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 »
Fitness Challenge: Power 90 Workout
I figured it had been a while since I had written up a fitness related health post. Consequently it has also been a while since I have done anything fitness related period. So, in an effort to have some sort of routine without having any idea what I am doing, I have borrowed a friend’s [...] Read more »
5 Ways to Relax and Recharge
Image via Darkr I’ve been practicing yoga (though not as often as I probably should) for a few months now. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a guru or anything, in fact I’ve never even been to a yoga studio, but I have tried to incorporate the basics into my life through a home practice. [...] Read more »
5 Tips for Sustainable and Mindful Eating
Image via ilovebutter The following is an excerpt from a lifestyle article I wrote for Yahoo’s Contributor Network. I figured it was the perfect way to introduce healthy and green eating habits into our lives. 5 Tips for Sustainable and Mindful Eating Since about 70 percent of your immune system is in your digestive tract, [...] 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 »
How to Stick to an Exercise Routine: The One Where I Compile a Fitness Bible for the Fitness Challenged
Image via rosswebsdale Today marks the beginning of Week 3 of my 8 Week Fitness Challenge. I greeted Week 3 with a blissful hips class from Yoga Today. I also took advantage of the BEAUTIFUL weather we have been having in South Florida and practiced outside. While I would love to say that I have been [...] Read more »
