful, cool summer morning here in Charlotte. It’s amazing what a little sunshine can do for the soul. Today’s recent eats post is…all over the place. You’re going to see the last of my vacation eats + what I’ve had since I [...]
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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: 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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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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Homemade Honey Dijon Balsamic Dressing {Recipe}
June 10, 2014 { 11 comments }It’s time for the second installment of my homemade salad dressings tutorial. Today I have a homemade Honey Dijon Balsamic vinaigrette that is my GO TO dressing for 90% of the salads I make at home. Like most of my homemade salad dressings, the ingredients list is short with just four items. I start with [...]
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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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Homemade Greek Yogurt Honey Mustard Dressing
June 2, 2014 { 20 comments }Hey, hey! This is part one of a series featuring homemade salad dressings. I quit buying salad dressings years ago in favor of whipping up my own creations. When I was in high school/college my parents started making their own balsamic vinaigrette for our salads at home. I could never find a bottled balsamic that I [...]
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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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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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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: 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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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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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 [...]
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Snow Week Eats + Earthquake!
February 15, 2014 { 35 comments }Happy weekend! This was such an off week with all the snow. I didn’t leave my house for almost 48 hours and almost all of my clients and classes were cancelled for the week. I was so ready to finally get out of the house and go teach on Friday afternoon. It was time. Speaking [...]
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Recent Eats + SNOW DAY!
February 12, 2014 { 19 comments }Soooo….. It’s snowing! We received a light dusting of an inch or two on Tuesday afternoon but the roads were fine and dry this morning. I went in to teach the 8:10 class at Y2 and then stayed to take the 9:15 and by the time I left at 11 the snow was pouring down [...]
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This Week’s Eats + That (Scary) Time I Tried Chia Pudding
February 8, 2014 { 30 comments }Good morning and happy weekend! Let’s take a look at this week’s eats. Breakfast Let’s kick this post off with the WORST idea I’ve had so far in 2014…chia seed pudding. I made this mix of chia seeds, almond milk, vanilla, bananas and dried cranberries and let it sit overnight. I topped it with peanut [...]
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Day In The Life Tuesday: Different Every Day
February 4, 2014 { 20 comments }Hey, hey! Hope everyone had an awesome Tuesday. For whatever reason this always seems like the best day to do a “day in the life” post because my Tuesdays have always been my busiest and most diverse days since day one of this fitness full time gig. So, here’s your day in the life Tuesday! [...]
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Recent Eats: Homemade Goodness
February 4, 2014 { 27 comments }I successfully ate my way through 90% of the massive grocery haul that I did at Trader Joe’s last week and what I didn’t eat is still in the pantry or freezer. I did such a great job of eating at home. It’s all about having a stocked kitchen! Here is more meal inspiration for [...]
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Time Management + This Week’s Eats
January 31, 2014 { 9 comments }I am shouting a big TGIF after a pretty grueling training and teaching schedule week. I had 5:30 or 6 a.m. clients Tuesday-Friday in addition to all of my regular stuff, bringing the total number of clients trained for the week to seven (+ two cancels which almost always happens at some point ever week) [...]
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Here Comes the Snow + Recent Eats + Snacking Before Dinner
January 28, 2014 { 22 comments }Good morning! Rise and shine! It is going to snow in Charlotte today but just a light dusting with no ice so it should be fun. The weather is absolutely nuts because on Monday it was 65 degrees and I ran in shorts and a tank. This morning it’s 28 and going to snow. Winters [...]
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Weekend: Lulu Trip, Sushi, Yoga & Movies
January 27, 2014 { 25 comments }Happy Monday! I hope the week is off to a great start for everyone. I got to sleep until 7:30 this morning so I am feeling pretty amazing after almost 9 hours of sleep. The rest of the week won’t be so kind with 5:30 and 6 a.m. clients to I took advantage while I [...]
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This Week’s Eats + What Can’t You Live Without
January 24, 2014 { 24 comments }Happy Friday! This week flew by thanks to days packed with training and teaching and evenings packed with social engagements. I usually try not to plan more than one weeknight out per week but this week I was out Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Here’s a look at this week’s eats. Not as many home cooked [...]
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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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Weekend: Car Shopping, Restaurant Week and Brunch
January 20, 2014 { 37 comments }Hi there. I hope everyone had a good Monday. If you had the day off I hope you enjoyed it! First things first, I took this girl into the vet this morning and she received a CLEAN bill of health. I am so grateful. The lump on her belly is, in fact, a lipoma (fatty [...]
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Week of Eats + A Must-Have Nail Color
January 18, 2014 { 29 comments }I am happy that you all enjoyed the Yogi Clothing giveaway post and yesterday’s video blog. I especially appreciate the support on the ideal weight chat. It’s great to hear others in agreement. I’ll try to do the video blog thing at least once a month and let y’all endure my southern drawl. ;) Lots [...]
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It’s January in the Fitness Industry!
January 11, 2014 { 13 comments }This week was…insane. There is no other word for it. January in the fitness industry is everything that it’s hyped up to be. I was booked solid with clients and classes and my inbox overfloweth with many other fitness and training related opportunities. I also have a list of things about a mile long that [...]
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How To Make Dinner Happen After A Long Day + Recent Eats
January 9, 2014 { 25 comments }I am long overdue a post with some recent eats. I’ve gone all week without sharing any with you and there is lots of good stuff to share! I was training a client this morning and she commented that she was reading my blog and didn’t understand how I have time to put together the [...]
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Saturday with Jay Z & Dinner Uptown
January 6, 2014 { 13 comments }Hello and happy Monday. I think it’s back to reality for most of us after two weeks of holiday schedules. This is definitely the busy season in the fitness industry. The yoga studios were unbelievably packed over the weekend thanks to a new year and really cold, rainy days. I had over 60 yogis in [...]
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Recent Eats + Friday Pizza Night
January 3, 2014 { 29 comments }It’s been another weird week with a holiday sandwiched in the middle of it but really good nonetheless. The flu is making its way around Charlotte something serious but luckily I got a flu shot this year so I seem to be avoiding it but I have been trying to help out some friends in [...]
