For the month of January, I wanted to kick off 2014 the right way — eating healthier and burning some calories! In my efforts to achieve this goal (and lose weight) I signed up for a DietBet with Blogilates. The challenge was to lose 4% of your body weight over a 28-day period. You pay…
Any of my friends who has ever heard me go on a rant about why I love My Fitness Pal so much knows that my main use is to track my water intake. I’ve had issues in the past with not drinking much, if any, water, and then playing intense volleyball while on the verge…
Now that I’m starting to slim down again, I’ve started getting into leggings. Unfortunately, leggings just seem absurdly overpriced with most brands. I don’t get it! Nevertheless, just because I’m not ballin’ doesn’t mean I can’t dream, right? Earlier this week, I was scrolling through my bloglovin’ feed, and came across this killer upper body…
(Source) Maybe I should be, but I’m not shy about admitting that my volleyball shoes are stank nasty. The more I play, the more rank they get. It’s just the truth! Over the years, I have tried a billion* different methods to fix this problem. Baby powder, throwing them in the washer, spraying them with…
This week was super wacky. I don’t know if any of my readers out there live in the Baltimore-Washington Corridor, but if so, you know what I’m talking about. We have had some brutal weather (yes, I acknowledge that we’re punks about the whole thing), and with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and a snow…
So, you may have noticed that I gave my blog a minor facelift over the past week. You can thank a perfectly-timed snow day for that one! What do you think? One of my goals is to post more, and give a little bit more TLC to my blog. I’m really starting to get into…
The last month has been a bit of a beast, weather-wise, in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. Granted, it’s not as bad as the year we endured Snowmaggedon, but it’s still pretty yucky. This freezing cold weather not only makes me want to wear my onesie pajamas (ashamed I am not), and blob out in…
Sunday – On Sunday, I nearly made 10,000 steps. I worked all day, starting out in the wee hours of the morning. I was so tired by the end of the week, and was glad Downton Abbey came on for me to just plop on the couch and veg with my mom. Speaking of veg, I was…
I read a great post from Health Magazine about weight loss “super foods.” The list isn’t too shocking, but there are some interesting little tidbits in there. My favorites, plus some surprises: Garbanzo beans (a.k.a. chickpeas) – Garbanzo always makes me think of Gonzo, dancing in a vat of hummus. Speaking of hummus, I had some DELICIOUS…
Friday night, I grudgingly trudged over to Old Navy for some leggings. I’d never actually tried their leggings before. In fact, the only Old Navy active wear I had ever owned is an orange fleece that is buried among my fitness gear, and I bought it years ago for $7. (It’s still super warm and…
