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What’s Beautiful Pin-Spiration for #MirrorlessMonday

June 3, 2013 By Kasey 2 Comments

hi all! I hope you had an awesome weekend! Before recapping my weekend, I wanted to start this week off with challenge number FOUR of the #whatsbeautiful campaign that I am working on with FitFluential & Under Armour Women. Don’t forget that you can still join in! Details are [here] & you can join TEAM TRUE TO YOU [here]. On the website, Under Armour has 6 challenges for the team to complete! Today I am highlighting this challenge; I love pinning things to Pinterest for inspiration & I am constantly inspired by what I see. You can follow me on Pinterest [here] so we … [Read more...]

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Avocado Lime #POWERBOWL

May 26, 2013 By Kasey 3 Comments

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday to ya Sunday’s are my favorite day – especially when the boy makes you the most perfect cup of coffee. I don’t understand what magic he has but I swear no matter how much I listen to the brewing directions on the bag –my coffee never brews the way that Corey’s does! Today is a rest day from working out which is much needed! Yesterday after a long day, I took a 2 hour nap! Literally did not move from 5pm-7pm. I tell you what, I woke up feeling amazing! I don’t need naps as much as I used to and I truly think the food choices I make help with that. I … [Read more...]

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#prayforboston

April 16, 2013 By Kasey 4 Comments

Good morning everyone – I know many of us were affected by the devastating Boston Marathon attacks. As I said in my last post, my best friend Sarah ran in the Marathon on Monday and I am thankful to report that she is safe along with other friends of mine who were there. Her heat took off at 10:20am & we were able to track her run online. As I sat at my computer early yesterday morning, I couldn’t help but think about all of Sarah’s amazing accomplishments throughout the years with running, especially having surgery years ago where Doctor’s told her she’d never run again. … [Read more...]

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#plantPOWER Recap & New Powerbowl Challenge!

February 28, 2013 By Kasey 10 Comments

It’s safe to say that this round of #plantPOWER was a success! We are able say that because of YOU. You participating, reading along, tweeting, posting pictures, & just supporting the challenge is what makes this all worth while! Heather & I are so happy with how it all turned out & we can’t wait to move forward in the future with some more #plantPOWER challenges! Speaking of moving forward, Are you up for a new challenge starting March 4th!? How you can join in & spread the word: Read the Details of the challenge ! Download the APP here (or) Join in … [Read more...]

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#plantPOWER Eggplant Socca Lasagna

November 10, 2012 By Kasey 11 Comments

Hi all, last night on facebook I posted about my proud teacher moment I had yesterday! So I apologize if you’ve already read this but about 1 week ago I talked to my students about "Mirrorless Monday" and the importance of looking in the mirror & seeing what you're proud of & not to let the mirror judge you! I gave them some examples of how when I look in the mirror I try and say positive things instead of seeing things I want to change. Today, 2 of my 10th grade girls came into my office & said... "Ms. Arena - I had a Mirrorless Monday moment today. Before coming to … [Read more...]

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#MirrorlessMonday Feature–Sarah Olesky

September 17, 2012 By Kasey 1 Comment

Today is #MirrorlessMonday & I am featuring my inspirational best friend Sarah! Sarah CRUSHED her previous marathon time yesterday by running a 3:27 and qualified for the Boston Marathon! I asked Sarah, “What are you proud of when you look in the mirror today?” Sarah’s response: “I’m proud of the body I’ve worked for to be strong. Redefining what marathon runners should look like.” like seriously, check out her muscular LEGS people! STRONG is the new SKINNY! So proud of her & shout out to @BN_SHAPE for being awesome supporters!! If you’d like to be … [Read more...]

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#MIRRORLESSMONDAY Progress, Lettuce Wraps, & PowerDressing!

July 16, 2012 By Kasey 14 Comments

hi all! I’ve realized most of my posts have super random titles because when things happen in my life I like to combine them all into one blog post to catch ya’ll up! Hope ya don’t mind! anyway, if you missed our POWERMEAL-A-WEEK Sunday Challenge – check out the recipes here! Alrighttt, first things first; is this NOT the CUTEST picture EVER!? this is a friend of mines daughter; Cayden. I was so pumped to catch this adorable moment on camera & it makes me smile, so I thought I’d share it! Oh to be a kid again! Lately I’ve been loving me some RAW SALADS! (raw … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, FitFluential, MirrorlessMonday, Recipe Tagged With: acv, apple cider vinegar, dijon mustard, eatclean, FitFluential, lettuce wraps, power dressing, powermeal, progress, stevia, toasted walnut & caper tuna salad

Mirrorless Monday FHBC12 Recap & Meatless Meal!

