It’s a Tuesday afternoon, I just got off a video conference call for work and I’m standing in front of my refrigerator wondering what I’m going to fix for dinner. How many of you have been there? {It’s okay to raise your hand!} I typically do a decent job of meal planning, however, I definitely have those weeks that I’m just not in the mood to plan ANYTHING! It Read More
Quick 10-Minute Core Workout
I’m so excited to introduce my first guest blog post by my good friend, Julia, with 37 FitCo! We became good friends many years ago, share a passion for fitness & are now both mothers of two young kiddos. Julia has competed in multiple fitness competitions and truly enjoys helping others achieve their fitness goals. She’s also a great friend and mother, and I’m thankful to have her in my Read More
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potatoes
I love using my slow cooker this time of year! As the weather gets cooler and our lives get busier with school activities, it’s so nice to throw something into a slow cooker and have a hot meal ready when you walk in the door after school & work. This week we experimented with a new recipe and it was a huge success! I’ll definitely be making this one again Read More
Back to School: Lunch Ideas Part 2
Let’s hear it for another round of school lunch ideas!! If you’re like me, I fall into routines when packing school lunches. So, now that the kiddos have been back in school for a week or so, I thought it would be the perfect time to put together another round of school lunch ideas. Once again I used the plastic bento containers that I found at Dollar General. These come Read More
Back to School: After School Snacks
If your kids are anything like mine, they come home from school every single day starving and looking for snacks as soon as they walk in the door. If I don’t have healthy, ready-to-eat snacks available for them to grab, they end up snacking on unhealthy food and ruining their dinner. I spent some time this past weekend putting some snacks together for my boys, and I’m excited to share Read More
Back to School: Lunch Ideas
As the littles are starting back to school, new routines are being formed and our mornings are becoming even more hectic. My youngest little guy moved from a daycare to preschool recently, and we were both excited that I was going to be packing him lunch along with big brother. Well, that excitement turned into even more rushing around in the mornings to prep two lunches rather than one. I Read More
Friday Five: My Top Nordstrom Sale Purchases
With the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale coming to an end this weekend 😢, I wanted to share my top five purchases from the sale. I think over the past few weeks I was in a Nordstrom store four times and shopped online close to ten times. A lot of those times were checking to see if out of stock items I wanted were back in stock, and I did get lucky Read More
Peanut Butter Granola
Why spend a fortune on store bought granola when you can make your own at home? Before a few months ago, I never made my own granola. I would always buy it at Costco or the grocery store during one of my weekly trips…and it was expensive. One day I decided to try a recipe I found online, and I haven’t bought another pack of granola at the store since. Read More
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
For me, nothing burns fat and calories more than a HIIT workout. I’ve trained and run 10 half marathons (I have no plans to ever run a full marathon), and I seem to lose more weight when I do shorter high intensity workouts compared to when I’m training and running long distances. One of the easiest ways for me to get in a HIIT workout is on the treadmill. When Read More
Friday Five: Back to School
It’s just about that time….time for all the little ones to start back to school. My kiddos are still in preschool, but I already have fun prepping for school. I can’t image what it’ll be like when my oldest starts kindergarten next year. 🙂 For my Friday Five this week I’m sharing my favorite back to school items. Since my kiddos are so young, I’d love to hear yours as Read More