What to bring hiking with kids Curious what to bring hiking with kids in tow? I’ve got you covered with my Hiking with Kids packing list of 10 crucial items below! But first…my Ode to Colorado I live in Colorado. Where outdoor activities reign supreme, and everywhere you look there’s someone fitter than you. I moved here from the midwest, […]
“I hate what motherhood has done to me…” I literally uttered those words to my own mom, while I was driving her, and my 6- and 3- year old to a fun little outing to the Butterfly Pavilion. Having stooped down to the level of a toddler, I had just copied my whining 3-year old at the top of my […]
Your Kid’s Leftovers Could be Sabotaging your Weight Loss Goals: Tips to Cut out these Mindless Calories Ah, to be a kid again Toddlers, and kids in general, are living the dream, amiright? “The dream” being the ability to eat copious amounts of complete crap foods and not gain weight, or at least not care about gaining weight. I mean, […]
We’ve officially reached the end of what’s likely been the most trying, and quite possibly the oddest year of our lives. 2020, amiright? One for the history books, eh? I could go over the things we’ve all been through and endured this year, but why dwell on the past and make ourselves more depressed than we might already be? LOL. […]
The holiday season is in full swing, and Christmas is THIS WEEK! This year has been all kinds of weird, and the holidays look and feel different. Not traveling, not sitting across the dinner table from loved ones we might only see sparingly as it is, no mall Santas with accessible laps, no company Christmas parties…or any Christmas parties for […]
Any treat can be macro-friendly if you think ahead and work it into your day. That being said, sometimes you need to keep calories and fat low, or maybe you need to up your protein intake, but still want something to satisfy your sweet tooth. I get it. Dessert is probably my favorite meal, in a 4-way tie with breakfast, […]
To snack, or not to snack: that is the question. More often than not, snacking is the answer. I mean, if you’re hungry, have a damn snack. I’m not here to tell you to ignore legitimate hunger. What I’m here to address is the uber-common scenario where you’re tempted to snack out of boredom, a shitty mood, or just because […]
Totally blew your diet yesterday, didja? Epically fell off the wagon? Ate your weight in chips and queso last night? Ended your evening next to a mountain of empty Halloween candy wrappers? GOOD! I’ll get to why that’s good in just a minute. But first, here are my credentials: I have been at this whole fitness thing for 2.5 years […]
I created a fitness Instagram account to document my progress, both physically and mentally, while training with the BBG program. At first it was about getting a little attention and kudos for my hard work. But it goes soooo much deeper than that now, on so many levels! Having a “fitstagram” account has been such an amazing, positive experience for […]
My Postpartum Fitness Journey with the SWEAT App Two-and-a-half years ago I was a recently postpartum mom to a 3-year old and a newborn. Honestly, so much from that time is a sleep-deprived, tear-fogged blur of nursing around the clock, working through the big sibling transition, and trying to survive. My days…& nights…well, my whole life revolved around the feeding, […]