Happy Sunday, friendly faces! 😀
How’s the weekend been treating you guys? I’ve spent most of mine inside hiding from the snow… but I guess I shouldn’t complain considering we didn’t get anywhere near the 8 ft. that Buffalo got hit with 😯 The forecast does call for snow for the next 4 days, though, so who knows what’ll happen.
Either way, more time inside means more time to spend online, so I hope you guys enjoy some of the great links I came across this week, and I’ll see your faces tomorrow with a new recipe!
In my head…
. fitness .
10 Tips for Running in the Cold via The Athletarian.
Great tips on how to stay warm and safe as the temperature starts to drop!
15 No Equipment At Home Workouts via Diary of an ExSloth.
A great collection of workouts you can do when it’s cold outside and you just don’t want to leave the house.
Christmas Gift Guide for Fitness Buffs via Pretty Little Grub.
Some great fitness related gift ideas to get for someone or add to your own list!
When You’re Injured… You Learn Things via FueledByLOLZ.
A great collection of accounts from what people gained while dealing with their running injuries.
The 7 People at the Gym Ruining Your Workout via College Humor.
Mmm hmm. We all know those common characters at the gym…
. health .
Elf 4 Health via The Lean Green Bean.
Each year, Lindsay hosts a month-long challenge to help you stay healthy during the holidays. Sign up for a chance to win some awesome prizes!
How to Feed a Vegetarian for Thanksgiving via The Pancake Warriors.
Great tips for those who’ll have vegetarian guests sitting at their Thanksgiving table.
Breaking My Late Night Overeating Habit via Ambitious Kitchen.
We’ve all been there — standing at the fridge/counter at midnight. Monique shares some great tips about how to overcome late night overeating.
3 Ways to Eat (or Drink) MCT Oil via Cotter Crunch.
Lots of good info about the benefits of MCT oil and some ideas about how to get more into your diet.
8 Healthy Food Facts via Diet of Life.
Some interesting food facts that you may or may not have been aware of.
. life .
9 Good Reminders that will Change the Way You Think via Marc and Angel Hack Life.
“The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.” It’s all up to you…
33 Epic Ways to Stay Creative via Simple Capacity.
Great ideas on how you can boost your creativity when you find yourself in a slump!
Eating and Identity – We are NOT What We Eat via The Paleo Running Momma.
A great thought provoking post about our tendency to tie our identity in with our food choices.
I Have a Disease… via The Balanced Blonde.
Not a physical disease, but the disease of being busy. A great thought-provoking post about being busy and whether it’s a good or bad thing.
Eff You, Pinterest via Snack Therapy.
If you’ve ever been pissed off by something you see on Pinterest, you’re definitely not alone.
What The Rut? via Clean Eats, Fast Feets.
A refreshing take on dealing with the natural ebb and flow of life, and being okay with ruts.
. blogging .
How to Become a Pinterest Rockstar via Modern Housewife.
Pinterest is a great source of traffic (it’s always my #1!), and these great tips will help you make the most of it.
How to Comment on Blogs via The Wethersills Say I Do.
While commenting on other blogs is a great way to connect with the community and drive more people to your own blog, there are certain kinds of comments that you want to avoid leaving…
How to Make a Free Watermark with PicMonkey via Jessica K. Curry Photography.
Watermarking your images is a great way to keep people from taking them and using them without your permission.
Brainstorming – How to Create Brilliant Ideas for Your Blog via The SITS Girls.
A great guide to making the most of your brainstorming process.
For my belly…
Granola Cake via Two Peas & Their Pod.
A new way to satisfy my granola addiction?!? I can’t even handle it…
Double Chocolate Muffins via Katalyst Health.
A delicious dose of chocolate made without any butter, oil, or eggs!
Healthy Peppermint Frappuccino via The Almond Eater.
The deee-licious combination of chocolate and mint combined in a cool and refreshing iced coffee. Love it!
Cinnamon Cheesecake Gingerbread Muffins via Chelsea’s Messy Apron.
How amazing does the combination of a cinnamon cheesecake and gingerbread sound?! Bring on the holidays!
