*Disclosure – There are affiliate links in this post. If you make a purchase through one of my links, I’ll receive a small commission. Thanks for supporting Live Renewed! I first read this quote in the More With Less Cookbook (which surprisingly, the first two chapters of the book before the recipes are extremely inspiring for why it's important to make intentional and conscious choices about the way we choose to live our lives) and it has stuck with me since then. I really love the whole … [Read more...]
Missed Movement Moments {Fitness Challenge 2.11.13}
This is Week 6 of the 2013 Fitness Challenge. I have a great guest post for you today from Bethany of Fit2B. She's sharing ideas for fitting in fitness as busy moms when our kiddos are around! Written by Bethany Learn, Founder of Fit2B Studio Just this morning, a mother of 13 month-old twins and a 7 year-old was confessing her difficulty with fitting in time for workouts. She said she'd been hoping to watch one of our Fit2B Studio workouts at the start of naptimes, but all it takes is … [Read more...]
Fitness Challenge – Week Five {2.4.13}
This is Week 5 of the 2013 Fitness Challenge. Brrrrr! Happy Monday! Can you believe it's February already! We're half way through the fitness challenge, and I'm happy with my progress in some ways, and not in others. I'm happy with the running that I've been able to fit in. It feels good to get out and run and have some quiet and alone time. I'm finding that running is therapeutic for me in a way I didn't expect. My dad was always very active, even biking in the last few months before … [Read more...]
Fitness Challenge – Week Four {1.28.13}
This is Week 4 of the 2013 Fitness Challenge. How are you this Monday? Did you have a good weekend? How are you doing on your fitness goals? This past week was freezing cold here in Northern Indiana, so I had to move my workouts indoors, and didn't get the chance to run outside this weekend like I had hoped. But, the weather here shows high is going to be 46° today, 61° tomorrow, and then back down to 16° by Friday. Crazy! But, I'm planning to run both today and tomorrow and then we'll go … [Read more...]
My 2013 Reading List & January Reading
One of my favorite things to do at the start of a new year is to make a reading list. I hadn't posted my reading list for the year yet because I was having trouble putting the books I want to read into a list. I was trying to pick one non-fiction and one fiction book for each month of the year, but I realized that I don't like having that much structure in my list. Plus, my fiction choices are often based on what looks appealing to me when I'm at the library, or recommendations from friends, … [Read more...]
Fitness Challenge – Week Three {1.21.13}
This is Week 3 of the 2013 Fitness Challenge. Good Monday Morning! I hope everyone had a great weekend! How did you do on your fitness goals this week? Did you workout as often as you planned? Well, we all have those weeks where things don't go according to our plans, right?! So last week was definitely one of those weeks for me. I'll be honest with you, I'm really struggling right now with balancing/juggling all that I have to do with working from home, taking care of my family and home, … [Read more...]
Fitness Challenge – Week Two {1.14.13}
This is Week 2 of the 2013 Fitness Challenge. Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. We had amazing spring-like weather here on Saturday, with temperatures close to 60°, but then reality set back in as the temperature dropped and dropped yesterday along with sleet and snow. But, I got in a great run on Saturday that I felt really good about! How did you do on your fitness goals this week? Did you workout as often as you planned? I didn't do quite as much as I wanted to this … [Read more...]
Introducing the Fitness Challenge {1.7.13}
It's the beginning of a new year, and many people are making resolutions or setting goals for losing weight and getting in shape this year. Myself included. Last year I was pregnant with baby #3 when the new year rolled over, and I liked that because I didn't have to make a goal of losing weight last year, I only had to worry about growing a healthy baby inside my growing body! But, this year is a different story. Now that Blair is seven months old and I still look a little bit pregnant, … [Read more...]
Green Your Weekend — Inspiration Edition
So it's been a long time since I've done an inspiration post, probably because I didn't have much inspiration when I was pregnant! These posts were originally inspired by Megan from Sorta Crunchy's What Are You Into posts, so when she posted a series of what she's been into this week I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon too, along with some links for your weekend reading pleasure. My September Inspirations What I'm Reading I haven't been spending as much time reading lately. If I do try to … [Read more...]
What’s Your Inspiration This Month: February
So, it's been a long while since I've done an inspiration post, probably because through much of the fall and my first trimester of pregnancy, I really wasn't inspired by anything! (Except for maybe sleeping!) Anyway, I thought to go along with my goals for the month, I'd share some of my inspirations lately as well too. Our weather this winter has been so weird, and relatively mild, so I really can't complain about being sick of winter or ready for spring. I am ready to see the sun more, … [Read more...]
