1. First of all, I forgot to announce the winner of my ENERGYbits giveaway! Woops!

The winner is lucky number 12 – Carrie from Aunt on the Run. Shoot me an email at frolicthroughlife at gmail dot com, so we can get your ENERGYbits out to you ASAP!

2. Munchkin went to the dentist this morning and I am happy to report that he is a member of the No Cavity Club.

We also went to the library and signed the little man up for his own library card. We got four books and a DVD to keep us occupied this weekend.

3. My stress at school led me to take part in a bit of retail therapy. I actually got a bunch of good deals that I just couldn’t pass up.

I got TOMS for myself and Alex on Zulily. I got my first pair last summer and I fell in love. When I got the email that Zulily was having a TOMS sale, I couldn’t pass up the deal. I can’t wait until its warm so we can wear em. I got the pants, top and sports bra from Old Navy. I had $30 in rewards from my Gap Card combined with 20% off, so these items were a total steal. The mint green pants were only $8! The bag is form Target and its big enough to fit all my stuff for school, so its a winner in my book. I am loving the mint green trend for Spring.

4. I downloaded Intuitive Eating to my iPad. I heard about the concept of intuitive eating over a year ago, but the more I read about it online, the more interested I got. I thought it was time to read the book to see if it is something that might work for me. I’ve been struggling with emotional eating regardless of what diet I follow and I need to find a way to break free of this viscous cycle. Keep your fingers crossed that this book will be the start to a solution.

5. I did yet another FitnessGlo workout this morning – I focused on legs with Waist Down Strength. There’s also still time to enter my FitnessGlo giveaway! Check out my review of the FitnessGlo program and see if it’s something you would be interested in trying. Just a hint, you will probably be all over it because I love it!

I’m off to finish cleaning up the house. We are heading out for sushi for dinner tonight, and I am so excited because we haven’t been out for sushi in quite a while! Have a great weekend!

What’s the last thing you bought? What’s the last good book you read?

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First of all, the workouts are split into different categories and you can choose a workout by style, teacher, level and duration. My favorite way to make sure that I get a workout in the little time that I have most morning is by clicking on the duration tab. The workouts range from 5 to 45 minute, and you can create a playlist to combine workouts, without having to stop and fiddle with your computer. FitnessGlo was created by women with busy women in mind and I think they were spot on in regards to this feature.

There is a good variety of workouts too. It’s not just all cardio either, there are strength training, step and click and go classes and even my new favorite – barre.  The first barre classes appeared on FitnessGlo about two weeks after I started using it, and they have been my go to classes. They also add new classes three times a week, so there is basically an endless supply of new workouts. You can’t get bored! I also really like the stretching. I sit behind a desk for basically 10+ hours a day, and I come home feeling really tight and achy. The stretches work wonders.

The best part about FitnessGlo is that I can do my workout in my pjs and no one gives me dirty looks. I roll out of bed and get my workout done. I can also put on a class at anytime during the day. When I get bored with chores and laundry – relax with a quick FitnessGlo class. I also love that for most of the classes, you don’t need much more that some weights and a mat. You can also control your intensity level by using heavier weights. I did the Hit Every Major Muscle Group in 20 twice – once with five pound weights and once with eights and you could feel the difference, even with only three extra pounds.

Aside from just the classes, the FitnessGlo website has a lot of cool features to track your fitness. You can favorite classes, so that when you fall in love with a class, you don’t have to search through classes to find it. They also track which classes you have done, so if you’re like me and like to do new classes, you will know which ones you have under your belt already. There is also a balance tracker that tracks the percentages of cardio, strength and stretching that you do each week in order to ensure that you aren’t focusing on one area too much. You can also create your schedule for the week and have e-mail or iCal reminders sent to so you don’t forget.

FitnessGlo is offering a 15 day free trial to everyone so that you can see if you love the classes before you sign up for the $12/month fee based subscription. They were also kind enough to offer one of my readers a free 90-day subscription, and all you have to do it hit up the Rafflecopeter below! Happy sweating!
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1. This week has felt almost never-ending. Between drama and work and catching up on homework, I am ready to see it go and enjoy the weekend. Tommy has Saturday off and I can’t wait to have a relaxing day with my two men!

2. Thank to FitnessGlo, I have been able to beat the not being able to get up in the morning to work out. thing I feel like knowing that I can chose a 10 minute quick workout makes it less daunting. Once it starts getting warmer, I am planning on spending my time in the mornings running. I am in the process of choosing a half marathon to run this fall. I’ve got it narrowed down to a few choices, but I need to thing about travel and logistics before finally signing up. It also hasn’t hit me yet that I am going to attempt to run a half this year. Nuts!

3. I went to the Fitfluential Tweet Up last night and had a great time. Every time I attend a blogger event it makes me so much happier that I have this little old blog and that I am able to meet amazing people who share the same passions, as I do.

4. I tried making coconut flour pancakes this morning and failed for the second time. Does anyone have a recipe that works and tastes good? Mine kept coming out burnt no matter how low I put the heat and I’m pretty sure they were still raw in the center when I bit into them. I have had little success working with coconut flour in general. If someone can point me in the right direction, I will be forever grateful!

5. I’m taking part in the 28-Day Blog Challenge. The idea behind the challenge is to spend some time reworking and rethinking our blogs, social media outlets and communities. This morning I did some blog housekeeping and added a race recaps page under the Work It Out tab. I am also working on fixing up my recipe pages and adding a few more things, here and there. Stay tuned for more updates on the challenge.

I think it’s time to get dressed! Have a great weekend!

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I tell myself every night that I will get up as soon as my alarm rings, but I press snooze instead and end up sleeping in. And I don’t even have to be getting up at the crack of dawn either, but I just can’t bring myself to get up! Ugh!

I did get a workout in this morning, but that’s only because I didn’t have to be up for work, but better than nothing, right? Speaking of this morning’s workout, I tried out FitnessGlo for the first time and did a 30 minutes Click & Go class. FitnessGlo is an online fitness class service with classes ranging from 5-45 minutes. I love doing workout videos, so this is like having 100 different workout DVDs to choose from. Maybe that will motivate me to wake up in the morning?

I need some tips and tricks! How do you get yourself up in the morning? I think I’m going to start putting my phone on the other side of my room so I actually have to get out of bed to turn off the alarm. I figure once I’m out of bed, I’ll stay out…hopefully.

Do you workout in the morning? What time do you get up?

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