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Favorite things giveaway: Count Me Healthy

12 days of giveaway fun continues! Did you enter the Fivesse giveaway? All of this weekโ€™s giveaways will end this Saturday at midnight. If youโ€™re just joining in the fun, youโ€™re in for a treat! These are all companies I reached out to and asked them to share some holiday cheer with you all. These…

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Turkey day in the desert

(+ Caro, the secret escape artist) Hi! Howโ€™s the day going? LOVE all of the giveaway entries flooding in. Keep โ€˜em coming! Plus, we have 11 more awesome giveaways on the way. So excited for them all! I canโ€™t believe I have 3 posts up today. Flashback to 2010.ย  Anyone else reuniting with vegetables today?…

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2014 Holiday Gift Guide for the Gym Rat

Hi! Hope youโ€™re having a lovely day. Itโ€™s time for annual gift guides! If youโ€™re like me, youโ€™re always looking for new and fun ideas as gifts for those you love. (Ok. and maybe yourself, too.) As usual, Iโ€™ve split them up into categories to make them easy to navigate. I hope you find some…

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Favorite things giveaway: Fivesse

Hi guys! Happy Monday! Hope you enjoyed the rest of the weekend. We had an amazing time with the fam and our T-town friends, and are back here in San Diego. So, a while ago, I emailed some of my favorite fitness, beauty and accessory brands to see if theyโ€™d participate in this yearโ€™s favorite…

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Shrimpsgiving, Black Friday and Faves

Hi! Happy Black Friday. ๐Ÿ™‚ I hope that those of you who celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday enjoyed a beautiful holiday. Ours started off with breakfast at the madreโ€™s, and then we spent the day and evening with my dadโ€™s side of the fam, then back to madreโ€™s for mulled wine and dessert. We loved being with…

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Happy Thanksgiving

Hi! Hope youโ€™re having a wonderful day <3 After a long night of road tripping, (Cracker Barrel = the clutch stop when Charles Cheddar is closed) weโ€™re here in Tucson. Weโ€™re having an amazing time with the fam and already hid up Coscto for some of the holiday essentials. (Egg nog supplies, pie and peppermint…

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The random survey

Hi friends! Howโ€™s your day going? Hope youโ€™re having a wonderful one so far. Weโ€™re on the road to Tucson (wahoo!) so I thought I’d change things up a little for this post. Itโ€™s survey time! Itโ€™s kind of giving me flashbacks to the MySpace days when surveys ran amok (and picking your โ€œtop 8โ€…

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Give Planks Workout {video}

Oh friends, I have a fun workout for you today! Itโ€™s only 10 minutes, so it’s perfect for squeezing in during this busy holiday season, and all you need is your own body weight.    Hereโ€™s how it goes: Intervals of 45 seconds on, 15 seconds off 3 high intensity intervals 1 plank 3 high…

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The latest Stitch Fix

Hi! Howโ€™s the day going?? Hope youโ€™re having a great one so far. I taught BODYPUMP this morning, and am getting things together for spin and the weekโ€™s travel adventures. Iโ€™m so so excited to see the famโ€ฆ and stuff my face with the glory that is Thanksgiving. This weekend, Christmas came a little early…

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it’s the beachin’ weekend

Hi! Howโ€™s your morning going?? Hope you had a wonderful and relaxing weekend! I did what all the party animals do: slept 11 hours Saturday night. Usually, I wake up before the fam to get as many things done as possible, but I decided to dedicate a morning to catch up on sleep, and it…

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Friday Faves

Hi friends! Happy Friday! GUESS WHAT. โ€œHIIT Itโ€ is #5 on the โ€œExercise and Fitnessโ€ list and #1 on Aerobics new releases. Omggggggg. Friends, I am so very thankful for the support and for all of your help spreading the word. If you havenโ€™t preordered yet, reserve your copy and get your free ebook! All the…

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Representing the West Coast + a Fitbit Charge giveaway

This post is sponsored by Shape/Men’s Fitness Fitbit Charge Challenge through a campaign with Fitfluential. As always, all opinions are my own. I also included a special giveaway at the end for ya, too! It’s not really a secret that I love fitness trackers. Needless to say, I was really stoked when I received the…

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