Quick Tips for Eating Well on the Road
One challenge I have when I’m on the road, is finding healthy food. Now, I’m going to be honest with you. When I’m traveling, I don’t always eat healthy. I let things slide a bit, but just a bit. I prefer to eat well most of the time. That means whole foods, and less Read More
Hydrating Skin Treatments
As you know, or maybe you don’t…eating is one of my favorite things. So imagine my glee when I learned that I could put food on my face, and still benefit from it! We absorb all sorts of things through our skin. Of course skin is our first layer of Read More
Drink More Move More Quick Workout
Hi! I hope you’re having a great start to your new year. I know that keeping up the momentum and excitement that comes with the new year can be difficult. We often have aspirations and set goals that we truly wish to accomplish, but as time goes on, we Read More
Better New Year’s Resolutions
My husband and I were talking, and he asked, “have you made any suggestions for New Year’s resolutions.” I said, “no. I don’t feel like people really value resolutions so I’m just focusing on the challenge for this month.” That lead to a discussion about how resolutions are difficult and often Read More
Quick Turkey Chili
This month we are having fun with different chili recipes, and our food of the month is the chili pepper. Here is a simple and healthy quick turkey chili recipe that I love! It only takes about 15 minutes to prep, and is ready to eat in 45-60 minutes! Ingredients: Read More
The 7 Days Challenge
This month we are focusing on change. The challenge is to do something positive, that benefits you or those around you, for 7 days. This “something” can’t be something you are already doing consistently. It can, however, be something that you used to do but have gotten away from. For Read More
Picking, Fun?
I love gardening and believe I must have been a happy farmer in my past life. I probably had a small piece of land that I loved, and grew my own organic produce. I probably prepared my meals fresh from the garden to the table. Now, I let my little Read More
Running (I Mean Jogging…Walking) Again
It is getting warm outside. That means no excuse for not going out and putting some mileage on these sneakers. Yesterday was terrible. I thought for a moment that maybe I was dying. Should I be nauseas? Does anybody else sweat like this? Am I actually panting? Why did I Read More
We Are NOT Perfect
I love being a personal trainer and health and wellness enthusiast. That being said, as a collective group, we personal trainers, group exercise instructors, PE teachers, and other health and wellness enthusiast are not perfect. Welcome to my thoughts and rants about living a healthy lifestyle. The things I eat, Read More