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Creamy Dijon Brussels & Muscle Rope Jacks!

September 12, 2013 By Kasey 9 Comments

Happy Thursday everyone! Hope you’re having a good one it’s super rainy & humid here but hopefully where you are the sun is shining! Lunch yesterday was one to talk about for suuuure. #POWERBOWL base of spinach with veggies tossed with Dijon, nutritional yeast, raw kraut, apple cider vinegar, liquid stevia, & seasonings then topped with some olives, puffed quinoa (just ...like puffed rice but quinoa had some in the pantry & it added some crunch until it got a little soggy but I didn't mind!), leftover corn from grilling out the other day, & cheesy garlic breaded baked … [Read more...]

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Tiesta Tea [Giveaway] Winner & The Abundant Life Group

August 13, 2013 By Kasey 7 Comments

Good afternoon everyone! Hope you’re having a great Tuesday. I have to admit I am a big out of it thanks to 3 hours of sleep with a 3 hour time difference to start off, but that is no excuse not to have a great day! I have yet to really elaborate on a group I am involved in called the Abundant Living Resources group! Basically this group was started by my Grandfather, “Pap”, myself, my mom, our friend Brenda, Susan, & Greg. My grandfather, who is an inspiration on his own, thought of this group where we could travel around and give presentations about our areas of expertise. We all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, Giveaway, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: Abundance, California, giveaway, Kabocha, presentation, Speaking, squash, The Abundant Resources Group, tiesta tea, tiesta tea tuesday

California Day [TWO] Recap!

August 12, 2013 By Kasey 21 Comments

Hello everyone! I apologize for being so delayed with my recap posts but in all honesty, every night we get back to the hotel after our 12+ hour days…this girl is BEAT! As Kristin said at dinner the other day, every night has been a “I’m lucky if I get to wipe my make-up off” kind of night! Today I wanted to recap day TWO at the IDEA WORLDS Convention. It was a very bright & colorful day as you can tell in all of these pictures. Top Left: got to chat with the adorable Jillian!! So glad to have met her. Packed up my Under Armour backpack, laced up the tennis shoes, & was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, FitFluential, Fitness, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: California, Convention, IDEA FIT, IDEA WORLD, Inspired Advisor

Weekend Recap, Recent Eats, & Recipe Shout-Outs!

August 5, 2013 By Kasey 2 Comments

Good morning everyone!! Hope you’re having a wonderful start to your week. I wanted to start off with sharing a beautiful picture that inspired me this weekend. Saturday night I received a text from my mom updating me about her current weekend away with some of her best friends. She sent me a picture of her best friend Kate, breast cancer survivor, doing yoga on the dock in front of them. I thought it was such a beautiful image that I couldn't wait to share & such a meaningful quote that went perfectly with her story. The ironic thing was that the quote came from a fortune cookie … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Recipe, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: baseball, be true to you, boyfriend, buccos, California, date, eats, enjoy, Recipe, shout outs, tiesta tea

UA Spine Shoes & Stride Box Lovin’

August 1, 2013 By Kasey 2 Comments

Happy Thursday everyone! It’s a beautiful sunny day over here & I am enjoying a rest day. The past few nights my stomach has been off, I think I’m fighting some sort of bug – blah. Last night wasn’t a great sleep (which is very unlike me) because usually I’m out like a light! So today I am just enjoying checking things off my To-Do list, which is epic due to CALI being next week, before training my client later on. Yesterday I did feel good enough to get in a fun shoulder work out where I incorporated some power cleans, push press, & other shoulder variation movements. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Fitness, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: fit gear, FitFluential, running, shoes, stride box, under armour, vega, whats beautiful, workout

Eating ENOUGH to fuel your fitness & Sweet Potato Pie POWERTART.

July 22, 2013 By Kasey 23 Comments

Hey all! Hope you had a great weekend. This morning I had a great back & bicep workout (posting it tomorrow!) followed by an even better postworkout meal! When it comes to postworkout – I always try and get a good combo of carbs & protein to refuel those muscles Today I made a green version of my new POWERTART recipe that I am sharing below. *Added 1/2 TB Spirulina to my original recipe below & topped with some protein fluff. - 1/2 scoop of protein mixed with a little water until thick. I personally have been upping my calories because I really felt like I wanted to see … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: back, biceps, Fuel Your fitness, powerfoods, PowerTart, Recipe, sweet potato pie, workout

Recent Eats & Chocolate Peanut Butter POWERCAKES.

