Happy Sunday, friendly faces! 😀
Today marks our last day here on Maui, and I really don’t want to leave but I’m also ready to go back home… if that makes sense. I miss having a routine and feeling productive, but we’ve seen so many amazing things here that it’s going to be hard to say goodbye. Waterfalls. Rainforests. Crashing waves. Brilliantly clear starlight skies. Sunrises at 10,000 feet. Sunsets on the beach. Breaching humpback whales. TURTLES!!
Omigosh YES. I can now go home happy and satisfied… especially since I even managed to score a tan in the process. But Maui has seriously been wonderful, and I really [really] hope I can visit again someday.
I’ll talk more about my trip when I get back, though, because right now it’s time for some link love! I should be back to blogging regularly this week, so I’ll talk to you soon!
For my head…
. fitness .
How Working Out is Better Than Therapy via Popsugar.
Some great inspirational quotes relating to exercise. Makes you wanna go out there and get’er done!
5 Reasons Why Running Easy is So Hard via Fuel Your Future with Tina Muir.
Great explanations as to why taking it easy and resting can be so difficult.
How to Build a Budget-Friendly HIIT Home Gym via Mind Body Green.
Love these tips for building an at-home gym for those times where you just don’t feel like going out.
. health .
Build Your Own Plant Based Power Bowl via The Cookie ChRUNicles.
Helpful tips on how to put together a delicious plant based lunch or dinner in a snap.
The Scale via The Real Life RD.
An inspiring post about not letting an obsession with the number on the scale take away from your happiness.
25 Interesting Facts About Essential Nutrients via Kickass Facts.
Definitely some good ones to know if you want to impress people with your random fact knowledge 😉
Healthy Is… via Clean Eats, Fast Feets.
‘What is health?’ is a question that’s pretty open for debate, but I’m loving this interpretation!
5 Tips for Replacing Sugar When Baking via Diary of an ExSloth.
Trying to cut back on refined sugar? These naturally sweet substitutions can help!
. life .
7 Things to Remember When You Feel Discouraged and Defeated via Marc and Angel Hack Life.
A really inspiring and motivational post that’ll help you change your thinking when you’re in a funk.
35 Essential Habits of Incredibly Happy People via Tiny Buddha.
I don’t know about “essential,” but definitely some good things to practice if you want to increase your happiness.
What Comfort Food Looks Like Around the World via Pure Wow.
As a Canadian, I can’t say “poutine” is what I turn to when I want a comforting meal, but it’s interesting to see foods across cultures.
The Atlas of Beauty via Maptia.
It’s also interesting to see beauty across cultures and races. Love this.
20 Beauty Mistakes You Didn’t Know You Were Making via Listotic.
A great list of makeup tips that’ll help you avoid some of the most common beauty mistakes.
How to Quieten Your Mind When You Feel Intense Anxiety via Mind Body Green.
Don’t give in to your anxiety provoking thoughts. Fight back with these helpful tips.
. blogging .
Tools for Increasing Social Media Reach and Engagement via The Work at Home Wife.
A list of useful resources that can help you improve your social media presence.
How to Conquer Pinterest via Real Moms Talk.
Great tips for optimizing your Pinterest use and using it to drive more traffic to your blog.
13 Free Blog Planners and Spreadsheets via The Work at Home Wife.
Great resources to help you stay organized with your blog.
For my belly…
Coconut Fudge Truffles via Superfoodliving.com.
These look amazing. Like biting into a chocolatey. fudgey, ganache.
Carrot Cake Granola via Amy’s Healthy Baking.
Crazy in love with the flavours, textures, and clusters in this batch of healthy granola!
Crazy Good Coconut Oil “Chocolate” Bark via Oh She Glows.
Crazy good is right. Love this healthier twist on chocolate bark.
Chipotle Style Burrito Bowl via Clean Eats, Fast Feets.
This is the part where I ask myself why I’ve never made my own burrito bowl… Love this!
Chocolate PB Protein Cookie Dough Bars via Making Thyme for Health.
Loving the ingredients in these naturally sweetened, high-fibre protein bars! I bet they’d taste amazing with AB too.
Healthy No Bake Triple Chocolate Protein Cookies via The Big Man’s World.
Talk about so many of my favourite things in one cookie. These look fab.
Your links…
3 things you did yesterday; 3 things you’re doing today. Go!
Yesterday: went whale watching, went snorkelling, and went to a luau.
Today: I honestly have no idea. Playing it by ear!
More places to find me!
