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Happy Wednesday, friends!

Today we’re linking up our Bliss posts, but before we get to that let’s talk about BREAKFAST & my WORKOUT this morning. I chose to do a 30 minute walk this morning since my legs are so sore from the HIIT class I took last night! Man, that class wears me out – think about squat after squat after squat or lunge after lunge after lunge….. ouch! I came home this morning and had a glass of chocolate milk, a banana, & a boiled egg & vegetarian bacon english muffin! Now I’m off to get ready for work, but check out what’s been bringing me Bliss this month!

PRODUCTS/THINGS

{1} Never Eat Alone

I recently became a “Blogging for Books” Affiliate and now receive free books to review. You’ll get a full review once I complete this book, but I have LOVED it so far. Sure, I’m only on Chapter 2, but I already know I’m going to learn a ton! It’s a business book and talks about networking & relationships. Stay tuned for my review in a couple weeks!

{2} Jack LaLanne Juicer

I was super excited when I found this beauty at Dirt Cheap for a mere $26!!! I’ve used it a handful of times now and still can’t believe I’m lucky enough to have found it! If you’ve thought about juicing, I would recommend a Jack Lalanne Juicer, but hopefully you can score a great deal like I did!

{3} Blender Bottle

Not only has this shaker been great for my juices, but it’s been an excellent way to keep up with my water consumption at work. I’ve had a problem getting plenty of water throughout the day, so I’m working on drinking one blender bottle by 12:30 and another by 4:30 so I at least get about 50 ounces of water during the day.

BLOGGERS/POSTS

I like to dedicate a portion of my #BloggerBliss to new bloggers I’ve been able to find throughout the month! It helps keep me engaged with bloggers and constantly finding new blogs to support and hopefully new friendships down the road! I’ve been transitioning my blog into a more health conscious blog so I can encourage myself to eat better and workout more, but also encourage others. This month I found some really great Healthy Living blogs & posts to share!

{1} Char Eats Greens

This girl became a vegetarian and then quickly became a vegan! I love finding other bloggers like me! She’s also a runner & loves Starbucks – clearly we’re meant to be friends! And if you’re thinking that going vegan means you have to cut out all the good stuff – then you should seriously check out her recipe for Triple Threat Vegan Gluten-Free Brownies because oh em gee… I’m giving that a try for sure!

{2} Sweet Miles: A running & lifestyle blog

I love the clean feel to this blog. You get there and instantly feel refreshed! She’s another runner, but I love drawing inspiration and encouragement from other bloggers who run. When I read about their runs, it helps me envision my own run and gets me motivated. She’s not all about running though – her goal is a healthy lifestyle. She created this amazing post for 7 Ways to Maintain a Healthy & Active Marriage and although I’m not married, I could re-title it 7 Ways to Maintain a Healthy & Active Relationship because I think that’s just as important and I felt like most of these could be applied to mine and Nick’s relationship – with the exception of some things due to our long-distant relationship!

{3} Bagels to Broccoli

Another blog that’s clean and refreshing to stumble upon! Jen isn’t a vegetarian (as far as I can tell), but she works to incorporate more veggies and a healthy lifestyle. In fact, she recently completed her very FIRST half-marathon! {You can read about that here}

It has been such a treat stumbling onto these ladies blogs and I hope you’ll enjoy them too!

MOMENTS

I, of course, enjoy recapping some special moments from the month and the biggest one that sticks out to me is finally switching my blog over from From Here to There to No Bologna! I’d been wanting to make a change for so long and I feel like a dream has finally come alive!! It’s still a work in progress, but I love what this space is becoming and how it’s encapsulating my love for health, veggies, & fitness!

I forgot to mention that Nick and I tried out Majestic Burger! I’m not sure if it’s a local place or if there are chain restaurants floating around, but I went with their veggie burger and it was great! Plus those onion rings… I could make a meal out of any kind of fried side dish… onion rings, pickles, zucchini, okra… you name it!

Lastly… National Donut Day…. Enough Said!

What’s bringing you Bliss this month?
What bloggers should I be reading? Any fun/informative posts you’ve come across lately?

Link Up with us Below!

