I’m excited to share with y’all my favorite workout gear! Fitness has been a passion of mine since college. I started taking group fitness classes and was hooked. By my junior year, I became an AFAA certified group fitness instructor and was teaching classes at the Texas A&M Rec Center. Now I’m also a NASM …
Hallo-Workout: Trick or Treat?
Happy Halloween y’all! Woody, Buzz and Forky are super excited to go trick-or-treating this year! Since Buzz (Gabe) was born the day after Halloween, this is his first one. Here’s a peek at their warm weather costumes from Zoo Boo a few weeks ago. Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links to help keep Amy’s …
About Me Fitness Survey
I found an old post from 2013 with this fitness survey. I thought it would be fun to re-do it and have a look at what my health and fitness looked like then and now. Then I had no kids and I was a month away from quitting my desk job to become a full …
10 Healthy Habits to Start Now
Labor Day has come and gone which means fall is right around the corner! Pumpkin spice lattes, apple cinnamon bread, really pumpkin and apple everything. It’s time to commit to 10 healthy habits that you can start NOW because next comes Halloween and eating your kids candy while they sleep. (Don’t lie, you know you …
10 Fitness Essentials for Summer
It is HOT y’all! Like I wake up and it’s hot and I go to bed and it’s still hot. It’s only June which means we have a few more months of unbearable heat. Here’s the thing, I don’t let hot weather stop me from getting my workouts in over the summer. I’m still fitting …
4 Steps to Getting Back to Fitness Postpartum
Getting back into a workout routine after having a baby is no joke. You alter {or for some, cut out} your fitness program while pregnant, then you’re told not to do anything for 4-6 weeks. Once you get in the habit of not doing anything, it’s easy to stay in that rut. It takes a lot …
What’s in my Summer Gym/Diaper bag?
It’s Friday and that means I’m going to the beach today! Just a little weekend getaway with my best two girls. No boys. No babies. Just us. It’s been years, like before Chloe was born, that we’ve been on a trip with all three of us! That may not seem like a big deal to …
Ouch all over!
Today I was going to share our adventures at Disneyland, but I’m having a little bit of trouble with my Photopass pictures! I don’t want to share without them because it has our princess and character pictures. Those are kind of a big deal to me, so Disney will have to wait. Instead I’m going …
March for Babies
This past Saturday I was able to participate in my second March for Babies walk! My mom is a NICU nurse and lactation consultant at Houston Methodist Hospital, and her colleagues at the hospital set up a team to participate! Last year was my first year to participate and we walked in the Houston march. …
Quick Fit Fix
Hello world! I was thinking the other day, I changed my blog name almost 4 years ago when I decided to quit my corporate job and pursue a career in fitness. Amy’s Balancing Act. Finding a way to balance everything in life. From family, life adventures and my day to day. To running, workouts and …