E-mail — [email protected]
Twitter — runwithspoons
Facebook — runningwithspoons
Pinterest — runwithspoons
Instagram — runwithspoons
Bloglovin — runningwithspoons
I was just talking to both my husband (he’s a therapist) and a friend (who has had some depression and anxiety lately) about how I learned in my undergrad program that exercise truly is the best medicine. It can do so much more for resetting the body than the meds do, but the problem is that it’s so hard to get people who are in that place and need the help….into the gym or anywhere else to help them. 🙁
Oh my gosh a turtle! I’m glad you had a fun trip.
I don’t really consider poutine comfort food either. I’ve had it once and it was good, but it’s not my favourite. If I’m having comfort food at home, I’ll make chili and cornbread or coq au vin. If I want something more junky and comforting when I’m eating out, I’d choose loaded nachos over poutine any day!
Anyway have a safe flight home! 🙂
Definitely agree with you on that one! Poutine doesn’t hold a candle to nachos.
AH, TURTLES!! 🙂 An ex-boyfriend bought me a tiny pet turtle a million years ago and ever since then I’ve had such a soft spot for them 🙂 yay! This just made my morning lol
Hope you have a safe trip home! Can’t wait to read all about it!
Hope you had a wonderful trip! Also, I hope you took a turtle home with you.
I wish! I don’t think he would have fit in my suitcase, though 😉
Thanks for featuring my post beautiful lady! Hope you have safe travels back, and I definitely know what you mean about wanting to get back to a routine, I always miss that. Have a wonderful monday!
I LOVED Hawaii when i was there a few years ago and swimming with turtles was the best – so glad you having a relaxing holiday and can’t wait to hear more about it:)
I’m so happy to hear you’re enjoying Maui! It is such an incredible place. I can’t wait to hear about every last detail of your trip, if you’re willing to share. 🙂
Thank you for including my cookie dough bars! Muah! xoxo
I can’t wait until my next vacation…can’t wait to hear about yours. Safe travels back home 🙂
Thanks for the shoutout to my carrot cake granola! 🙂 I’m right there with you when it comes to Hawaii. I always think I want to live there, but… Then I’d be too tempted to sit by the beach and watch the waves and never get anything done! I’m so glad you got to see turtles though — that’s a rare (and lucky) occasion!
I was actually wondering how people get anything done when they live there… especially because I’d always see people [who didn’t really look like tourists] on the beach in the morning and afternoon…
I’m a sea turtle biologist in the Bahamas and seeing turtles anywhere makes me so happy 🙂 So glad you had a great trip!
Glad you’ve been having a great time in Hawaii! I agree- vacations are awesome, but it’s always nice to get back into a routine 🙂
Thanks for all the link love my linkilicious friend. I’m so glad you were able to get some down time and frolic with the fishies (yes I know this isn’t correct, but it fishies sounds better) although selfishly I’m glad you’ll be back to blogging soon. I missed reading your posts.
Working Out is Better Than Therapy: sometimes working out is my therapy which is why some of the fitspo stuff gets me pumped.
I loved Meredith’s power bowls. Awesome concept and almost completely executed in my Chipotle Style Burrito Bowl.
Thanks for sharing and spreading the potato love. I need to get my hands on this chocolate pudding fruit, and maple syrup us the bomb.com.
My buddy is Spanish and his mother makes the most incredible tortilla Española. It’s amazing. I still want to try your family’s perogies.
To be fair, there were lots of fishies in there too… they just weren’t as interesting as the turtle 😛 And you know you’re welcome to come to a [pierogie] dinner anytime!
That turtle though!!
Thanks for sharing my power bowl link – do you know I forgot I even wrote it this week?! lol. Excited for you to come home and catch up about life and your trip! I am glad you had a great time!
I love the link showing the comfort food from various countries. I believe you mentioned your family is polish, do your parents ever make pierogis? They look delicious!
Btw, I’ve never had poutine but “cheese curds” intrigues me.
My mom still makes them every now and again, but they’re pretty time consuming so she usually only does it for holidays and special occasions. They’re definitely delicious, though!
I know what you mean about wanting to get back to normalcy. I have about a week cap on any vacation because of that feeling. Glad it’s been a great time for you and have a safe trip home 🙂
I think you may be the only person that actually wants to go back home from Hawaii! LOL I think I’d want to stay there forever! Especially since I woke up to more snow here in Buffalo this morning. Where is spring!?
I have no idea, but if you find it, let me know! It snowed here in Edmonton the day before I came back as well 😕
Glad to hear you had a great time and a tan is always a bonus too! Safe travels home!
Casper to ketchup.
😉