I can’t believe Thanksgiving has already come and gone. There are still flashes of turkey, potatoes and stuffing circling my brain. Let’s just say, I ate a lot of food over Thanksgiving and the recovery has been challenging. While some students are wrapping up their first semester of college, others are finishing yet another. It’s […]

This is the last week to participate in Blackout Bingo, and although I will not get a full card, I have earned two bingos and have a few more chances to get another before it’s over. Trying all of the fitness classes has been an absolute blast. Sure, some workouts left me feeling a bit […]

Butternut squash is a delicious, beautiful thing and this is the time of year to start experimenting with ways to incorporate it into recipes. Right now, it’s really cheap to purchase butternut squash and it has a long shelf life. So, what are you waiting for? Go buy some today. Allrecipes.com has an awesome, easy […]

Vermillion is playing tea-party with the weather. One day it’s sunny and beautiful outside and the next, well, it’s not pleasant. I should be used to South Dakota by now, I’ve lived here my whole life. Still, every winter season I think there is a small part of me that hopes things will be different. […]

There’s more to a balanced lifestyle than just working out. I’m no expert, but I feel like I’ve learned a bit from the Wellness Center over the past few weeks. Therefore, along with talking about a fitness class, I’m going to start incorporating healthy recipes into the mix of discussion each week. I’m starting to […]

Friends, it is my goal to make this week more productive on not only my wellness challenge, but also in all school-related things. I dragged myself to a pitiful one workout class last week due to some poor time management skills. It seems that I’m falling into bad habits. First, I’ll sit down in front […]

This past week I punched and kicked my way through Strike and peddled through my first cycling class. Oh, did I mention I got my first bingo? D-Days and its many festivities proved challenging on my diet at home, but I am determined to find a balance between diet and fitness moving forward. Now that […]

My steady adventure into exercise through Blackout Bingo at the Wellness Center was stalled last week, and I don’t even have a good reason besides laziness. The smell of everyone’s pumpkin lattes in the air made me want to curl up by a fireplace and nap like a cat for the rest of the semester. […]