Motivation | Powercakes

Being a student with CrossFit Open WOD 13.3

March 28, 2013 By Kasey 3 Comments

Hi all! Hopefully you were able to turn some fears into positive thoughts yesterday! It’s something I plan to work on daily. Another thing I work on daily…eating a Base of kale, red onion, sweet potato, roasted brussels, sauerkraut & LIMA BEANS! Later topped with Creamy Tahini Nooch sauce. When I was little I used to hate Lime Beans, for no reason, but now I adore them! Did you know that 1 cup packs 15g of protein? I’m going to need that to take on WOD 13.4 tonight! If you missed any of my other Open WOD Recaps, check them out below! [CrossFit Open WOD … [Read more...]

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Arnold Classic 2013 Recap!

March 6, 2013 By Kasey 7 Comments

Hey all! Today I wanted to share with you my trip to the Arnold! or the “Awwwnold” – make sure you say it with a sweet accent. This was my second year working the Expo for the Crons Protein Bar booth. Being at the Arnold is always a good time because I get to see a bunch of people & make some awesome connections! Every year this expo get bigger & this year was no exception. At one point (before I realized we had our own hallway to a bathroom) it took me about 40 minutes to get to the bathroom & back! There were so many people in each isle that it took forever. If … [Read more...]

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#PP Spirulina Giveaway!

October 19, 2012 By Kasey 92 Comments

hi all! Small update on my life: still subbing and loving it! It feels great to be back with the students. Speaking of students..I shared this on my Facebook last night. “Today in school, the other Female Phys. Ed. Teacher had the girls put up sticky notes throughout the girls bathrooms/lockers that said things like "You're Beautiful" & "You look great today!" - we had a girl find one 10 minutes after they were put up, walk into the office holding the note and say "I don't know where this note came from but I found it in my locker.... I was just dumped on friday and this note … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, plantPOWER, Recipe Tagged With: FitFluential, giveaway, inspiration, motivation, nutrex hawaii, october challenge, POWERCAKES, spirulina, the love of kale

#PP What’s Beautiful? Declare YOUR goal.

October 14, 2012 By Kasey 10 Comments

Hi all! today for #plantPOWER it’s Clean treat, I obvi got my dates confused and posted this yesterday! so today I will post my #plantPOWER snack! whoops! ;] I’ve been loving GREEN SMOOTHIES for a power snack to get me to lunch! 1 cup Frozen spinach, 1 banana, 1 tsp maca powder, 3 TB hemp hearts, cinnamon, & topped with cacoa nibs! #drinkCLEAN So recently, I’ve been talking a lot about GOALS. Like I’ve said in previous posts, I am working hard to achieve my goals every single day. Taking things day by day and step by step to get to where I want to be, the right … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, FitFluential, plantPOWER, Recipe Tagged With: campaign, challenge, FitFluential, goals, motivation, under armour, whats beautiful

Fitness Magazine Feature & Moving Forward

August 31, 2012 By Kasey 8 Comments

hi there! Just want to start off by saying THANK YOU for the awesome comments on yesterday’s VLOG “My Pro’s & Con’s of Competing” I’m so glad that you all could relate and take the time to listen to my story! I will continue to VLOG, I promise! Today I’m featured on www.FITNESSMAGAZINE.com for “Fit Bloggers We Love” yes, I admit to jumping rope to Justin Bieber. #dontjudge Thank you Fitness Mag for the awesome feature!! Also check out Meg’s High Five Friday! She’s adorable & I’m so lucky to have her as a friend. & Don’t … [Read more...]

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Recipe Archive: Stuffed Cabbage PowerBake

April 26, 2012 By Kasey 7 Comments

Hi all! I hope you're enjoying your day! Update: I've been loving student teaching lately... I introduced Yoga & Zumba to the students and they are LOVING it! That also means that I am teaching 5 30 minute Zumba classes a day along with an after school class that the students requested that I teach! I definitely am beat at the end of the day but I love it! I also squeeze in some lifting during my prep period ;] go ahead, call me crazyyy. I will be posting about that experience and sharing some of my ZUMBA videos! Anywayy; Just wanted to say thank you so much for the CHIA … [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 32 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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POWER-ROLLS & Sneak Peek!

April 11, 2012 By Kasey 35 Comments

hi there! So I wanted to start off by showing this tweet that totally made my night! love it! #WWPCD #WhatWouldPowercakesDo hahah thanks girl! <3 So before I get into my “What I Ate Wednesday” I wanted to give a little sneak peak into a GIVEAWAY that I have coming up later this week… *I’ll keep you guessing until Thursday! muahaha. So today is What I Ate Wednesday thanks to Jenn @ www.peasandcrayons.com I thought in honor of WIAW I’d share with you one of my NEW FAVORITE EATS! Ya’ll know that I LOVE my POWER-ROLLS (hence the PowerPumpkin Roll that I’m … [Read more...]