Can we just talk about this for a second?
In whose mind is that kind of weather even remotely close to being okay?!? It’s been -40ºC (-40ºF) with windchill all weekend long, making it pretty much impossible to go outside without feeling like your face is going to fall off. At least I only have one more day to endure before I’ll be enjoying the warm sunny beaches of Hawaii. Squee!
On another positive note… a huge thank you to everyone who participated in this week’s NEDA themed Thinking Out Loud. I didn’t include any of those posts in today’s Link Love simply because there were too many great ones and I couldn’t pick my favourites… So if you have some extra time, go check those out — you definitely won’t be disappointed.
In my head…
. fitness .
How To Take Control Of Our Well-Being via Mrs. Murphy’s Law of Fitness.
Great tips on how to easily fit more movement into your day without going to the gym.
Do You Stretch via Fit ‘n’ Cookies.
Great info on the importance of flexibility and some great visual examples of stretches you can do.
25 Ways To Run Faster, Stat via Greatist.
Some great tips on improving the speed of your runs.
Making Exercise A Habit via My Food ‘N’ Fitness Diaries.
Great tips on how to make exercise a regular part of your routine.
. health .
Avoid The ‘Sitting Disease’ At Work via Fox News.
Sedentary lifestyles have been linked to several chronic health problems. Some great tips on how to get some extra movement in if you’re stuck in an office all day.
7 Natural Ways To Soothe Common Stomach Problems via Lifehack.
Oh digestive woes… Nothing can be more debilitating or annoying to try and figure out.
Life Lessons: On Counting Ingredients, Not Calories via Hummusapien.
Put down the diet butter and eat real food with ingredients you can pronounce…
When Does Healthy Living Become A Diet? via The Real Life RD.
An amazing post about the fine line between healthy living and a restrictive diet.
Hundreds Of Foods In The US Contain ADA Plastic Chemicals via Fox News.
Mmmmm… nothing like a bit of plastic with your bread.
5 Healthy Food Lies That May Be Making You Fat via Lifehack.
I’m a huge fan of debunking food myths. The truth about things like eggs, butter, and low-fat foods.
7 Tips For Choosing Supplements via The Lyons’ Share.
Important things to consider when trying to figure out what kind of supplements you need to take.
. happiness .
15 Powerful Beliefs That Will Free You From Negativity via Marc and Angel Hack Life.
“It isn’t easy to remain positive when negativity surrounds you, but remember that you have full control over what you choose to believe.”
Never Merely Pretty via Apple Of My Eye.
Some amazing tips for women on how to improve body image.
14 People Who Failed Before Becoming Famous via MSN.com.
Proof that you should never give up on your dreams…
What 7 Women Who Overcame Eating Disorders Wish They’d Known Then via Greatist.
Ohhhh the things I would go back and tell my younger self… even though she wouldn’t listen anyway.
What The Scale Isn’t Telling You via Racing Bananas.
A great post about why it’s not a good idea to put too much weight on the scale.
. blogging .
Blog Marketing 101: The Best Times To Blog And Share via With An Open Mind.
Great info on making the most of the time you devote to marketing your blog over social media.
31 Days of Writing Prompts for March via The SITS Girls.
In case you get hit with a serious case of writer’s block…
Why I Will Never Have A Perfect Blog via Cotter Crunch.
And this is exactly why I love her…
Why You Should Incorporate Video Into Your Blog via In The Next 30 Days.
I seriously need to get on this — video takes your blog to the next level.
For my belly…
Baked Pesto Chicken Parmesan via Iowa Girl Eats.
A delicious 4-ingredient meal that’s ready in under 30 minutes?! Yes please!
50 Healthier Peanut Butter Recipes You’ve Never Tried Before via Greatist.
… orrrrrr almond butter for those of us who have pesky allergies to deal with.
Your links…
How’s the weather in your neck of the woods?
Three things you did yesterday; three things you’re going to do today. Go:
Yesterday: worked most of the day to make up for the fact that I’ll be away all next week, caught up with some friends over coffee, and went to the mall to pick up a few last minute things for my trip.
Today: church, packing, and going over to my parents’ house for dinner.
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Have an amazing time in Hawaii!! I know you will it is seriously one of my favourite holidays ever 🙂
Love all the great reads, now I need to catch up on them all.
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Thanks for the link love, lady! Have an amazing week!
Have a great trip!! I”m a wee bit jealous! I always love your links!
So jealous of your trip but you will have an awesome time!! 🙂
Today wasn’t to bad in Charlottetown only about -10 Celsius, but tomorrow it’ll be back to -20 Celsius 🙁 I can’t wait for SPRING!!
Yesterday: started a new book (The Rosie Project, really really good very funny and easy read!), went to see a skill competition held at my school for pastries, and a wine night with some lovely ladies 🙂
Today: Running, Oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies, and Skype! 🙂
OK, that is COLD! I’m sorry! I must say though the fact that you get to go to Hawaii totally makes up for that! I hope you have a great trip! Looking forward to checking out some of these links.
