(source) I came across an article on Buzzfeed today titled 18 People Who Shouldn't be Allowed to Use the Gym. I always find fitness related humor to be funny, and it seriously had me cracking up. If you enjoy seeing people do ridiculous things like wear heels to the gym (I can barely walk in heels, let alone exercise in them!) or eat an ice cream cone while on the bike (seriously?!), you need to check it out. Speaking of the gym, I checked out one last weekend nearby but have yet to become a member of one in my new area, so at-home/outside workouts are my thing at the moment. When it came to exercising today, I felt like I haven't gotten a really heart pounding workout in lately, so I came up with a quick routine that I was confident would leave me very sweaty... and it did! I ... [Read More]
healthy living
A Body in Motion
Staying active looks different to different people. For some, it's that daily long walk with their dog. For others, it means regularly going to CrossFit, boxing, running, biking, weight lifting, and the list goes on and on. I think that as we go through different phases and stages of our lives, our fitness regimen sometimes changes. There's nothing wrong with that friends, as long as we keep on moving. I find that I go through phases of being into different types of exercise. While last year I was at the gym almost everyday, lately I've hardly been there at all - even before I moved last weekend and actually had a gym that I could go to (must join a new one soon!). Instead, I've been more into outdoor workouts - mainly hiking, tennis and biking. Those workouts have just felt more ... [Read More]
My First Juice Recipe: Minty Strawberry, Kale & Tangerine
When I first started really getting into reading healthy living blogs a couple of years ago, I noticed that everyone was talking about green smoothies. Every time I would see a picture of a ''green monster" drink, all I could think was, Drinking spinach? ICK! Here and there I've tried a green juice, but I've never been crazy about them. Actually, I don't think I ever allowed myself to like them because I was so turned off by the color. I'm a big smoothie person, and I like brightly colored, pretty drinks -- not ones that are a nasty green color. But recently, I've been more and more curious about juicing. After trying BluePrint juices recently, I knew that I could start to overlook the unappealing visual of a green juice a bit, and focus more on the taste. I think the idea of ... [Read More]
By the Skin of My Teeth
A couple of weeks ago, I talked about my participation in a DietBet. If you're curious about the details of the game, check out this post, but the gist of this DietBet is that I put money into a pot, betting that I could lose 4% of my body weight in a month. I did really well the first few weeks of the bet, working out hard and watching everything I ate. I needed to lose a bit over 5 pounds to reach my 4% goal, and I was well on my way to accomplishing it. But then I hit a roadblock. My grandma was diagnosed with cancer. I flew to my home state of New Jersey to be with her in the hospital as she underwent a major surgery to remove the tumor. This would have obviously been enough to throw me off my game in itself, but when her health deteriorated with a case of pneumonia and the ... [Read More]
Ways to Feel Happier
''C'mon, Get Happy!" Last night I was reading the latest issue of Shape magazine, and as usual when I'm enjoying a magazine, I tore a few articles out for future reference. One of the articles I liked was called ''C'mon, Get Happy!" and discussed a blueprint to help one feel more joyful. The author's strategies to feeling happier resonated with me, and I thought I'd share them with you: Embrace ''Good Enough" - The idea here is to resist the urge to be a perfectionist. Wanting everything to be flawless all the time stresses you out and isn't attainable. Strive to do things well and your best, but don't go so far that you make yourself nuts. Talk Yourself Up - According to new findings, sharing accomplishments and good news with others multiples the joy factor. In other words, ... [Read More]
My Blogging Anniversary
Yesterday was my blog's 1st birthday! I remember writing my first blog post and wondering what type of blog my site would turn into. Would I be someone who posted all of their eats on a daily basis? Would I only post recipes? Was it okay if I also threw some random topics of interest into the mix? This was something I thought about a lot over the course of the year, but not too much into it I came to the same conclusion about my blog as I have for life in general: there are no rules! There's no ''right" or ''wrong" way to go about blogging, just as there aren't set guidelines to how you need to live your life. You just have to follow your heart and do things your own way - to me, this is the way that you'll be most happy. With that, I decided that I'd write about what I wanted ... [Read More]