Sleep is good for you; giving your body rest will get you re-charged to start another day.
Friends keep us focused
Lean on your friends; they are often the best motivation to keep going.
Jump!
No time to work out? Grab a jump rope. Intense jump-roping for 5 minutes burns up to 100 calories!
Snack Attack!
Keep healthy snacks in your gym bag or purse for satisfying those unexpected hunger pangs; raw nuts, Larabars, Rise Bars, or dried fruit are great options!
Strong is the New Sexy
The coolest thing happened to me the other day. I was running home from a CrossFit workout, i.e. running slowly to cool down from the 100 pull-ups and 100 push-ups required for the day, looking pretty haggard with chalk all over me when a young girl on her way to the baseball game said to […]
Taking Ownership
This year my word was “Own”. I wanted to own up to the fact that I was not doing what I loved, I wanted to own my own business as a personal trainer, and I wanted to ultimately take ownership of my career. Making a career change is never an easy thing to do. It […]
The Boyfriend Provides
I’ve recently been obsessed with this blog/show called Perennial Plate that is all about sustainable food with awesome, very real footage of real authentic food sources (think chickens laying eggs, deer hunting, fishing and foraging) and amazing recipes. The whole show makes me want to get a chicken coop, some goats, a farm, a truffle […]
Thai Coconut Curry Noodles with Cod and Sauteed Asian Veggies
On an impromptu night off from training client, my boyfriend and I decided to make dinner together. Cooking together is not an abnormal event, but we usually have veggies from our CSA to go through and so summer time means lots of eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, etc. Not that I mind, it’s just that our dinner […]