by Brooke Selb | Dec 12, 2013 | Health for Moms, Mom Life
It’s finally happened. A cold has taken me down. There is theory that when life is super busy, your body does what it has to do to keep going. Then, when life clams down, the immune system decides it’s time for a vacation. With no wedding planning and no...
by Brooke Selb | Dec 10, 2013 | Christmas, Desserts, Holidays, Recipes
This post contains affiliate links. I appreciate your support! Christmas comes with lots of traditions. Lots of rituals, must haves, and ornaments with memories attached to them. One of my family’s traditions growing up was the epic assembly line of making and...
by Brooke Selb | Dec 9, 2013 | Healthy Eating Mindset, Nutrition
This is going to sound really strange, but I get a serious pleasure out of having an empty fridge. Something about knowing that all the food was eaten and none of it went to waste really makes me happy. This may sound more strange, but filling my fridge also gives me...
by Brooke Selb | Dec 8, 2013 | Personal Training
Now that I have officially passed my NASM Certified Personal Trainer test, I want to answer a few questions I have received over the last few weeks about studying and the test itself. How did you go about studying for the test? Before I answer this, you need to know...
by Brooke Selb | Dec 7, 2013 | Personal Training
I passed my NASM test!!!! Apologies for being a little MIA in the blog world this week, but it was crunch time and all my after work hours were spent reviewing. This morning started early with a few hours of last minute cramming. Then a cold drive to the testing...
by Brooke Selb | Dec 4, 2013 | Wedding
With all the work that goes into planning a wedding, it can be easy to forget to add your personality into the day. One of the things I loved about our wedding was all the small, personal touches that my family and I included. They really made the day unique and gave...
by Brooke Selb | Dec 2, 2013 | Blogging
Anyone else have a case of the Mondays? It felt like everyone at work was dragging today and even our photocopier decided to call it quits today. At least Saturday and Sunday were productive with studying. I put together a matching game for some of the concepts...
by Brooke Selb | Dec 1, 2013 | Hiking/Camping
Rob and I had a bit of trouble deciding what to do with on this year’s Thanksgiving camping trip. Lacking in skiing knowledge and cold weather attire, I was a little nervous that we would be able to entertain ourselves. We opted out of learning to downhill ski...
by Brooke Selb | Nov 26, 2013 | Hiking/Camping
When Rob and I started dating, we started a mini-tradition of going camping for Thanksgiving. The problem with this year’s trip is we have only been snow camping once, and that was kind of a fluke in southern Arizona. So we spent the past few days gathering what...
by Brooke Selb | Nov 26, 2013 | Health & Fitness Challenges
What is it about cold weather that makes me not want to put on my workout clothes? We had a bit of snow here in Denver this week. Between the slippery roads and the frigid (to me) temperatures, I was more interested in sitting by our faux fire with hot chocolate. Then...
by Brooke Selb | Nov 24, 2013 | Exercise, Personal Training, Running
Saturday morning started with a 7 mile treadmill run. Since I am not used to the cold and snow, the idea of a distance run in the 25 degree weather was just not one I wanted to entertain. While I was hammering out the miles (though not nearly as many as someone I...
by Brooke Selb | Nov 21, 2013 | Colorado, Health & Fitness Challenges
It feels unreal that another week has just flown by! The last three weeks have felt that way to me. By the time I look up, it’s Thursday night and weekend plans are on the brain. I’ve felt vaguely nauseous for the past few days, so I opted to take today...