Ericka's Blog
Reflections and conversations on life
Naked Smoothies: Simply The Best
If I'm in a pinch and need a quick fix for a snack or meal, Naked "Green Machine" smoothies are a regular go-to. They have more fruit than veggies and while I'd prefer the opposite, I still know I'm filling up on something good for my body.Until this week, I hadn't...
HuffPostLive: The Anti-Bride? Me?
*Thanks Wil for the screen shot!I was so excited yesterday when I got an email from Huffington Post Live asking me to appear on their daily show. I've been wanting to do a segment for awhile and this was the first time I was actually available when they got in...
Easy Work Out in the Park
Wearing Reebok wide strap top, sublite trainers and track jacket If you are like me, you've got a park somewhere near your house with all kinds of weird looking exercise equipment.What do you do with it? It looks out of place. I never used to use it. But since my...
Crossfit Open Hell!
Doing Open WOD 13.2 last weekSo...as you know, I'm signed up for the Reebok Crossfit Open this year. It's just for fun and team camaraderie and my box, Trident Crossfit.But even still, the pressure is on. I mean, like I am checking the Reebok Games website on...
Why I’m Not Dieting For My Wedding Day
My friend Katie and I at a wedding in the Dominican Republic. I'll be the same size at my wedding as I was at that one!One of the most popular posts my blog has ever seen is "Wedding Crash Diet Tips," written as a guest post by my friend Michelle, who, like many...
Crossfit Athlete Spotlight: Arturo Castellanos
Arturo looking awesome doing a bad ass muscle up!I've been doing Crossfit for about a year now. I first heard about the sport back in 2008 but didn't pay much attention -- thinking it was just another version of P90X. Wrong. After I started crossfitting, I fell in...