November Goals Yay, it's Friday! Now that I've finished recapping my whole Birthday week (my birthday, WIAW: last day as a 24 year-old, and Thursday Thoughts: Birthday Edition), it's time to recognize the fact that October is behind us and it's time to embrace the very busy month of November! For those of you who've been reading for a while, you know that each month I re-cap my goals... (1 views)
Combining Workout Schedules Hey everyone! I hope you're all having a great weekend! This upcoming week I start my half marathon training (if my IT band cooperates ) and I'm continuing with Week 3 of Tina's Best Body Bootcamp. That's a lot of workouts to take in, especially with my very busy schedule! First, let's re-cap last week's workouts: Sunday - Thriller in Schiller 5K! A BLAST! Monday -... (1 views)
Thirteen Reasons Why Spoke too soon. Yesterday I showed you all my workout plan for the week. Well, after typing up my post I decided to go to a Zumba class I found in the south loop. The class was a blast, but about 20 min in I felt my IT band start to bother me. I tried to stop doing side-to-side as much as I could, but by the end of class it was really hurting again. What does this mean?... (1 views)
Last Chance! Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great start to the week. Thank you all for your well wishes for my IT band, I'm hoping it gets better soon! I'm actually off to see a physical therapist this morning for an injury screening, so we'll see how it goes. Honestly I think it will be my biggest fear: that she'll tell me I have to stay off it for weeks. Pray for me. Pulease!... (1 views)
WIAW-Pumpkin Craziness Happy Wednesday everyone! Before we get on to WIAW, I wanted to give you all an update on my IT band problems. I got a free injury screening yesterday at Accelerated Rehab Centers. The woman who I saw could tell immediately from watching me walk and then just touching my hips what the problem was. I've always known that my whole body, shoulders, hips and legs, were a... (1 views)
Thursday Thoughts Hey everyone! It's Thursday!!! Aka I just have to get through today and it's officially the weekend, which I'm looking forward to because of the Girls On the Run 5K!!! I haven't decided if I'm going to just shamefully stand at the sidelines (okay cheer ) or try to jog/walk it. I know I won't be the only walker, but we'll see Anyway, that was enough pity for today... (1 views)
Show Some Love HAPPY FRIDAY!!!! I hope you all had a great week and are looking forward to some fun and relaxation this weekend! I'm looking forward to a crazy morning tomorrow with the GOTR 5K and getting all our girls there, get them their bib's and tiaras (yes, tiaras and no I don't get one ) through the run, and back home AND I'm looking forward to actually doing the 2 giant... (1 views)
Freestylin' Hey everyone! Happy weekend! First of all, I wanted to say thank you to all of you for your great comments on my post yesterday. It sounds like many of us of similar feelings and frustrations when it comes to mean comments on blogs. Now, onto today's topic - Coca Cola Freestyle Machines! Hahaha okay, I can hear it in your thoughts: um, Katie, soda?! Yea, I would have had... (1 views)
BBC-Week 3 Hey everyone! I hope you all had a restful weekend and are ready for a new week.I had a pretty good weekend: Girls on the Run 5K, trip to Whole Foods with my sister-in-law, a couple movies, a walk with my brother and Molly, food-prep for the week and some solid procrastination And guess what? Only TEN DAYS until Thanksgiving!!! How crazy is that?! Haha kind of scaring... (2 views)
Discovering New Blogs Hey everyone! I hope your weeks all started off well! So, I called it yesterday - a few short minutes after publishing my post I decided that Monday needed to be a rest day. My whole body was just asking for a day off. Although I was super tempted in the evening to hit the gym, I knew I needed to stick to studying. So I did what any normal girl would do: I had a dance... (3 views)
Thursday Thoughts Hey everyone! I hope you're all having a good week! I'm having a stressful one. Haha very busy schedule, especially today! But once today is over I can relax well, a little. That's just how the end of the semester is I guess! But, enough of that because it's time for Thursday Thoughts, a place for mindlessness! 1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!!! Today is my dad's birthday!... (1 views)
PicMonkey Tutorial YAY IT'S FRIDAY I AM SO EXCITED THAT THIS WEEK IS OVER!!!!!!!!! Anyone else?!? This was a LOOOOOONG week for me, most of it just stress I put on myself, but nevertheless I am so excited that it's over. I've still got a ton of work to do this weekend, but I'm less anxious. And I have 2 classes between me and my freakishly early flight on Wednesday morning! Well, it was... (1 views)
BBC-Week 4 Hi everyone, I hope you're all having a good weekend! Mine started off pretty awesome with a girls night with some friends, and then turned into an incredibly lazy day due to said girls night but today I'm back at it! I'm glad you all enjoyed my picmonkey tutorial on Friday, I kind of threw that together at the last minute but now I'm glad I did! I also got many other... (1 views)
Weekly Workouts Demystified Happy Monday! I know you are ALL excited for this Monday (unless you don't live in the U.S ) because you have either a 2 or 3 day week before the holiday! I'm supposed to have a 3 day week because we technically have school Wednesday, but I always ignore that and take Wednesday off because my teachers always end up canceling class that day anyway. Turns out I have one... (1 views)
Tuesday Thoughts? Soooo I realized I'm probably not going to be posting a Thursday Thoughts post this week since 1) It's Thanksgiving and I'll hopefully be enjoying family time and 2) you all are enjoying family time and no one reads my blog on holidays! However, I have a LOT of thoughts piling up for this week so I thought I'd go ahead and do this on Tuesday! It's really my favorite post... (1 views)
