I did not have the pleasure of attending the 20sb Summit in Chicago last month. However I did watch Jenny Blake’s keynote speech where she discussed how we should write truth posts every once a while. That is to say, write a post that expresses raw emotion, fear, etc. So here goes my first one. [...] Read more »
4 Tips for Healthy Eating on the Go
Are you trying to live healthy but find that your busy lifestyle just gets in the way? Check out this guest post in which Branda Lyttle discusses some easy tips for staying healthy on the go. Brenda Lyttle is a health expert who began writing for publications in her community in 2005 and now commands [...] Read more »
7 Health and Fitness Blogs You Need to Read
I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that I am slowly but surely getting my abs back and I’m gaining strength, both good signs that my exercise regiment is actually working. The bad news is I still have horrible eating habits. Case and point: I definitely ate not one, [...] Read more »
Do You Need A Personal Trainer? Part 1
I would like to start off this post by saying that I am so sore. Granted it’s not “Omg I’m screeching and can barely move sore” like last week, but still sore. I know that part of the reason why I’m sore is because my body is not very conditioned for exercise. Hell, the last [...] Read more »
7 Advantages of Going to a Gym
To me, cultivating a healthy lifestyle has been on my mind for quite some time. And although I have been trying really hard and have gotten much better, it turns out I needed a little extra push to reach one of my goals this year: daily exercise. If you’ve been reading this blog [...] Read more »
The Beauty of Doing Something for Yourself and A List of Top Notch Yoga Blogs
It’s all about balance, baby. Last week I wrote a post about how I switched up my routine and attended my first actual yoga class. Well, I am happy to say that I marched into Prana Yoga in Miami on Monday and signed myself up for boat load of classes. Since then I have made [...] Read more »
6 Fitness Workouts You Have to Try
Image via Crunch This last week has been absolutely insane at work! In fact, today is the only day I have off and then it’s back to teaching bright and early tomorrow morning. The good news is that I absolutely love my job, the bad news is that sometimes I practically live at my job. [...] Read more »
4 Easy Ways to Stay Fit Everyday
Image via shortie66 Halfway into January 2011 and I bet a lot of people have already given up on the health related resolutions. Losing weight, staying fit, or exercising have been put on the back burner due to time constraints, too much work, or plain laziness. I previously wrote a post where I compiled a [...] Read more »
5 Things You Can Do to Avoid Getting Sick (And Resources for Getting Them Done)
Between wisdom tooth woes and a nasty cold that came out of nowhere, I have certainly been feeling under the weather these past few days. Combine that with hard work and the fact that it’s 30 degrees in Florida, and you have a very miserable Amanda. Getting sick has a tendency of getting in the [...] Read more »
Skip the Gym Membership, Check Out Exercise TV
Recently GMW has been very focused on ways to get your financials in order. You may even recall me asking if you really needed some expensive gym membership to stay healthy (in case you didn’t get it, the answer is no). What I forgot to mention was a less expensive alternative for gym workouts and [...] Read more »
