Sister Friends: Grateful I’ve Got ‘Em

There’s a part of living a fit and healthy lifestyle that often gets overlooked: friendships. Okay, that’s not true. There is plenty of information on having a strong support system and people who support you. But I’m talking about having the deep, honest-to-goodness types of friendships where you can be yourself, snot almond milk out [...]

My Best Friend May Kill Me For Writing This (And Sharing This Photo)

I first met Meghan 11 years ago, on her first day of her freshman year of college. As an older, wiser, and way cooler sophomore, I took the kid under my wing and did what any role model would do: I showed her where she could buy cheap cigarettes and beer without getting her ID [...]

My Biggest Loser Watch Party

When I watch The Biggest Loser (as I do faithfully every week), it usually looks something like this. (I like to call it screen-by-screen action.) Turns out though that when you add a little of this: And a few of these: It’s way more fun! I’m not sure why it took me so long, but [...]

The Rules of the Run

I rarely run alone these days. I have a weekly group run on Thursdays (which always ends with a beer or two), and I have several friends who join me on my long runs on the weekends. And, perhaps most exciting of all, my husband has started joining me on most of my shorter runs [...]

The Soda Pop Runneth Over

My boyfriend and I recently took a trip to visit some friends a couple hours away from our hometown. We stayed with them that whole weekend and at the end of it, the only thing I could utter were groans. It wasn’t that the company we kept was stinky bad. It was our friends’ lifestyle [...]

Get By With a Little Help From My Friends

“It’s so much better when everyone is in. Are you in?” ~Incubus lyrics My boyfriend and I are blessed to have friends who like to work out with us. It’s harder for me to get out and sweat on the weekends if I’m going at it solo. I mean, aren’t the weekends made for socializing and catching [...]