Check out Derek’s recent article for One Green Planet, Protein in a Plant-Based Diet: A Vegan Bodybuilder’s Perspective! We’ve taken a bit of a break from posting (and pretty much everything else) following the birth of our son Miles a…
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My Bellydance Performance at Over 8 Months Pregnant!
With about three weeks to go until my due date, I danced at Tummy Tuesday, a bellydance showcase held here in Richmond, VA every last Tuesday of the month at Positive Vibe Cafe. I’ve been taking classes at Illumination Dance…
2 Weeks Out!
The OCB Body Sculpt Open is only 2 weeks away! I can’t believe time has gone by so fast! We’ve both been extremely busy with work, personal endeavors (contest prep/belly dancing), and preparing for the new addition to the family…
My First Article on One Green Planet
I’ve recently become a contributing author to One Green Planet and today my first article was published! I am excited to contribute to such a great resource and look forward to writing many more articles to share with everyone!…
Interview Tonight!
Check it out: we’ll be appearing on the WildKat radio show tonight at 7:15! Tune in if you can!
Busy? Pick Up Healthy Plant-Based Meals for the Week!!
Busy? I know we are. Between teaching two math classes at VCU and taking a full load of graduate math classes, I haven’t had time to do a damn thing for the last 2 months – hence the lack of…
Back from Rocking the Forks Over Knives and VBB&F Booths at Asheville VegFest!
Phew! Back home after a lot of bouncing around to the West Coast and the mountains of North Carolina and it’s time to catch up! For those of you who don’t know yet (just about everybody, that is), we’re expecting…
Plant-Based Potluck Kickoff July 24th
Join us at our home for a Plant-Based Potluck July 24th @ 6:30 pm to kick off our meal swaps that will be starting August 7th. It’ll give us a chance to talk about our plans and guidelines for the…
Richmond Veg Fest…
Was AWESOME as expected. Got to talk to tons of new people about vegan fitness and the must-see documentary Forks Over Knives and meet some people who’d been following our blog (thanks for stopping by guys!!). Javier, who teaches body…
Richmond Vegfest 2011 Is Almost Here!
Hello Richmonders! For those that haven’t heard, Marcella and I will be hosting the Vegan Bodybuiding & Fitness booth at this years Vegetarian Festival THIS SATURDAY June 18th! Several other fit vegans will be joining us in spreading the…
Meal Planning
This seems like the perfect time to announce: we’re adding meal planning to our Fitness & Nutrition Consulting services! Two-week menus, with grocery lists (for locals a grocery delivery service called Relayfoods may make it possible for me to actually…
We’re hosting a screening at Crossroads Coffee!
We’re teaming up with Jeff from Crossroads Coffee here in Richmond to share this awesome documentary with you all! There will be food and drink and possibly some Q&A following the film. If you’re curious about the scientific argument for…
Poplar Spring 5k Run for the Animals May 15th!
We’re going to be at the Poplar Spring 5k “Run for the Animals”, leading the warm up! This fundraiser for Poplar Springs Animal Sanctuary will include sweet goodie bags of animal-friendly stuff, raffles, prizes, and vegan food in addition to…
Here We Are!
Hey Everyone! After much blood, sweat, and tears I’ve finally moved our blog to WordPress! You may have noticed that the url is hideous; it’s only temporary until I can get our domain name transferred over. Our new home on…
Blog ReVamp – Marcella
The day has finally come: it’s time for a blog re-org. I’m gonna move this blog to WordPress, get the tags all sorted out, make it easier to navigate, put some new stuff up…are you as excited as I am?…
Holistic Holiday at Sea – Marcella
I am completely flummoxed. As Derek posted, we’ve returned from our life-transforming, awesome vacation the Holistic Holiday at Sea (and pre-signed up for next year, I might add). Seven days of three 5-course gourmet vegan meals a day, PLUS buffets…
Back From the World’s Best Cruise! – Derek
Hello everyone! I just wanted to make a quick post that we are home from our Holistic Holiday at Sea and it was fantastic! It really was a combination of healthy gourmet dining (3, 5-course meals per day!), educational lectures…
A Muscular Marriage! – Derek
I am finally back to posting after our busy and beautiful wedding! Special thanks to everyone who came, helped out, and had fun with us on our big day. Check out how happy we are below, and if anyone wants…
12 Week Champions!
I want to take the time to give a belated congratulations to my Gold’s Gym 12 Week Challenge winners Michael Stewart, Jeff Kroll, and Steve Zivich! That’s right; this year not one or two but three of my clients won…
RVA Magazine!
Hey everyone, I just wanted to do a quick post to share that our pictures were just put up on RVA Magazine’s website! Check out the article here: http://rvamag.com/articles/full/8098/in-honor-of-frazetta Thanks again to Kimberly Frost for taking them and sharing them!