June 25, 2012 By Kasey 20 Comments

hey all! it’s our last day here in Colorado! Seriously I’ve had the most amazing time here. My life has truly been changed & I can’t wait to take this next step in my journey & I hope you’ll all hang on for the ride with me So today is also MIRRORLESS MONDAY & today I’m proud of all of my #FitFluential friends that I’ve made this weekend! These women & men were so inspirational. It’s amazing to see how hard we all work for what we do; We all have a common passion for being influential to others! *Carissa, one of those people you meet & … [Read more...]

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MirrorlessMonday & Hamstring Circuit Workout

May 28, 2012 By Kasey 7 Comments

hi all If you missed my CARROT CAKE POWERCAKE check it out here! it’s MIRRORLESS MONDAY! I saw this & thought it would be good for today. So, I’m no sexist and I think this can also refer to guys as well. In life, things will break you down but I truly believe that it’s all about how you handle the situation. If you let it get you down, it will bring you down. But if you look at it as a new opportunity & challenge to turn things around, then you will bounce back stronger than before! So today, look in the mirror & see what you’re proud of, not things that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Fitness, MirrorlessMonday Tagged With: attitude, calf raises, calves, circuit workout, deadlift, FitFluential, fitness, hamstring curls, hamstrings, mirrorlessmonday, reps, rounds, sets, toe pointers, workout

MIRRORLESSMONDAY–My first 5k!

May 21, 2012 By Kasey 12 Comments

hi all! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend! First off, ya'll know I'm obsessed with INSTAGRAM & @InstagramFitness featured me and I was so excited! check it out here ! Today is MIRRORLESSMONDAY And today I’m proud of that fact that I ran my first 5k yesterday morning without training or being a big “runner”. Obvi we all know that I’m more of a weight lifter & tabata kinda girl, but I was able to run the 5k and felt amazing afterwards! *Totally rockin the sparkly soul headband! which I looove! My best friend Sarah runs marathons, & I’ve posted about … [Read more...]

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Mirrorless Monday – I’m a college grad!

May 14, 2012 By Kasey 12 Comments

Hi all! It's MIRRORLESSMONDAY! Today I'm proud of being a COLLEGE GRADUATE!!! So thankful for all of the love & support that I am lucky enough to have! And a special shout out to my mom & best friend, especially with mother's day being yesterday! I plan on doing a whole grad post, can't wait to share it! but today I'm headed to the school I was student teaching at because the local news wants to cover my Zumba Fitness in PE story!! Can't wait to share that as well! Tonight I'll pick a winner for the SHARKIES GIVEAWAY! So keep an eye out for the winner later on … [Read more...]

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Mirrorless Monday Marathon Recap & Sharkies GIVEAWAY!

May 7, 2012 By Kasey 152 Comments

Hi all! So we all know it’s MIRRORLESSMONDAY & today I AM so proud of my best friend SARAH!! Check her out representing her BN SHAPE sports bra! My reason for being so proud; she completed her SECOND Marathon and shaved 9 minutes off of her time from last year! She ran 26.2 miles in 3 hours & 39 minutes!! Honestly, so PROUD of her! She is a true inspiration. I plan on doing a whole post on her story, can’t wait to share! best part about this day, I met her at mile 10 (Starbucks) to hand her an iced coffee! LITERALLY as I walked out of starbucks, she ran by! It … [Read more...]

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Mirrorless Monday, What is Beautiful? Foodie Swap Post!

April 30, 2012 By Kasey 13 Comments

Hi all! So a FEW things to tell you about in this post! 1) I was interviewed by my amazing friends, BN SHAPE CLOTHING, that I met at the Arnold Sports Festival this year! You can check out my interview on their website here!! They have awesome clothes so let them know if you’d be interested in ordering, because who doesn’t love “BN in shape?” 2) It’s #MIRRORLESSMONDAY & for today’s post, I wanted to share with you a challenge that I’m doing for the new face of Under Armour! The first challenge was “What is beautiful” so I thought this was … [Read more...]

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MirrorlessMonday, Happy Birthday, & Sneak Peek of New Recipe!

