I'll pretty much use any excuse to buy new workout clothes and the transition into fall sounds like a good enough excuse to me!  I've mentioned in the past that having cute workout clothes really helps me stay motivated with my workouts AND I also wear workout clothes 75% of the time, so these are my favorite pieces to shop for. With the weather cooling off and the dark mornings upon us I'm … [Read more...]

The Starbucks PSL came out yesterday soooo that pretty much means summer is officially over...thanks Starbucks.  While I actually think the PSL is gross, I'm a huge pumpkin fan...surprise surprise.  Expect lots of fun pumpkin finds the next few months, but in the meantime here are some goodies I found and tried in August. Trader Joe's Salad Topper ok truth...I bought these like 2 weeks ago … [Read more...]

When I was working more in the clinical nutrition world I specialized in adolescent nutrition.  I spent my days educating kids and their families about food, nutrition, and best practices to ensure these kiddos were getting adequate nutrition.  It’s funny how much I was looking forward to when I would be able to feed and enjoy meals together with my child. It was so easy to give all the … [Read more...]

Yes, I know you could just search Pinterest on this topic and get like a million different ideas, but I’m going to give you my top 7 anyways. Why? Because I need the motivation myself. I don’t know what it is about summer (that’s what I’m blaming it on) but I have not been motivated to meal plan, prep, or get very creative in the kitchen. I’ve been making the most basic oatmeal or having a Perfect … [Read more...]

Quinn will be 2 years old next week and it’s got me feeling all kinds of emotions. We moved to Seattle when she was only 4 months old. Life 2 years ago was a complete sh*t show if I’m being honest. We had always talked about what it would be like to move to a new city and have a "fresh start".  Fun to think about right?  We would visit my husband’s family in Seattle every summer and I would say…I … [Read more...]

Happy August friends!  July was a busy month that flew by and I feel like Fall will be here before we know it!  Grocery store finds might  will be pumpkin everything in a few months ;)  Anyways, I came across a few good grocery store finds in July (warning: it's a little bar heavy because a lot of new flavors hit the shelves that I wanted to try and share with you guys) so let's get to … [Read more...]

"Keto cups" and "fat bombs" are all the food blogger rage these days and for good reason.  By no means am I pro keto diet (unless of course it is recommended by a doctor manage a health condition) but I am pro FAT! Fat is my favorite macronutrient for so many reasons, but it wasn't always. In my younger days I fell into the fat-free trap and believed fat would...well...make me fat! I lived … [Read more...]

While I was answering this week's Happy Hour question about the benefits of collagen (read more here) I found myself using the term "gut health" a lot and figured this was a topic that could use it's own blog post.  Gut health is my jam and I love learning about how our gut works (it's so complex) and how we can best take care of it. I've been listening to this book on tape and while I wouldn't … [Read more...]

Happy July friends!  It's the start of a new month which means it's time to do my monthly grocery store finds round-up.  I have a couple of fun June finds I'm excited to share with you guys! Clif Bar Fruit Smoothie-Tart Cherry Berry Have you tried the nut butter filled Clif Bars?  They are so good and Clif Bar came out with these new smoothie berry flavors. I picked up this new flavor at the … [Read more...]

While chatting with a few other mom friends... we all agreed that lunch for us often turns into just a bunch of snacks all afternoon.  A handful of crackers here, a bar there, a few bites of your kids uneaten mac & cheese...so unsatisfying! So my goal for this week was to have everything on hand to make a well balanced MEAL at lunch time. On Sunday afternoon I came up with dinner ideas for … [Read more...]