When I first created this blog, it was as a health and fitness blog. It was supposed to be a place where I write healthy recipes, recorded my workouts, and generally shared about living a healthy life. I started A Spoonful of TLC over 7 years ago and in that time, it has kind […]
Food, Drink, and Workout Report – August 2018
Hey! Remember how this used to be a food and fitness blog and then I stopped writing about food and fitness (except for the occassional breakfast shot, since my Mom really enjoys them). So, let’s make it all better and show you what my food and workouts have been looking like lately (and by lately, […]
Running Weekend.
Hello, hello! I’m finally getting on here to recap the weekend on Tuesday! Time moves too quickly and both yesterday (Monday) and today (Tuesday) have been flying be without much of a breather in sight. I might be retired (lol) but I am still quite busy with my retiree activities. Luckily, the weekend was super […]
A Full Weekend of Sunshine!
I wrote this post and never posted it and since it’s already Friday, I need to set it free into the cyber world to get all your eager eyes ready for my next weekend post! This weekend was so good… I always say that, don’t I?? Thursday flew by, thanks to only having three quick […]
Best Places to Run in Madrid
As I have said before, I didn’t join the gym last year so my fitness routine was limited to going for runs or doing NTC in the park near my house or in my room. Running (or walking) around a city is my absolute favorite way to see a new city, figure out the lay […]
Weekend in Words and Pictures.
This weekend was amazing!! The perfect mix of super productive and fun and relaxing and crazy…all wrapped up in one. And it’s Monday evening now and I need another weekend to recover. Pheeeew! Thursday Spinning class // super sweaty Espanol en la calle class // learned about tapas in Spain Tried this // was NOT […]
Hiking Cercedilla, Spain.
What was actually a last minute decision turned into a really fun day of hiking in Cercedilla with some incredible views! Kristen, her friend De and I took the 10:00 Cercanias train from Atocha station and rode for an hour and 20 minutes to Cercedilla, a northern town with amazing hiking trails! We found the […]
Five Reasons Why the Updated Nike Training Club App is Awesome
Nike recently updated their Nike Training Club (which I will refer to as NTC) and now it´s even better than before. It has a new design, new abilities, and just works so much better. I loved it before, but now it has so many more options and functions that it didn´t have. Here are five […]
Summer Lately.
Happy First Third Day of SUMMER!!!! It doesn´t really matter how old I get, summer time is still as special and exciting as it always has been, and I still feel giddy thinking about long days at the pool and beach, lots of ice cream and beer, and just general time to have fun. Summer […]
10 Things About the Bomberos de Madrid 10k.
Morning! How was your weekend? Last we left off, I was telling you some differences between food and food stuff in Madrid vs. Philadelphia. The rest of the weekend was pretty relaxed, but Sunday morning, I did something fun! I ran a 10k to raise money for the Madrid firefighters. It was so much fun […]