Zucchini Power Brownie Fudge Bars!

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Good morning everyone! Glad you enjoyed my recap of Rome. Gosh, I think I spent about 3 hours yesterday just going through old pictures & memories of my trip. One of those once in a life time experiences that I hope to turn into a “twice in a lifetime” experience! Any takers on being my travel partner? #thingsimseriousabout Yesterday I enjoyed a beautiful #PowerbowlADay of baked kale, spinach, tomatoes, red onion, red pepper, black beans, butternut squash, kalamata olives, green goddess dressing, & hemp seeds! Perfect way to fuel up for an at home WOD! Speaking of CrossFit, … [Read more...]

Getting back into a routine with 5 Ingredient Lentil Loaf!

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Good morning everyone! I wanted to start this post off by saying that after the horrible events from Friday, this Monday is harder to wake up for than most. I actually got a message last night from a reader asking “How do you stay so positive?” And I have to be honest – it’s not that it’s easy, but it’s something that I’ve challenge myself to be in order to get back into normal routines. Although it’s not going to be my profession that rest of my life, I am a teacher and couldn’t help but put myself in the position of the heroic teachers that did so much on … [Read more...]

Blogger meet up and Mediterranean eats!!

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hi all! Hope you’re enjoying your week so far! I have been a busy bee for the last week now that I’ve made a pretty big decision! More on that to come later this week – I will be VLOGGING about it for suuuuure. 12/12/12 may just be the first day in my new journey! Until the world ends like a week later, right? Anyway, I got a chance to meet up with my girl Amy from @SpotOnWellness last night! I originally met Amy at the FHBC Conference in June! She is a fellow FitFluential Ambassador! She happened to be on a business trip in my town so OF COURSE we had to get together! It was … [Read more...]

Carrot Cookie Cake PowerOAT Parfait.

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  hi all! If you missed Heather’s amazing effort to help those that were hurt by Hurricane Sandy, check it out here! Onto the EATS: I have so many #plantPOWER recipes saved up to share with you! Today I’m starting with an awesome breakfast & post workout #powermeal. At our house, mamacakes loves to shred veggies down for the week for our baked goods; Our favorites are carrots & zucchini! *They will last for a few days in the fridge. I used the carrots to make a layered POWEROAT parfait after one of my morning workouts to refuel with clean carbs & … [Read more...]

Figs, Hard Boiled Eggs, Radiow Interview, & Fortune

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hello all! I hope you’re enjoying your day today! So lately I’ve been super busy; per usual. BUT I don’t complain, because I love what I do! Just want to say thank you to Kiesha from Wild 104 in NY for this RADIO INTERVIEW!! you can find her here! Twitter: @KieshaWild104 Instagram: @KieshaWild104 I go into detail about my fitness, eats, & tips!! Wanted to give a big shout out to my best bittie Sarah who will be running in the Erie Marathon this weekend along with some other awesome ladies who will all do AMAZING things!! So inspiring!! If you missed my post about … [Read more...]

“PowerMeal A CARBday”

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Hi all ! If you haven’t entered my POWERFUSION PROTEIN POWDER GIVEAWAY you have 1 week to do so!! Today’s June POWERMEAL A DAY topic is CARBS (carbohydrates) Don’t FEAR THE CARBS! Great WHOLE FOOD carbs that help restore energy in your body include VEGGIES, yams, oats, brown rice, rice cakes, and fruits. The CARBS you want to avoid are processed carbs. Your body does not know how to properly process these overly processed carbs – (quite a “process” ) so they can be stored as fat instead of used for energy! Here is a great article  from LiveStrong.com on why … [Read more...]

POWER FUSION GIVEAWAY

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hey all! So I wanted to share with you that I LOVE BEING IN SHAPE! ;] loving my new tank from BNSHAPE clothing! Definitely check out their website for awesome workout clothes, because who doesn't love being in shape!? (you can check out my interview with them here) My arms having been progressing & I'm sure it has a lot to do with today's JUNE POWERMEAL A DAY topic PROTEIN Now we all that PROTEIN is super important for our bodies! POWERFUSION VIA POWERCAKES Here I talk about using POWER FUSION after my workout! So I found a little bit about protein to share … [Read more...]

PowerMeal A Day POWER BREAKFAST

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    hi all! Hope you’re having a great weekend so far! Hopefully you got a chance to check out POWER FUSION all natural WHEY protein with fiber & sweetened with STEVIA! They will continue to offer the 10% off of ANY product on their website www.TheNutritionShoppe.Net with PROMO CODE “PWRCK01” POWERFUSION VIA POWERCAKES if you get a chance, check out my video where I show my favorite shoulder exercise & how I use POWER FUSION after a work out! So today for the JUNE POWERMEAL A DAY challenge the topic is POWER BREAKFAST! Breakfast is … [Read more...]

Breaking the myth: “Don’t eat after 7pm” & Avocado Power Pudding!

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Hi all ! So I recently got an e-mail asking about what would be a good snack before bed. You all know that I LOVE to break myths & prove that some of those diet fads aren’t always true. A few years ago, someone was on the Oprah show (which I have nothing against Oprah) but the specialist said “Don’t eat after 7pm, it will make you gain weight!” Well, this sparked a huge craze and people started to think they were being healthy by not eating into the hours of the night. I have to say that this is a HUGE myth because I truly believe that it doesn’t matter WHEN you eat, … [Read more...]

WIAW “Nooch Style”

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Hi all! I hope you are enjoying your week! I don’t know about you but the weather here has been BEAUTIFUL! I am loving it, as well as it still being light outside at 8pm! ;] I just want to say that lately I’ve been super busy, so my posts may be every other day! BUT I will try my best to keep the updates coming! Anyway, the other day on INSTAGRAM side note: I’m quite possibly OBSESSED with INSTAGRAM. I post all of my meals throughout the day and give ideas for #POWERMEALS! ;] find me there @ POWERCAKES I posted a few pictures where I used “Nutritional Yeast” And some … [Read more...]