I’m pretty sure everyone is out shopping or wrapping gifts right now, but just in case there are some procrastinators still hanging out on the Internet I thought I’d throw up a post this morning!
First things first, the December Yoga Challenge with Champion wrapped up (pun intended) today, and the most active participant was Lisa M so she wins a Champion Sports Bra! Congrats Lisa!!! Thanks to everyone who participated, I hope you had fun! 🙂
I am very happy to say that I am on vacation!! Which means I will probably be posting less than usual for the rest of the year. Past years I said that I wouldn’t be posting at all over the holidays, and then I’d get bored or the itch to write and posted anyway, so this year I’m leaving it wide open. I might post, I might not, time will tell. I imagine if I post nothing else I will still put up the ZIN Song list when the new release arrives (maybe next week!).
As far as Christmas goes, I’m all ready! Well, one thing I ordered for J weeks ago hasn’t arrived (it’s on backorder so I don’t think it’ll show up in time), but other than that everything is bought an wrapped. I really pushed get it done before my vacation started so I could pretty much do whatever I wanted these next two weeks. Right now that seems like a good idea, but I bet in 5 days time I’ll be bored. Good thing I’ve got a couple long books to read!
In past years, I’ve taken a break from exercise over Christmas but this year I’m tackling it a bit different. Because of my fibromyalgia, if I go too many days (like more than 4) in a row off from exercise I start having an increase in symptoms (insomnia, increased joint and muscle pain, etc.) and I don’t want to deal with that nonsense this year.
You may (or may not) remember a few weeks ago I posted on Instagram,/Facebook that I was starting the Fitness Matters 30 Day Transform Fitness Challenge. Well, after day 1 I decided that adding an additional 30 minute workout to my already fitness filled days just wasn’t the best idea.
So I set it aside with the plan to pick it back up when I started vacation (AKA today). I’ll be doing a full review of the program in the new year but even after completing just one workout I can tell you it’s going to be challenging!! But Ollie and I are ready for it. 😉
Besides, I need to do something if I’m going to be sitting around at home eating things like chocolate popcorn bark!
I made this last night using G.H. Creators Simply Salted organic popped corn. What can I say? After at least a year of steering clear of popcorn because it bothered my IBS, now that I seem to be able to eat it again I’m eating it all of the time! This was a recipe that G.H. Creators sent me for Sweet & Salty Popcorn park, and it is delish! Obviously you have to be a sweet & salty type of person to enjoy it, but if you are, how can you go wrong with dark chocolate, score bits, salted popcorn and dried cherries (though I forgot I was suppose to get cherries so I had to use cranberries instead). This would make an awesome Christmas gift or hostess gift! I think my brother and his family are going to get part of this batch. J can’t eat popcorn and I certainly can’t be left to eat all of this on my own!
Speaking of gifts, it might be a bit late to order these for next week, but I’ve been having fun with my Fruition infusion bottles these past few weeks.
Fruition is a new (Canadian!!) company making these awesome infusion bottles. What I really like about them is that they are easy to clean (not always the case with water bottles), and have a separate connected holder for the fruit/tea/whatever you are infusing into your water.
If you know someone who is planning to focus on their health in 2015, what a great gift this would be to help get them started. I’ve droned on about it time and time again, but hydration is the foundation of health and helping people find a tastier way to get their water in (especially if they don’t enjoy the taste of plain water) is a huge hurdle. I really think one of these bottles would make a great “Here’s to your new goals for 2015” gift!
Function aside, I think they are just so cute!
Speaking of which, I just realized it’s lunch time so I better go fill my water bottle up and get some food in my belly!
Disclosure: This post contains products that I received free of charge, are as part of a paid campaign with the company. As always, all opinions expressed are 100% my own.