Hello and happy end of week…especially since it’s an end of week leading into a long weekend! I have lots of updates on the food and fitness front. Let’s start with fitness. I have really been digging the direction my workouts have been taking lately. I’ve been feeling less run and more CrossFit and yoga. [...]
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Going Through The Motions v. Being Really In It
May 21, 2013 { 13 comments }A few things to share… – My heart breaks for those facing devastation and loss in Oklahoma. Have you seen this touching live interview where a woman is reunited with her dog? – I updated the Workouts + Yoga page. So excited to continue to add to this. Maybe one day I can find a [...]
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The Week In Fitness And Food
May 17, 2013 { 11 comments }Annnddd let’s return to regularly scheduled programming. Well, I don’t know that any posts have been “regular” around here lately but today we’ll get back to food and fitness which I guess is the “heart” of the blog. Although lately I feel it’s kind of been a steady rotation of yoga, what I’m eating, workout, [...]
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A Week Requiring Pizza, Sushi and Peanut Butter
May 9, 2013 { 8 comments }It’s been a good week. Super productive and not crazy busy at work and I’ve had plenty of times for friends, relaxation and yoga. I haven’t felt this caught up on life in a really long time. It’s nice. Photos of late. Single-serve pre-made pizza from Whole Foods. Exceeded my expectations. I have been enjoying my [...]
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Back At It
May 7, 2013 { 15 comments }I thought I’d take a little break from the Chicago posts for a dose of reality. I actually do have a little more Chicago to share with you later this week, especially our multi-course, multi-hour dinner at RPM Italian! ;) But for today, here is how I transition from a weekend of splurge back to [...]
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Friday Funday {Food, Music and Things to Read}
April 26, 2013 { 13 comments }Good morning and happy Friday! I had a 6 a.m. client today so I found myself wandering the aisles of Harris Teeter at 5:45 a.m. to restock my breakfast supply that I keep at work for these early mornings. I left with a Chobani Banana (really liking this new 2% flavor) and two products that [...]
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Life Lately: Workouts, Meals and More
April 17, 2013 { 28 comments }Some photos from the week to share with you. I started the week on my mat with a 6:30 a.m. yoga practice. It ended up being the best practice I’ve had in a really long time. I felt so good in my body for the first time in weeks. Pumpkin overnight oats in April. I [...]
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Video Post: Early AM Workout Nutrition, Packing Gym Bags, CrossFit Recovery and More
April 12, 2013 { 17 comments }Happy Friday! Happy Friday! Wait, let me say it again…happy Friday! Thank you so much for the amazing feedback on yesterday’s post. I’ve said it so many times but I feel so grateful to have this space where we can all share and contribute. Your feedback and openness touches my heart. Seriously. It has been [...]
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What I Love To Do
April 7, 2013 { 31 comments }I have had a really nice weekend. Spring finally decided to arrive in Charlotte and it’s been all blue skies and sunshine. I was able to take some space from work and spend the weekend doing things I wanted to be doing. One of my favorite things about this weekend was having long blocks of [...]
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Weekend In Photos
March 17, 2013 { 26 comments }Why do the weekend pass so quickly? It was a beautiful 75 degrees here in Charlotte on Saturday and Sunday. The kind of weather that makes you smile and take a deep breath when you feel the sun on your face. Here’s my weekend in photos. Friday night furniture building party with chicken parm, roasted [...]
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Default Distance
March 10, 2013 { 41 comments }I have this thing where anytime I go out for a run I default to three miles. Not two, not four…but an easy 5K. It’s been my “default distance” for as long as I can remember. Of course when I am in training programs for races I vary the distances to follow the plan but [...]
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Monday Perspective + Eats + Randoms
March 4, 2013 { 15 comments }Hello. I hope Monday was kind to you. I hit one of those, “Ahhhh…there is so much going on right now that I can’t focus on anything anymore” moments around 5 p.m. so I evacuated my office to go for a run. It was sunny and mid-fifties and the next couple of days are supposed [...]
