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Happy Birthday Hurricane Elaine!!! (& a bit of a brain dump)

Happy Birthday Hurricane Elaine!!! (& a bit of a brain dump)

Today is Wednesday which happens to be my super long day of training. It is ALSO my fabulous mother’s birthday. She’s so adorable I can hardly stand it!  We call my mom, “Hurricane Elaine,” because she is always going 90 million miles an hour doing 

5 Tips to Achieve Your Goal Weight Once and For All

5 Tips to Achieve Your Goal Weight Once and For All

I always have people asking me how they can lose weight. It is just the nature of the business. As a personal trainer and nutrition coach, weight loss is my main area of focus.Because I talk with people about this day in and day out 

Quick and Delicious Acorn Squash

Quick and Delicious Acorn Squash

Fall time for me is always associated with certain foods. Aside from the obvious pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and pumpkin pie…I love squash! All kinds…butternut, acorn, spaghetti…you name it. I’ve been itching for some acorn squash, and tonight was the night. My mom always bakes 

October’s Sickeningly Sweet Mix Giveaway

October’s Sickeningly Sweet Mix Giveaway

You know the drill. A new month means new music. Instead of filling up on sugar this time of year why not fill up on some sickeningly sweet tunes to sweat your little heart out to? Here it is… October’s Sickeningly Sweet Mix: Strange Clouds 

The “Better than nothing” Workout

The “Better than nothing” Workout

I went to bed SUPER late last night. My body of course is on its own mental clock and woke up early. Unfortunately waking up to a gray sky didn’t pump up my energy levels much, but despite feeling pretty tired I drug myself to 

One Ingredient Chicken, Roasted Veggies, and a Miracle on University Avenue

One Ingredient Chicken, Roasted Veggies, and a Miracle on University Avenue

Today has been a crazy day. I’m still trying to pick up all the loose ends of life after being gone to Lake Powell. I hadn’t gone grocery shopping in what seemed like weeks, and I had a million other little errands to run. That 

Feeding a Healthy Army: How To Cook Healthy For Large Groups

Feeding a Healthy Army: How To Cook Healthy For Large Groups

Feeding a large group of people can be hard work. I think this is why people tend to resort to the easy-to-cook foods that aren’t so healthy. Casseroles with cheese and potatoes, boxed meals of processed foods, and mass quantities of carbohydrates (rolls, chips, sweets) 

Powell 2011

Powell 2011

I can officially say once again that Lake Powell is one of my favorite places in the world. It is beautiful, warm, sunny, and care free.  Ok…care free to a point I guess…I was in charge of all the food for our group of 30. 

Here it goes…

Here it goes…

My life has been insane for the past couple days… Shopping list. Lots of food.  Not a lot of sleep.  Lake Powell  here we come. See you next week 🙂

Done and Done.

Done and Done.

First of all. How are you coming on your goals for the week?I’m two for two with my workouts thus far. I actually can’t believe I’ve fit them in this week because between getting everything ready for Powell, finishing the bathroom remodel project, and wanting to