Wellness is a journey
It seems that training has breezed by lately! I am in week 10 of 12 of half marathon training and in week 5 of 6 of the #returntoolympia bodybuilding.com challenge. I am also in physical therapy to treat my rotator cuff, but turns out both shoulders are unstable. HOW DO I BALANCE HALF MARATHON TRAINING […] Read more…
The #stillinit17 challenge may be over, but bodybuilding.com has put out another fitness challenge to keep folks motivated for summer. It starts on July 3 and runs for 6 weeks; we can do anything for 6 weeks, right? The challenge consists of weekly challenges that participants can post to social media. Winners will fly […] Read more…
Ahh, another fitness challenge done…a lifetime more to go. I admit, in the past years, I’ve signed up for bodybuilding.com challenges only to lose motivation and give up, or sometimes not even starting the challenge after signing up! I found myself in familiar territory in this challenge. While spending long days and nights packing up […] Read more…
Despite a big move and a change in training strategy to accommodate running, I’m still in the fitness challenge! I can’t believe this is our final week. I plan to wrap it up by eating healthy and continuing my training! No peak week for me due to heavy training (and I’m still nursing). Let’s be […] Read more…
All good things come to an end (250kchallenge) but bodybuilding.com knows what’s up! They created a new challenge this month called #stillinit17 and it looks like they have a lot of participants from the last challenge all signed up for it. Here is where I’m at: I gained 2 pounds since #250kchallenge ended, which is […] Read more…
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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…
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…
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…
We are in week 7 of the #250kchallenge 12 week challenge. So far, I’ve lost about 9 lbs & several inches since January! NUTRITION: I’m eating a ton of calories, drinking a gallon of water daily, getting in a lot of good carbs, plant protein and good fats. I’m still nursing so dropping calories is […] Read more…