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Snow + Yoga + Food
February 17, 2013 { 25 comments }What a weird weekend. On Friday I was running in a tank top and crops and less than 24 hours later… It was 30 degrees and unexpectedly snowing hard along with thunder…which has been coined “thundersnow.” I think we got like 2 inches in a matter of hours. It was so bizarre…snow is such a [...]
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My First CrossFit Injury (Totally My Fault)
February 13, 2013 { 64 comments }Well, I sustained my first CrossFit injury last night…but it was totally my fault for not paying attention. The rig was crowded and I was so amped up to start the WOD that I didn’t even pay attention to where I set myself up to do my pullups, which were the first movement of the [...]
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Sunday Yoga Day
February 10, 2013 { 8 comments }My Sunday mornings have become pretty routine over the past couple of years. Light breakfast and coffe while finalizing playlist, sequence and message for my hot class, teach a 90 minute class to the most amazing yogis, post-yoga brunch with friends and then grocery shopping and house organization. I like it. I don’t like to [...]
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More Rest & More Food Please
February 7, 2013 { 19 comments }Hello and happy Thursday! It’s been a while since I’ve shared any Sullie shots on the blog and she’s been extra cute as always so here are two pictures I posted to Facebook and Instagram today. I have been obsessed with Instagram lately. I am also pretty obsessed with Sullie’s frog legs. The girl has [...]
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Switching Up Lunch + CrossFit Pain Frames
January 30, 2013 { 23 comments }Long-term readers may remember the days of my open faced sandwich obsession. I would say that it was probably my calling card there for a while. Over time I gravitated away from sandwiches for lunch and more towards grain bowls, egg scrambles, salads and soup. A lot of this was due to becoming more aware [...]
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So Hum Mantra
January 29, 2013 { 20 comments }I missed y’all yesterday but my work day ended up being a little cray and when I finally sat down to blog at 10 p.m. it was a no go. I am having issues with my server so I apologize if you have been experiencing long load times or database errors. My host assures me [...]
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Up And At ‘Em Again
January 24, 2013 { 39 comments }Good morning! Watch out, it’s 7:45 and I’ve already trained a client, had coffee and breakfast. When I accepted my full-time job at Metro about a year ago I decided to give up all of my early morning classes and clients. I needed a break from going from 5:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. every day [...]
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6.3 Percent
January 18, 2013 { 35 comments }Happy, happy, happy Friday. I am so very excited to see the arrival of the weekend although I still have a really tough CrossFit workout to complete and client to train before I can officially call it the weekend. I bundled up and braved the pouring down cold rain last night to teach BodyPump 84 [...]
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Busy And Back At It
January 9, 2013 { 24 comments }I am super slammed at work right now. Like 10-hour days and still can’t get it all done super slammed. I actually thrive when I’m this busy at work but I have to be careful not to burnout or run myself into the ground. Despite the craziness, I am feeling pretty in control of the [...]
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Eka Pada Friday
January 4, 2013 { 15 comments }Wow, you guys are AMAZING. I am blown away by the response and how many of you are in for the 26 acts of kindness. It’s looking like we’re going to have 4-5 groups of 26 and that is awesome! I cannot wait to hear about all of the things that we all go out [...]
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A Big Goal Accomplished (And Oreo Truffles)
January 1, 2013 { 43 comments }Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a safe and fun New Year’s Eve. I spent most of my day working followed by some baking and a very low-key celebration with friends. I had to pick up some nice chocolate for my baking projects so I treated myself to a salad from the Whole [...]
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Deep Stretch At MOGA Yoga
December 13, 2012 { 11 comments }I really enjoyed reading your responses to my “On Showing Up” post. They were very thought provoking and insightful. I will be responding to all of them and also writing a “Part 2” post because I have a lot more to say about the topic. I also appreciate the concern and kind words about my [...]
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So Much To Share
December 9, 2012 { 17 comments }I love Sundays. They inspire me. Always. I woke up before my alarm so I had some time to lounge before teaching my 9:15 hot class. I made espresso and oatmeal and got back in bed. It was a gray, rainy morning so it was so cozy to hang out in bed. (And that’s one [...]
