I went to sleep promising my body that I would stretch it out in the morning and kept my word by heading to a 6 a.m. yoga class this morning.
The class was slower paced than usual, which I actually welcomed. I honestly went to the class in the mood for only one pose… my all-time favorite pigeon pose. I tell ya what, nothin’ stretches out my hips like the pigeon pose. It’s fantastic!
After yoga, I completed 30 minutes of cardio on the elliptical before heading home to take Sadie on a one-mile walk.
"Walk Me, Lady!"
Mellow Yellow Walk
It seemed like our entire walk was sprinkled with yellow!
Bloomin'
They call me mellow yellow…
Purdy!
The above flowers grow on a trees and are my favorite! When they first begin to bloom, I can’t help but smile as I always think of Sadie when she was a puppy because she loved sniffing the fallen flowers.
Just look at my little love muffin!
Baby Sadie
On our walk, I also snagged a yellow grapefruit and an orange from two trees that were practically overflowing with citrus.
Grapefruit
Once we were done walking, it was time for some breakfast!
Before prepping my meal, I popped open the jar of vitamins only to find more yellow!
Yellow Gummies
Ryan and I share a jar of gummy vitamins and the large amount of yellow gummies on the top is proof that I’ve been treating these little babies like fruit snacks lately. I love the red, pink and orange flavors and leave the yellows for Ryan. (He actually likes them. Weird.)
Breakfast
After taking my vitamins, I placed a cinnamon raisin bagel thin in the toaster and practically inhaled the orange that I picked up on morning walk. It eluded any pictures because I was too busy annihilating it, but here are some of the remains…
Obliterated
Git in mah belly!
I also took my favorite breakfast sandwich up a notch by including jelly in the mix this morning.
Breakfast
Watch out now!
Oh So Good
This combination (cinnamon raisin bagel thin + muenster cheese + raspberry jelly) created a party in my mouth!
Woo! Woo! Party Time!
(The above picture was clearly taken before I realized the deliciousness of the bagelwich. Apparently I was practicing my “this bagel tastes like scumbucket” face.)
Bagelwich, You've Outdone Yourself
I can assure you that this little creation will be poppin’ up on this blog a bazillion times in the future.
A Favor
I feel the need to preface this little favor I’m going to ask of you guys by saying that I seriously hate asking people for things. It makes me anxious and I feel totally awkward. This is likely the reason that I was a terrible girl scout and relied on my parents to buy all of my cookies from me. (Fortunately they did and we snacked on frozen Thin Mints year-round.)
Well, Women’s Health magazine is in the process of compiling a blog roll of readers’ favorite blogs and I cannot tell you how much it would mean to me to be included on this list.
Women's Health Blog Contest
I absolutely love blogging every day. It is my passion and blogging brings me so much joy and happiness because I get to interact with you guys. If you feel so inclined, I would be so grateful if you could take 30 seconds to nominate me for Women’s Health magazine’s blog roll.
I know my blog isn’t a mega-blog, but it means so much to me and I would be honored and humbled to be included on this list.
You may nominate PBF by clicking here.
Also, I truly believe the blogging community thrives off of the love and support of readers and bloggers and if you have a blog that you would like me to recommend, please let me know!
As always, thank you for your never-ending support. You guys ROCK!
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I had no problem nominating you, you are my favorite blog to read because you do so well balancing life and health in the content of the blog. I think you are very relateable, (sp??) plus you inspired me to try bodypump and I’m now hooked 🙂 I hope you make the list!!
I wasted absolutely no time going out to the site and nominating you, and I told everyone in my office (who also reads PB Fingers) to do the same. There is no other blog out there that I read as religiously as yours. SO glad I found you!
Julie!!
You should never ever feel bad about requesting something like that… your blog is one of my favorite blogs EVER and I read it every. single. day. (With the exception of this past week because work has banned me from blogs and I have had a craaaaaaaaazy week with school…. kind of a funny story.. posted about it on my blog if you want to read about it BUT I will be backtracking all of your posts and catching up these next few days, so yes, be prepared for some major comments from me, ha!!!)
Anywho, if there is anything else I can do to help boost your blog, please let me know! I already voted for you last night when I saw your request on facebook…. (man, this comment makes me sound like such a stalker! I promise I’m just a normal girl who loves to blog just as much as you!)
So, in sum, I love your blog, and I want you to be on Women’s Health’s Blogroll!!!
Just nominated you! woohoo! you rock and totally inspire me every day! I love your blog! If it weren’t for you and your blog I would have never pushed myself to enter a 5K, nor try a body pump class! Thank you Julie!!
You have my vote! What I like about your blog more than others is I feel like I really ‘know’ you! (AMA section is great and I wish all bloggers had this).
Good luck, Julie!
I agree with all these comments, you shouldn’t feel bad at all!!
I had no problems with nominating you. Reading your blog was a big inspiration for me to start my own. I really enjoy reading your posts, they are always filled with great fitness and nutrition ideas and have such a fun and positive personality behind them!! I would looove to see you on women’s health blogroll!
Good Luck!! Keep up all your great work!
Voted for ya! Good luck!
I nominated you yesterday!! I felt weird asking people to nominate me too because there are SO MANY awesome blogs out there, but I love that you can vote for multiple blogs so I don’t feel selfish or self-absorbed asking for people’s support. I love your blog and was excited to nominate you!!
Your blog is brilliant. I would describe it as “A joy to read” but then i’d probably sound like a teacher marking an English essay.
