**Want to solve YOUR food intolerance issues? Set up a free initial consultation with me today!** In 2013, I visited two gastrointestinal specialists. I was experiencing some bloating, stomach pains, occasional gurgling noises, gas, and just general digestive...
A Day of Irish Happiness (with baby pictures!)
Happy Motivation Monday! Whether or not you're Irish, or even care about St. Patrick's Day, I urge you to adopt some of the happiness that St. Patrick's Day brings to those that celebrate. Even though St. Patrick's Day is actually meant to commemorate the death of...
A Day Full of Green St. Patrick’s Day Meals!
Happy Foodie Friday! It's just a few days before one of my favorite holidays of the year ... St. Patrick's Day! I love St. Patrick's Day because it's a holiday that so many people get excited and happy about, whether they're Irish or not. All you have to do to be...
7 Thoughts About Yesterday’s Woodlands Marathon
Can you even believe that it’s the second day of March?!? March is my favorite month of the year (or maybe a tie with December!)... it's the beginning of Spring, 3 of the 4 kids in my family have our birthdays (as do Kevin and my brother-in-law!), I love St. Patrick's...
7 Things I Experienced in Brazil
I'll start by saying that, for those of you who are only here for the nutrition and fitness tips, this is a post you can likely skip. It's not that I was unhealthy (I talk a bit about it in #4), it's just that this is more of a personal recap of the trip, for my own...
7 Interesting Things I Read This Week #4
Remember that my Arctic Zero giveaway ends tonight! Enter here! It's that time again ... I debated between the 7 Things I Read This Week and a post on getting your running motivation back, since I struggled a bit with that this week, so that one will come soon....
7 Great Things I Read This Week
Usually, I sit down to write my blog post, and something comes to me fairly quickly. Either I have it planned (like Monday's big announcement, a new study that I want to discuss, or a recipe I've recently made), or I think about what is going on in my own life,...
Living the Life I Have Imagined
Each graduating senior in my high school got to paint a shoebox-sized portion of "The Senior Wall," a huge hallway in the middle of the school. Some people painted inside jokes, some people wrote their names and the names of their friends, some of the...
7 Supplements I Currently Take
This post has been on my "Blog Ideas" list for months ... I've been putting it off because I wanted to create a very informative, thorough post, including everything I know about supplements, how to choose your supplements, and more. Once I really thought about that,...
2000!
Happy New Year! Can you believe it is 2014? Speaking of that ... no, I was not confused when I wrote today's title. For Workout Wednesday today, I want to share a glimpse into my year of running in 2013 ... which involved hitting an all-time high of 2000 miles!...