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How to Keep Your Resolutions

How to Keep Your Resolutions

Creating new years resolutions can be an incredibly exciting and scary thing all at the same time.  You may have something on your list that you’ve always wanted to tackle and want this to be the year, but the bigger question you need to ask yourself is how to keep your resolutions. 1.  Take your…

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2013 New Year’s Resolutions

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I love new year’s day!  I love the fresh start and the thought of all that the upcoming 365 days has to hold. Today I started 2013 with a healthy breakfast.  To start I cooked some mushrooms, onions, and bell peppers in a little olive oil. After the vegetables were cooked through I added 1…

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Goodbye 2012

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2012 was a pretty unreal year for me.  Looking back on it, there were a lot of highs and some lows but it was a pretty rockin year! January I completed the Whole Living detox February I got the Nike Fuel Band I completed the Cystic Fibrosis Tower Climb March I took my Bridesmaids on…

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WIAW: Rejuvenating the Soul

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The winter months here in Washington DC are grey and dreary… and I mean really grey. Many folks call it the permacloud because it seems to be grey from mid November to mid March with little to no sun. Over the years I’ve found a few things to help me through the winter months… Take…

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2012 Holiday Gift Guide

Coffee Cake and Cardio 2012 Holiday Gift Guide

I absolutely loved putting together the 2011 holiday gift guide and have been itching to show y’all the 2012 holiday gift guide.  Enjoy! 1. Colorful Chevron Clutch by Crafts by Nesli 2.  David’s Tea 24 Days of Tea 3.  Tidy Mighty Holiday Planning Organizers (10% off if you use the discount code: 10off at checkout)…

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Friday Favorites: Thanksgiving Decorations

Give Thanks Pillows

Before I share my favorite thanksgiving decorations for this year I have to share some amazing news with y’all… I made the DC Divas professional women’s football team!! How crazy awesome is that?  Practice for rookies starts November 10, so it’s time for me to use my muscles and my strength in a whole new…

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Frankenstorm

Hurricane Sandy Projection

Although it’s a grey morning, I couldn’t be happier that it’s Friday… and that Sandy is coming! Before I talk about Miss Sandy though, Lauryn from Cupcakes & Kickboxing nominated me for a Liebster Award.  A big thank you to Lauryn for thinking of Coffee Cake and Cardio! Part of the nomination requires me to…

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29 By 29 Goals

Happy Birthday Ashley

I think this is the first birthday in which my age has actually hit me.  Turning 28 is exciting but it also reminds me of how time flies, how precious life is, and how important it is to make the most of each day. I’m not sure if it’s hitting me more because I am…

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28 by 28 How Did I Do?

Coffee Cake and Cardio 28 by 28

My birthday is next Tuesday, WOO HOO, so you know what that means… It’s time to party time to evaluate my 28 by 28 list.  So let’s see how I did… Health and Fitness 1. Meet with a nutritionist/registered dietitian -I did a lot of research and ultimately decided not to spend the $500 dollars…

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Friday Favorites

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I am a HUGE Iowa Girl Eats fan and love her Friday Favorites posts.  I thought it’d be fun to share some of my Friday Favorites with y’all.  I’d also love to hear about some of your favorites for the week.  Enjoy! Favorite Monument – Jefferson Memorial Favorite Print – Laughter is the Best Medicine…

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My Fall Bucket List

Fall Bucket List

Activities 1.  Go for a run in Rock Creek Park 2.  Pick apples and pumpkins 3.  Drive Skyline Drive 4.  Attend a Redskins game 5.  Have a true staycation with Neal In The Kitchen 6.  Use my new bread machine: making at least one sweet bread and one savory bread 7.  Try out one new…

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Fitness Goal Setting and Bucket List Making

First of all, I love how obsessed some women are about list making.  I know that’s a huge generalization but I feel like so many of the female bloggers I follow, friends I have, and women I work with can’t get enough list making in their lives. Here on Coffee, Cake and Cardio I have…

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Summer Bucket Lists

Farmers Market

With the official start to summer just around the corner and a lot of buzz out there regarding summer bucket lists, I thought It’d make a summer “to do” list of my own. The unofficial start to summer has been fantastic so far but I’m definitely looking forward to what is to come! So here…

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Tag, I’m It — Get to Know Me

Last week, Talia from Bite Sized Wellness tagged me in a Virtual Get to Know Me! So here we go… 1.  What is your favorite time of day? I am just about obsessed with twilight, not the movie.  I love the time of day when there is just enough light to bring a cobalt blue…

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The Last Day: Celebrating the New Year

It is 2012, woo hoo!!  I am so incredibly excited about this year!  This year I am… Graduating from graduate school Getting married!! Honeymooning in Europe Moving into our first place with Neal Celebrating my one year blogging anniversary And doing lots of other awesome things To ring in the New Year, Neal and I…

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