July 21, 2013 By Kasey 6 Comments

Good morning everyone! Hope you’re enjoying your Sunday. I got a chance to sleep in today and it was glorioussssss! Currently enjoying my coffee with stevia in my Universe Knows mug & Silicon Sunflower Lid! I got these while I was on vaca in South Carolina. They are BPA free, microwave & dishwasher safe and act as a “lid” that suctions to whatever you put it on. It does wonders for keeping my coffee HOT without me having to warm it up every few minutes. It was also a perfect morning to make POWERCAKES! If you’ve read my story before, the powercakes came from my mom & … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Recipe, Thrive Forward Tagged With: be true to you, chocolate, coupon code, FitFluential, iherb.com, POWERCAKES, Protein Pancakes, Recipe, vega

What’s Beautiful Wednesday

July 18, 2013 By Kasey 5 Comments

Hey all! Boy it’s been a long day over here! With weeks that include working summer camp, I feel like I am searching for time to get to the computer to post. But hey, that’s life! I met up with a blogger friend of mine, Ashley, tonight for dinner & I can’t wait to share with you all what we got to eat! I am still thinking about it – it was that good. From yesterday, I am so glad that you all liked the Chocolate Brownie & Fig Cookies that I shared. My girl Katreena made them like 1 hour after I posted the recipe – which obviously made my day! Baking is always a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Fitness, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: CrossFit, FitFluential, I WILL, Tank Top, UA Women, under armour, whats beautiful

Under Armour WOD, city lights, & a music filled night.

June 30, 2013 By Kasey 4 Comments

Happy Sunday everyone! Hope you enjoyed your weekend so far. Yesterday was a jam packed day of friends, fitness, family, & fun! I was going to say a total “f” day but wasn’t sure about how that sounded…even though I still said it now? ha, anyway! My Saturday started off with an awesome WOD at CrossFit. As many of you know, I am working on the #whatsbeautiful campaign with FitFluential & Under Armour Women. They were SO kind to send me & my fellow worker-outers some adorable neon yellow seamless tanks to work out in! It was perfect timing because 4 of us ladies are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, CrossFit, FitFluential, Fitness, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: Before You, Crossfit Iron City, FitFluential, Hard Rock Cafe, POWERCAKES, UA Women, under armour, whats beautiful

Jen’s Anniversary of kicking a habit while kick starting her life.

June 28, 2013 By Kasey 16 Comments

Hey all! Happy Friday! As many of you know, I am working on the #whatsbeautiful campaign with FitFluential & Under Armour Women. Throughout this campaign, I have not only been inspired & motivated by some of the most amazing women out there, but I have realized how many beautiful moments people in my own life are having. Last weekend, during my day/night day with my boy, we ran into my girl Jen while we were out to dinner. It completely made my day, not only because she gives the MOST AMAZING HUGS EVER, but just being around her inspires me to reach my goals. If you don’t know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Fitness, Friday Feature Tagged With: feature friday, inspiration, Jen's Story, motivation, Quit Smoking, story, whats beautiful

Date Day Recap, Eats, & New Kettlebell Power Blast WOD!

June 22, 2013 By Kasey 11 Comments

Good morning everyone! I hope you had a great week. Today I wanted to share with you my jam-packed Friday! The boy & I had an early Birthday Date (my birthday is July 3rd) since our schedules don’t match up around that time. A little background – we live about an hour & a half apart & Corey’s in grad school working towards his Master’s degree most nights of the week & works on the weekends so when we get a chance to be together, we usually try & do something fun yet relaxing. We started our day with a gym date, of course! I woke up, had a banana, & drank … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Fitness, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: back, be true to you, biceps, fitness, Kettlebells, pull ups, strawberries, WOD, workout

3 Ingredient Plantain Flatbread

June 20, 2013 By Kasey 20 Comments

Happy Thursday everyone! Lately I’ve been super inspired by the lovely Purely Twins with their plantain recipes! I’ve always been skeptical of plantains…like, what are they? [Source] Basically a plantain is similar to a banana in shape & texture. They are a big bigger and actually have a more starch but lower sugar content than bananas. I found out that people in parts of South America, Africa, & especially in the Caribbean usually grill, fry, or prepare the plantain before they serve it as a staple in their diets! I bought the plantains … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, CrossFit, FitFluential, Fitness, Recipe, Thrive Forward Tagged With: be true to you, coconut butter, CrossFit, dairy Free, eats, Egg FRee, fitfluentials, flax, ground flax, plantain flatbread, Plantains, POWERCAKES

Worry-Free Wednesday & New Leg WOD!

June 19, 2013 By Kasey 5 Comments

Happy Wednesday everyone! Or I should say; Happy Worry-Free Wednesday! Just sounds better, doesn’t it? I woke up this morning to this awesome quote on Facebook & I couldn’t help but share. Gosh, worrying is such a tricky thing. So often we get so caught up in our own worries that we are distracted from what is going on around us. It’s a fact that worrying is a result of our thoughts & maybe if we try to think more positively – that worry will go away. I literally just said to my client last night, worrying won’t change the outcome. Just because I worry doesn’t … [Read more...]

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Recent Eats – Butternut & Black Bean Brown Rice Wrap!

