What’s on My Plate Wednesday – Eats of the Past Week

Good morning, my fit and getting fit friends!

I hope you are having a short and sweet work week πŸ™‚

As usual, I am here today to tell you what I ate this past week – Wednesday to Wednesday πŸ™‚

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Share Recipe Sunday – Almond Butter and Jelly Muffins

Hey, my fitness gang!

Happy Sunday! Hope your weekend is going well!

Here’s a little joy to add to it. I just made these yesterday and here’s the recipe as I promised on Instagram!Continue Reading

Fun Foods Friday – Foodie Pen Pal Reveal Day

Hey hey, my friends!

It’s that day again – Foodie Pen Pal reveal day, which this time coincides with the Fun Foods Friday!

For those of you who have no idea what Foodie Pen Pal is, head over here and read about this great program started by The Lean Green Bean Lindsay! Otherwise keep reading and find out what I got this month in my Foodie Pen Pal box and what wonderful people I got to meet through this great program.

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“What’s On My Plate” Wednesday

Hi there, my dear fitness nerds! πŸ™‚

This is the weekly “What’s on my Plate” Wednesday post!

So here we go, the highlights of my meals from last to this week, Wednesday to Wednesday. If you see something you like and would like a recipe for it, leave a comment and I will be happy to post the recipe.Continue Reading

Attention Motor Heads – Corvettes in Town!!!

Hello, my friends!

I hope you had a wonderful relaxing (or wonderfully active) weekend! Mine was active and not so much relaxing, but still good – I had trouble waking up this morning…

I spent half of Saturday and Sunday cleaning the house while my hubs was working outside. It was so satisfying to have a beautiful and clean house when I was done! And since we didn’t have the kiddos this weekend, it actually stayed clean for a while πŸ™‚

This Saturday was one of my most favorite evens of the year in our town. Several times a year Carlisle turns from a small quiet town into a busy, vibrant place with people coming from all over the country for a car show. Yep, we’re famous for it.Continue Reading

Fun Foods Friday: Baked Oatmeal Recipe

Hey, my fit friends! Happy Friday!

Hectic times here! Lots of good news and good things happening in my life, which I can’t wait to share with you later.

I will start with an awesome Baked Oatmeal recipe that one of my co-workers shared with me.

I made it yesterday and it was a BIG hit! So here we go:Continue Reading

NYC Adventures – Part I

Hello, friends!

As I promised, here’s the trip to NYC recap for you with lots of pictures!

We took Friday off and got on the train in Harrisburg, PA on Thursday night. It was my second time in NYC, and both times we took the train – you can relax for 3.5 hours and don’t have to worry about parking (which is pretty expensive) and traffic in New York. I am like Sheldon Cooper – big fan of trains. When I was little my grandparents would take me and my brother on vacations/to visit relatives and we’d always travel by train. I have a fascination and love for trains ever since then. And trains these days are pretty awesome – WiFi and all πŸ™‚Continue Reading

Homemade Granola Recipe

Hi, my fit friends!

As I promised you, here’s the recipe for the homemade granola.

I can’t reveal the recipe author at this point, but I promise you will find out by the end of the month where it all came from πŸ™‚ So, here we go.Continue Reading

Tabouli Salad Recipe – Quick and Healthy Summer Meal

Happy hump day, my friends!

Our family is having a pretty busy week here – I don’t know why but it feels like we’re always in a hurry and need to “make it” somewhere this week. Work-home-dinner-pool-somewhere else.

It is extremely important for me at hectic times like that to actually make an effort, stop and make good food rather than grab something on-the-go. I find it especially hard in the mornings. To begin with, I am not a morning person at all. It takes me a while to wake up and get “functional”. I like my mornings slow. I don’t like rushing and hassling. That’s why I get up earlier that I need to – so I can take a loooong “wake up shower”, get dressed, make breakfast, eat breakfast, sit outside for a bit with my coffee cup in my hands…and then go out there to face the day.Continue Reading

Weekend Highlights: Smoothie Recipe, #plankaday, Saturday Double and Fun by the Pool

Hello, friends!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

Here in Carlisle we had a wonderful weekend of heat and sweat πŸ™‚ But still it was a good one.Continue Reading

My “Food and Fitness Journal” entries for the past couple days – #plankaday challenge continues!

Hello, friends, and happy Friday!

It is almost weekend! Yey!

Here are my “Food Journal” entries for the last couple of days:Continue Reading

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 πŸ™‚Continue Reading