Find Love in Fitness

Happy Holidays! This time of year is filled with family, food and traveling for most people. All of that makes it harder to stay on a good workout schedule, right? Wrong! For me, fitting fitness in around the holidays is fun. For us, we spend a lot of time traveling to Bloomington, South Bend and Chicago and we are always getting delicious food wherever we are with family. It is important for us to enjoy ALL of the food, family AND make sure we get some sort of workout in. Walks- Holidays are spent with family, some who you don't get to see much. Grab them and head out for a morning, mid day or evening walk wherever you are! While we were in Bloomington, my mom, sister, 2 neices and brother in law all went out for a walk after our feast. It is always nice to get your blood circulating, burn a few calories AND socialize. Holiday Runs- There are so many organized runs around the holidays and they are SO much fun! I encourage everyone to take advantage of their local runs ...

Hi friends! Sorry I haven't blogged lately. I have been consumed in husband, work, family and working out! As this weather is starting to get colder, it is definitely harder for people to workout. Falling back an hour means less light after work to run...which means I have been seeing a lot more of LA Fitness. Stay tuned for posts about great gym workouts! In the meantime, here is what I have been doing the past few weeks: One of my best friends, Kelly got married! It was a beautiful wedding at a Bloomington church followed by a reception at The Stables. I spent the next weekend in Bloomington celebrating my Grandpa's 87th birthday. I during my time at home I took full advantage of my parents and the hills and we went on a long morning bike ride. I used to do this all the time when I lived at home so it is a treat to do when I am visiting!  I am a lucky girl that my Grandpa has been such a big part of my life. Jake and I have been doing o...

One thing that I love about fitness is the fact that you can include your friends and family. There are so many organized runs and walks that are so fun to do with friends and family. Everyone is different when it comes to training for a big race though. Some people like to do it independently and others like to do it with someone else so they are held accountable for not missing training runs or sessions. I personally like both. Sometimes I love just working out or training for a race by myself, and other times I like to have a friend or family member alongside. Recently I have had a really nice variety of training and working out both alone and with people. My most recent race with people was Hoosiers Outrun Cancer in Bloomington. I have done this race for many, many years and it is very near and dear to me being in my home town and supporting a cause I am passionate about. My mom, dad, sister, nieces and Jake did Hoosiers Outrun Cancer this year, along with lots and lots of Bloo...

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/sedentary-lifestyle-hazards   There is nothing worse than sitting at a desk all day if you ask me. Majority of us have a typical 8-5 job that requires us to be at a desk, in front of a computer most of the day. Not only is it uncomfortable, but it is not healthy. Plus, if you are trying to get physically fit, one workout a day and then sitting all day will not give you the results you are looking for. I am lucky that my day time job is pretty flexible and we can get up whenever we want. We have lots of paths around our office, and we even have a walking station where we can be on a treadmill and work on our laptops. We are become more and more “remote” meaning people can pretty much work anywhere. I do still spend most of my time at my desk though, which can be pretty painful. To get through a work week of sitting ,there are many things you can do to save yourself.   Get up often and stretch or walk around the office...

Happy Friday! It sure has been a long week- but lots of successful workouts happened this week. I capped off the week with an early morning at LA Fitness doing squats. I was super happy with doing 135 10 times! Let me tell you though, I have been working on squat gains for the past year. Jake is my motivator for these- he has the strongest legs I have ever seen. This is absolutely the most beautiful time of the year in Indiana. One of the best ways to get out and enjoy all the leaves changing is to get out and run, walk, or bike. I have been trying to take full advantage of the limited time we have left to get outside and workout. I try to go out right after work and run 3-6 miles. I get so much joy out of this because I am getting a workout in AND I am able to see all of the beautiful trees. Yesterday Jake and I did 2-a-days and I was very satisfied with my 2nd workout which was a run after work. I was able to get all 4 of my miles under 9 minutes. My goal is to run a half marathon ...

I have never been really obsessed with food and diet like a lot of people are. There are so many diet trends these days it is hard to follow them all. I think to each is there own when it comes to diet. You have to figure out what makes you feel good, what makes you feel bad, and what works best for you and your family. Jake and I keep it pretty simple around here and it works just fine for us. We work out everyday so we are constantly burning, meaning we may eat more than the average human. Here are a few things about our "diet": We take our lunch during the week We eat at home (or Subway) during the week for dinner We eat out on the weekends We love pizza We love Chinese We love ice cream We love beer And yes we eat pizza, Chinese, ice cream and drink beer. We also keep in mind the following:   Water is the best thing we can put into our body Our bodies need food as fuel since we do workout so often ...