Food, Fitness, Finance and Fun

Food

How I Lost My “Baby Weight”

I have been using various Beachbody products since I became a coach (rep) in 2010. I have never been overweight but have fluctuated between 140-160 throughout most of my adult life. In 2017, I changed my diet and got down to my lowest weight since middle school. I was in the best shape of my life, competing at a high level in ironman distance triathlons. In November 2017 I found out I was … [Read More...]

Simplify Your Life: Easy Sushi Rice For Lazy Vegans

Most of you know I am constantly working toward simplifying my life. Adding systems, de-cluttering, organizing, tossing stuff, etc, in order to make my life less complicated and easier to handle. The area in my life that I think I have excelled in this the best so far, is meal planning, prepping, and cooking. I love eating food, a lot of it, and have found recipes that have made my life simple … [Read More...]

Fitness

Postpartum Triathlete: Getting Your Swim Back

Five months after having my baby, I’m finally feeling like I can swim again! I wanted to share what I did to get back into swimming after taking some time off. Whether it is intentional (off-season, break, hate swimming) or unintentional (injury, illness, surgery, life change), it’s tough to get back in the pool when you’ve been out for a while. I wanted to share the steps I took in hopes … [Read More...]

My 46th Birthday Workout

Every year for my birthday, I do a birthday workout. I do this because I love my birthday and I want to celebrate me. I try to think of all the things I love to do and cram them all into one day! Working out is one of my favorite things to do, and I love to challenge myself, so I always make my birthday workout a pretty big challenge. This year was a little different. I don’t have as much time … [Read More...]

Finance

Money Can’t Buy Happiness?

We’ve all heard the phrase “money can’t buy happiness.” I would love to believe that, but I’m not really sure I do. I spent most of last year without a lot of money. But I had very few expenses so I made enough to support my lifestyle at the time. This year however has been different. Knowing I was going to have a child, I obviously had to put down some roots. This meant renting a house. … [Read More...]

O.M.G!! Dave Ramsey Baby Step One…AGAIN!

So I thought I was DONE with Dave Ramsey’s “Baby Step 1” which is saving $1,000 to start an emergency fund. Dave Ramsey is a financial guru who gives very “common sense” and “sound” advice on finances, debt, and building wealth. He has been on the radio answering finance questions for the past 25 years. He has a general financial plan with 7 “baby steps” to help everyone get out of debt and gain … [Read More...]

Fun

Peace of Mind: The Greatest Gift of All

When I got pregnant, I suddenly went from the most optimistic, positive person on the planet to a total doomsday prepper when it came to my baby. Instantly everything weird or different or unusual happening in my body was something horrible. And it only got worse after Coura was born. If she was crying, something was wrong, if she was quiet, something was wrong. I had crazy dreams about … [Read More...]

The New Golden Rule

We all learned the “Golden Rule” at an early age. Treat others the way you want to be treated is basically how it sums up. I had an epiphany in the shower the other day. And I call this the “New Golden Rule”. It is: treat yourself like you would treat others. Now this only works if you are actually a good person, and treat others nicely, with respect, and forgive their flaws, which … [Read More...]