Wellness is a journey
Over the years, I’ve signed up for quite a few challenges on bodybuilding.com but I never saw the finishing line due to various excuses. Since having my little one, that mentality changed after I completed a 90 day challenge when I was a few months postpartum. I knew at that moment that I could see […] Read more…
Am I the only one who eats some of the same foods daily? I eat oatmeal everyday for breakfast and I have protein pudding every afternoon and I never get sick of it. Fat free Greek yogurt has 23g of protein per cup! As a vegetarian, this is awesome because I often struggle to get […] Read more…
I was a Dance major….until I got badly injured. I literally woke up and could not walk, let alone dance, due to severe back pain. I took several months before I felt somewhat “normal” again. The injury got me thinking long and hard about my choice of major. If I was in the real world […] Read more…
Many years ago, I quit oatmeal. During my first prep for a fitness competition, I ate so much oatmeal but I never changed the recipe. My old recipe was to add oats and chocolate whey protein powder together, mix with water, then stick it in the microwave. It tasted horrible and had a crusty burnt taste […] Read more…
While practicing yoga, I try to find new ways to change up my practice every time I step onto the mat. Sometimes it is focusing on alignment, breath, or repeating my intentions while holding a pose. This week, I had horrendously sore hamstrings from a tough leg workout. I was so sore, I didn’t […] Read more…
I’m in the midst of week 8 and it’s hard to believe there’s 4 weeks left of the challenge. I’m proud to say that I’m still going strong. Looking back at the last four weeks, here’s what happened: These were the toughest weeks mentally. The newness of the challenge faded a bit and the “February […] Read more…