Pumpkin, Spice, and everything nice
Howdy y’all! HOW ARE YOU?
We are on the home stretch, my friends. We have a couple of months left until the year is over and I’m FREAKING out. Freaky Friday freaking out.
(Speaking of which, have you heard the news about the sequel?! Ahhhh, screaming!)
Today’s blog has some sugar (pumpkin recipe inspo), it has some spice (mobility exercises that’ll hit the spot!), and it has something nice (aka: my most favourite item this month!). I’m so glad you’re here to check out my inner thoughts. It’s always a bit of a wild ride. Let’s gooo.
What i’m cooking
Like I mentioned in my last blog, I am craving pumpkin everything at the moment! I am such a sucker for festive seasons and cultural holidays, and Halloween/ fall is no exception, eeeeven though our seasons are reversed in Australia…. I’m still happy to be on the pumpkin bandwagon.
Below is a list of recipe ideas that incorporate pumpkin. I am absolutely loving these snack ideas and there are plenty of recipes online, so find what you like and add it to the weekly meal rotation. Enjoy!
SNACK/ MEAL INSPO:
Pumpkin pancakes
Pumpkin bread
Pumpkin muffins
Pumpkin pie
Pumpkin mac and cheese
Pumpkin lasagne
MOBILITY EXERCISES TO BREAK UP YOUR DAY
Some of us creatives work regular 9-5s to pay the bills while we work on our side hustles in our 5-9 hours. Others of us are lucky enough to work in our creative fields, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that we are moving throughout the day. Sometimes we can still find ourselves feeling stiff and sore. Take me for example; I’m spending my morning at my desk writing a blog. It’s fun, it’s creative, it’s expressive, and yet I have the world’s worst posture right now. Ha! Whoops.
Let’s all get up and do these mobility movements together. There will also be a fun insta reel on this for a visual; coming soon!
EXERCISES:
Cat cow, then add rotations
Thread the needle
World’s greatest stretch
90/90 hip rotations
Prone angels
These mobility exercises are going to target the major parts of your body, including your upper and lower spine, your hips, as well as different planes of motion. By adding these exercises to the middle or your day, or ideally to the start, middle and end, you will feel much better! Moving in this way will also remind you to keep good posture throughout the day, even if you’re sitting at a desk for much of it like me.
MONTHLY FAVOURITE
I’ve been going on a morning walk every day for 4 weeks now! My hot-girl-walk phases are always short lived, because I generally live an active lifestyle where I don’t require the extra steps. But I’ve been studying a lot lately, and unfortunately I’m beginning to feel a couple of decades older than I am. Yikes. My hot girl walks, which should probably be renamed old gal shuffles, have become a staple so that I can get an appropriate amount of physical movement in. On that note, my favourite for this month is my Vivobarefoot shoes.
Barefoot shoes are a shoe with minimal cushioning, specifically designed to help your feet strengthen the more you wear them. By removing the padding that takes up so much of our sneakers nowadays, our feet can make more contact with the ground, which is actually a good thing! Our toes and arches will strengthen, and our feet will even widen a little. I know that’s not ideal for our fashionistas, but my feet are so much stronger and my balance is heeeaaps better because of it. My running and my squats are also better because my feet are assisting my leg muscles and joints. I’m not exaggerating when I say that I will own a pair of these shoes forever!
It’s been so lovely chatting with you guys. Thanks for reading along. Let me know if you try any of my pumpkin, spice or everything nice recommendations. ;)
Big love, Caitlin x
