by Ericka | Jul 10, 2015 | fitness, Uncategorized
So before CrossFit boxes and barre studios, before Soulcycle and Bikram Yoga — there was Gold’s Gym. It’s THE gym and we’ve all been there before. Instead of disappearing into the abyss of upscale trendiness, they’ve evolved while at the...
by Ericka | Jul 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Though I don’t talk about my job much on the blog, you probably know a little something about it if you follow me on Twitter (beware, it’s political!). Aside from that political detail, I spend days on social media and digital strategy for a large online...
by Ericka | Jul 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sometimes you just need to force yourself to be with other people. When we are feeling down or unmotivated, it’s easy to exist in our own little worlds. You shut people out, you neglect activities, or out of fear or discomfort, never form new friendships or...
by Ericka | Jul 1, 2015 | Pregnancy
*Graphic from here. First of all, if you read my blog and don’t care about pregnancy related stuff, sorry! I am not going to do these weekly like some people but figured I would do them from time to time. Today, I am 18 weeks pregnant and feeling pretty good....
by Ericka | Jun 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
If you’ve read my blog for awhile, you will notice I end up in Charleston, South Carolina every so often. I actually lived in Charleston for a short time after college and so, it has a special place in my heart! Luckily, one of my best friends still lives there...
by Ericka | Jun 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Big Announcement Pregnancy Things I Wasn’t Expecting We didn’t do anything super-exciting for this gender reveal but I guess I gotta tell ya –right?! Okay — I will spare you having to read to the bottom: It’s a Boy! How We Found Out...
by Ericka | Jun 22, 2015 | fitness
So…yoga and barre are actually really hard if you do them right. You would think a girl who ran a bunch of marathons and loves crazy, intense heavy CrossFit workouts could handle a few 3-lb weights and some extra long downward dogs. But I’m a wimp. I swear...
by Ericka | Jun 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Now that I’ve been using ClassPass, I’ve been skipping all over town trying out different studios. The thing with CP is, you can only go to the same studio three times in one month so you are forced to go to new places. There are a lot of barre classes...
by Ericka | Jun 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
I probably know less about being pregnant than an 8-year-old. That may be an exaggeration but there have been a lot of unexpecteds. For example, I didn’t know that pregnancy weeks were counted from the date of your last period — so that you actually get...
by Ericka | Jun 15, 2015 | fitness
*First of all, thanks to everyone who poured on the congratulations about our baby news last week! I’ve been wanting to tell everyone for weeks but finally felt comfortable. I’ll have another surprise this week — gender reveal! Stay tuned for that...
