• Coffee Date,  Life

    Coffee Date

    oh hey friends. happy weekend!! I am so so so so glad it is the weekend. I love the weekends, even more now that I’m done with school! I know I missed Friday coffee date, but we can still have a Saturday coffee date, right? If we were having coffee I would tell you how nice it is to breathe through my nose. I seriously had congestion for like 2 weeks. I used a neti pot daily and I just couldn’t believe the amount of crap that came out. And I still felt stuffed up after! It really affected me in the CrossFit Open 14.1 WOD (I should really write…

  • Life

    Less is More? My Adventures in Decluttering

      Lately I’ve been feeling overwhelmed with stuff. I just have felt like I’m drowning in it. I spend so much time trying to clean and organize and it never seems to make a difference. As I started to get more fed up with it I stumbled across a whole world of blogs about being minimalist. Now, I’m not here saying that I am going to become hard core and give up everything I own, but the idea of being more intentional about what I own and why I own it has really been appealing to me. I don’t know when it happened… little by little I guess. Slow enough…

  • Life

    I did it!

    guys. Yesterday i submitted my last college assignment. like last last. as in i’m done. //instagram.com/p/k0LPgfjIv0/embed/ even if a get a horrible grade (which is totally possible considering this is the pickiest professor i’ve ever had) i will still pass the class and have all the credits to apply for graduation and finally get my Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology! Watch out world! 4 years ago I had a brand new baby, was on unemployment after being let go from my previous job, and had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. So, of course, I decided I needed a college degree. I had no idea what I…

  • Life

    Progress Isn’t Linear

    I had some amazing love and response to my recent post about pressing pause on this journey. I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets overwhelmed with everything and just needs to breathe. It was really nice to not care for a little bit. To be honest, I’m pretty sure this horrid winter had a huge effect on my mentality. Seasonal Affective Disorder is a real thing people! Especially for this Florida girl. The snow and frigid temperatures really messed with my mental health! Anyway, here I am back on track. I’ve started my new meal plan with Precision Fitness STL. Ever since I started working with Jamie I…

  • Life

    Press Pause.

    Somedays I feel like I’m on top of the world. I’ve worked so hard and come so far and I know that. I celebrate my victories and progress. I’m a completely different person than I was 4 years ago. Hell, I’m a different person than I was 8 months ago. Focusing on these victories make it easy to keep on keeping on. I’ve lost roughly 60 lbs and 4 sizes. I’ve conquered fears and found confidence. and I feel unstoppable. Thanks, CrossFit. ha. But then there are other days… Days when I struggle with how far I have to go. Days when I think I should be further by now.…

  • Life

    #workingonmyselfie {giveaway}

    The longer I’m on this journey the more I realize the importance of community. It sounds weird that you could really find support and encouragement in an online group, but that has been one of the biggest influences in my health journey. When I started this journey it was a bunch of weight loss and running bloggers that I followed. I felt like I knew these people. Bloggers pour their heart and soul out on to the screen. They share their triumphs and failures. Along the way there have been several bloggers that I have felt like I really “clicked” with. You know, the ones who if they ever knew…

  • Life

    Disney Cruise, Progress, and other updates

    i miss this place… this little place on the internet i miss getting to share about my journey. life is still crazy. i’m just trying to balance it all. i have 4 weeks left of school, then i hope to figure out some sort of regular schedule… you know with all my free time. ha. until then I wanted to update ya’ll on a few things that have been going on. Disney Cruise We finally went on our much anticipated vacation on the Disney Fantasy. It is such an amazing ship and the vacation was just what we needed. If you are thinking about a Cruise I promise you won’t…

  • Life

    What a Year.

    I’ve drafted my sentimental year end post in my head a million times. The truth is my head is still not wrapped around the idea that the year is over. It has been a complete whirlwind of a year. Last year I wrote about how I wanted to RX a WOD with Double Unders – and I did several times! I’m still not great at them… but I met my one concrete goal I set for CrossFit. For 2013 I didn’t set any specific resolutions, instead I chose a word to focus on: Intentional. I wanted to be intentional in my training, my eating, and my relationships. I feel like…

  • Life

    Measuring Progress

    Good Morning, Friends. I hope you all are doing well! I miss spending time in this little space. It really helps me process so much of my own thoughts and track my progress. I know it is the time of year when many people are reflecting on their progress throughout the year and planning their goals for 2014. I’ve been thinking a lot about that lately. 2013 has been a hard year. Not a bad year, but a hard one. We took on a huge responsibility by opening CrossFit 70, still maintain our other full time business, we are both in the last stretch of getting our Bachelors degree, plus…

  • Life

    The Parking Spot GIVEAWAY

    Hey Friends! How are you doing? Things are still crazy busy over here, but in a good way! We are still working on moving to our new location with CrossFit. Can you believe there is 1 week until Christmas Eve? Me either. In all the craziness and hustle and bustle of the holidays it helps to have some of the smaller details taken care of for you. If you are planning on taking a trip and don’t want to worry about finding a ride to the airport check out The Parking Spot. We have used them before and have never been disappointed. We aren’t traveling over Christmas or New Years,…