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Good Food
December 5, 2012 { 19 comments }While I’m sad to hear that so many other people are dealing with running/sports-related injuries, I am excited that so many of you are interested in focusing on mobility in December. I’ll try to share with you each day what I’m doing from a mobility standpoint and a couple of times a week I will [...]
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Is it too cold for salad? And a good luck!
November 29, 2012 { 22 comments }Hello and happy Wednesday! So this is the time of year where life gets crazy with exams and graduations. I know that I have quite a few readers who are in college/grad school so I wanted to wish all of you good luck! I know how stressful the end of the semester can be but [...]
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Butterball And Butternut
November 21, 2012 { 3 comments }Happy Thanksgiving eve! I hope preparations are going well and travels are safe. I kicked off my day by participating in Butterball Bootcamp at Y2 Yoga. It’s an annual tradition the day before Thanksgiving. This was my third year participating. Last year I taught, this year I got to practice with 70 other yogis. Pretty [...]
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Holiday Overload…Already
November 9, 2012 { 10 comments }The past couple of days have been all about the upcoming holidays. I can’t believe it’s all happening so soon! We’ve been working on our holiday charity efforts and planning the staff party at work, I had a holiday photo shoot for the yoga studio and one of my dear friends is hosting an event [...]
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Butterscotch, Pretzel and Chocolate Chip Cookies
November 2, 2012 { 11 comments }Do you know what’s boring? Salad…salad for lunch… Salad for dinner. I am over salad. I inhaled this chicken dinner last night after teaching BodyPump. If I ate one more bowl of leftover soup or another salad I was going to cry. I blazed into the grocery store at 8 p.m. praying that they still [...]
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Saturday Stuff + Trader Joe’s Haul
September 29, 2012 { 11 comments }Some people in this house are having very productive Saturdays…early yoga, errands, grocery shopping, house cleaning and major reorganization. And then there are others who prefer to spend Saturday lying down and watching others work. I’m slightly jealous. ;) (Side note, I just had to re-educate myself on lay v. lie. :oops:) Let’s back up [...]
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Workouts, Meals, Interior Decorating and More!
September 26, 2012 { 19 comments }Hola! Happy Wednesday! How is it already Wednesday? My weeks just seem to fly by. That’s a good and bad thing, I guess. My Wednesday posts have been rather random the past few weeks so we’ll continue that trend today. I kind of ruined my opportunity for regular workouts this week when I did a [...]
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Feed A Cold
September 20, 2012 { 26 comments }Remember that old wives tale, “Feed a cold, starve a fever.” Well, I am definitely feeding this cold. Here is a look at today’s eats in a “What I ate Wednesday” format. Breakfast #1 was a Trader Joe’s gluten-free waffle with peanut butter, honey and sliced banana. Breakfast #2 after subbing a hot yoga class [...]
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Blog Direction + Green Coconut Curry Recipe
September 14, 2012 { 16 comments }I have been a little sporadic with posting lately. It’s not that I don’t have a ton of ideas for things that I want to post about (lacrosse ball mobility, active v. dynamic stretching, a stability ball core workout, a yoga for runners video, recipes, etc.), it’s more that I am lacking the time to [...]
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We Are Complete
September 11, 2012 { 34 comments }Last year at this very moment I was teaching my Sunday morning hot yoga class on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. I remember trying to prepare for the class the night before and ending up in tears because nothing that I could do or say would be enough to honor and remember those who lost [...]
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Okay Fall…Let’s Do This
September 5, 2012 { 27 comments }I love summer…the food, cookouts, ice cream, warm weather, beach trips, pool days…all of it. Given the choice, I will always choose sweating over freezing. I swear, I am like a reptile and I need to soak warm sun into my body. So it’s a little surprising that I’ve kind of been getting into the [...]
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Crash And Burn
August 24, 2012 { 12 comments }It’s 9 p.m. on Friday night and I’m sitting on the couch under a blanket drinking chai tea and watching TLC. I ate a frozen meal for dinner. To give myself credit, it was from Trader Joe’s and actually tasted great. I tend to get in patterns where I go, go, go and then crash. [...]
