Thanks so much for all of you well wishes following my post about my trip to the emergency room on Saturday night. It was definitely an unnerving experience, but I’m glad it wasn’t any worse. After resting most of the day yesterday, I am feeling much better today!
Workout
My Monday began as usual with an early morning workout that focused on my legs. I kept cardio on the lighter side and completed a 10 minute elliptical warm up and cool down.
The lower body strength portion of my workout included squats, dead lifts, lunges, leg extensions and hamstring stability ball curls. It was a good one!
I will be heading back to the gym as soon as this blog post is published for work. I am subbing for another group exercise instructor today and hope it goes well!
Breakfast
The highlight of my morning meal was almond butter!
Last night I prepped a bowl of overnight oats and stirred a small spoonful of almond butter into the mix. This morning, I added another scoop on top and loved the addition of the creamy nut butter!
Nice and filling!
Now it’s time for a fun giveaway for those of you out there who may be interested in starting your own blog!
Start Blogging Now
Every single day, I receive emails from people who want to begin blogging but don’t know where to start. They’re excited, enthusiastic and completely overwhelmed. I typed up my Blog Talk Tuesdays series to help address the most common questions I receive, but when it comes to coding and all that jazz, most questions are way over my head.
When my friend and go-to web guy, Tim, emailed me about his new business, I knew I want to help spread the word. Tim is so, so knowledgeable and explains things in a way that makes them easy to understand which, as someone who is extremely intimidated by html coding and website set up, I really appreciate!
Tim recently launched Start Blogging Now, a six-week program detailing everything you need to know about setting up a blog, self-hosting, great plug-ins, high-quality themes, SEO, social media and more.
Each week there will be an in-depth video for participants to download and watch at their own pace or as often as needed. In addition, there will be written instructions, helpful links, and any necessary files that may be needed.
Here are the topics for each week:
The program also includes a weekly conference call to answer any lingering questions.
For the first 100 people who sign up, the program is $70, 50 percent off the normal enrollment price of $140. Tim also offers a 30-day money back guarantee, so if you are not satisfied halfway through the course, you can request a refund.
The first session will begin on August 1 and one PBF reader will win free access to the program!
To enter this giveaway, simply comment below, telling me what excites you the most about blogging. I will randomly select a winner on Tuesday.
Good luck!
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I have been blogging for a few months now and my favorite part is seeing a new reader comment that what I wrote resonated or helped them. It is a great feeling to connect with others.
Even though I’ve been blogging for a while now, I still feel like a complete noobie when it comes to things like SEO and getting myself noticed, so more information would be more than welcome. And I’d have to say that what I love most about blogging is the fact that it’s a creative outlet that let’s me connect with so many amazing people.
The most exciting thing for me about blogging is connecting with other people. I think being able to share my experiences and mistakes to help and entertain others is a very fulfilling and rewarding aspect of blogging as well as exciting. As well as a great way to meet new friends!
I want to be able to connect to the readers. Definitely the best part.
I’m a new blogger (just over 2 months) but I still have soo much to learn! I’m most excited by the potential to keep learning (from people who comment on the blog and by researching for blog posts), and the possibility of inspiring someone to live a healthier lifestyle!
I’ve been wanting to start a blog for about a year now but am just so lost how to get started! But i’m about to start grad school & would love to document the experience, along with recipes & workouts!
I love the thought of being able to help somebody through a difficult time or someone who wants to make changes. Reading blogs for me keeps me happy – and I hope I can do it soon! I also think it can become a great way to meet people!
I’d love u to help me 🙂
I need lots of help!
My favourite thing about blogging is reading comments from people that find what I’ve blogged about helpful, useful or entertaining!! I’d love to win this prize, sounds awesome (and hopefully doesn’t matter that I’m not in the USA for this one!)
I love sharing my thoughts and adventures with people. It’s just a nice outlet, even if not many read my blog! 🙂
I think it’s all about the connections made!! I would have NEVER connected with some amazing people all over Canada and the states if it weren’t for blogging. Plus, I get to see what they’re eating, what they working out, and their stinking cute animals and/or babies 😉
I think the most exciting thing about blogging for me is just having the chance to interact with like-minded (and incredibly nice) people that I would have never have met otherwise because they live so far away.
I would love to start blogging to connect to other people that are near and far. It seems being stuck in small town Minnesota you loose that social support!
I love the idea of being able to share healthy living with others! I live in a place where healthy food and really nice gyms aren’t as accessible, so bringing that to my town would be SO exciting. 🙂
I love love love bloggins but I am such a techy retard, I really really need this giveaway.
I just recently started blogging a little over a month ago and I completely love it! I would really enjoy this product to learn how to gain a better audience and become part of the blogging community!
I definitely fall into the camp of being overwhelmed by where to start with blogging, but what excites me most is interacting with people who share the same interests and lifestyle!
I’ve been flirting with the idea of blogging for a while, but I have no idea where to start. This course would be the answer! I’m excited about sharing my experiences with teaching, fitness, and personal finance.
What an awesome giveaway! I have wanted to start blogging for a while now, but I just don’t know where to start. I really want to blog in order to connect with more people that are into the health and fitness lifestyle!
I have wanted to start a blog for quite awhile now but have been waiting just to be sure I know what I’m doing when I start! I don’t want to start one and then get stuck somewhere along the way. I really want to make a difference through blogging and connect with people and possibly teach someone something they may not know about health. This program would be an amazing way to start!
