by Ericka | Feb 15, 2016 | fitness, food
I’ve never gone on a diet. Not really. But it turns out, those pregnancy pounds do not just melt away even if you go back to your normal way of eating an exercising. You have to do something extra to make them go away. Reluctantly, I joined Beachbody and...
by Ericka | Feb 8, 2016 | fitness, running
In 2015, I ran the least miles I have ever run since becoming a runner. I started sitting on the sidelines just about this time last year when my back issues came into play again — and then pregnancy, which of course is the best reason 🙂 Sciatica magically...
by Ericka | Jan 29, 2016 | fitness, Pregnancy, Uncategorized
Let me preface this by saying the baby weight thing is NOT a big deal in my life…but it is something that’s been on my mind. I gained a little over 30 pounds during pregnancy, then swiftly lost about 15 pounds of it right after giving birth 10 weeks ago....
by Ericka | Jan 25, 2016 | fitness, run, running
For the past four years or so, I’ve done very little working out outdoors in the winter. Thanks to a love of studio classes and more so, CrossFit, I was getting in plenty of workouts indoors. The cold temps were a turn off and I almost never ventured into them...
by Ericka | Jan 8, 2016 | fitness
I’ve started writing about 4 posts this week and got stuck, interrupted or thought they were stupid. So here we are again. I’ve got some endorphins flowing this time because I just forced myself to do an at-home work out. Most readers know I am a morning...
by Ericka | Jan 4, 2016 | Crossfit, fitness, running
Generally speaking, you hear that women can begin working out about 6 weeks after they give birth, assuming they had a normal, healthy, vaginal birth. I was prepared to wait 6 weeks but felt pretty good a tad earlier than that so I went ahead and got slow start. Back...