The weather is confusing! Apparently we are having a snow storm, with the forecast of 100% chance of snow but it’s not snowing! But oh well just hoping this is the last snow of the winter season!
Yesterday: I packed up things to head back up to school, I went shopping with my mom and got these adorable new earrings from Madewell :), and my mom and I had a nice cup of tea to end the trip and my spring break (hardly a SPRING break though)
Today: Well since it is pretty much over I’ll say three things I did, Watched the Amazing Race re-runs (currently obsessed), meal prepped pretty much all my food for the week minus dinners (big sigh of relief), and I played indoor soccer 🙂
NEGATIVE 40 windchill?!?! It is March or January? Good thing you’re high-tailin’ it out of town soon! Stay warm, girlfriend!
It will be nice to take a step back from the chilly weather and soak up the sun on the beach! Ahh, still so jealous. 😀
Lovin’ the links this week!
The weather is SO COLD AND SNOWY here! Pittsburgh seems like it’s taking the most of this storm. So, so jealous of your trip to Hawaii – enjoy it and I can’t wait to live vicariously through you!
Yesterday: went to NYC, long run, went to a concert
Today: came home, grocery store, epic nap lol
I’m jealous of your epic nap! I’m so sleep deprived, I think I’m going to start hallucinating soon 😆
Thanks for all the great reads! I’m still finding myself in need of catching up!
Thanks, love! means a lot 🙂 Hope you are having a great day, and just think.. Hawaii in a few sleeps! lol I wish I was going, can’t imagine your temps, though! Geez, that’s cold!
Hawaii…I envy you. (:
Your ridiculously cold weather makes me feel silly for complaining about a few days of rain and 40 degree weather in LA. I guess we’re kind of spoiled over here. But really, I don’t know how you do it. I don’t think I’d survive in those kind of temperatures!
Thank you for sharing the links, as always!
Yikes, that weather!! I SO hope for some warmer temps for you soon.
Thanks so much for the link love girl! xoxo
I hope you accidentally get flown to australia…. Just saying.
I love when there are articles or posts which give a big slap in the face to those butter Shinners and saying cheese is the devil. No, you are the devil you fear mongering twat.
Three things today- read spoons, message spoons eat lunch…. With a fork.
Have a great time in Hawaii! How fun!
It’s cold and snowy here. I’m so ready for spring!
Yesterday: Ran 10 miles on the treadmill, played Wii with my family, had the last bit of birthday cake from my daughter’s birthday
Today: Spin Bike workout, laundry, laundry and more laundry, working on changing my blog to WordPress
Ohhh good luck with the move to WP! Techie work can be kind of a hassle, but you’re going to love the platform 😀
Omg I just got back from Mexico and it felt AMAZING to be in warm weather… HAVE FUN!!!!! Get out of those freezing temps 🙂 When you get back maybe spring will start? or at least not be -40?
Thanks for the links, even if they did suck up too much of my time. 🙂 . I’m such a Scrooge. I really, really enjoyed the one from Hummusapian. It’s perfect for me.
Have a fantastic trip and enjoy that man of yours!!
Oh geez. It’s been about -20*F here all weekend, but -40?! I’m so sorry. At least you have that trip to Hawaii coming up so soon! That’ll make that warm sun there even more enjoyable!
Oh my GOODNESS. I would be dead since long if we had temps like this…..how do you do it?? I hope you make it to the Airport safely at least! 🙂 Havea wonderful trip love!
I hebernate 😆 And I try not to think about the fact that it’s so much warmer in other places of the world.
Great list this week! Thx. 🙂
So lucky you get to escape the cold weather soon! I’m on the east coast of the states, and we are expecting yet another snowstorm tonight through tomorrow.
Yesterday: I put off my readings for school, got some much needed rest, and had a nice phone call with a friend
Today: I walked my dog, did some blogging, and am going to watch the Oscars with the fam
I can’t even express how jealous I am of your trip. I can’t believe this winter. It seriously never ends!!!
Great links as always. I loved that post by Robyn too… it’s one I think a lot of people need to read.
3 things I did yesterday: watched Breaking Bad with JZ, made brownies, and hung out with my family at my Aunt’s house
3 things I’m doing today: shovelling, doing some meal prep, and going to my book club meeting.
Happy Sunday love! 🙂
I am shedding a tear or two for you weather, that stinks! Our weather tried to be spring yesterday and then last night it snowed again. Seriously it is all over the place! Yesterday: the usual 9 hour work day, ate a caramel pop corn dairy milk while at work (Oh my gosh it was amazing) and then went out with friends! Today: Grocery shopping, a long walk and reading!
