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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...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: beTRUEtoYOU, chris nolan, FitFluential, MetCon Photos, naked juice, photo shoot, POWERCAKES, spaghetti squash, under armour, whats beautiful

PB BANANA & STRAWBERRY CHIA OATS

June 15, 2013 By Kasey 5 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 9 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

What’s Beautiful Pin-Spiration for #MirrorlessMonday

June 3, 2013 By Kasey 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Blog, FitFluential, MirrorlessMonday, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: challenge, FitFluential, inspiration, pinning, pinterest, POWERCAKES, quotes, Team true to you, whats beautiful

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

Hydration Tips & Top Food Picks for Peak Performance.

May 23, 2013 By Kasey 2 Comments

Happy Thursday everyone! Hope you’re enjoying your day. Yesterday I did a whole recap of how I ate during my CrossFit Competition & how I used some of the Thrive Forward Sports Edition principals to POWER my day! Today I wanted to touch on hydration & some of the top food choices for peak performance. Notice the empty water bottle in hand in the picture below – taking place of our teammate Al who left before we snapped a pic, but nonetheless – I couldn’t get enough water that day and I made sure to be constantly hydrated. Hydration & Electrolytes Thrive Forward … [Read more...]

Filed Under: be true to you, beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, CrossFit, FitFluential, Fitness, plantPOWER, Recipe, The Eat Clean Diet, Thrive Forward Tagged With: carbohydrates, healthy fats, POWERCAKES, protein, Sports Edition, thrive forward, Tips, vega

Tips on Eating For Athletic Competitions using some Thrive Forward Principals!

May 22, 2013 By Kasey 11 Comments

Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope you’re enjoying your day. If you missed it, I recapped my first CrossFit Competition yesterday [here]! Reviewing that post motivates me to go to every workout (regardless if it’s CrossFit or hitting the gym for a lift) I get excited to take that step towards progress every day. With every athletic performance, I truly believe that FUELING your body properly is such an important factor in how well you will do. I would always tell my kids with student teaching, it’s like fueling a car. If you try to run your car on empty, what happens? BUT if you give … [Read more...]

Filed Under: be true to you, Blog, CrossFit, FitFluential, Fitness, plantPOWER, Recipe, Thrive Forward Tagged With: be true to you, CrossFit, Dates, Nutrition, plant power, POWERCAKES, raisins, raw foods

Patriot Games Recap with MetCon Professional Photos & Videos of the WODS.

May 21, 2013 By Kasey 15 Comments

Hey everyone, I wanted to first start off by saying to #PrayForOklahoma today while they are going through some tough times. Every day we need to be thankful for what we have because things can change so quickly. My thoughts & prayers are with everyone affected. For today; I hope you’ve got your reading muscles ready because today is a whole post dedicated to my first CrossFit Competition called the Patriot Games! Each year, RAW Training holds the Patriot Games on Armed Forces Day to honor those serving & who have served. It is open to any teams of 4 people (2 guys & 2 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, CrossFit, FitFluential, Fitness, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: Armed Forces Day, Compete, competition, fitness, MetCon Photos, Patriot Games, POWERCAKES, Raw Training, WODS, workout, youtube

#WhatsBeautiful Challenge #2! Super Alter Ego

May 20, 2013 By Kasey 13 Comments

Happy Monday all! Hope you’re enjoying your day! Today is challenge TWO 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 the SUPER ALTER EGO challenge! I personally feel like a super hero version of myself whenever I look back at pictures and see what I am accomplishing. It’s like that reminder that my hard work & enjoyment is … [Read more...]