Not Your Grandma’s Mall Workout

My living situation is a little unique.. I basically live at an outdoor mall. I’m good about not going overboard with the convenience of all the shops and restaurants, and I love being able to walk to coffee shops and big bookstores. It does however create potentially awkward outdoor workouts. For example, yesterday, I did sprints along the back of the parking lot, and only got a few strange looks. But then it...

Workout Mojo & SP Protein Muffins

Hi all! I’m still alive , I’ve just been super busy with the new job, and in the process of digging myself out of a bit of a fitness rut . I’ve only workout out a handful of times since moving to Austin two weeks ago, and for no other reason than lacking a little motivation. But the last couple days, I’m starting to feel my workout mojo comingback.. does that make sense? Does that ever happen to you?...

Dehydrator Success & Treadmill Climbing

Hi all! Hope your week is off to a good start. All I have to say is.. wow.. the weather in Austin today was absolutely amazing! On top of that I actually had a really productive day, got in cardio and a light full body workout, and tried a new Yoga class. And in other new.. looks like I’ll be starting a new job soon .. more details later this week! FITNESS Slowly getting back in the groove.. I started today with a...

Yoga Search, Efficient Foods & Austin Adventu...

Hi all! Oh before I forget.. apologies for the header and formatting being off since I changed to the YNL Blog. I’m not a design expert and the theme I use has all sorts of weird issues so it takes forever to get it formatted correctly, and I haven’t had the time/patience. Soon though! But it’s been a busy few days and lots to tell you about.. so lets jump in! FITNESS Besides the amazing friends I made in...

Function & Form

Love your feedback on my brief thoughts on serving size. I’m working on putting together a post on mindful & intuitive eating.. something I continue to work on everyday.. so look for that soon!  FITNESS Great cardio, and a quick but good lifting session ! I did a distance cardio routine today: 0.5 miles walking at an incline (3.8mph at 8.5%) 0.25 mi at 6.0mph 0.25 mi at 6.5 mph 0.25 mi at 7.0 mph 0.25 mi at 7.5...

Back 2 Kickboxing & Pineapple Grillin

Edit: I wrote this last night, but internet went down right before posting.. Hi all! Wow my schedule and internal clock is way off.. I went from getting up before 7am, working out twice a day and eating 7 times a day, to not getting up until 9am, eating my first meal at 3pm, and going to bed after 2am.. not really worse.. just wayyy different. FITNESS I finally made it to back to Kickboxing today and it was wonderful! I...