Hello, friends!
Tonight was a “create your own salad” night in my kitchen. While husband was grilling away (boneless, skinless chicken thighs), I put together this salad. So, here we go, recipe below. Enjoy!Continue Reading
June 10, 2013
Weekend Round-Up: Spinning+Yoga, Beach Time and lots of photos!
Hello, friends!
Here’s my usual Monday Weekend Round-Up post for you!
On Saturday morning I woke up bright and early to go to my usual Saturday double – spinning and yoga. Looking sleepy but feeling ready to rock!Continue Reading
June 7, 2013
Baked Salmon Recipe and a Great Orzo Salad Recipe Find
Hello, friends and happy Friday!
This is a food and food only post – the week was pretty uneventful in terms of exercising as I had a couple appointments in the evenings which conflicted with my gym schedule.
It is miserably rainy and gray outside – so no fun activities and outings….What do you do on a day like this? EAT! Just make sure you eat healthy đ So here comes the healthy food post.Continue Reading
June 6, 2013
Lean Ground Turkey Pasta Recipe, Breakfast and Lunch Ideas
Hello, my friends!
It’s been a busy couple days here…
Breakfast yesterday morning had to be quick and easy to make since Carmen took a while to wake up and get dressed, and I was running out of time. So I threw together one of my favorites – fruit sandwich on a light English muffin:Continue Reading
June 4, 2013
Carlisle Family YMCA community day photo, dinner on fire and healthy lunch
Hello, friends!
Last night was a “hot” night at our house for many reasons. First of all, it was hot outside – not as hot as last weekend, but still pretty uncomfortable.
Secondly, last night’s spinning class with Melissa was HOT! I don’t know why but this time I was sweating more from the heat in the room than from the workout. The class was great though, as always! I love Melissa’s classes because they are paced in a way to give you an opportunity to check your limits without forcing you to. In other words, it is not a “Go! Go! Go!” class where you have no time to adjust/think/catch a breath, but the one where you get a chance to ask yourself: “Can I do better? Can I go faster? Can I have more pressure on the wheel?” And the wonderful thing about her class is that there is “room” for it in the routine. Love Melissa’s class!Continue Reading
June 3, 2013
Weekend Round-Up: grilled vegetables recipe, Saturday spinning, and lots of pool time
Hello, friends!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Mine was hectic, busy but a lot of fun!
It started with a “weekly Saturday double” – spinning and yoga at the Y. This time my favorite instructor (Jim) was teaching both spinning and yoga, and my hubby decided to come to the spinning class with me (how awesome is that?)!Continue Reading
May 31, 2013
Grilling is King + Mini Strawberry Tart Recipe
Happy Friday, friends!
I am so happy this work week is almost over – it has been mad busy at work these last 4 days. As my husband says – it is not a short work week, it is 5 working days’ worth of work jammed into 4. I couldn’t agree more!
Last night was my “take a break from exercise” night. We were planning on going out to play tennis, but by the time we made and ate dinner, we were both so tired that we decided to just take it easy.
Dinner was great! One of the ten million reasons I love summer is grilling. I love grilled food! And every summer my husband is just grilling away đContinue Reading
May 29, 2013
Memorial Day Parade+Household Project and Sunday Yoga
Hello, friends!
I hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend or just a nice weekend if your country doesn’t celebrate this holiday, and a good start to the short work week.
We had a busy couple days here…
As I told you before, we were working on our new patio this weekend. Here is what it looked like just when we started on Saturday and took off the layer of weeds we had there:Continue Reading
May 26, 2013
Saturday: fruit salad+vitamin water+”A-las-Greek” salad recipes
Happy weekend, friends!
It is a windy but gorgeous day here in PA. Still way too cold for going swimming!
Saturday morning I woke up bright and early (Me? Bright and early? I know, right.) and went for my spinning class with Gretchen. I have told you already that Gretchen is a great instructor! It was a very good workout, I “rode” a good number of miles and burnt some serious calories in her class. It was sad though because it was her last class here at the Y and I am really going to miss her.Continue Reading
May 24, 2013
Strawberry/Banana Smoothie Recipe
Got home and decided to make myself a smoothie!
Honestly, got inspired by this pin and a bunch of beautiful ripe strawberries I had in the fridge.
So, here are the ingredients (excluding ice cubes):Continue Reading
May 23, 2013
Down-sizing, Buffalo Chicken Wreath Recipe and Injury Healing
Hello, friends!
First things first – my injury seems to be healing well – a lot less swollen and doesn’t hurt to walk nearly as much. Fingers crossed, I will be able to go to Gretchen’s spinning class this Saturday.
Second things second – Mrs. Lena went down another size in clothes! God bless yoga for this – I am now size 8! Got off the double digits đ
Thought I’d share some “before” photos with you today. Even though I haven’t reached my goal weight yet, it is very encouraging to see the progress.Continue Reading
May 21, 2013
Healthy breakfast, Salad Recipe and more
Good afternoon, friends!
Sad news here – looks like I have pulled my hamstring while running/doing yoga on Sunday. It is swollen and it hurts when I walk. Not too bad, but I am taking it easy on the exercise this week – had to cancel my spinning class yesterday and on Wednesday. I hope it gets better by Saturday so I could take Gretchen’s spinning class even if I have to just take it easy. Her class is a lot of fun and besides, she is moving back to Georgia beginning of June, so this is my last chance to take her class.
But of course I will take care of myself and I will not go if it doesn’t heal until Saturday.
On a brighter side – healthy dinner side last night. The salad’s official name is “What’s in Your Fridge?” Simply because it contains everything I could find in mine:Continue Reading
May 19, 2013
How I started running or Sunday morning coffee inspiration
Sunday was a very special day in my fitness life.
I woke up early that morning (around 7:30 am) even though it was Sunday and I had no place I had to be or things I had to do that early in the morning.
My family was still sound asleep when I was enlightened by an idea while sitting on the couch with a cup of coffee.
I decided to go for a run. As in jogging. As in faster than walking.Continue Reading
May 18, 2013
Spinning, family bicycling and yoga
Hello, friends.
It’s been a fun couple days here in Carlisle, PA! On Friday night I was so tired after work, I decided to just chill and go for a bike ride instead of doing my usual 5:30 pm yoga class (it’s been a routine changing week!). When I told Carmen and my husband about that, they said they wanted to come along! So Friday night workout turned into a fun family event. Continue Reading
May 17, 2013
Why is my exercise routine not working or “That one Thing”
Hello, friends.
I have received the article below by e-mail at work from one of colleagues.
The article was written by Kirk Ream who is a physical trainer/instructor at Transformations, Training and Fitness (TTF) and essentially it reflects most of the things I believe in when it comes to healthier life style. Kirk’s âFit4Serviceâ vision focuses on proper balance of 4 areas:  P = Physical, I = Intellectual, E = Emotional and S = Spiritual.
So, are your P.I.E.S.âs balanced? Â Read this great article and find out!Continue Reading
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