April 22, 2012 By Kasey 8 Comments

Hi all! So it’s Sunday, and we all know I love Sunday's! Today I did some food prep like always.. Lots of roasted veggies, spaghetti squash, grass fed beef burgers, wild Alaskan salmon, & cut up some raw veggies! doing this on Sunday's makes the week go so much smoother! After I’m done working for a few hours, I’m headed to take one of my best friends to dinner for her birthday! So I just wanted to dedicate this POST to her & say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my best friend of 16 years, Kate! We have been through so much in the last 16 years, & I don’t know what … [Read more...]

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Coconut Flour POWER COOKIES!

April 17, 2012 By Kasey 33 Comments

hiiiiii there! so a few things before I get to my NEW POWER RECIPE 1) If you haven’t entered my Hand Painted Wine Glass Giveaway, better get on it because you’ve only got till Thursday! 2) If you missed my MIRRORLESS MONDAY Moment Video from this week, check it out here ! Here are a few #MIRRORLESSMONDAY Tweets that I LOVED from yesterday! you ladies are LEGIT & I love your tweets!! 3) You all know I’ve been loving my TABATA work outs lately; & today I added a new exercise to my work out that I love! Over Head Weight Walking Lunges (there is probably a … [Read more...]

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Mirrorless Monday Moment & Coffee talk!

April 16, 2012 By Kasey 10 Comments

hi all! So if you haven’t entered m GIVEAWAY yet, you can do so here! I first wanted to share that I've been teaching YOGA in my PE classes lately, & today it was so beautiful outside that the one class requested that we go outside for class. So, I had a group of about 10 students (including one boy!) doing Yoga out on the High School football field! I thought to myself.... how can this be "work" if you truly love what you do? Alright, that was my side-note of the day! So it’s MIRRORLESS MONDAY (you can check out all of my #mirrorlessmonday posts here) & you know … [Read more...]

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#MirrorlessMonday “Competition Day”

April 9, 2012 By Kasey 23 Comments

Hi all! It’s MIRRORLESS MONDAY! And I thought what better way to celebrate than show you my pictures from my competition because I am PROUD that I did this the healthy way & I will continue to do things the healthy and fueling my body properly! I love being able to show that these results came from hard work & clean eating! I swear to you that I practice what I preach! I do this the healthy way and I don’t take away nutrients that my body needs! I truly did eat POWERCAKES daily & lean proteins, green powerbowl smoothies, all different varieties of vegetables, … [Read more...]

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MIRRORLESSMONDAY #PROOF & Benefits of KALE!

April 1, 2012 By Kasey 21 Comments

Hi all! Just want to start off by saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY to KELLY OLEXA! I posted about her yesterday, check it out here! so today is #MIRRORLESSMONDAY & I’m proud of my strength that I’ve built to POWER me through my workouts! Remember, today is about looking in the mirror and being proud of what you see, not judging every imperfection because there is no "perfect" body but there can be a "perfectly" healthy body that you see in the reflection! I wanted to share with you a POWERcircuit workout & one of my favorite POWERFOODS! The other day I did this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, FitFluential, Fitness, MirrorlessMonday Tagged With: eatclean, egg whites, FitFluential, fitness, mirrorlessmonday, paleo, powercircuit, powerfoods, powermeal, PROOF, Recipe, sweet potato pie, workout

MIRRORLESS MONDAY After My Competition!

March 26, 2012 By Kasey 19 Comments

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Hi all! So in the competition I placed 1st in Tall Bikini Class & 2nd Overall!! Just got back from having a wonderful dinner with my family after my show! I got a beef burger with brie cheese, caramelized onions & mushrooms with a side greek salad! ;] SO YUMMY! Here is a sneak peak into the competition from today! (I will be doing a post all about it!) My girls Courtney & Lindsey! Couldn’t be more proud of these two! <3 Special shout out to my best friend Sarah who was an amazing back stage bittie! Don’t know what I’d do with out her! I’m exhausted … [Read more...]

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MIRRORLESS MONDAY : 1 week out

March 19, 2012 By Kasey 11 Comments

Hi All! So I’m trying Windows Live Writer now & I’m hoping it works! ;] I apologize for being MIA. I’m the kind of person that whenever technology goes against me; I need to take a break from it before I try to figure it out! Anyway, today is MIRRORLESS MONDAY! (you can click on the image to take you to my ORIGINAL post!) Today, when I look in the mirror I am proud of my progress! Never thought I’d say this, but I’m also proud of my veins! I think they show strength, dedication, & hard work. I have my next competition in ONE WEEK along with a … [Read more...]

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