June 18, 2013 By Kasey 3 Comments

Good morning everyone! Hope you’re enjoying your Tuesday! I just wanted to start off by saying THANK YOU so much for all of the love & support from yesterday’s #WhatsBeautiful post. The comments from my blog, twitter, facebook, & instagram were overwhelming in such a good way! There was also an awesome #WhatsBeautiful twitter chat last night where there was so much motivation & inspiration floating around it could get anyone excited to reach their goals. Today I wanted to share some recent EATS! Aka: I have so many pictures on my iPhone that I needed to make some room, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Fitness, Recipe, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: Black Bean, brown rice tortilla, butternut squash, Meal Prep, POWERCAKES, quinoa, salsa, Sports Camp, wrap

#MirrorlessMonday Photo Shoot Recap #WhatsBeautiful Style.

June 17, 2013 By Kasey 21 Comments

Good morning everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend for Father’s Day! I am very blessed to have a wonderful father & grandfather who support me in everything I do as well as keeping memories of my late grandfather close to my heart, always. My Pap, Me, & Papacakes! The family & I enjoyed a Father’s Day Brunch yesterday which was filled with good food & good conversation! After a morning workout, I had a banana & some of my new All Pro Science plant based protein powder (which I will review this week on the blog) & then headed to breakfast with a raging … [Read more...]

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PB BANANA & STRAWBERRY CHIA OATS

June 15, 2013 By Kasey 9 Comments

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope you had a great week. I finally got a chance to sleep in & my body was thanking me for sure! Today I have a really cool opportunity happening and I cannot wait to share it with you! It’s going to be an epic Mirrorless Monday post coming up soon. Even though this week was a busy one with summer camp, I still made the effort to make sure I fueled up every morning before heading out the door. Breakfast is such an important way to start your day! My favorite way to make a simple breakfast is to make overnight chia oats & then add toppings in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Recipe Tagged With: chia, chia oats, chia seeds, mirrorlessmonday, oatmeal, oats, Overnight oatmeal, peanut flour, peanut fluff, POWERCAKES, strawberries, summer camp

Catching up & a Butternut Basil Brown Rice Wrap!

June 6, 2013 By Kasey 10 Comments

Happy Thursday everyone! How’s your week been going? You know what's funny, as much as I post pictures to instagram, I still have tons waiting in line to be seen. In honor of all of the recipes on deck (referring to my high school track days where that means you were next in line), next week I am going to have a WEEK OF RECIPES where I will high light a new recipe each day! Also, since it is Throwback Thursday – I’m going to throwback alllllll the way to last week My girls Sarah, Jackie, & I all went out to dinner for Jackie’s Birthday. We went to a place called Industry … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, CrossFit, FitFluential, plantPOWER, Recipe Tagged With: Basil, BN SHAPE CLOTHING, bnshape, butternut squash, CrossFit, FitFluential, POWERCAKES, Recipe, workout

Chocolate Zucchini Bread Chia Pudding

May 30, 2013 By Kasey 6 Comments

Hey all! Hope you’re having a good Thursday! I just got back from a day with mamacakes – we had a meeting with a new group we’re helping to create that is all about Abundant Living! We have some great ideas for the group which I will definitely be sharing soon. I’m also gearing up for another BOOTCAMP fundraiser for Monday, June 24th ( if you’re in the PGH area – mark your calendars!) so before I get to my to-do list, I wanted to share a new recipe! If you’re like me, I always crave something sweet after dinner! Plus, I’m always hungry around 9pm every night since I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, plantPOWER, Recipe, The Eat Clean Diet, Thrive Forward, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: Cacao Powder, chia, chia seeds, chocolate, Cocoa, Cocoa Powder, plant based, plantpower, Pudding, Recipe, thrive forward

Saturday Shine!

May 25, 2013 By Kasey 6 Comments

good morning everyone! I hope you’re enjoying your long weekend! I have a busy one full of family, friends, & a bridal shower today. I hope you got a chance to check out my [guest post] from Laura yesterday – isn’t she adorable? Gosh, she is FULL of light & it is contagious! Today I just wanted to send a little message your way. The other day I was, of course, watching The Chew! I absolutely love this show & it would totally be my dream to be on it one day Anyway, they were featuring bloggers & I loved hearing all of their stories! They asked one of the bloggers what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential Tagged With: be true to you, Heather Waxman, POWERCAKES, shine, the chew

Feature Friday- Laura from @Gorgeousssleep!

May 24, 2013 By Kasey 6 Comments

Happy FRIDAY everyone! Today for Feature Friday I want to introduce you to a beautiful girl named Laura! We “met” via instagram as I completely fell in love with her uplifting spirit, positive energy, & drooled over her delicious food pictures! We instantly connected when we started to comment on each others photos about how much we were alike. I asked her to speak today because I feel that when I find someone who has such radiant light about them, I want to help spread their gift. She is a true definition of #WHATSBEAUTIFUL & being TRUE TO HERSELF. So without further ado – here … [Read more...]