More From the Blog:

Summer Shape Up 2011

It’s finally here: 3rd year of Summer Shape Up!! 😀 I’m really excited about this one and hope you’ll join in the fun 🙂 Summer is a great time to shake up your workout routine and find extra motivation to fuel your body the best way possible. Little changes add up and can make a…

Read More →

WMOW: Dumbbell Lateral Raise

Hi friends 🙂 How’s your almost-Friday going? We just got back from our lovely morning walk with little Meal and munched a morning meal 😉 (Egg white burrito with salsa, berries) It’s been a while since I’ve done a Workout Move of the Week, but figured it would be a great time to do a…

Read More →

10 Vegan Recipes For Fall

‘Tis the season for all of the comfort food! If you want to enjoy your favorite fall flavors without dairy or eggs, I’ve got you covered. I’ve gathered up 10 delicious vegan recipes for fall. Hi friends! Anyone else feeling SO EXCITED for fall? Last year, I felt like I was going through the motions,…

Read More →

Friday Faves

Hi friends! How are you? What’s going on this weekend? It’s yard-a-palooza over here. The Pilot is finally home after working last weekend and flying nights for 3 weeks, and we need to catch up on life and chores. I’m so pumped to replant some veggies in our garden – all of my salad greens…

Read More →

25 kid-friendly breakfasts, lunches, and dinners

Sharing 25 meals that my kids will eat, no matter what. It’s always hard to find kid-friendly recipes and home runs, so I’m sharing the goods in this post!  Raise your hand if you’re SO sick of cooking right now. I’ve been in a cooking funk for pretty much all of ‘Rona (and yes, I’ve…

Read More →

B-day things

First of all, thank you so much for all of the beautiful birthday wishes! I hope you know how much I appreciate them, and how much I appreciate you being here. You made my birthday so much brighter, and I’m thankful to *know* you all. I also loved reading about your morning routines. Thanks for…

Read More →

Friday Faves

Hey hey! Happy Friday! Hope you’ve had a great week. I loved reading all of your mom hacks yesterday! Thank you so much for chiming in with your awesome comments. What’s going on this weekend? We don’t have anything planned and I’m looking forward to a relaxing weekend here at home. I always say that,…

Read More →

we tried Juicero

aka the conversation starter in our kitchen. When Juicero reached out to me and asked if we wanted to try one of their new juicers, I hesitated. I have a juicer, it has collected dust for who knows how long, and I’ve been just buying juices for convenience sake. And then, I watched the video.…

Read More →

Friday Faves + hey Prey

Hi friends! Happy Friday! Hope you’ve had a wonderful week so far. I’m so happy you’re enjoying the Summer Shape Up! Newsletter friends, your week 2 details will be out later this morning. I’m so excited to watch you all crush your health and fitness goals this summer. I’m here at the IDEA World Fitness…

Read More →

Breakfast Salad

This can be a thing, right? 🙂 For breakfast, I recreated one of these little gems I had in PB at Crown Point Coffee after teaching 3 barre classes in a row (<— not recently haha.): breakfast salad! I’ve been thinking about it ever since I had it, and thought it would be a fun way…

Read More →

Quinoa Pancakes Recipe

Hi guys! How’s your day going so far? It’s been a great one over here. Not only do I have this great recipe for nutrient-dense quinoa pancakes to share, I’ve taught one Zumba class so far (one to go!) and I was offered a job teaching barre classes. Exciting to see some things in motion. 🙂…

Read More →

Friday Faves

-Your amazing Winter Shape Up check-ins!! This first week has been such a blast!! Anne and I have absolutely loved reading your check-ins on Twitter, our blogs and the WSU Facebook group. The pics (especially the sweaty workout pics) are always my favorites 🙂 I can easily say you rocked out the first week of…

Read More →