Happy, happy Friday! Any fabulous plans for this weekend? I'm looking forward to my long weekend full of football watching, a hiking date with my hubby, doing some recipe experimentation, a workout with a girlfriend of mine, and a mix of both doing some productive things and relaxing. Today's topic is a never-ending love of mine - fruit. I have a serious obsession with fruit, from apples and banana to cherries and strawberries. In fact, while I enjoy veggies, I have to kind of plan them into my meals mindfully. Otherwise, on the produce front, my diet would consist of all the fruit and none of the veggies. Since I have a huge sweet tooth, I'm always finding ways to make meals that could be dessert, but are also healthy and nutritious enough to be considered a wholesome meal. I'm sneaky ... [Read More]
Archives for January 2015
The Blog Turns Three!
A few days ago I got a WordPress alert on my phone telling me that it had been THREE years since my first WordPress post. Wow, the years have completely sped by! It's crazy to think about how when I started blogging, I had no idea what a great part of my life it would become. My hubby had just deployed, and I decided to start what was then called Foodie Meets Fitness as a new hobby and a way to share more of my day-to-day life and recipes with loved ones 2,500 miles away. Since then there has been a lot of change and growth around here! ... [Read More]
Embracing What is | Monserate Mountain Hike Recap
Hiking is one of my favorite ways to clear my head, enjoy nature and practice mindfulness. I always consider it time well spent as I'm trekking up a mountain, feeling the breeze, and taking in the scenery, and every time I reach the peak, I do so with a grateful heart. (source) However, just as with everything in life, sometimes hikes don't go exactly as planned. This was the case last weekend, when I set out to try hiking a new trail: Monserate Mountain in the nearby town of Fallbrook. Sometimes when hikes don't go exactly as planned, it's because I get lost while I'm actually hiking; other times I get lost trying to get to the trail itself. The latter was the case last Saturday. One of the challenges of finding new hikes is figuring out how to actually get there, since I find ... [Read More]
Banana Almond Butter Muffins {Vegan & Gluten Free}
Happy Friday friends! Hope that your first full week of January has been awesome, and that you have some fun weekend plans ahead. Speaking of fun, today I've got a fun recipe to share with you guys! Whenever I go food shopping, bananas are always on the list. I buy a ton of bananas! A and I both use them for smoothies almost daily, plus I like to smear bananas with nut butter or top yogurt bowls with banana slices often. However, I somehow wound up with too many bananas in the house over the past week. We couldn't eat them fast enough, and before I knew it, I had 5 brown bananas sitting in my fruit basket. I threw a few of them in the freezer for later smoothie use, and then I had a yummy idea for the remaining ones... ....baking some muffins! ... [Read More]
The Organic Debate + My New Year Health Coaching Program Discount!
Hi everyone! Being that it's the start of a new year, I know that many of you have resolutions related to health: wanting to lose weight, eat better, be more consistent with your exercise routine, cultivate a more positive mindset, or find ways to be more active in your everyday life. Perhaps you want to incorporate more fruits and veggies into your diet, or transition into a plant-based diet. Whatever your main healthy living goal is, I'd love to chat more with you about it and see if my health coaching program is a good fit for you. I offer free consultations to discuss all of this, and I'm happy to announce that I'm offering a new year discount! If you sign up for my program in the next month, you'll receive $100 off your total program fee. Prices for my 6-month program are ... [Read More]
30 Ways to be a Healthier, Happier, More Centered Human Being in 2015
Hi there! In the start of a new year there's always this word floating around: resolutions. For many people, January is a symbolic fresh start and the ideal time to make positive changes in their lives. While I think that January is as good a time as any to form better habits, and I definitely am excited in beginning this new year, I'm not a huge resolution person per se. Do I love goal setting in general? Absolutely. I guess I just find it sad that the majority of people give up on their New Year's resolutions by the end of the month. I think it's because a lot of people try to drastically change their lifestyle in one foul swoop, which isn't always realistic. So, I started thinking about all of this and ideas started popping into my head of things I'd like to do more in 2015 ... [Read More]