Before I get started, I wanted to remind you to link-up with me and Meg on Wednesday for Bliss this month. Share your favorite things from the month of March! I truly look forward to seeing what y’all find & love throughout the month – whether it’s celebrating with you in the exciting moments you experienced or realizing that I need a new product in my life thanks to you!
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This has been an insane month y’all!! I feel like I’m finally starting to slow down. As most of you know, I got a job back in January. I had been searching for a few months and honestly wasn’t sure if this job was even what I wanted, but it was a job and I took it. Turns out, I’ve been loving it. For those that may or may not be curious, I work in the line of insurance and investments. I do case prep and I submit applications and so on and so forth…. Technically, I’m an “assistant” which isn’t a terrible thing – the world would not survive without assistants, but I don’t plan on staying in this role for long. One thing I needed to do was take my Insurance Licensing Exam so I can become an Associate Financial Rep. My test was Friday and y’all… I was a HOT MESS last week. Thursday evening, I was in tears over studying for this test. I got off work late, felt behind on studying, and didn’t feel that I had a good place to study that would keep me focused. Nick’s brother and sister-in-law came to my rescue!

I went on a wonderful walk with his sister-in-law and that helped calm me down (I hadn’t worked out at all that week) and then they were so diligent to not disturb me while I studied in their spare bedroom – They also left me study snacks (Seriously… they’re the greatest!). Right before I left, I took a practice exam and I needed ONE more correct question to pass. ONE. Nick’s brother works in this industry too, so he answered a few questions, explained a few things…. when I say that I would not have passed without their generosity and knowledge – I WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED! I’m so thankful for them and the relationship I have with them.

Crazy Eyes??

Thank goodness that’s over with. I passed and I’m happy to be working towards my next goal! I saved an Easter Egg Reese’s for when/if I passed the test, so I was able to devour that once I finally had the courage to look up my score (Technically, Nick looked it up because I was still too scared). I sent that picture to Nick’s sister-in-law to let her know that I passed. I celebrated in Starkville over the weekend by attending some baseball games and duh, duh, duh…. watching FROZEN for the first time! It was amazing, just like everyone said, but I do think it was hyped up so much that it didn’t have the same affect it had on everyone else who saw it in theaters. I did love it though and I love the music and I love the “twist” in the plot! It’s wonderful – yet again, Disney does not disappoint.

As I type this, I see a box sitting under my desk… a beautiful box that holds a beautiful new computer. Y’all…. I’m so excited about this! My little laptop is about to bite the dust. It’ll last me a little while longer, but I’m so excited to use my new computer to increase all of these blog related projects in my head, get back to vlogging, and so many other things!

When you leave blogging for days at a time…. your first post back just seems like a hodge podge of junk lol. Do you experience that too? That’s pretty much ALL that I’ve been experiencing this month…. bleh, I’m going with it!

Lastly, I was excited to see Meg and Amanda’s Theme for Kitchen Mix Up this month! Of course, with St. Patrick’s Day falling in March, the theme was GREEN! You know what this theme got me thinking about? Juicing. The beautiful GREEN juices I used to make. Do you remember when I juiced? Yeah, me neither… it’s been forever ago! I threw my juicer in the trash because it made me angry…. yeah, I haven’t purchased another one since, so juicing stopped for far longer than I would have liked. It’s time though. It truly is time. I’ve been dreaming about a beautiful juice for so long and with spring/summer right around the corner (Once mother nature gets her crap together!) it just seems like the perfect time to start juicing again. In honor of this “promise” I’m making to myself to purchase a new juicer within the next month or two – I’d like to share my favorite juice recipe below! I’ve shared it before on the blog, but this can be a beautiful reminder to you (as it is to me) that juicing can be delicious plus the health benefits are outstanding and completely worth the time, money, & effort!

Also, if you haven’t watched “Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead” – you really should. Great documentary that can be found on Netflix about juicing!

This juice is called the “Beginner Green” and the reason is because it’s a great starter drink to get those veggies. You can hardly taste the veggies, it’s completely delicious, but it holds FIVE cups of spinach and some celery.

{photo credit for Juice Recipes}

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Recipe:

3 medium apples (I do a mixture of granny smith and red)

4 stalks of celery

1/4 thumb of ginger

1/2 lemon with rind

1 large orange peeled

5 cups of spinach

June Bliss – Books, Blogs, & Burgers!

I may have been a mess, but I passed {plus Kitchen Mix Up!}

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