WIAW-Clean Out The Fridge Hellooooooooo from Kansas City! My flight yesterday went very smoothly and I am home with my family! Well with my parents since my older brother isn't coming home for Thanksgiving and my younger brother moved into his own apartment! Anyway, I'm sure you all have traveling and cooking to get back to, so let's get on to What I Ate Wednesday! If you are new to WIAW, head... (1 views)
Turkey Trot 5K Race Recap Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving yesterday, I definitely did. My day involved some hanging around with my family, a stop at my favorite coffee spot, the Roasterie, catching up with my little brother and then dinner with my cousins and aunt and uncle. The whole day started off with a bang at the Thanksgiving Day 5K Run & Family Stroll at the Sprint... (1 views)
BBC-Week 5 Happy Sunday! I hope you've all had a great holiday weekend. I'm heading back to Chicago today and back to reality Not super pumped about that, but oh well. What can you do? I've had a great time here at home, especially just the down time which, if you follow me on istagram, you've seen a bit of! Pizza and movie night with the family: Doing some school work at my... (1 views)
Riding the Mizuno Wave Happy Monday! Well, I'm back in Chicago and back at it but I keep reminding myself that in less than 2 weeks I'll be in Charleston for a friend's wedding, and then in 4 weeks I'll be home again! I think I can, I think I can As I mentioned briefly in my post yesterday, I got a new pair of running shoes! I've been wearing Asics, which I bought in June, wore through... (1 views)
Inspiring, Beautiful and Sunshine Awards! Over the past couple of months I've been nominated for a few blogger awards by some of my lovely readers! I kind of stink at remembering this and posting the questions you're supposed to answer when nominated, so I decided to do them all at once! I was nominated for the Beautiful Blogger Award by Krissy and the City, the Sunshine Award by Eating For Balance, and the Very... (2 views)
WIAW-School and PT Hey everyone, happy Wednesday! Before we get onto this week's WIAW, I wanted to let you all know how my IT band is doing. I've been seeing a physical therapist but so far I've seen zero improvement. I have been running, about 4-5 miles a week, so I decided yesterday morning (after a pathetic half mile) that I would take off a full two weeks of running. I really hope this... (3 views)
Thursday Thoughts Hey everyone! Are you all having a good week? Mine's going okay, although I'm doing a really great job at procrastinating with my school work. Senioritis is no joke And this my 3rd time being a senior (or last year in school). So I'm really good at it. What's a great way to procrastinate? A Thursday Thoughts post! 1. Check out my friend's phone case! I thought this... (1 views)
My Christmas List Happy Friday! I hope you all had a good week back after the Thanksgiving break! My week has been a bit off, I think I'm just homesick and so ready to get back for Christmas. If we could just fast forward to December 22nd I would be appreciate it, okay? Good. So every year my mom asks all of us for a Christmas List. She worries about just buying us things that we didn't... (1 views)
Pv.Body-LAST CHANCE! Well hellooooooo there! Didn't expect to see me this afternoon, did you? Haha me neither! However, I HAD to share this with you all! I wasn't going to announce this until I got my first outfit from them, but I'm a pv.body ambassador! What is pv.body? Well you may have heard about it from other bloggers, but for those of you who haven't, it's a company that's built... (1 views)
BBC-Week 6 I hope you're all having a great weekend! I have a very busy weekend, but everything planned is a lot of fun and I get to see a lot of people, so it's alright by me! I'm also excited because this upcoming week is my last week of classes and they're all make-up days for the days we missed over the semester for holidays. In other words, several are cancelled because the... (1 views)
December Goals I cannot believe it's already time to write this post! Seriously! Haha and I'm even posting it a few days late since it's now DECEMBER 3RD!!! December is a great month though, well, after those annoying things called finals But hey, I get a whole month off once they're over so I'm good with that! Molly is also very excited for the holiday season: I hope you all had a... (1 views)
The Sweet Life In Paris-Book Review Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good start to your week! I had a fun but rough one with Tina's tabata workout yesterday morning! WHEW! But in such a good way, I loved it! I promised a re-cap of my busy and fun Saturday, so here we go! On Saturday morning I headed out to Oak Park for Core Power Yoga, and afterwards I met up with Chelsey for breakfast at Delia's...
WIAW-Rainbow Day I hope you're all having a good week so far! I've only got 2 full days and then tomorrow night I'm off to Charleston for my friend's wedding! Since I've got a million things to do, let's move on to this week's WIAW! Today's food is from Monday (per usual ). I was ridiculously hungry all day but managed to get in some colorful meals! If you're new to What I Ate Wednesday,... (1 views)
Thursday Thoughts I GO TO CHARLESTON TODAY!!!! Okay, okay, I go to Charleston tonight, and arrive juuuuust before midnight. Huge props to my friend's boyfriend for picking me up I'm pretty pumped about this weekend: time with my friend Amy Lee (who I'm staying with) AND celebrating Meredith's wedding with a bunch of other friends! I'll only be there 3 days, but I think it will be a good... (1 views)