For the past few weeks I have been talking about running and training. For today’s Fit Friday’s post I want to focus on taking care of your body after your workout. We all know we’re supposed to stretch before and after a workout. Some might argue that you only need to do it after not […]
Redesigning is a major part of blogging. If you’ve been following my blog for some time, you been through the redesigning process with me. KMP Blog has come a long way, since it’s birth in 2008 til this very present day. It has gone from Blogspot/Blogger to WordPress.com and WordPress.org. It has had several domain […]
Healthy living is all around us, often times we do not see it, or find it too expensive or impossible to do, but in reality that’s not always the case. This past week, I got the opportunity to try new healthy recipes as part of the Gorton’s Seafood Challege 20 at 200 or less, […]
Below is a list of ways to stay motivated when you are training for a race or just want to run more often: Don’t give yourself time to think. If you think about waking up in the morning and having to run, and how cold it is outside you won’t want to do it. My […]
Starting July 2013, a newer black and white photo version of the NYS Driver’s License will be issued. According to an article on The New York Times the new cards are so stiff that they sound like a compact disc when dropped, also, the new cards will be hard polycarbonate cards with photos that appear black […]
As I get ready to start a 12-week Half-Marathon training next week, I am getting more excited about it. I have already visualized myself, at a race, during the race and finishing the race, all with a smile on my face and proud sweat. As I look at my 12-week training plan, I’m ready for […]
After 5 weeks of training for the NWM 10K. The race is finally here. Am I excited? Yes. Am I ready? Yes. Am I anxious? Yes I’m excited because I committed to something and I did it and now I get to finish it off. I trained for 5 weeks, and I made it to […]
If there’s one thing I hate, is to do my hair. Don’t get me wrong, I love having my hair looking nice and I wished it looked nice every single day, but I don’t have the patience for it. These are times where I wish I was rich and had my own hairstylist to do […]
I don’t know if this is a real question to be asking, but after my first run, I’ve realized I’m an emotional runner. Has this ever happened to you? You on the treadmill, or outside running with your Nike Running app or any other running app, you’re in your zone. FOCUSED! As you complete your […]
Earlier this year I decided I would make it my business to be more active, and include some sort of running in my workout routine. On January 22, 2013 (the day of my birthday), I registered for my first 10k race with Nike Women. The NWM 10K is a virtual race, so I pick my […]
Everyone loves food trucks, I know I do, and it seems they are everywhere, and provide excellent food varieties for 9-5ers like me. When it comes to food trucks, besides their food, I tend to notice their TRUCKS, the design, their logo, their brand, in all, their marketing strategy. Branding is very important, and having a nice […]
A healthy meal on the go, yes please! I’ve recently had to the opportunity to try this amazing, all natural, great tasting, high fiber bar, called Defender Meal by CORE. The best thing about this bar is that it’s a meal on the go. Let me explain, each bar contains raw ingredients, all natural, no […]
Eggland’s Best is excited to announce the launch of their second original eCookbook, “Your Best Recipes” featuring the Top 20 recipes from the first nation-wide Eggland’s Best “Your Best Recipe Contest”. These delicious recipes were selected from thousands of entries submitted by at-home chefs and bloggers. Each recipe highlights a creative way of using EB eggs. […]
I’ve recently had the pleasure to try out these awesome plantain chips, and boy do I love them. First of let me just say that I LOVE PLANTAIN CHIPS! I loved plantain chips before there were such thing as a bag of plantain chips, lol. Let me explain, I was born and raised in Dominican Republic […]
Everyone has an energy song or if you use Nike Running, I believe they call it a PowerSong. Energy song/Power Song is that song that gets you hyped, energized, that song that helps you push to your limits and beyond. That song that helps you reach the finish line or that extra mile. I have […]
How would you start saving the world if you woke up tomorrow with superhuman powers?! This is a tough question to answer without sounding a bit crazy. Even with superhuman powers I don’t know if I could save the world. Perhaps if my superpower was to change people’s minds and mentality, I don’t know if […]
They say the early bird gets the worm,well I guess I’m an early bird. I am a morning person, and I’m usually super productive and energetic around 6am. This is the time when I’ll jump out of bed, yes, even on the weekends, and open my laptop and start to blog. I prefer to work […]
As I continue on my blogging superhero theme for this week, today I will share my superhero’s kryptonite. Every superhero has a weakness, or better yet something that weakens them or drains their energy. My kryptonite is toxic, negative people. This includes: the complainers, the miserable, the haters, the insecure, the straight up negative, and […]
So on yesterday’s superhero post, I talked about my superhero’s superpower being Super Speed. For today’s question I am given the option to choose between extreme strength or extreme speed. I figured since my superpower is already super speed, I don’t think I need extreme speed. So, for this question my answer would have to […]
< Today is one of those days where I’ll be needing a recharge. In yesterday’s post you learned about tasks that takes up most of my energy; well today I’ll share some of my favorite ways to recharge when I feel drained of energy. Going for a walk – Going for a walk helps awaken the […]