Happy Fat Tuesday! Do you celebrate Mardi Gras? Beads, King’s Cakes, red beans and rice, partying…? While Mardi Gras isn’t a huge deal in Alabama for us country folk, we do partake in some cele...
Hello! How’s your day coming along? Mine started bright and early with the Love Your Heart Run/Crank Your Heart Ride, a 10K topped off with a winding 22 mile bike ride through our local state park. T...
This is much overdo, but being as I’m almost clear through New Rules of Lifting Stage 3 already, I wanted to give my thoughts on Stage 1. First of all, the beginning chapters leading up to the actual...
Yes, yes, YESSS! This Garmin has gone unused since October! Those long, runningless months were put to an end yesterday with the first actual jog since getting my marathon hopes sidelines...
Michael and I celebrated Valentine’s Day with a large amount of sushi, cake, and ice cream. How it should be. We both love sushi. I was looking forward to this dinner all day! We started with edamame...
Hello! Happy Valentine’s Day! Ever since I was a little girl, this has been one of my favorite holidays. It’s just so cute! Anyone remember these from elementary school?? Back when we wou...
A friend recently spoke these wise words and I wanted to pass them along. “If someone in your life is bringing you down, say goodbye to them.” Simple and true. We’ve all had people in our lives that ...
I tend to go through shopping phases. The majority of the year, you can find me wearing the same stuff over and over..and over again. Not gonna lie, I still wear shirts from junior high. Then s...
Hey everyone! TGIF! Finally, this week of tests is done!! Time for the weekend! A little catch-up since I’ve been gone for so long: Wednesday’s volunteering hours at Storybook Farms went ...
I’m very excited for today, aren’t you? Two tests out of three are done. Only two more days until the weekend. Yoga tonight. Thank goodness. And, today is my first day volunteering at Storybook...
Hey, hey!! Apologies for being MIA these past few days. It feels like I’ve been away from the blog world forever!! Unfortunately, I’ve had my nose stuck in the books this past weekend preparing for t...
Let’s think back to our younger years- before the days of caring about calories, the size of our pants, what the scale was telling us, or how long we exercised. Back when we were 100% utterly h...
Happy Tuesday! As a yoga instructor at a local gym, I try to make my yoga classes fairly simple so every person can safely take part. The flow may be fast-paced, slow, or somewhere right in the...
Random fact of the day: I once met Forest Gump. He’s a funny guy! Yesterday afternoon was spent watching this movie- both at the gym and home. It may be an old film…but it’ll never get old to w...
Most of us avoid cold showers like the plague- especially during these colder months. It’s natural for us to do so. After all, being doused in chilly water is the last thing on our ...
TGIF!!! ‘Bout time it got here! Today has been another busy day, but that’s alright. Aside from school, it was filled with things on my schedule! Which included a good workout and finally seein...
So, you may or may not have noticed I’ve been a bit absent from the blog lately. Not that I don’t want to write long, well thought-out posts…there just hasn’t simply been time to do so. Y...
A much needed note. It’s been a busy week and I’m sure most of you can relate. We may feel like we’re running on empty with more to go…but it’s okay. Just breathe. Breathe dee...
A friend recently shared this article to her Facebook family and I wanted to pass it along. It really helps put things into perspective. Ten years ago, plus sized models averaged between size 1...
I met a girl yesterday in Zumba in a very stereotypical girly manner with a conversation starting beginning with a perky, “I love your top! Where’d you get it?” “Target,” she replied, “they have some...
Yesterday afternoon, Michael tried to convince me to go out for pizza. He does this on a weekly basis like clockwork and always gets the same response, “Nah. You can order it, though.” Honestly...
Have you ever stopped to think how unique of a breed healthy living/food bloggers are? We develop these cool quirks that other people simply can’t grasp, yet it’s so day-to-day business for us....
Chances are, if you’re reading this, you’ve probably noticed a few strange things going on with the internet today. Google has censored their logo… Wikipedia’s having a blackout… And even Icanh...
Have you heard the news? Paula Deen has diabetes. Surprise, surprise. Paula was diagnosed with Type II diabetes 3 years ago and has recently come clean to the media. Type 2 (also known as adult-onset...
Hello and Happy Martin Luther King Day for all those celebrating! Yesterday threw me for a bit of a loop. What started as a simple day ended with me completely frazzled. The plan was simple- te...
Hello! How’s your day coming along? Mine started with a super intense Zumba session! Saturday Zumba at our gym is like normal Zumba on drugs. Both of our instructors (who rock hard on the...
Happy Friday [the 13th]!! A few days ago, I posted about having the opportunity to try the T-Zone Vibration Machine. If you read through the post, you picked up on my disbelief in any machine t...
Happy Thursday! How’s your day going? Obviously, having a candle in the bathroom is way too much for me to handle. If I may recall the first time this occurred… Moments like these make dull day...
And all you have to do is stand on a vibrating plate! That’s what you’ll get with the T-Zone Vibration Machine. This interesting machine oscillates while you simply stand and let it do all the work. ...
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