Archive | May, 2011

5 Fabulous Bloggers

31 May




Thanks to Trop50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 Fabulous Wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to celebrate a friend with a refreshing attitude about looking and feeling fabulous!

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Although I am still somewhat new to the blogging community I would like to take this opportunity to share with you 5 bloggers that I read on a daily basis and think are just fabulous.  While they all may be considered “healthy living bloggers” they are all unique and entertaining in their own way. I define fabulous in the blogging world as someone who manages to inspire, entertain, and make me laugh all at once.

1. Rachel Wilkerson of rachelwilkerson.com I have been reading Rachel’s blog for almost two years now and find her absolutely hysterical.  While she does like to share healthy recipes and exercise ideas, she also shares real life tips, like when it is acceptable to have Mcdonald’s breakfast.  She puts a witty spin on just about every topic imaginable and I always laugh out loud at her “rules” to live by.

2. Clare from Fitting It All In: I love reading Clare’s blog because she is so similar to me! We are the same age, graduated from college a little over one year ago, both like to go out and be social while still trying to live a healthy lifestyle.  She is much better at it then I am, she even works out when going back to her old college! Clare’s blog is one that really inspires me to fit exercise and healthy living into my crazy social schedule.

3. The Angry Runner: Now I am sure the angry runner would be appalled to know someone is calling her fabulous but I think her blog really is, quite fabulous.  It is one I have read since the beginning of my blog reading days and I will continue to for her straight forward, no bs attitude.  While she may be angry, the mysterious angry runner is also an amazing athlete.  Her running times are something I can only dream of and she posts very helpful information about training and running recovery.

4. Janae from The Hungry Runner Girl: Janae’s blog is I am sure one of the most popular within the exercise blogging community.  Not only is she an amazingly fast runner she loves to blog about all the desserts and ice cream she eats reminding us that it is all about balance.  Even when she is injured and can’t run she still inspires her readers to be the best they can be no matter what type of exercise they are enjoying.

5.  Amy from Second City Randomness: I love Amy’s blog because she lives in Chicago, like me! I love reading about other people’s adventures in Chi-town and hearing about all the fun things there are to do here.  She is also very funny and always has creative posts about her healthy life.

While there are a billion amazing bloggers out there in all different categories these are the 5 that I think are just FABULOUS!

I hope that one day someone will find my blog to be fabulous as well :)

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Don’t forget to enter the 50 Fabulous Wishes contest for a chance to win $1,000 to celebrate a friend with a refreshing attitude about looking and feeling fabulous. I was selected for this Tropicana Trop50 sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. I received compensation to use and facilitate my post.

How to Have a Successful 3 Day Weekend

29 May

Step Number One: Start early.  I started my 3 day weekend off with the Bulls game Thursday night. Sadly it was a heartbreaking loss but still fun to go out and do something on a Thursday night.

Step 2: Go to Happy Hour and stay out until 11:30 on Friday night.  Proceed to sleep on and off all day on Saturday nursing hangover from Friday happy hour.

Step 3: Have a low key Saturday night complete with going out to chinese food, then going to see bridesmaids.  Remember to purchase candy before going to the movie theater and sneak it inside in your purse

Step 4: Make delicious snickerdoodle cookies following this recipe.  At 10 pm at night.

Step 5: Go for your longest run post half marathon- 4 miles. Almost one month since the half and I am just now getting some real distances in, hopefully I am able to ramp this up pretty quickly (but not TOO quickly).

Step 6: Enjoy a graduation celebration for your boyfriend’s sister.  Congrats Bridget!

Step 7: Go out for country night at the most popular Sunday night bar in the area: Houndstooth!

And then continue on with a cubs rooftop game on Monday! I will be back later tomorrow to share the rest of my great weekend.  I hope you are enjoying your memorial day weekend as well!

Three Thing Thursday: TV Edition

26 May

A quick congrats to my cousin Caitlin who got engaged yesterday!! Ahh so excited for her.

Workouts: I finally got over my sickness and decided to workout.  Yesterday I ran 3 miles on the treadmill (ranging from 6.0-7.0) and walked another 3/4 a mile on an incline of 8%. Today I only had a half hour to work out so I walked a little bit to warm up then ran 2.5 miles.  Two days of running in a row and no real pains, this is good news folks!

Did I mention I am running a 5k next weekend? I was originally signed up for the 10k but dropped down.  This probably won’t be a great race but I am excited to run in a race again and work on my race anxiety.

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There have been some exciting season finales this week so I thought I would make this 3 Thing Thursday the TV edition

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1. Biggest Loser Season Finale: OMGEE Olivia and Hannah are so tiny! It is amazing how much weight these people lose. I am convinced that before the finale they probably don’t eat and dehydrate themselves because they usually end up gaining 10-15 lbs back right away but thats still so skinny because they are tall! I am so mad that Anna Kornawhats-her-name is going to be the newest trainer. She’s not even certified, hire me instead!

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2.   American Idol Season Finale: I love love love Scotty and am so happy he won! I can’t wait to go see him in concert.  He was better than Tim McGraw last night. And what is with him and Lauren..are they dating?

3. The Bachelorette: I am not really a big fan of the bachelorette but I watched part of this one . It is SO awkward when they do the introductions.  I love the guy who got so drunk he passed out, I mean really dude what are you doing?

And now I am off to hope that the bulls are going to be able to make a come back.  Im going to the game!

What do you think of the tv finales this week?

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