Sick of celebrity selfies? Brace yourself for the new trend in social networking narcissism: The oh-so-sickening 'healthie'They are the A-list celebrites with the sort of perfect bodies the rest of us can only aspire to. Thing is, they know it - and they aren’t afraid to show it. Enter the ‘healthie’. I have to disagree with this article. While I…
[gallery] Weekly Wins time y'all (hometown edition)! 1. Headed down to MD/DC to celebrate the beautiful bride-to-be Julia (here we are with my lovely shower co-hosts). 2. Among our shower creations was this “date jar” (and a bit of our candy bar is in view) where we had guests write down creative dates for the future married couple to enjoy.…
This weekend I was home in Maryland and had a 10-miler on the schedule for marathon training. Up until now my long runs have been going great. I get into a nice rhythm around a 9-minute pace and typically enjoy the run. This run, however, was NOT great. I headed out around 8:30am when it was mid-80s but also super…
[gallery] Last night I whipped up a bowl of chia pudding. Here are this morning’s results (aka my breakfast). I’m not quite ready to share the recipe because it needs some tweaking. In typical Amanda fashion I didn’t measure anything and I think I went a bit overboard on the chia seeds, so while it was tasty, I think it…
5 Slimming Summer SmoothiesSmoothies are my go-to easy breakfast in the summer. Typically I throw in whatever I have laying around the kitchen but these recipes look quite good, will have to give them a try.
[gallery] The last 15 hours of my life, as told by photos: 1. Ran home from work as planned. It was a good temperature and the run was relatively easy. I haven’t been going as fast as I expected (would like to be at a sub-9 minute mile) but judging on my tiredness levels at the end of my runs…
