Have you ever read a great book, seen an inspiring movie, or heard a great joke, and thought, “I’ve got to share that!” Of course you have! Here are a few things from my Reader in the last week that inspired and motivated me, made me happy, sad, and angry, made my stomach growl, and made me laugh.
I found these beautiful horses at our cross country meet to be inspiring. When the athletes would run by, these magnificent animals would run along with them – just for fun!
Unlike last week’s Reader, where I focused on delicious vegan recipes from around the web, there are no recipes this week. Today I have a mixed bag of fitness tips and race reports, blogging tips, and, while there are no recipes, several posts that discuss vegan diets, cookbooks, and advocacy.
Do you workout with your spouse? Here’s why you should: Bex Life, Top 5 Health, Sex and Relationship Benefits of Workout Out with Your Spouse or Partner. No deep research, just things that Bex has discovered over time working out with her husband. (Who needs research? I’ve been working out with my husband since we met and I totally agree with her conclusions!)
Best Advice for Fitness Instructors: Fitknitchick, Tips for Teaching Fitness Classes for Older Adults. Alexandra from Fun & Fit guest posting on Tamara’s blog. I loved this post because this is what I do. I personal train and teach group exercise classes for older adults (average age around 65-70). Every time I thought of something to add, I read on and Alexandra covered it.
I Told You this was My New Favorite: Tri-ing to be Athletic, Undisputed Proof that I’m Not Related to Lance Armstrong: Chelan Man Sprint (the bike). Julie and her illustrations make me laugh out loud. Here is her recap of the bike portion of her race.
Volunteer of the Week Award: Just Keep Running, Giving Back to the Run Community. If you’re a runner, have you ever volunteered at a race? If not, why not? Here is Paulette’s recap of her volunteer experience.
Most Inspirational: One Fit Foodie, Flawed “Diet” and “Body Image” Thinking. Naomi wants you to change your thinking. If you are always on a diet, or look in the mirror and see what’s wrong with your body, or if the numbers on your scale can make or break your day, you need to read this post.
New Vegans (or thinking about it)! This is for you! Cadry’s Kitchen, Going Vegan: Making New Food Traditions and Learning the Language of Vegan: 10 Meals that are Easy to Veganize. Two posts this week from Cadry to help you change your thinking and your menus if you are making the transition to a plant based diet.
Most Thoughtful Post: The Thinking Vegan, Why Don’t You Care About Animals? The Thinking Vegan is a blog about veganism as a social justice movement. Here they answer a question that animal advocates hear frequently, “Why don’t you care about people?”
Another Question Vegans Frequently Hear: Choosing Raw, If I Need to Take a Supplement, How Can a Vegan Diet Be Natural? Gena posts a lot of delicious vegan recipes, both raw and cooked. She is also a thoughtful and insightful vegan advocate. Here she answers why a vegan diet is “natural.”
Ooh, More Cookbooks to Buy! The No Meat Athlete, 9 Essential Cookbooks for the Plant-Based Athlete. Here Matt lists his favorite cookbooks. (I have about half of them).
For the Bloggers Out There: Pushing Social, Blog Mastery Weekend #7: Why You Aren’t Making Money with your Blog. If you are a blogger who wants to have financial success, either from your blog itself, or from the interest your blog builds for your business, you should be following Stanford’s blog. Period.
Another Tip for Bloggers: Social Mouths, 5 Most Common Mistakes when Running Facebook Contests. I know a lot of bloggers who run contests through facebook. Here is a guest post by Aaron Lee from Binkd, that can help you stay within the guidelines and create great contests.
As always, I hope you will share your favorites posts of the week. What’s in your Reader?
Great post. SO SO SO many wonderful links! I love reading about social media and blogging tips (this girl needs all the help she can get! ha!)
Ashley recently posted..And now… I break up with Weight Watchers
Thanks, I hope you find something to enjoy. I know what you mean about the blogging tips!
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
READ AND LOVED MANY
missed a few too
thank you.
MizFit recently posted..Im going GONG HEALING.
You’re welcome! Enjoy.
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
Great links! Now I’m off to check out vegan, Armstrong, Facebook, and blogging.
Jill @ Fitness, Health and Happiness recently posted..The Top 5 Benefits of Plank Exercises and a Plank-A-Day PR
Enjoy them, hope you find something to love!
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
Great links! I’ll have to check out the No Meat Athlete’s list!
Angela @ Happy Fit Mama recently posted..The Double Standard
Thanks! Matt has some great choices, really focused on healthy vegan eating.
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
thanks for sharing! love finding articles i missed!
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You’re welcome! I hope you find something to love.
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
YESSS! another weekly reader! Thats the best! i especially loved the one about making new food traditions! happy tuesday!
Great! I’m glad you enjoyed my list.
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
Some great bloggers there with posts I have yet to see. And the vegan ones I’m not as familiar with but those sound thought-provoking. Bookmarking for my evening reads! Thanks!
Meredith @ Dare You To recently posted..Get a Fresh Fall Start with Gaiam TV’s Fitness Videos
I really try to put out a mix of great posts so I can introduce everyone to new blogs. I hope you enjoy your reading.
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
Thanks for these links!! I did miss a bunch of these and they look great. Adding them to my reader now!
Christine @ Love, Life, Surf recently posted..40 Days of JCORE
You’re welcome! I’m glad you’re finding new blogs to enjoy.
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
Gonna get on a bunch of these. Thanks so much for sharing!
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You’re welcome. Enjoy!
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
I have volunteered at a few races, it is really fun.
Thanks for sharing all of this, I missed a few.
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You’re welcome, I hope you find something to enjoy.
I volunteer frequently, mostly because my husband announces a lot of races so I figure I may as well help out when necessary. I enjoy it a lot.
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
I hope everyone is taking the time to read these as they are some really great posts. Love the tips for bloggers, too!
Katie @wishandwhimsy recently posted..My Birthday Wish. Do Good Today.
I hope so too! I love the tips (especially Pushing Social, he has some great ones).
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
What a newsy and helpful post! (And not just because I was included in the list… Thank you so much! I’m flattered!) There are many excellent reads here. I enjoyed clicking through them.
Cadry recently posted..Learning the Language of Vegan: Ten Meals that are Easy to Veganize
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed the post I chose. I loved your posts. I think they would be so helpful for someone who is just starting out with a plant based diet, or considering making the switch.
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
So many great ones! I need to get busy!
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Thanks, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
This is a great list of recommendations! Thanks so much for sharing it with us! Have a great week ahead
Jesica @rUnladylike recently posted..Test Driving the Augusta 70.3 Race Course
Thanks, I hope you find a new blog to love. You have a great week too!
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
I love these kinds of posts! I will definitely have to go back and read some of these that I missed during the week! I have so many blogs on my reader that sometimes it is hard to keep up
Jamie @ couchtoironwoman recently posted..Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins
I know what you mean! I recently went and cleared out some blogs that haven’t been posting lately or that I just don’t read. And then I started filling it back up again!
Debbie recently posted..Weekly Reader: What Inspired Me This Week.
awesome group of links! Thank you so much for sharing!
You’re welcome. I hope you found something to love!
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Oh my goodness. Tri-ing to be athletics drawings are the best thing ever!
Abby @ BackAtSquareZero recently posted..The Injury: Final Verdict
I know! I love it! It s my newest favorite blog.
Um, thank you! I’m truly touched that you have mentioned me
I feel awesome right now! Great list to be on…
TriGirl recently posted..I Remember
Why thank you. Just being honest. I appreciate the work that must go in to each post, plus you make me laugh. You’ll probably see The Swim in here this week (that is if I ever find time this busy weekend!)
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