I literally just started my blog yesterday!! I have always tossed around the idea, but never actually got around to it until yesterday. I love reading blogs, so I figure why not join in on the fun and have my own. I love reading other people’s tips, and opinions on fitness, recipes, clean eating, and just overall lifestyles! It helps me to stay motivated, as well as offers so many new and different ways of thinking.
Thank you for being such an inspiration to me!
I love this giveaway! I enjoy blogging and sharing my experiences with others, but am definitely in need of some help with the technical side of it!
What excites me most is connecting with people. My Blog promotes other people’s products/ classes etc… and I love when people are excited that I have written about them.
I’ve been interested in starting a blog for quite some time. I kept setting a deadline to begin and its keeps passing. I love the idea of sharing thoughts/ideas and connecting with others with similar interests. This would be a great way to
start!
I am currently trying to change my lifestyle and workout more and eat healthy. I would love to blog about it to help me stay on track. I also love to cook and want to blog about the healthy meals I make. My hardest thing is getting started and thinking of a name for the blog. I would love the extra help with figuring it all out!!
I really want to start a blog/website but am scared to donor! The thing that interests me the most is SEO and HTML code!
What a cool business idea and awesome giveaway!!
I like blogging because it allows me to keep track of my adventures and also lets me meet some awesome new friends =)
I need to learn about hosting. I am so lost on that.
The thing that interests me most about blogging and the networking and connections made in the blogging world. It seems as if there is so much to learn from daily readers as well as fellow bloggers.
I have just accepted a new position as a college instructor and I see blogging as a way to engage my students in various courses. One thing I have learned from my colleagues is that students frequently worry about being able to contact their professor and stay up to date on what is happening in class. What excites me about blogging is that I think it might be away to mitigate some of these dilemmas while also helping students become more enthusiastic about the class.
What a great giveaway!! I started a blog just over a year ago, but haven’t posted in a while. I have tons of ideas, it’s the technical aspect of it all that intimidates me. What excites me the most about blogging is when someone comments on one of my recipes that they have tried out for themselves 🙂
I just started blogging a few weeks ago and it has become the highlight of my day. I love being able to write about my passion and look forward to spending a few hours each night playing around with all the possibilities! I have so much to learn and would LOVE this opportunity to hear from an expert about all the ways I can improve my blog.
I am brand new to blogging (as in I created my blog a week ago) and I don’t know which way is up. I want to inspire people and show them that a journey to health is not cut and dry, and certainly not a short term project! I’m also technologically challenged, I know NOTHING about HTML or themes or pages, but I love writing!
Blogging excites me because it offers a wonderful opportunity to connect with so many awesome people. It’s a great way to share experiences and learn new things. I would love to learn how to really get my blog going and how to attract new readers!
This would be awesome! I’m really trying to get my blog running but spend a lot of time on the technical piece and don’t feel ready to launch it yet. This would be amazing!
I’ve recently been considering career changing into the health and fitness industry, and you are truly an inspiration! I think what I would love most about this course, would be his perspective on how to have blog that will interest and motivate people! 🙂
One of my favorite parts about blogging is trying all the great recipes fellow bloggers come up with. I can easily get stuck in a food rut so I love trying new ones.
I was getting ready to do a complete blog overhaul, and this program sounds perfect for me! The best part about blogging is reading a comment about how your post helped someone realize something or make an adjustment in their life for the better. Very rewarding!
The idea of blogging excites me for two main reasons — 1. I love to tell stories, and blogging is a great way to do that; and 2. I want to officially join this wonderful community of bloggers I’ve been reading religiously for over a year!
New friendships and opportunities
Thanks so much for posting about the sessions! Sounds very exciting and informational and I would love to take advantage of all it has to offer!
To me, the most exciting thing about blogging would be the connection with the readers. It would be wonderful to (hopefully) inspire a lot of people, while also having them to help keep me accountable.
My favorite part about blogging is being able to share your life with people around the world and letting the communicate with you. You create friendships!!!
This would be an awesome course! It looks like it is well designed and thought out just the thing I have been looking for.
I need this extra push! I love that having a blog is a way to document the everyday moments, to share my story and be able to have my kids look back ans think. My mom was pretty funny!
I would love to start my own blog so I can help motivate others. I teach group fitness and live a very healthy lifestyle. My friends come to me for advice on eats and workouts and it would be nice to have a blog for them to check out!
Wait. I literally just started blogging so this would be great! I’m excited to (hopefully) be able to really connect with readers. For right now I’m still trying to figure out he direction I want to take with the blog.
I started my blog back in December, but I am still trying to figure everything out! I would love something like this to help me better understand what I’m doing, and improve my blogging skills!
My favorite part of blogging is the feedback I get from people saying what an inspiration I am to them to get moving! I love inspiring people since it took so many people to inspire me with my weight loss. This is such an amazing opportunity!
What excites me most about blogging is documenting my half marathon training and connecting with other people who share my passion for health and fitness. I have just started, but would love to make friends through the blogging community and I am excited to one day look back at the progress of my fitness capabilities!
Blogging is such a fun was to share your passions and interact with a like-minded community!
Tim’s idea sounds great! My favorite thing about blogging is knowing that my words have the power to impact others.