This is a photo sneak peak of our weekend. We are still enjoying our last day away but I will do an weekend re-cap post throughout this week with restaurant reviews, things we did and of course talk about our first 5k experience; until then enjoy the photos!
Five Things I’ve Been Loving Lately:
1. Five Bamboo Travel Skirt– Five Bamboo sent me a sample of their skirt for review and I have been wearing it all the time. Unfortunately I have yet to get a picture of myself in it because well I am usually behind the camera, however this weekend we are traveling and it will be perfect for the trip. This skirt is ridiculously comfortable and so soft! I am in love with it. I am so in love with how cute it looks on and how comfortable it is, especially right now in this crazy hot humid Vermont weather. Now I just have to find someone to get me their Rohre Dress for my birthday next month- any takers?
2. Fearless Matcha Green Trea & Peppermint Chocolate: A few weeks ago via a twitter conversation myself and another tweeter got to talking about green tea chocolate and I of course had to chim in that Fearless makes the best kind (I have ever had) and to top it all off it has peppermint in it too. Neil and I have been trying to savor this bar but like most chocolate it didn’t last long in our house. Oh well! Luckily we have a few other flavors to try and they sell it at a number of different shops in Burlington now.
Ingredients: Organic Raw Cacao, Organic Rapadura, Organic Matcha Green Tea, Organic Peppermint
3. Running! I never thought that I would say this but I am loving it. I actually have the urge to go on runs now and I look forward to my next run day. On top of that I am loving running in the morning- yes 6am runs are way better than my old 3pm runs.
4. The Japanese Iced Coffee Method. We used to do cold brewing in our french press…untile we broke it. Lately we have been trying this different method and it makes really wonderful coffee.
Source
5. My Man. Supportive. Wonderful. Helpful. Loving. and so much more xo. (I know you’re either awing or gaging right now but it’s true.)
oh and one thing I am hating- my sunburn that has blister. GROSS.
Disclaimer: Five Bamboo and Fearless Chocolate both provided me with a sample of their products to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway.
I have just signed up for the Thrive in 30 and I am really excited to participate in the program. I am hoping to learn new tips and techniques that I can then go back and use to help my health coaching clients as well as bring back to you through healthy living posts. Based on the introduction this program contains similar information that I already teach in 6 month program which is great and will really help me to expand more and learn new ways to support my clients.
The first task is to Examine your current diet and write a list of all the things you eat that you think might be taking away from your energy or aren’t supporting your health and fitness goals. Mine are as follows:
In addition to breaking these habits/crowding them out of my diet. Thrive in 30 suggests the following five tools to make the most of this program (I’m not going to reveal everything so you’ll have to sign up yourself to find out more):
We started our day off with a run in preparation for our race next Sunday
Before heading to the Brewers Festival we filled our stomachs with brunch
And rehydrated with Coconut Water
Then it was time to wait in line for the Brewers Festival
TIme to drink some yummy beers!
Some beers we loved...
ANd others.... like this one
we hated!
Now I’m home relaxing and trying to sooth my crazy sunburn.
Neil and I have been so crazy busy this week that we just haven’t had a lot of quality time for each other so last night Neil proposed that we find a patio to go have dinner on. So I did my nails and put a cute dress on and we headed downtown to find an outdoor dining spot.
New nail color thanks to Beauty Without Cruelty– review and giveaway to come
Apparently everyone else had the same idea, to head downtown and eat al fresco. So we finally settled on Italian and waited a bit for a table. When we finally got a table we ordered a small chicken of Chardonnay to share and decided on salads and flatbread.
Neil's Arugula and Apple salad with candied walnuts and maple-sherry dressing
My Arugula, Apple and Strawberry Salad with candied walnuts and raspberry dressing.
Our flatbread with leeks, lemon, shiitake mushrooms and micro greens.
How we felt about the flatbread and the service.
In addition to doing the Thrive in 30 over the next 30 days I am also participating in:
This is a free event!! Join us and other athletes from all over the world to embrace our crazy, wild side to run a virtual half marathon during the hottest part of the summer?!?
July 15th thru August 15th (you have the whole month to complete 13.1 miles, there is no need to complete it all in 1 run)
Half-Marathon (13.1 miles)
This is the first virtual race I have ever participated in and the Hubz is going to participate as well. I actually had never even heard of a virtual race before a few weeks ago during a #fitblog twitter chat. I am really excited to participate and I think it is a perfect fit with my Thrive in 30 plan.
I was recently contacted by Vega regarding their new wellness program. Starting Monday, July 18th I will embark on a 30-day wellness journey, called Thrive in 30, to begin reaching new levels of health, strength and vitality. I will be blogging about my experience along the way, providing you with updates throughout the week.
What is Thrive in 30? Thrive in 30 is a series of 12 video lessons over the course of 30 days, with vegan Ironman triathlete, Vega formulator and best-selling author, Brendan Brazier. Brendan reveals the commonly held myths about plant-based nutrition, and offers tools to harness plant-based whole foods toward total body health.
It’s Your Turn to Thrive! from Vega on Vimeo.
You can learn more about Thrive in 30 here: http://thrivein30.com/sign-up-