Thank you for sharing all of these links. I am enjoying reading each one. Nothing too exciting going on here…I’m flying solo this week so just trying to keep myself busy.
The weather here is RAINY! Today is looking like it will be slightly better though.
Yesterday: 6 miles on the treadmill thanks to the rain, attended a good friend’s wedding reception, saw my in-laws for dessert
Today: Church, making breakfast for lunch (our Sunday tradition) and planning our trip to Europe next month!
Europe!? Omigosh amazing! Which countries will you be visiting?
We are visiting Turkey, Greece and Italy! It’s my first time in Europe and I’m super excited!
Omigosh! All places that I want to visit! I’ve been to Europe a handful of times (all my family is in Poland), but never to those countries. You’re going to have an absolute blast 😀
Have a GREAT time in Hawaii this week! Make sure to stock up on your beloved Justins! 😉
And I’m so, so jealous of the weather you’ll be going to within the next 24 hours. SAVE MEEEEEEEE!
I’m hoping I’ll be able to find it there! There’s no Whole Foods on the island I’m staying on, and I don’t know where else to look for it 😥
Mmmm peanut butter recipes, I love this!
I love the articles you link up about blogging. I use mine was a personal outlet mostly for some things I’ve been struggling with, but I feel like there’s so much to know and learn about this hobby! Can’t wait to check this week’s out! The weather has been in the 70s in Texas! We’re in Arizona right now though- today we’re hitting up Whole Foods, going to a Chicago Cubs Spring training game, then making the 6 hour drive home. Have a good one!
Your weather is not ok on any level. It just has to warm up soon – for you and me both….Three things yesterday – run, Red Mango and manicure (plus a massage!)..Three things today – run, Nutrition Committee duties at my son’s school Unity Fair and Islanders game.
Kauai? Koa Kea? Please say yes! I AM SO JEALOUS OF YOU RIGHT NOW. I’d love to escape this winter chill. My face… is literally burnt… from the cold.
Yesterday: went to the grocery store, napped and read. <– hows that for a lame first day in Kananaskis? Hahaha
So I’M so jealous that you’re now living in Kananaskis! I could deal with the snow and cold a lot better if I was surrounded by gorgeous scenery.
In Arizona, it’s been in the 60’s this weekend with a massive rain storm. We’ve had 70 days w/o rain & now flooding everywhere. It’s a mess. And it was 80 degrees before the storm. I know 60s seems warm to you, but a 20 degree change in a day feels cold!
Thank you so much for sharing my post! It’s a post I’m really proud of and it’s so exciting to be featured on one of my favorite blogs!
Three things yesterday: celebrated my mom’s bday, ate an amazing piece of cake, watched Friends with Benefits. Three things today: enjoying the day with my family, catching up on blogs, shoveling snow (boo!)
i wan to kidnap you and bring you to the warmth in TX! oh wait, you are going to hawaii soon, i’ll come there! xxoo
thanks for sharing friend.
so.freaking.jealous. of your trip. Eric and I were talking yesterday about how this winter has felt so long and particularly painful…if we stay in Canada, we want to start planning some sort of yearly winter trip so we can escape the snow for a little while.
Yesterday: grocery shopping, got pizza for dinner, got some new books from the library
Today: laundry, cleaning, watch more of season 8 of Dexter.
Yeeeeep — I almost always plan a getaway trip around this time of the year — I’m pretty sure that and snowboarding are the only things that get me through the 6 months of winter we get 😆
Love reading your links! Have a blast in Hawaii!
Don’t leaveeeeeee meeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I’m going to miss you. I haven’t heard from you in 1 day (I hibernated yesterday) and I’m having a hard time coping.
Also March is upon us, you know what that means?!? Next up we’re discussing vlogs
One day for sunny Hawaii? No, you definitely cannot complain about your current weather..even though I whole-heartedly agree – that is “face fall-off” temperatures.
Yesterday we had a taste of winter in the late afternoon..but if today’s weather is anything to go by; we must be in the peak of summer..sigh!
Yesterday: some family over for lunch, random game of cricket with pals, foot pampering session.
Today: work, blog reading, attempt to do nothing because I’m exhausted!
P.S it would be amazingly, spectacularly beyond awesome if you could do a vlog 😉
That’s the next thing I plan on tackling! I just have to figure out what I want to vlog about first.
Thank you so much for sharing, love! That post honestly meant the world to me and it makes me so happy to know that more women will get the chance to read what Kelty had to say!
Hope you can get through that AWFUL cold! The tropics await ;)!
Have a fab trip!! Which island are you going to? We will be going to The Big Island for the first time in 4 months! I am so excited. I have dreams about it alllll the time. 🙂
I’ll be staying on Kauai, and I was on Oahu last year. I’ve never been to The Big Island, but I’m hoping to visit them all some day 😀
You will, you’re a traveler. 🙂
This is a really creative idea! Thanks for sharing these great links and hosting the party.