There is nothing wrong with asking for a few favors in life! You’ll be on that blogroll for sure! 🙂
I follow your blog everyday. You are an inspiration so OF COURSE I’m voting for you!
Don’t tell, but your blog is my favorite! Love you & your blog, doll! 😀
I can’t believe you can just go for a walk and pick a grapefruit and orange off nearby trees. So lucky!
Yay! I nominated your blog yesterday when I saw the link on another blog…. oops lol
Nomination complete! Now about this yoga business…I absolutely hate it! I’ve recently picked it up and it is just an hour of boredom. I’m so type A that the only reason I keep going is to eventually show the instructor who’s boss! What about you, have you always enjoyed yoga or did you have to grow to appreciate it?
Voted!! I come here every day, so asking for one favor shouldn’t make you feel awkward!
I nominated you. I’ve been reading your blog for a while now, and it has become my favorite!
I voted for you! I’ve been reading your blog for about 6 months now and I absolutely love it! I really like your layout – I have been reading other blogs lately (namely the ones on your Favs link) and your layout is the best!!! It”s very easy to read! And your dog is freaking adorable! I love the leash/harness you have for her, I need to get the same one for my dog…she likes to walk me. Hahaha. 🙂
Done and Done! I love your blog and am so thankful to have found it. You have been an inspiration to me with your “mantras”, recipes and circuit training workouts. Your blog has helped me learn to lead a healthier, happier and more well balanced life.
Sending a nomination was the least I could do for you when I feel like you have helped me so much. 🙂
thank you so much, sara. that’s wonderful to hear!
Gladly voted for you, Julie! There’s a bunch of us recent UCF alumni girls in Los Angeles, CA that stumbled upon your blog a few months ago. We adore it…reminds us of home!
woooooohoo! go knights! 🙂
Your blog is one of the highlights of my day! How could I not nominate you? Even if you don’t get it, now you know how many people your blog touches 🙂
As I type this you have 75 comments rolling in. I think you’re doing something right! Love this blog. 🙂
Nominated you too! What do you mean you’re not a mega-blog?? Defintely more mega than mine 🙂
Glad I’m not the only adult (child at heart?) who eats gummy vitamins!
More than happy to nominate your blog, I absolutely LOVE reading it!
Totally happy to nominate you! You’re the first blog I read in the morning. Here’s what I wrote:
Julie is inspiring, sweet and very creative. I love to see her food ideas because they are simple and easy to make. It’s wonderful to see a young woman who can balance working out, eating right, a full time job, blogging and everything else so well.
Done!
You were easy to say great things about. I really hope you get chosen! You deserve it.
Love your blog Julie! Look forward to reading it every single day here in beautiful British Columbia, Canada (shamless plug for Canada lol). Keep up the good work.
P.S. Just voted for you…hope you win!!! 🙂
Thanks for linking that, I would have voted for your blog regardless if you asked! Your blog is my favorite!
Just submitted a nomination. Good luck Julie! I love PBFs and it definitely deserves a spot on the WH Blogroll 🙂
Done and DONE, lady! Good luck!
You got my vote! Love this blog!
i’d be pleased to put in a nom for you.
thanks to you i’m running every day again & loving it
that makes me so happy!
Vitamin gummies are an addiction, albeit one I’m fully committed to! Also, what a cute picture of Sadie in the flowers 🙂
Definitely nominated you 🙂 I just started reading your blog in the past few weeks, but it’s quickly become my favorite! I love your postive attitude and upbeat posts and they definitely brighten up my day! Hope you make it!!
Btw I love cheese & jelly but I’ve never tried in on a cinnamon bagel… sounds delish!
Done! 😉 I feel the same about asking for favors but my husband always reminds me to flip roles and think how much I love opportunities to help others and it makes it easier. 😉
Love your blog!
your husband is a wise man and i totally agree!
Done! I nominated you from both my email accounts! I’m so sneaky! 🙂
HA! This made me LOL.
Just nominated you!! You deserve it!!
Just nominated you! I’ve never commented before, but I read your blog everyday…I absolutely love it 🙂 You have been such an inspiration!
I just nominated you! Oh what I’d give to see flowers and grass right now, enough with the snow!
Love that bagelwich!! I will be voting for you!!!
I just nominated you! Good luck! 🙂
Sadie looks so happy in those flowers!! Good luck on getting on the list, girl!! That’d be awesome!
I nominated you 🙂
I know you! 🙂
Love all the yellow!
I love jam in savory things. So yummy.
Nominated you! You’re blog is THE best 🙂
Who else would I nominate? You of course! I would walk around singing Mellow Yellow to myself in grade school. I was strange.
Pretty hair, Julie!!
Nominated ya! And the picture of puppy Sadie is one of the cutest dog photos I’ve ever seen!
Just nominated you!!! I love your blog, I have to say I am a little obsessed! I look forward to reading it everyday. Good luck!
Just nominated you gurllfriend! Thanks for your blog! Without it I would not have my blog and all the support I get from everyone. I love your tips, tricks, ideas, and mantras. And you always make me laugh ( girl-scout comment… haha). I just love your blog and look forward to reading it every single day! You inspire me so much!
Love you Julie!!
I wrote you an email last night about how much you motivate and inspire me. I absolutely LOVE reading your blog. I have “scoped out” many other food/health/nutrition blogs and yours is BY FAR my favorite!! Yours is the one that I am constantly on throughout the day to get inspired and motivated (as well as for entertainment). I look forward to each and every one of your posts.
You have inspired me to be healthier and more confident in myself. Really. Thank you for being such a motivating person and making such a positive influence on my life! You ROCK! 🙂
~Courtney