Live Fit and Sore

Category: Giving Back

  • Giving Back To The Community

    I had one heck of a Yoga headache after yesterday’s class, so I looked it up and it’s a common malady after a hot yoga class when you are a beginner. I made sure to drink a lot of water afterwards but couldn’t seem to break it.  After a few sessions, it seems to not…

  • Kindness During the Holidays

    This weekend, I went to a holiday party at my friend Kyle’s house. We were asked to bring art supplies and personal items (shampoo, soap, pajama pants – all sizes and other cozy items) for the girls of Chloe house. Chloe House is a group home for teenage girls referred by the DC Department of Youth…

  • Oh Snow!

    This was the beginning of the snow storm this morning around 7A – it hadn’t even been snowing for an hour when I took this pic. When I headed to the gym before 6A,  there was no snow but we are gearing up for around 6 inches if you believe the weatherman’s forecast. After the…

  • George Clooney Lives His Life, So Should You

    I was reading an interview with George Clooney in Esquire magazine this weekend and he said something that has stayed with me about how media and the Internet have exploded into our lives – changing it for the good and some of it for the bad. The president came here and there were some people…

  • Time Flies And You Are the Pilot

    Thanksgiving has come and gone — I still can’t believe December is here. I love holidays but I also love getting back into the swing of life.  I’m excited about what’s happening in my life — new career opportunities and new paths to follow. I am testing out the theory about letting go and letting…

  • Decide to Move On

    Here’s some food for thought that really spoke to me this weekend from Joel Osteen. “You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not…

  • Feeding Your Mind with Stories of Kindness

    As I mentioned a few weeks back, I am focused on surrounding myself with positive, happy people. People who are making a difference in their lives by making a difference in others’ lives. I want to learn from them, extract inspiration from them, be motivated by what they are doing, and think like they do.…

  • We All Can Make a Difference

    My friend Will and I were talking after our workout this morning about how amazing and powerful the mind is. It can adapt to challenges it faces and find new pathways to get whatever job it needs to get done, done. I brought up how I am finding meditation so hard to grasp. I can…

  • Let Tragedy Make You Grow

    I have not been feeling myself the past few days — like I have a bug or something. I left in the middle of the workout yesterday because I was throwing up and then took a sick day from work and slept most of the day. This morning, I’m not sure how I have feel.…

  • Trading Halloween Candy for A Good Cause

    HALLOWEEN IS FOR SUCKERS and SKITTLES and M&Ms Last night was so fun — there is nothing like the sound of kids running around the neighborhood. It is the sound of the pure joy of childhood.  Scott went around with Hannah, while Nate decided to hang out with his neighborhood friends and I passed out…