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Rocked out an awesome stairclimber workout yesterday! I had to get dressed and put on “real person” clothes (AKA not yoga pants) for a meeting yesterday, so I did my old favorite stay-at-home trick… Headed to the gym so I could shower and blow dry my hair in peace.  Look, I’ve got two mobile kiddos [...]

A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in Ironman April.  It was so fun to see everyone’s completed training plans (<—hey, you could always do Ironman May if you are just now seeing this!). The winners were Jessica, Andrea, and Charlotte, and they all get a pair of Balega socks.   Per the usual, [...]

It’s FRIDAY! HAPPY DANCE! Here’s to hoping we have a fabulous weather weekend!  It always seems to rain on the weekends that I really, really want to be outside… I’m doing a local Girls on the Run 5K race tomorrow!  I’m so excited because I haven’t experienced a GOTR 5K since I was a coach [...]

Happy Fourth of July!  The long weekend is almost here.  Wahoo.  We don’t really have any firm plans, but I admit – I’m looking forward to doing a whole lot of nothing.   Fitness Lately Meh.  It’s going okay.  I’m trying really hard to stay active through this pregnancy, as I did with Henry, but [...]

Two years ago, I gave up makeup, shaving, and all forms of feminine primping for 60 days.  The project – which was called The Naked Face Project – was a personal exploration dreamed up by Molly Barker (the founder of Girls on the Run) and myself when we started to ask each other WHY we [...]

This post is sponsored by Musselman’s new BIG CUP applesauce. So far, I’ve written about 50% More Mindfulness and 50% More Vegetables.  In my last “50% More” post, I asked readers to say what they’d like 50% more of in their life. So many of you replied, “Body confidence!”  So many, in fact, that I [...]

I have an update on my Commitment post.  I have gotten committed.  Hey, hey - what do you know?!  Sometimes, all you need is to put the healthy intention out there to the universe… it lights a fire under your butt.  I have been working out, eating right, and generally treating myself the way I [...]

My potato chip obsession has turned into a nachos obsession.  SO GOOD. This is my favorite nacho combination, so I thought I’d share!   Blue corn chips Hummus Salsa Black beans (drained and rinsed) Scrambled tofu Shredded cheese You can go a bit easier on the shredded cheese when you’re also using hummus – the [...]

While I was on the Cabot Cruise (each year, Cabot Coop takes about 45 volunteers on a cruise as a ‘thank you’ – I went because of my work with Operation Beautiful and as the cruise’s Social Media Correspondent), my #1 question for the volunteers was, “How did you find your volunteering gig?” The answers [...]

I don’t know what’s come over me, but I am nesting like tomorrow’s my due date.  Every free moment, I’m organizing, sorting, pulling items for donation, cleaning, and decorating.  It’s weird.  I feel like I’ve been possessed by a strange combination of Young House Love and Mr. Clean.  First of all:  I’m really into farm [...]

A guest post from Hyedi from Minneapolis (Hydei’s blog and Twitter) Back in August of 2010 I saw a tweet from Caitlin looking for people in the Twin Cities who were interested in volunteering with a non-profit that was starting up a local chapter. I had recently graduated from my masters program and had been [...]

While I was away on business, spring disappeared.  It’s summer now in Charlotte! GREEN everywhere! Where was I?  I was in Northwest Arkansas for the last two days.  Well, actually, I spent Thursday night stuck in my layover city – my second flight was delayed until the next morning due to weather.  I was just [...]

Hello from New Orleans!  We’re so excited to be here for the Girls on the Run annual conference and for our first real family vacation.  Obviously, we survived our seven month old’s plane flight, so that means the trip is already a success.  Maybe I’ll do a post about the details of flying with a [...]