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rate the week // 06.01.13
Oh glorious weekend, you’re HERE!! I cheated and started my weekend early, taking yesterday off from work. My awesome daughter turned three, and we’re prepping for the birthday party! Those of you over...
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scenes from a morning run (kalona, iowa)
I did not want to run this morning. The alarm buzzed at 4:30 am, and after a few snoozes and Adam shoving me out of bed, I threw on my clothes and headed out the door. Only after taking this obligatory...
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rate the week // 06.08.13
So … this just happened: FF/E’s Facebook Page just hit the big 1k milestone! I did a little happy dance during breakfast. I so appreciate all of you – readers, commenters, subscribers, twitter...
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fitting it all in (my fitU review + giveaway!)
DISCLOSURE: I was not compensated for this review, however – I did recieve a membership to MyFitU for free in exchange for my review and hosting this giveaway. This opportunity was provided by...
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my weight-loss rewards and future milestones!
It’s definitely no secret that last week I hit a wall in my weight-loss efforts. I seem to have a cycle of “rocking at life” for two weeks, “sucking at life” for three weeks. You can see where that...
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Preventative Measures (#23andMeGenetics)
I’ve had this post sitting in my drafts folder, since the day Angelina Jolie’s decision was announced. I hemmed and hawed over posting, wondering if you all would find this interesting or informative....
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scenes from my morning (#bestbodybootcamp start!)
Oh my, is it already Monday again? At least I got to wake up and look at this gorgeousness … Seriously, I will never get sick of these views. This morning’s run was perfect! Who knew (okay, every...
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tasty tuesday // hearty kale frittata
I’m kind of obsessed with eggs. I could honestly eat them for every meal of the day, and I’m pretty sure I have at some point. One thing I’ve never attempted to make (until now) is a frittata. What the...
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this guy. woah. (six years later)
Warning – cheesy post ahead. In a few short weeks, the husband (Adam) and I will celebrate being together for six years. Woah, where did the time go? There’s been so many amazing adventures that life...
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bama + ry giveaway!
I have a SUPER awesome (and patriotic!) giveaway for you today (not paid or perked, I just love Jasmine.) I’ve been kicking around this Fitblog world since 2009, and one of the first bloggers I started...
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the 1,000 fb fan giveaway – POLAR HRM!!
**** Congrats to Kami Kramer – she won the Polar HRM. She even mentioned that she doesn’t own any gadgets, so I hope this helps take her to the next level! Also congrats to SuzanneU on the runner-up...
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July 2013 Goals
It’s Monday, AND the 1st of July. The type-A part of me is jumping up and down. Everything’s so FRESH and NEW! Okay, now that we’ve got that geeky sentence out-of-the-way, it’s time to talk goals. I’ve...
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life of a binge eater: those “miranda moments”
My 2nd attempt at this. Firt time around? The video clip was of a “Ho Hey” parady with The Lumineers and Will Ferrell as Harry Carry. Yeah, not quite was I was going for. If you watched Sex and the...
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so, the reason I deleted my “progress page”…
… is, well, because I didn’t have much on that page that was true anymore. Besides all the weigh-ins from the past few years being listed, I hadn’t updated my Progress Page in almost a year. The last...
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running pretty (muddy) in chicago – september 07
Full disclosure: I don’t take part in shady blogging. Pretty Muddy gave me a free entry to the Chicago race in return for writing two posts. One leading up to the race, and one after talking about my...
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gettin’ jazzy with it!
Hello, interwebz. Monday feels especially hard today, after coming off an amazing weekend! A pretty huge milestone was hit on Sunday (a whole series of posts coming next week on the subject answering...
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is wanting to lose weight “fat shaming” myself?
*warning – incoherent post coming at you* I’ve talked about all of this before in my vlog - Why it Sucks to Be Fat, and I suppose this post is pretty much a regurgitation of that video. loaded...
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currently (august 2013)
So yeah … it’s been almost three weeks since I last blogged. Awkward. Life somehow got a little insane these past few weeks! Summer weddings, work picking up, squeezing in summer family activities …...
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moving on and getting back to basics
Can we just pretend like August never happened? Good, thanks ;) In all seriousness, it was a bad month. It’s been pretty chaotic. This is honestly the first time I’ve sat down to my computer in WEEKS,...
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improving my spaces (#wwbtb)
Hello, all! I hope you’re getting a chance to enjoy Labor Day! I’m spending most of it getting caught up on work, emails, bloggy things, and cleaning. Grown-up problems, eh? ;) Oh, and trying to tackle...
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