So how did everyone’s Easter go? Mine was pretty nice and local with just my family and Mike. I made lots of great Paleo Treats which I will share with you soon and really only went off our Clean Eating Challenge by having a few Jelly Beans. Surprisingly I really didn’t even like them after a few, I almost feel as though my taste buds are getting more accustomed to natural forms of sugar, at more reasonable quantities…could that be possible? Anyway after I posted this […] Continue reading →
One of my goals during our Clean Eating Spring Challenge is to be able to run a mile in under 7 minutes. I used to be able to run much faster than that when I was running in college, but over the past few years I really haven’t done very much speed work and instead got more into long distance running (at slower speeds) and yoga. However, I really love to run fast and so instead of feeling overwhelmed with needing to get in some high mileage, I decided to try and instead focus on […] Continue reading →
Even though I teach yoga quite a few times a week, over the course of the past six months or so I have let myself get out of shape…at least for my standards. Between school and working three jobs I was averaging 80 hour weeks (no exaggeration) and my training regiment was one thing that totally hit the back burner. Add that to the holidays, birthdays, and an abundance of candy in the back room at my lulu store and I started to feel not so comfortable with how my body was looking. […] Continue reading →
This weekend we headed back up to Burlington since my sister was graduating from college! My parents decided to rent a condo in the nearby town of Stowe, Vermont so Friday morning we all piled in the car and headed up north for the weekend. My sister’s graduation wasn’t until Sunday afternoon so we had all weekend to just hang out and enjoy the fun atmosphere the area has to offer. Friday night we went to American Flatbread in Burlington which specializes in homemade […] Continue reading →
Is anyone else out there as obsessed with The Game of Thrones as I am?! I watched the first 20 minutes of the first episode when the show began and since I am a big baby when it comes to scary things (ex: I strongly believe that ET is one of the scariest characters ever created) I immediately told Mike to shut it off after the scary white walkers showed up and refused to ever watch it again. Then a few weeks ago Mike was watching one of the episodes from Season Two and I got totally hooked. […] Continue reading →
I was really feeling like an intense cardio workout at lunch time but I didn’t have too much time so I decided to head on down to our company gym and bang out a quick and dirty treadmill workout that would be sure to kick my butt! I have been all about the interval workouts lately since they are proven to work you just as hard as a consistent speed workout in half the time. Basically, you will get better results in a workout the includes 1 minute of rest with 1 minute of high […] Continue reading →
I have never actually really gotten into the show “The Biggest Loser” but this year I did manage to catch a few episodes and was actually pretty surprised by what I saw. Before watching the show I had heard all of the different controversial opinions surrounding the premise of the show but didn’t really have an opinion of my own until I saw a few episodes. I thought that I was going to be disgusted by yet another reality TV show, but instead I actually found it to be […] Continue reading →
I cannot believe how quickly April flew by! Between Easter, Yoga Training, and my Birthday the month seemed to start and end in the blink of an eye. Since today in May 1st I have decided to start a new series of posts on the first of every month that look back over the previous month and highlight ten of my favorite posts. This way if any of you were super busy, went on vacation, or are just really behind on your blog reading you can get a cliff notes version of the last month in one post. […] Continue reading →
Today is my 24th birthday and thanks to my lovely family it is off to a wonderful start. Mike and I are going to be heading up north to visit my sisters for the weekend so this post is going to have to be a short and sweet picture re-cap of the morning since I still have a little bit of packing to do. My thoughtful boyfriend woke me up with a huge bouquet of tulips And one of these delicious bad boys Did a quick morning yoga workout on my brand new mat that I am in LOVE with! [...] […] Continue reading →
Today I really wanted to get in a good strength training workout during the day so that Mike and I could go for a nice run down by the beach after work. This usually takes some good planning so I ate an early lunch and used my lunch hour to run up to a nearby gym and complete a killer 45 minute strength training workout that looked something like this: Legs: Leg extensions: 3 sets of 12 reps Wide Stance Barbell Squat: 3 sets of 12 reps Walking Barbell Lunge: 3 sets of 12 reps Lying Leg […] Continue reading →
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