FRIDAY!!
Oh how I love thee 
So cliche, but oh so true.
And because Friday means a bit more fun, let’s add some, ehh?
I like to do FAQ’s in a less traditional way, so here are some answers to help you get to know me a little bit better — with some fitness and nutrition thrown in there too.
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Top 5 Favorite Vegetables
- red/yellow/orange bell peppers
- cucumbers
- spinach
- carrots
- celery
Top 5 Favorite Books
- The Count of Monte Cristo (unabridged)
- Les Miserables (unabridged)
- Harry Potter series
- Mindless Eating
- The Help
Top 5 Favorite Fitness Classes I Love to Teach
- BodyPUMP
- Zumba
- Core Cross Training
- Pilates
- swimming
Top 5 Favorite Desserts
- chocolate chip cookie with vanilla ice cream and caramel
- texas sheet cake with peppermint ice cream
- strawberries + vanilla bean ice cream + dark chocolate chips
- frozen yogurt + salted caramel
- slow churned pralines and caramel ice cream with caramel sauce and salted nuts
{can you tell I love my desserts?? And that I can’t live without ice cream?! hah}
Top 5 Favorite Movies
- Legally Blonde
- Stardust
- Lord of the Rings series
- Ever After
- Remember the Titans
Top 5 Favorite Easy Meals
- chicken enchiladas
- homemade pizza
- huge salads
- grilled turkey and cheese panini
- sweet potato fries and grilled chicken
- back squats
- clean and press
- overhead press
- triceps press
- propulsion lunges
- orange
- berry (straw-,black-,rasp-,blue-)
- plum
- pineapple
- mango
Top 5 Favorite Nicknames my Husband has for Me
- angel
- princess
- babe
- hottie
{uhh, I guess he doesn’t have many for me…or at least none I can say here, yah know?!}
Top 5 Favorite Singers/Bands to Workout to
- Lady Gaga
- Britney Spears
- Chris Brown / Pitbull
- Beyonce
- Jason Derulo/Ne Yo
Top 5 Favorite Moments in My Life
- my sacred sealing/marriage to my husband in the temple
- graduation from graduate school
- when my husband knelt down and asked me to be his wife
- the day I found out I got the job to teach at a major gym
- the entire day at BodyPUMP AIM 1 training (and the initial training too)
I am off to teach some ZUMBA!! I love dancing, but boy am I sore….I already can’t wait to take a nap and read after work!
Have a GREAT day!
What are YOUR top 5 favorite moments?? What are YOUR favorite vegetables/desserts??! What fitness classes are YOUR favorite??
holy cow i don’t think i could pick! i can definitely do veggies though: spinach, kale, broccoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts – i love green!
oooh yes, kale is a good one!
Elle Woods is my idol.
Oh yes, I KNEW you’d understand
Top 5 Moments:
1. Giving birth to my son.
2. Marrying my sweet husband.
3. Finding out I passed the Bar Exam.
4. Finishing my first half marathon.
5. Not really a moment, but spending time in orphanages in Romania.
Fun post!
SO cool that you passed the bar (I’ve heard it is crazy hard)!! GO you.
Aw this is such a fun post! My top 5 favorite moments: when chris proposed to me, when I got accepted to a top grad school in my field, being a bridesmaid in my cousin’s wedding, placing 2nd overall in a national dance competition in NYC, and seeing the queen during the changing of the guard at buckingham palace!
Whoa-you saw the queen and changing of guard?! HOLY cool!!
Omg Ever After is one of my two favorite movies (the other is Pride and Prejudice! haha see a theme?). And what is texas sheet cake? Is it just normal sheet cake?
here is the link to it (I made it awhile ago) : http://www.enjoyyourhealthylife.com/2012/01/25/texas-sheet-cake/
(it’s like a thin cake-like brownie on bottom with a fudge-like top…super sweet but SO sinfully good)
love these! this is making me want my “thursday threes” to make a comeback next week.
my favorite vegetables: broccoli, brussels sprouts, spinach, asparagus, and sweet potatoes! and my favorite desserts: ooey gooey brownies; pizookies; cherry pie from door county, wisconsin; fresh out of the oven chocolate chip cookies; puppy chow!
You love your desserts too–LOVE it
THose lists are always super long for me….hah
Yay! Love this post! I love learning random facts about my favorite bloggers!
I love the LOTR movies too. And you didn’t list MY top 2 fave fruits- which are apple and banana!
Fave veggie? Hmm… probably squash, any variety. I don’t know if I could limit it to 5 though- I love ‘em all! And fave class to teach is a tie between spinning and Bodypump- because those are the only two I teach and I love them both!
I need to check out the book Mindless Eating!
Oh- and fave dessert of all time- ICE CREAM. Hands down. Preferably with berries or peaches.
Oh yes, I love apples too!! For some reason that didn’t come up when writing this….WEIRD. I hate bananas though, so sorry!
LOTR movies=ROCK
awww i loved reading this post!!
top 5 moments (so far)
1. Kevin (finally) asking me to be in a relationship
2. Trip to El Salvador last summer
3. Buying Nacho
4. My college graduation
5. Finishing my first half marathon
Favorite veggies include spinach, broccoli, asparagus, sweet potatoes, butternut squash…list goes on and on, YUM! and i cant live without my ice cream/fro yo/ soft serve
SOOO cool that you’re such a great runner! That feeling of finishing is totally awesome, no?!
I LOVE LES MIS!
I love your list! I am right there with you on your top 5 fruits!
Hey there…first time visiting your site and so glad I did! There are so many fitfluential bloggers to get to that I can’t believe I’ve missed some really good ones! My favorite class is definitely zumba
— though I’m currently doing Crossfit as my only class. I love that you have all your health and fitness credentials…wish I had done that sometimes!
Here it goes, Veggies:
Broccoli
Green Beans
Spinach
Carrots
Brussel Sprouts
For Desserts I just love FroYo- especially White Chocolate Mousse
This was such a fun post to read! I love Ever After and the Lord of the Rings too.
My top 5 favourite desserts are pumpkin pie, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, white chocolate cheesecake drizzled with chocolate sauce, raw chocolate chip cookies made with dates, and date squares!
And just to balance it out, my fave veggies are sweet potatoes, kale, broccoli, acorn squash, and brussels sprouts.
DANCE IT OUT, SPIN, and Body Flow are my fav group fitness classes!!!
Dessert: ANYTHING CHEESECAKE related!!!!!!!