Hi friends! How was your weekend? Mine was full of time outdoors - just how I like it! The weather was in the low 70s and glorious. We also got a teeny bit of welcomed rain yesterday afternoon. My time spent in nature over the weekend included an early Friday evening hike with my pup at Elfin Forest... ...a long Sunday morning walk with my little family on an otherwise pretty lazy rest day... ...and my outdoorsy highlight: a super challenging mountain biking workout with my hubby on Saturday afternoon. We decided to venture southeast to a park we'd never been to before called Goodan Ranch Sycamore Canyon Preserve. We hadn't gone mountain biking in at least a few months, and whew, it was a killer one! The park was set in a pretty rural area, and we even got a taste of ... [Read More]
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How I Eat, Workout, Work & Sleep When I’m Flying Solo
Hi there! Happy 240th Birthday USMC, and Happy Veteran's Day! Thank you to everyone who has served in the military to help keep America safe. Speaking of the Marine Corps, at the military birthday ball last weekend I was thinking about how nice it has been to have my hubby around a lot since he's gotten out of active duty and has a full-time civilian job, as well as a position in the USMC Reserves. I think the longest we've gone this year without seeing each other was 3 weeks due to me traveling and him away for Reserves training, which is nothing compared to the months at a time apart that we've spent apart in the past. These days we get to eat dinner together most nights... and it's definitely nice! Last week was the rare occasion when A was traveling for his civilian ... [Read More]
What Makes You Fit? {Biking in Austria}
"Are you fit?" "Did you say that you workout?" These were the questions our tour guide was shouting to me as I struggled to keep up with him and my husband biking through the hills of Austria. We had booked a bike tour in hopes of seeing more of the beautiful Austria countryside and getting some leisurely exercise in during our vacation there, but I wasn't so prepared to be huffing and puffing with my heart rate at a sky-high level. Our guide was a little man in his 60s, originally from somewhere in Asia, who seemed to be in good shape for his age and told us he exercised daily. While I already knew that my husband was stronger and faster on a bike than I was from our bike date workouts through the hills of California, I wasn't really expecting our guide to be as hardcore of ... [Read More]
5 Healthy Ways to Add a Little Adventure into Your Everyday Life
Happy, happy Friday! And Happy Labor Day weekend to my fellow Americans! Hope that you're looking forward to your long weekend. My hubby has come down with a nasty cold for what will be the first weekend we've had together in a month - so I'm just trying to allude the sickness and hoping that he gets better ASAP so that we can have some fun! Speaking of fun, I definitely consider myself to be a fun, adventurous person. While I'd love to go on a trip every month or jump out of a plane or some other daredevil activity every week, that isn't really feasible. So, even during the week when I'm busy with normal things like work, I like to add a little spice to my life in small ways. I think that one of the major ways you can live life to the fullest is to make every day an ... [Read More]
Happiness Happens // Things That Have Been Making Me Happy
Can you guys believe that August is already coming to an end?! I hope that all of you living in the midst of the summertime have been taking advantage of all of the seasonal fun that your area has to offer. In celebration of the summer season and August being deemed the Happiness Happens month, today I want to talk about some of the summery things, big and small, that have been making me happy and putting a smile on my face lately. Let’s get to it! Time at the beach: From relaxing and soaking up the sun, yoga on the beach, and watching the sunset from the shores, to beach picnics and trying out SUP for the first time, my summer has had no shortage of beach time. We only live about 10 minutes from the ocean, so it'd be a crime not head over for some fun at the shore as often ... [Read More]
Week 3 Workout Recap: Excited to Get Back Outdoors!
Hi there! How was your weekend? I’m back home in Cali, and spent most of the weekend recovering from my travels (hey jet lag!), getting settled back in, and spending time with my Harley girl. 3 weeks without my canine sidekick felt like awhile, and I definitely missed her a lot. My Marine has been away for training and came home last night, soYAY for being reunited with him after a couple of weeks apart! Let’s rewind back to last week for my last recap of my workouts while I was visiting loved ones in New Jersey. I definitely have not been as active as I usually am in my normal life at home, but I kept up with daily workouts whenever I could fit them in. I worked out Sunday with my mom. We did a 30 minute Jillian Michaels’ Yoga Inferno workout + 30 minutes of Ripped in ... [Read More]