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ENERGYbits Review

By Melissa Burton|2013-09-04T03:30:00-08:00September 4th, 2013|

Who doesn’t need more energy? I’m an intermittent insomniac so to say I’m someone who lacks energy is an understatement. I like my 1-2 cups of coffee per day but the plethora of energy drinks available scare me silly. However, when I saw fellow fitness enthusiasts talking about a the 100% natural spirulina algae pill-shaped ENERGYbits on Twitter, I was intrigued….and lucky because the company sent me a sample to road-test and some literature (shown below).

For readable information see energybits.com

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Let The Sunshine In – The Sunshine Award

By Melissa Burton|2013-08-23T03:30:00-08:00August 23rd, 2013|

Let the sunshine – Let the sunshine – The sunshine in!

The above lyric is from “Let The Sunshine In” from the musical “Hair” and it’s all I kept singing in my head when I heard that Brittany from My Own Balance nominated me for a Sunshine Award this week. The Sunshine Award is an interactive way to recognize other fellow bloggers for the positive impact they have.

I often feel like a curmudgeon and nearly keeled over when I got word of this lovely distinction. Me? Sunshine-worthy? I’m thrilled that this blog can give a smile to the very fit and smart Brittany, of my new friends from Fitbloggin’. Thank you my friend, I’m extremely honored.

I love the idea behind this award and the meme-like rules: […]

Some Of My Fitness Questions Answered – A Questionairre

By Melissa Burton|2013-07-26T05:00:00-08:00July 26th, 2013|

Since I’m gearing up for some interesting workout options for my upcoming trip to New York, I figured I’d do the Fitness Questionairre recently posted on Brittany’s My Own Balance and Kimberly Anne’s Manifest Yourself.

Image: InspiredHomeFitness

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#13in2013 Half Year Check In

By Melissa Burton|2013-07-01T10:00:00-08:00July 1st, 2013|

Sorry that this post is late today but I’ve been traveling a lot lately. I just got back from the amazing Fitbloggin’ 13 in Portland, Oregon. I have so much to share about my recent adventures that I need a few days to gather up all the fabulousness I’ve encountered on my #secretvacation and at Fitbloggin.

In attempt to be somewhat timely, (since 2013 is already half over – hello July 1st!) today we’re doing the quarterly check in on the progress being made with my #13in2013 goals. My first quarter check in post is here.

Image: Jeriff Cheng

#13in2013 Goals: […]

Portlandia, Here I Come! (FitBloggin' 2013)

By Melissa Burton|2013-06-24T05:30:00-08:00June 24th, 2013|

People love the show Portlandia and even though I still don’t “get” the show (please save your tomatoes for eating), I do know that Portland, Oregon has been called the Brooklyn of the West so it makes me unbelievably excited to announce that I’ve been invited to Portland from June 27 – 30th to attend my first Fitness Blogging Conference, FitBloggin’ 13!

Portlandia, Portland, Brooklyn, Fitbloggin'

Image: Bitch Cakes

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11 Reasons To Go To A Race Health & Fitness Expo

By Melissa Burton|2013-06-03T05:30:00-08:00June 3rd, 2013|

Even though I knew I wasn’t going to run the San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll Half this past Sunday, I took a trip down to to San Diego on Friday anyway. It was not only a good excuse to see a friend who flew in from New York to run the race, it was a chance to go to the Health & Fitness Expo.

If you haven’t ever been to an Expo, they’re often free (even for non-racers), educational (I learned about the upcoming trends in the natural product and organic food industry from the Natural Products Expo West that I attended in March) and they’re tons of fun.

I’ve heard it said that many people think of the Health & Fitness Expo that precedes a race as little more than “trick-or-treating for runners” but believe it or not, there’s a lot more to an Expo than just picking up lots of product samples, your bib and a race tee. […]

2013 – A Year In Pictures

By Melissa Burton|2013-12-30T03:30:00-08:00December 30th, 2013|

Last year in the infancy stage of this blog, I did a photo collage of the highlights of 2012 and I thought I’d do it again this year. Not only is it fun to have the chance to reminisce about the events of the past year, it’s great to be able to choose visual reminders of meaningful experiences that may not always be top-of-mind. So after searching the archives of a year’s worth of photos, I present:

2013 – A Year in Pictures:

January:

#HATES event with blogger friends, Carolyn@ThisTalkAin’tCheap and Melissa@MizMeliz with the director of “House At The End of The Street”, Mark Tonderai. Carolyn and I won Kindle Fires for getting the most clues for the Haunted Hollywood Scavenger Hunt!

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5 LA Fitness Experiences I'm Dying To Try

By Melissa Burton|2013-10-23T09:07:00-08:00October 23rd, 2013|

Yesterday I attended the Fitness Magazine #FitBlogLA event and it was fabulous. I wish I had the energy to share all the details and swag pictures today but traffic in LA is a bitch so I couldn’t get a proper write up done in time to post today. I will give you all the tidbits on Friday but since it’s Workout Wednesday and I’ve been inspired by pursuing fitness in Los Angeles, I’ve come up with a list of the 5 LA fitness experiences I’d like to have before 2013 is over. […]

I Ran, I Ran Not Far Away….

By Melissa Burton|2013-06-07T05:30:00-08:00June 7th, 2013|

Friday, June 5th was National Running Day. I’ll admit that I’ve done a lot of whining around not being able to run. Last week I even wrote an apology letter to my very neglected running shoes. I even went down to the Race Expo for the half marathon I knew I couldn’t run to see a friend and for fun.

My Twitter stream has been filled with details from various races all over the country and even though I was never really in love with running, the fact that I can’t makes me very wistful so on Wednesday despite feeling like my body was fighting off sickness and my back aching a bit, I went for a run.

I’ve been feeling a little under the weather lately but I knew that I really wanted to do something on National Running Day so I put on my cap from my original 26.2 in 1999 and the race shirt from what was to be my comeback race last week in San Diego (but wasn’t meant to be) and made some literal strides toward my running future.

All San Diego – hat from my 26.2 in 1999 and race shirt from my race that I did not even start in 2013.

It might not have been for very long (or done very fast) but I did it. I’ve been working on getting stronger with my WundaBar Pilates classes but I haven’t really run since I was in NYC and I did my Kick Ass 5K (which was amazing). […]