Hello, friends!
I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July! I had a great day with my husband at the Swim Club, casual dinner party for 3 people (the 2 of us included) and some good food!Continue Reading
July 3, 2013
In the spinning room alone, healthy breakfast and lunch ideas
Hello, friends!
Here I am with a cup of coffee and my story of the past couple days. Since I got a little bit out of the rhythm here with my daily posting and Mondays’ weekend recap, today’s post covers Monday and Tuesday. So here we go 🙂Continue Reading
July 2, 2013
Weekend Highlights: Carmen’s Salad Recipe, Spinning and Kitty Time
Hello, friends!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend and managed to stay fit and not overeat in this time of barbecues and other food fests 🙂
My weekend was very relaxing – with a lot of time spent by the pool with my family  (well, it’s that time of year!)Continue Reading
June 26, 2013
Spinning, Summer Vegetable Salad Recipe and More
Hello, friends!
I had an absolutely wonderful spinning class on Monday night! I am still taking it easy, but what I noticed is that even if you’re trying to take it easy, your legs are still as strong as they are and go at their own pace. No matter how hard I try to make it easier, my legs have their own comfort zone they stay in/go out of. And it is a wonderful feeling to realize that your mind-set comfort zone is different from your actual physical comfort zone! So here’s the recap of Monday night’s spinning adventure:Continue Reading
June 24, 2013
Weekend Recap – Lots of Good Food, Spinning+Yoga, and Seafood Pasta Recipe
Good Monday afternoon, friends (I hope it is good for you)!
I have had a wonderful weekend with my husband (no kids this weekend) – a lot of pool and sun time, good food and exercise.
It feels so good to be back to my routine! My leg is almost completely healed, so I did my Saturday double this weekend! I tried to take it easy (especially in my spinning class), but somehow I still managed to burn my usual calories and do the usual distance almost during that one. Must be because it was Robin’s class and she ROCKS!Continue Reading
June 21, 2013
Sweet Potato Wedges Recipe. No More Running?
Hello, friends!
Thank God it’s Friday! It was a busy week, with almost no exercise, which made me feel terribly uncomfortable – you know that feeling when you leave for the airport and can’t shake off the thought that you’d left something behind, something that you need on the trip? That was my feeling exactly this past week. Oh well, the knee is much better, and hopefully I can get back on track with my exercise here soon (more on that later in the post).Continue Reading
June 18, 2013
Black Beans and Mango Salad Recipe
Hello, friends!
I hope your week is going well so far and you’re all ready for a new salad recipe to go on your menu 🙂
As always I am just throwing stuff I have in my fridge together in a salad bowl, so here you go!Continue Reading
June 17, 2013
Weekend Round-up: Father’s Day, Orzo Salad Recipe and a New Yogi in the Family
Hello, friends!
Where did the weekend go? It feels like it was Friday night just 5 minutes ago!
We were busy this weekend! Lots of pool time, yard/patio work, planting, Father’s Day fuss…So here are the highlights of the past weekend.Continue Reading
June 13, 2013
Breakfast scramble, grilled scallops and veggie kebabs, and grilled rainbow trout
Hello, friends! I hope you are having a wonderful Thursday.
Yesterday morning I woke up with the thought that I should try something new for breakfast (was getting tired of my usual fruit salad).
Since it was still early and I had time, I quickly pulled up a recipe in my memory that I’d found earlier and made this wonderful Breakfast Scramble:Continue Reading
June 11, 2013
Black beans, avocado and olives salad recipe
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 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 🙂 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
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 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
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