Breathe Magazine

Bobbi-Marie McCormick writes about maintaining a healthy lifestyle in a crazy busy world. She wears several different hats every day as a wife, cook, runner, teacher,blogger, small business owner, and kickboxing instructor!

Lately I have been thinking about my food in a new light. About five years ago I gave up all sorts of JUNK food. Along with white bread, red meat, pork, and preservatives!  Then I realized that I have been missing out on a few of my childhood favorites, like the hot dog! So guess what? I brought it [...]

Hubby and I celebrated our three year anniversary this past week and we did it in style, without the high price tag! We would have loved to go out of town, but we both have to work during the week so a night away local was the perfect amount of time to get out.  Here [...]

Last month I posted at NHS about our family plan for saving money this summer and everyone asked me the same question. Everyone wanted to know how I only spend $50-60 a week at the grocery store. I am a pretty thrifty shopper, but I never compromise on HEALTHY foods! You can eat healthy on [...]

The summer is here and it is time to get a little creative in the kitchen. I love my oatmeal almost 365 days a year, but in the summer I am craving something cool and refreshing. Well have no fear I have some delicious and nutritious easy summer breakfast ideas. The Green Monster Smoothie 3 cups of Baby Spinach 1 [...]

Hello friends I thought I would share my marathon training plan I just completed for SDRR. First let me say a couple things about what it takes to not only get faster, but also to not get injured. Are you ready??? Dedication and REST! I am not going to lie it is NOT EASY running for speed. [...]

I just love sitting outside on the patio in the summer, but our patio was in t-r-o-u-b-l-e!!! Hubby and I are slowly making progress in making our patio a more peaceful and welcoming space. We are also trying to save this summer so there is zero money in our budget to make it what we [...]

So many people ask me what to do when they have really overdone it and have fallen off the “health” train. I know it is so easy to get back from a long vacation of unhealthy eating, drinking, and doing zilch exercise and then you lose all motivation. I am human it’s not always easy for me [...]

Ok friends, it has been a while since I gave myself a fun new challenge to spice my fitness goals up a bit. I do challenges (marathons) so I can keep the excitement going in life, SDRR is in less than three weeks so it’s time for a new one  A challenge pushes me and helps [...]

Too many times in my life I have worried about the number on the scale. I am so OVER it! Well let’s be real — we all look at them. Recently I have had a lot of weekends that have been filled with parties, weddings, BBQ’s and other celebrations that have caused me to feel blah [...]

Every once in awhile, I have to remember to stop and smell the roses in life. This past weekend I did a 32-hour relay and had a blast with my team! I bet for most people running 20 miles over a span of two days is not what they would call a vacation. But for [...]

This past weekend all my speed work really paid off! As I am training for my 6th marathon I have really loved my three day running plan! I can’t believe how great my legs feel. I thought the less days of running would really be difficult, but it has been wonderful. My legs are always rested and [...]

Recently I have been challenged to look at my life as a story. Is it an adventure? Is it a drama? I know one thing, I never think of my life as boring, but what do I see my life as? In a story there are always four parts; the subject, the objective, the conflict, and the [...]

There is just something about Spring that always makes me super giddy .  I just love watching the floweres bloom, the butterflies come out, and the brighter evenings. I think Spring to me  also makes  me excited about Summer and the beach!  I decided to set some Spring goals today. To help me take full [...]

In this season of training I have been mixing up my workout  in order to stay motivated and not burn out! In my past marathon training I have gotten to the end and have had to take some time off from running. This go around I am incorporating a lot more strength training into my plan. Last [...]

As I train for my sixth marathon I have decided to take on a three day training plan. Instead of training five days a week  like I have in the past, I am just running three. My plan consists of one track(speed) day, one tempo run, and one long run. *My track runs consist of several [...]