Meet Holly

I'm an independent writer and this is my personal health and fitness blog. Here I detail my journey with running, yoga and well-being. I live in Cleveland, Ohio, with my husband, our dog Lulu and half a dozen houseplants.
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March 19th, 2013

A St. Patrick's Day Dinner

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Growing up I always looked forward to having corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick’s Day.

It was one of those staple meals I could count on my grandmother to make. I think I only really started to appreciate it (and miss it) as I got older. It’s

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January 22nd, 2013

The Best Run I've Had in Months

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Before we get to the run, on Friday…

I went to the Ohio Blogging Association January meet up at Noodlecat, a Japanese restaurant in downtown Cleveland. I had a large order of steam buns (which are basically miniature burgers/sandwiches) as the karaoke began. Yeah. Karaoke

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December 24th, 2012

Busy Kitchen Body

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Final preparations are in place. Baking is done!

Original Chex Party Mix

Butter Ball Cookies

Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies w/Cream Cheese Frosting

Let me just say this was the first time I’ve ever truly made sugar cookies.

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October 10th, 2012

The Largest Can of Pumpkin You Can Buy

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I have officially discovered the largest can of pumpkin known to man…

Libby’s Pure Pumpkin — Nearly 7 pounds of it!

We scored this gem at Swiss Village Bulk Foods in Sugarcreek, Ohio last weekend during a trip to visit Ohio’s Amish Country.

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September 13th, 2012

Fresh Fork CSA Summer Share: Week 14

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Life has been hectic this week! I was hoping to post at least three times and include a fun giveaway, instead I’m barely catching up on the CSA weekly post.

I have some updates on cooking with our Fresh Fork CSA share first. Last week I was on

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July 27th, 2012

Down to the Bare Bones (Part II)

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Funny how things change.

As I sat down to write this post, it rang as being eerily familiar. So I did a quick Google search of my own blog (after blogging for a few years it becomes hard to remember old posts) and low and behold: this gem.

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February 17th, 2012

On the Menu: Comfort Foods

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This week has been busy once again.

I’m both mentally and physically exhausted from work and in return it’s been challenging getting my workouts in. Both Monday and Tuesday I skipped them.

I was sort of back on track Wednesday. I set out to run 4 miles

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February 6th, 2012

Goodbye Jane

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I decided to list the rest of my Jane Fonda VHS workout tapes on eBay.

This comes after I listed and sold my four oldest tapes back in December. Sigh.

The sales are bittersweet for me because Jane Fonda workouts were one of

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January 16th, 2012

Yoga is No Joke

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Perhaps in the fitness world this is understood, but at least to the general population — there seems to be a sentiment that yoga is always easy-going breathing exercises and slow movements. In short, that it’s not much of a physical workout or calorie burner. This could not be further

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January 11th, 2012

Not Enough Hours in a Day

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This week has been super busy already – but also very productive which is great!

And while I usually do focus a lot of my energy on this blog, I feel like I’ve been scrambling blog-wise this week. I got out of the idea of forcing any posts

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