Happy 2023, friends! I have a very good feeling about the year to come and thought I’d share some changes that I’m making. I do posts like this most years, mainly for the accountability factor. I always write hefty lists of resolutions and I’m usually able to keep them. Here’s what’s on the docket for 2023. Reduce dairy. I started working with an amazing naturopath and she suggested that I…
Even though things are moving a bit more slowly than any of us would have expected, many are heading back to the regular grind in the next few weeks. Covid was a weird time, to say the least. Around the clock work from home life took a toll on me, and I’m happy to be heading back to something in-person. Which reminds me–I have a little life update. Since launching…
If you have talked to be IRL or follow me on Instagram (@basicbrittblog, also my Peloton leaderboard name), you know that I am a very stereotypical Peloton owner in that I loooove mine and rarely shut up about it. It’s crazy how connected I feel when I’m working out alone. When I was home for Christmas I was using my sister’s bike and was so excited when a good friend…
Can you believe y2k can legally drink? I vividly remember the year 2000. My parents had a big party and I had my first taste of champagne, a Dom Perignon. If you wonder why I’m sometimes a bit bougie, you can blame my parents for this one! Anyway, that night my dad thought it would be hilarious to have some fellow troublemakers turn off all the lights when it was…
Well, friends, I might have finally done it; I perfected my famous pumpkin muffins. So many people have asked for my recipe so I thought I’d put it here, in one convenient location for you. Please enjoy. Yield- a dozen muffins Ingredients 1/2 pie pumpkin (yes, an actual pumpkin–the canned stuff isn’t as good) 1/3 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup apple sauce (or one of those small cups… with or…
While I am a happy consumer of the fitness world, I do not claim to be or have any desire to be a fitness blogger. Fitness bloggers are all great. They’re happy, sweet people. I know several for the DC Bloggers Union and I’ll leave the fitness talk up to them. This is a lifestyle and personal finance blog. I do know I would lose my marbles if working out…
If you follow me on Instagram or know me IRL, odds are pretty high that you’ve heard me talk about OTF. Pre-COVID, I was obsessed and sometimes went 7 days per week. The workouts are fantastic and really showed me how to work out and get that amazing rush of endorphins. I challenge you to find a better feeling in the world. For that, I will always be grateful. When…
If you follow me on Instagram (@basicbrittblog), you know that I rarely shut up about my daily smoothie fix. I’ve been an avid smoothie consumer for years but have only recently learned that, well, I’d been doing it wrong. As someone who is far from a carnivore, it wasn’t until I started macro tracking, which is a part of FASTer Way that I realized that I wasn’t even kind of…
Before we begin, I wanted to remind you that you have a week to join my Six Month Clothes Shopping Fast Challenge. Details can be found HERE and I hope you’ll join us! I’ll be the first to admit that I am a HUGE Trader Joe’s fan. I also find it remarkable that they get SO much free advertising due to the cult following that they’ve managed to secure. I,…
Today I had the honor of interviewing two pals who just so happen to be married to each other. I met Rachel on a bus from Austria to Poland when we were both studying abroad and we immediately hit it off. We also became friends with two nuns, but that’s a story for a different time. Jarad and I ran in similar circles in college and I was more than…