Not So Different.. Anymore

I’ve talked about it a bit before, but ever since I started yoga, I’ve felt a conflict between my love of yoga and everything it has become for me, and fitness, or more particularly competitive fitness. I started yoga after I competed back in November 2009. Competing was a wonderful experience, but there was also a lot I did wrong. After the shows I was definitely burned out and looking for something new. Whatever...

On the Fitness Front

Thank you all very your warm ‘welcome backs!’ .. mwah, love ya! So I hardly talked about Fitness.. or Nutrition for that matter in the last post.. generally a focus of the blog, given the name and all . But as Averie always says, it’s a blog about life! FITNESS So it seems I’ve pretty much made the complete switch from using Yoga as a supplement for traditional “fitness” (in the...

Decide, Eat, Laugh, Love

I am overwhelmed with gratitude for my amazing family and friends! Thank you for making my 25th year so amazing, and by 26th Birthday weekend wonderful! Goodness, I have so much to update you all on.. and perhaps it’s partially because it’s my birthday and people get particularly reflective on birthdays and holidays, please forgive any particular cheesiness & wordiness in this post   Since the last time I...

Refresher & Check-In

Hi all! If you’re reading this in a Reader, please click on over and let me know what you think of the new layout (and thank you to those who have so far)! I wanted to simplify a bit, but things always go wrong with these sort of changes, so please shoot me an email or leave a comment if something seems off or missing. Ok, so this accidentally became an awfully word heavy post.. First a Preview I’d seen the...

Ice Blended

Hi all! Wow, this week flew by for me. The last couple days have been super busy.. but all good stuff! FITNESS First an update.. yesterday was weekly Check-In day with my trainer.. and.. finally my weight dropped a couple pounds, and my body fat % when down too It’s so crazy, right now I’m only a little over a percent above what I competed at last time (which I can definitely lose in the next 3.5 weeks), but my...