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Hands On
August 22, 2012 { 42 comments }Over the past two days my yoga experiences have run the gamut from taking an intense 100-degree class with three rounds of sweaty flow to teaching a small class consisting of two friends during my weekly class at Metro to subbing a very mixed-level class at the Y. The three classes couldn’t have been more [...]
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Put It In A Bowl
August 21, 2012 { 31 comments }As I was sitting in Chipotle eating dinner at 9 p.m. last night I had the realization that everything I ate yesterday was in a bowl. I’ve been back on oatmeal this week since the mornings have been kinda gray and cooler. “Cooler” being relative given that it’s like 68 degrees out. But there is [...]
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Thank God For Friday
August 3, 2012 { 12 comments }I am so relieved to see Friday come to a close. It has been a really long week. I don’t have much going on this weekend and could not be more content. I’m kicking off the weekend on the couch with the Olympics and a bowl of ice cream with chocolate sauce and peanut butter. [...]
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Underwater
July 21, 2012 { 8 comments }Happy Saturday! I woke up naturally at 6:45 and couldn’t go back to sleep so I’m drinking coffee, baking and enjoying a quiet morning around the house. I just put peanut butter banana bread in the oven. I have high hopes! I actually do have to go into work in a little bit because I’m [...]
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Blender Envy And Protein Powder
July 19, 2012 { 27 comments }I ended up taking another rest day on Wednesday. I was working the front desk at the new gym last night and watching everyone do the CrossFit workout (running, box jumps and wall balls) and I just couldn’t motivate myself to jump in to the last class of the evening. I feared that if I [...]
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Fueling For Recovery
July 17, 2012 { 25 comments }The simple acts of standing, sitting and walking are quite challenging and rather painful today. I made my way back to CrossFit last night after taking the weekend off and the workout was sneaky hard. 10 – 1 for Time (Decreasing reps for each set, starting with 10 and ending with 1) Barbell Front Squats [...]
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Impulse Buys
July 15, 2012 { 38 comments }I have been pretty worthless today. I slept really late, ate a lot of sweets and blew off working out. It was perfect…and needed! I had a really low-key weekend, highlights being subbing some yoga classes, cleaning and moving furniture and restocking on the food front. I showed you my farmers market finds yesterday. Today [...]
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Vacation Workouts, Eats And Treats
July 7, 2012 { 18 comments }Remember how I ended my last post saying that I was a rainy morning so I was going to visit CrossFit Fort Walton? Well, I drove over there for the 9:30 class and no one showed to teach it! There were like four of us waiting in the rain in the parking lot. Boo. There [...]
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Halfway There
July 2, 2012 { 29 comments }I arrived home from the beach on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. By 7 p.m. I was on a rooftop preparing to practice yoga to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House. My yoga practices have been few and far between lately and this one felt good…and right. I wasn’t even planning on attending the event [...]
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Cookies And Babies
June 25, 2012 { 76 comments }Monday has been a much better day. Full of work, yoga privates, babies and cookies. That’s good stuff. I was up early to put together a meal for Caitlin. She just had a baby boy and I offered to bring them dinner. Nothing like sauteing onions and baking cookies at 7 a.m.! Cooking for other [...]
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Friday Q & A – Video Post
June 22, 2012 { 10 comments }Hi! I have mixed emotions about the weekend being here. On one hand, this has been a rough week and I’m glad it’s over. On the other, I’m having major anxiety about what I’m going to do when Sunday rolls around and I don’t head to the studio to teach. Breathe…I will be okay. (Who [...]
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Pizza And The Biebs
June 19, 2012 { 55 comments }Thanks for the great feedback on yesterday’s yoga post. And thanks again to Brittany for the inspiration. :) I really enjoy writing posts that aren’t so “this is what I ate, this is the workout I did today” so it was a fun one for me! Now, back to “this is what I ate.” Ha. [...]
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A Year Older, A Year Closer
June 17, 2012 { 61 comments }My birthday was on Saturday. It was a bit of a weird birthday this year given everything that has happened/changed since my last birthday coupled with the fact that I’m entering the final year of my 20s. I definitely think that I know myself better at 29 than I did at 28. And I don’t [...]