"The best six doctors anywhere, and no one can deny it, are sunshine, water, rest, and air, exercise and diet." - Wayne Fields I'm happy to say that I've been killing it lately with my workouts. It's been a busy few months of exercise, and today I want to share some recent sweat session highlights! One studio I've gotten to take some classes at lately is Ashley Lane Fitness, and it's reminded how much I love cycling combo classes. The adorable Hillcrest studio offers cycle + barre & cycle + sculpt classes, and they are so much fun! If you're looking to do strength training & cardio in one shot, I highly recommend doing a combo class. It's also nice for those of you that get bored easily in your workouts, because by the time you're starting to think, "Whew, I'm ... [Read More]
Archives for October 2017
To Plan or Not to Plan? Finding the Right Balance for Your Happiest Life
Every week I share a #MondayMotivation post on Instagram. The post usually reflects my mood & mindset, so some weeks the quote is centered on success or attitude, other weeks it's more about travel and adventure, and sometimes it's specifically geared towards a healthy lifestyle. Some weeks the quotes is 3 words long, other weeks it's an entire paragraph that I read or heard that grabbed me and made me think. What brought about this week's post was me starting to iron out some details for a European vacation I have coming up in a few weeks. When it comes to travel, I love to do research beforehand and scope out things to do. But I also make sure to leave time open to just explore wherever I want and do whatever I'm in the mood for. Sometimes doing so is tough because I get super ... [Read More]
Chocolate Chip Sea Salt Almond Butter Stuffed Dates {vegan + gf}
Looking to satisfy your sweet tooth without wreaking havoc on your diet? Try making these 6-ingredient sea salt almond butter + chocolate chip stuffed dates! Halloween is next week, which means it's time for a few October holiday traditions in my house: My husband and I always have a little pumpkin carving contest with each other, when we text photos of our masterpieces to family members to have them vote for the best one. We also always eating caramel apples and watch Hocus Pocus and some sort of scary movie - one of the Halloween movies usually. Every year, we also have a tradition of dressing up Harley. It's always hilarious to dress her up, then have her scare all of the neighborhood children when they come to the house to trick-or-treat and she starts barking like a maniac in her ... [Read More]
Chocolate Pumpkin Protein Bites {vegan + gf}
Made with wholesome ingredients like pumpkin, oats, dates, and hemp hearts, these energy bites are the perfect autumn snack to whip up! Chocolate protein powder gives them a protein boost, and mini chocolate chips & cocoa provide some chocolatey goodness. I feel like I say this every time I post an energy ball recipe, but I really love energy bites as a healthy little snack! I'm constantly switching up my energy ball combos, and I usually make a batch on the weekend, them throw them in a bowl to have available for on-the-go snacking or a healthy dessert all week long. My husband loves energy bites too. His favorite kind is chocolate peanut butter, but he's an energy bite monster in general... and a cookie monster too for that matter! I legit hide my Lenny & Larry's Complete ... [Read More]
Hike to Eagle Rock via the PCT + 8th Anniversary Camping Weekend
A couple of weeks ago, my hubby and I celebrated our 8th anniversary. I feel like so much has happened & we've grown up so much in these years, yet the years sure seem to fly by being married to your best friend! To commemorate the occasion, we went camping for the weekend in the Julian area - a SoCal inland town a couple of hours away that's known for its apple pies. It serves as a countryside escape for San Diego city dwellers, and we usually visit once or twice a year. Our initial plan was to go apple picking, but unfortunately all of the orchards had already closed for the season or were in their last weekend. Plan B was to go wine tasting instead. We visited Volcan Mountain Winery first, which had decent red blends and a muscat that we left with a bottle of. After ... [Read More]
Pumpkin Banana Protein Smoothie Parfaits with Apple Pie Granola {vegan + gf}
'Tis the season for all things pumpkin & apple! These autumn parfaits feature a pumpkin banana protein smoothie with apple pie granola. Hello, hello! Now that we're over a week into October (how?!), I am full force into autumn recipes. Forget the fact that it was 85 degrees in the San Diego area all weekend, I made pumpkin pancakes and am craving hot chocolate. And speaking of recipes, between traveling for half of September with little kitchen access to experiment, being busy with freelance recipe development, and being out of town last weekend camping (more on that later this week!), I somehow haven't posted one on the blog in a couple of weeks. Well that changes today, and I have an autumn goodie to share with you guys! October can be a funny month. Most people are gearing up ... [Read More]