Simple Vegan Stuffing via Minimalist Baker.
A great stuffing recipe for all my American friends that’l be celebrating Thanksgiving soon!
15+ Thanksgiving Recipes for the Whole Day via Iowa Girl Eats.
Some great recipes to add to your Thanksgiving menu!
Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oatmeal via Hungry Healthy Girl.
A quick breakfast option full of delicious seasonal flavours!
Baked Apples Stuffed with Cheesecake via Food Faith Fitness.
If you’ve never tried apples paired with cheese, you need to change that stat. And this is a perfect recipe to start with!
Cauliflower Potato and Leek Soup via Making Thyme for Health.
So wonderfully creamy, it’s hard to believe it’s vegan and gluten-free!
Double Chocolate Chip Coconut Brownies via Diary of an ExSloth.
They’re so chocolatey I could die. I need at least a dozen of these in my life.
Healthy Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffins via The Big Man’s World.
You can never go wrong with stuffed muffins… especially when pumpkin and cheesecake are involved.
Your links…
Three things you did yesterday; three things you’re going to do today. Go!
Yesterday: grabbed coffee with a good friend, did a lot of studying, and binge watched Christmas movies.
Today: going to church, getting some work and blog work done for the coming week, and going over to my parents’ for dinner.
More places to find me!
E-mail — [email protected]
Twitter — runwithspoons
Facebook — runningwithspoons
Pinterest — runwithspoons
Instagram — runwithspoons
Bloglovin — runningwithspoons
Thanks for linking my cold weather running post! YOU DA BEST.
Your food links kill me every. time.
I want to make EVERYTHINGGGGGGG.
Thanks for sharing my muffin, muffin queen. MUFQUEEN.
Instagram told me you’re sharing a no bake recipe today. hurry up today.
Thank you for all of the great links, lovely! I read the Pinterest one and it has some pretty interesting info. One thing I’ve been curious about (but can’t seem to find info) is how you get your logo to show up at the bottom of a pin? Like instead of saying pinned by Amanda, it says pinned by Running With Spoons and has your logo. Do you know anything about that?
Oh, and to answer your 3 things question: Cooked, Photographed, Cleaned- both days. Story.of.my.life. 😉
I do! They’re called Get Rich Pins and just require you to convert your account to a business one and follow some steps with verification after that. Kim has a really helpful tutorial — http://www.hungryhealthygirl.com/2014/02/16/tutorial-get-rich-pins-pinterest/
Let me know if you have any questions!
haha Calgary got NO SNOW. And it hovered around +5 all weekend. Glorious. Edmonton is such an awful city and I won’t ever be going back.
Hehe it’s not that bad. We’ve been sitting around 0 all week and winter has actually been pretty mild for us so far this year.
Thanks for the link love Amanda! I completely spaced on Elf 4 Health so thanks for that reminder too 😀
Also, my eyebrows literally went sky high at the granola cake. Must happen!
Thanks for sharing! You and I always share such a brain wave when it comes to good reads.
Yesterday: Sweated out Friday nights festivities + took Lucy for a walk + bought a new book!
Today: Got back on the yoga mat + took Lucy for another long walk + made sure to REST!
Hope you stayed warm! XOXO
yesterday- filmed 9832897450923873447093 xmas DIYs, made dinner for my grandma, and finished an English paper that I really should have done about 2 weeks ago. oops.
today- scheduled a video to be up Tues, started my packing list (going to my aunt’s for T day!), and got a new winter coat at REI.
Some great reads in there today!
http://youtube.com/sparklesandsuch26
Christmas DIY’s?! EEEE! I really, really need to do some this year — they’re so much fun 😀
Yup, there’ll be a bunch! The video I upload this Friday will give the whole scoop… But I’m going to be doing a major holiday video series! 😀 I think holiday themed DIY’s are the best!
http://youtube.com/sparklesandsuch26
NOOO to the snow. It hasn’t hit here thankfully, but I feel for you man. I would probably lock myself inside and drool over all these belly links. ALL THE FOOD.
