When I go to NYC for work, I usually chalk that week up to a wash on my healthy routines. I don’t sleep that well in the hotel room, I tend to miss exercising, and I eat pretty much every meal out. After almost 10 months of making the bi-monthly commute I’ve been trying to [...][...]
Archive for March, 2012
Concentration Challenge
I’ve read a bunch of articles about how some of the best exercises are actually the ones that work out both your mind and body. So I added in yoga a few years ago and loved the results. I learned to relax and have been known to break out the breathing exercises at work when [...][...]
More (Kettle)bell!
The American Council of Exercise recently released a study that concluded that kettlebells provide a much higher-intensity workout than standard weight-training routines and offer superior results in a short amount of time. When I started working out with trainers I was introduced to kettlebells an[...]
Overeating? You may be burned out at work
It was another crazy busy week at work. I always feel like when I am in the physical office there is more to do, or maybe I just feel less in control about when to do it. I had a lot of need to happen moments this week between client meetings and presentations, and a [...][...]
Second Breakfast?
I’ll admit it, there are days that I eat my breakfast and less than two hours later my stomach is rumbling. Usually this is when I work out really hard or I am up really early in the morning. Apparently I am not alone though. More on-the-go Americans are consuming their morning calories over s[...]
Exercise=More Excited and Enthusiastic Laney
The last two weeks have been one of those weeks where I am too stressed to function at life. Here’s an image for that…I am pretty sure the only thing that got me to change my clothing was the fact that I had to go into the office. It was an effort picking out clothes [...][...]
Losing My Running Skirt Virginity
We have a winner, and that winner is CARMEN!!! Using random.org Carmen was selected to receive a running skirt to test out. Here’s a confession for you. In the height of NYC and DC summers I am a frequent visitor of the baby product aisle, purchasing Desitin like a baby who can’t get[...]
The Scale Isn’t the End All Be All
I’ve been struggling to get my weight back down to where I want it to be since the wedding. Unfortunately, no matter what I do that number on the scale just won’t budge. I was a religious morning scale person. Every morning my day started with stepping on the scale, recording the number [...]