Category Archives: health and fitness

31 Days of Clean Foods: Day 7

Day 7 was pretty uneventful. I woke up at 7:30, had breakfast at 8:45am which consisted of 1 cup oatmeal, 1/2 cup mixture of 1 scoop Metabolic Nutrition Protizyme Peanut butter cookie protein and 1 cup of muscleegg mixed, and then I headed to the gym. I was teaching Body Pump at 10am and IContinue reading “31 Days of Clean Foods: Day 7”

31 Days of Clean foods Day 5 & 6

Picture this: it’s Friday morning, for over a year now you have woken up every Friday morning at 7am and gone to the gym by 9am for Body Pump followed by Spin (obviously this has a few exceptions but it’s pretty much been this way). But this Friday was different. After two days off fromContinue reading “31 Days of Clean foods Day 5 & 6”

31 Days of Clean foods: Day 4

Always learning. I woke up at 5, made it to the gym by 6 (barely). I decided to just get a shake at the gym because I didn’t have time to make breakfast because um, well, I was surfing instagram and Pinterest in bed until I realized it was 5:40 and I had to getContinue reading “31 Days of Clean foods: Day 4”

31 days of clean foods: Day 3

So today I was off from work (sort of, more on that later) but I still got up at 5am for fasted cardio by 6am. I’m still taking too long to get out of the house but it’s definitely a work in progress and if I have to get up earlier, I will just haveContinue reading “31 days of clean foods: Day 3”

31 Days of Clean Foods: Day 2

Day 2 started like every Tuesday starts: up at 5am, at the gym by 6am for Cardio kickboxing and some light weight work/bands and kettle bells. By about 45 minutes in my stomach started yelling at me so I was glad I planned ahead with one scoop of Metabolic Nutrition’s peanut butter cookie protein withContinue reading “31 Days of Clean Foods: Day 2”

31 Days of Clean Foods: Day 1

Today is my first day back to work after 5 days off, the first day of December, and the first day of my self proposed 31 days (I changed it to 31 days to be the full month of December) of clean foods. Here’s my criteria for what constitutes as “clean” : All produce AllContinue reading “31 Days of Clean Foods: Day 1”

A new direction….

I’ve made the decision to use this blog as a way to document my continuing journey of health and fitness and all facets of it. I have spent countless amount of time trying to teach myself the newest and best way to become the best version of myself. With all of that time spent I’veContinue reading “A new direction….”

My favorite dry skin treatments for you and your pup!

Have you ever noticed in the winter your lips tend to get chapped, and your skin, in general, gets really dry? You may have also noticed that your dogs nose has become increasingly chapped as well? Some dog breeds are predisposed to dry noses – pugs are one of them, but boxers and bulldogs areContinue reading “My favorite dry skin treatments for you and your pup!”

Know Your Worth. The Warhouse Gym Camp 11/15/14

First of all I want to start by thanking you for stopping by my site! I know it may be a little confusing at first – “what do pugs have to do with fitness?” is probably my most asked question! My love for both animals and fitness have brought me to a cross roads. IContinue reading “Know Your Worth. The Warhouse Gym Camp 11/15/14”