Fighting the Stress Monster

Hi guys! Howโ€™s your morning going?? Hope you all had a wonderful weekend <3 For those of you who are catching up in the blogworld today, Iโ€™m chilling in Orlando for the week! Glorious. Since many of you are tackling the end of the semester, dealing with work overload or may have other things going…

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Reader’s Request: Getting Started

Hey everyone! Happy Indian Food Wednesday! Whoโ€™s celebrating tonight?? *Raises Baigan Bhartha-covered fork in the air* I am! ๐Ÿ˜€ First things firstโ€ฆ. the winner of the amazing yoga giveaway from YogaDowload.com. According to the pilot random number generator (I yelled out โ€œpick a number between 1 and 455), the winner of a YEAR of free…

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Reader’s Request: Pre-pregnancy Nutrition

Hey everyone! Hope your humpday is going well ๐Ÿ˜€ I got a couple of questions about what types of foods to eat before trying to conceive. As you guys know, the only babies I have are of the โ€œfurโ€ variety, but I have trained and counseled quite a few mamas-to-be.   (Source) According to the…

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Reader’s Request: Carbs and Eating Before Bed

Hi guys! Hope your day is going well <3 I get a lot of the following types of questions on my Formspring page: Is it really that terrible to eat before bed? Are there certain things you can eat without consequences? ๐Ÿ™‚ Like…fruit etc. are white potatoes also the bad kind of white carbs? And…

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Reader’s Request: Hair Schtuff

Hi guys ๐Ÿ˜€ Hope your morning is going well! From the Ask Me Anything page, I was surprised to see that mixed in with all of the baby questions (which Iโ€™ll answer in a near future post), height/weight/size questions (which I probably wonโ€™t answer, because that information wonโ€™t help anyone..theyโ€™re just silly numbers), and the…

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Reader’s Request: Workout Wonders

Hey guys! How are you? TGIAF (Thank Goodness Itโ€™s Almost Friday!) ๐Ÿ˜€ Side note: I just wrote โ€œalmondโ€ instead of โ€œalmostโ€- guess we all know where my mind is ๐Ÿ˜‰ Itโ€™s time for a Readerโ€™s Request post! Hey Gina, Would you mind sharing your favorite workout clothes and gadgets? Iโ€™m a newbie and am still…

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Reader’s Request: Guilty Pleasures

Hey everyone! Hope youโ€™re having a great morning so far ๐Ÿ˜€ For todayโ€™s readerโ€™s request post, I had no idea what to write about, so I did what any resourceful girl would do: consulted my Tweeps ๐Ÿ™‚ The last couple of readerโ€™s request posts have been educational, so I thought it was high time for…

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Higher Savings for Fit Ones?

Hey everyone! HAPPY FRIDAY! Hope you have fun plans for the weekend ๐Ÿ˜€ Weโ€™re actually heading to Orlando this afternoon to be with family for the weekend. Iโ€™m pretty excited to see everyone- my MOM even made the trek from AZ. She hardly ever comes to this side of the world- I canโ€™t wait <3…

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Reader’s Request: Pantry Essentials

Hey everyone! Hope youโ€™re having a fab morning ๐Ÿ˜€ I often get asked about all of the crazy ingredients/supplements/superfoods that I throw into my meals, and think it would be a great topic for a Readerโ€™s Request post! Iโ€™m not going to list the usual suspects (sea salt, pepper, garlic powder, cayenne, etc) but more…

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Reader’s Request: Go-to Gadgets

Hey Gina, Would you mind sharing what your favorite kitchen gadgets are?? Iโ€™d love to see what you use to spiralize noodles and make the โ€˜sludgesโ€™ with. Thanks! Emily Iโ€™ve been meaning to do a gadget post for yaโ€™ll for quite some time! So, without further slacking adieu, here are my absolute favorites and what…

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Reader’s Request: Does yoga count as strength training?

  (Source) For the past few years my workout regimen has consisted of some type of cardio 4 or 5 times a week and strength training about 2-3 times a week.  I recently started practicing yoga regularly and love it!  Anyways, I’m wondering how to fit yoga into my workout schedule.  I have been taking…

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Reader’s Request: Does it count as cardio??

Hey hey hey ๐Ÿ˜€ How are ya?? Iโ€™m doing well despite the travel snags ๐Ÿ˜€ Hereโ€™s another readerโ€™s request: I live in San Francisco without a car. I spend much of my day climbing hills, walking a mile just to meet a friend, taking the stairs and otherwise hoofing it around town. The slopes here…

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