Thanks for the link love lady! I am going to be spending the rest of the afternoon reading through the rest of these links! I can not believe you already have snow. I guess I shouldn’t complain about this rain huh? Can’t wait to see the recipe tomorrow.
I always look forward to your link love posts! They’re so fun.
Three things I did yesterday: baked and photographed cookies for the blog, worked all day, and cuddled up with my book in bed! Today: photographed food for the blog, went for a walk with my brother and the dog, and I’m not sure what else I’m going to do!
thanks lovely! i sure hope you plan on coming down here and bringing some of your baking creations. I’ll bust out the MCT oil. LOL! stay warm. It;s 70F here today. Crazy!
Can we binge watch Christmas movies sometime soon?
Yesterday: recovered (ughhhh Friday night), went to go see Interstellar, stopped at work to sign stuff and figure out my training schedule for the next few weeks because EMPLOYMENT!
Today: slept in until 10 (that was amazing and so needed), going to take the dog to the park, FaceTime with a certain chef.
Happy Sunday love!
Yessss! Make the drive over to E-town — I’ll prep the cookies and hot chocolate 😛
Thanks for linking to my post! Some great ones here too. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday! Some good reads for me while I recover on the drive home 🙂
Awesome round-up, as always! I’m loving the healthy Thanksgiving recipes in your roundup and from others. I also love the post on “the disease of being busy.”
I just really enjoy the link love. You always post great reading material. I am working today, doing some blogging, and getting a night run after work. Happy Sunday!
I can’t even tell you how much I loved Monique’s post… totally resonated with me because I have that exact issue. Last night I decided to drink water and go to bed and you know what? Still alive today.
Yesterday: long run, rooftop picnic, dinner with Davida, Curt, Gina & Kit
Today: spin, lunch in Palo Alto with one of my sorority sisters, yoga
Three things I did yesterday: worked, grocery shopped, and went out to celebrate some birthdays with friends.
Three things I’m doing today: cleaning the house, hanging the outdoor Christmas lights and planting garlic. We’ve got a weird bout of 50 degrees here (10 degrees Celsius) so I need to take advantage of the weather and get my outdoor work done before it’s too cold.
I love you for converting it to Celsius for me — usually I have to do it myself. And you’d think I would have learned the Fahrenheit scale after all these years. Maybe I need to make it a New Year’s resolution.
Thank you for sharing my Cheesecake Baked Apples friend!
You have snow and we are supposed to be 77 degrees and rain. Crazy! I love to be able to snuggle up drink coffee and watch Christmas movies all day today but I know that want happen will 2 little ones here. Yesterday we did get some of Christmas decoration out and started decorating! It may not feel festive outside but it’s starting to look that way inside!
Great links as always! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to diving into this as well. Not to jump on the bandwagon with Jen above, but your site has been loading very, very slowly for me too. Just so you are aware. Have a great Sunday!
Just FYI that your site is running REALLY slow for me. I don’t know if it’s all your links or the ads, but it look five minutes for me to just scroll through the list! I’ve noticed this a lot lately since you added more ads, but I still appreciate the posts 😉
Thanks for letting me know, Jen! I haven’t changed anything recently so I have no idea why that might be, but I’ll look into it! Sorry about that.
Oooof snooooowww! Yuckkkkyyy!!! Lots of good links, I have lots of new tabs open, thank you for sharing lovely lady! Stay warm 🙂 By the way, the coffice follows me on twitter now hahahahah!
I barely remember yesterday, isn’t that terrible? Hmm…Long run, got some work done and then went shopping….On tap for today – Spin with Meaghan, out for lunch and then catching up on the food shopping.
You say that every week and I can definitely relate. Getting older is no fun!
Your links are awesome as always, Amanda 🙂 My favorite was definitely the 10 Tips for Running in the Cold – seeing as I’m training for a spring half, I’m going to have to suck it up and get out the door 🙂
Yesterday I: Binge Watched Bones, Peer Edited a paper, and added a “Pin It” button to any image on my blog 🙂
Today: I’m playing in the worship band at church, going to tumbling, and then working on math 🙂
Aww thanks, Liz! I’m glad you liked them 😀 Hope you have an awesome day!