I’m convinced the best things in life are free. I think you would agree.
Free day, free fun, free samples (Whole Foods Market on Saturday afternoon), free time, free wine (haha), free hugs, free good conversation, free advice and inspiration. I could go on forever.
Yesterday was a free day.
First I taught cycle/core, not free for me but free for members.
Core Part:
- Plank Jacks on balance disc- 20 reps
- hold boat pose for 45 seconds
- 30 bicycle crunches
- 20 bird dogs
- 15 Stability Ball Push ups
Repeat 3-4
And then I took a free day. No other work, just play.
I took a few free moments to snap pictures of my Strange but Good Food. Check out Laura’s Free link up on her blog today.
Can you guess which one is mine and which one is for the hubs?
Mac and cheese with peas, corn, carrots, diced burger patty, and cholula sauce on top with a side of Guinness for the hubs. And egg salad (mixed with hummus), broccoli slaw, kelp noodles, and cholula wrapped in brown rice tortillas for me.
Then it was off to town for a free walk by the lake with DEAR friend. A friend who I admire and gives me free friendship (although it’s free, it’s still very VALUABLE).
We enjoyed free laughter, free conversation, free hugs, and free moments of fun!
After that I met up with another friend. And although it was a short visit, I wanted to take advantage of a little free time. Again, valuable.
Please ignore my peacock hair. 
When I got home, I was greeted by the mailman with a free goodies. Free for me, but oh so valuable for our bodies! Especially now that I am back to teaching and my husband is back to training. Oh, and valuable to others because I get to share!
Thank you Lovegrown Granola. Thank you Muscle Milk Light ZOOMA Women’s Race series and Cytomax, and thank you Lifeway Kefir. We are well fueled and ready to share!
So, want some FREE goodies?
I’m giving away the following FREEBY package. Valuable goodies free of charge. My treat, my Christmas present to YOU!
- 2 muscle milk light and cytomax products
- 1 bag of LoveGrown Granola
- 1 free Lifeway kefir Frozen yogurt coupon
No one paid me to mention these products. They are just a few of my favorites and again, valuable to me.
To win:
- Tell me what FREE thing in life is most valuable to you.
- Tweet about it and mention @zoomaRUN, @lifeway_kefir, and @lovegrownfoods. Again, not a necessity, I just want to give credit where credit it due.
- Tell me a favorite Strange But Good Food dish of yours.
Open to US residents only. I’ll pick a random winner next Wednesday.
Happy Free Friday!
Cheers,
LC
Strange but good…. hahah no judging though!! I mix canned pumpkin with ketchup to make a dip. The taste of the ketchup must be too overpowering because you can’t taste the pumpkin at all, but it’s almost like a hummus consistency and cuts the sugar (/increases the portion) by a lot! GREAT with butternut squash fries. 😀
ha, that sounds good to me!
Time. It is truly a gift, and one that I’m working on appreciating and taking full advantage of more often!
hardboiled egg with peanut butter (or probably any nut butter). Weird combination, but makes for a good snack!
wow! that sounds good to me! haha.
family, friends, and health
My favorite free things: time with my 98 year old grandparents and my ten month old grandson. We have 5 generations in our family! My favorite unusual food: on a pita: sautéed peppers, tomatoes, onion, and eggplant with boiled red quinoa and lentils, and frank’s hot sauce :). And love life way kefir -good stuff! On another note, thank you so much for your reminder post. It was the best thing I’ve read since Friday.
The unconditional love from my husband is the most amazing gift–a true blessing I thank God for each and every day.
best things are my health and the smiling faces of all my patients and kids i see everyday.
The love of the Lord and also the ability to run!
Unconditional love and PEACE given to my by my heavenly father is free and priceless!!
I’m spending the entire day with my mom tomorrow, making cookies and chatting, and that’s one free thing in live I will always cherish 🙂
I tweeted the giveaway, I’d love to try that Kefir fro yo!
Time with family. I’ve been living overseas so I value any time I get to be together with them.
Love is free and it is wonderful. 🙂
and priceless!
The best free things in life? My health & my family. Those are 2 things that I love & cherish everyday.
Favorite strange but good dish.. I’m not really sure. Well I put ketchup on my pizza and many people think that’s weird.
oh i do that too!
tweeted https://twitter.com/xokammie/status/279810660597129216
The thing that’s most valuable to me that’s free is art <3
The most valuable free thing I have is salvation! Sorry for the Sunday School answer, but it’s true ;).
And strange but good? That list could be endless! But my favorite is probably eggs scrambled with half a banana, sun nut butter, cinnamon, and vanilla stevia. Delicious!!
amen!
I wish that I lived near you so I could have a “free day” walk and listen to all your wisdom!
The strangest thing I eat is variations on a PB sandwich…with kiwi slices and loads of cinnamon, with strawberries and curry powder or cayenne pepper, or with fresh fig slices…usually warmed up in the toaster oven or micro. 🙂
oh wow, trying this!!
The free thing in life is most valuable to me is the love of my family. 🙂
I smiled freely with abandonment at your post! The most important thing in my lifeis also free – Jo’s love! As corny as that sounds, I am truly blessed with his friendship, support, and companionship!
i am freely smiling at this. makes me happy. So happy for YOU!
You had a busy day!
SO glad I got to see you…next time HAS to be longer!!
I’m going to try the core routine.
Hugs sweet friend <3
yes, next time 4 sure!! let me know whatcha think of the core workout. p.s. how was ztejas?
HUGS–best free thing ever!
The love and grace of God as well as the Love from my husband and daughter most valuable free things in my life!
Thank you for the strange but good shout out! So jealous of all the meet ups. I wanna come!!!
Free thing in life most valuable = friend, blends, and the fam.
yes, let’s please. soon!
Strange but good food of mine? Cocoa powder + cottage cheese + stevia + peanut butter.
Tweeted!
Love and grace from our Heavenly Father is the most valuable FREE thing in my life!
priceless!!
favorite strange but good? blueberry jam on an egg white sandwich. ok not so strange, what about chocolate cottage cheese? or chocolate soy pudding panini? pumpkin quesadilla? cinnamon basically on everything? i could go on…
oh ya, sounds good!
i tweeted @accidentlydlish
my most valuable free things in life are my health. the ability to work out, because there was a point where i did not have my health and was not taking care of myself and was not physically able to work out and be healthy. now that i have that back i cherish even being able to walk up the stairs. some of us can’t do that. be thankful for the small things.
i am always thankful for the love my fiance gives me. because he gives it to me for ‘free’ not wanting anything back in return. love is such a powerful and valuable thing.
Strange but good-cottage cheese and sweet potatoes. I don’t think it is particularly strange but my friends do!
Free-my relationships with good friends and family.
I tweeted!
Weird combo…I put cayenne pepper and salt on ice cream and also on watermelon. Dip apples in mustard too!
okay i want to try that!
the redemption and life that is mine in Christ is the most miraculous and truly awesome free thing in all the world.
Freedom from being over scheduled and the freedom of being single!
LOVE! love is free. from Kyle, my family, my friends, and lots of love from my puppy 🙂
Aww love that you two got some FREE and valuable time together, I’m stillll so totally jealous, wish I could’ve teleported myself there!! xo!
time with the hubs is the one free thing i value over everything! i don’t get enough time during the week to just be with him so i cherish it when we are together 🙂 xoxoxoxo
Random but good is putting ketchup on any vegetable or chicken dish.
My favorite free thing is spending time my family and Y friends.
Random but good recipe would have to be Egg Sandwich with goat cheese, fib butter, arugula, and tomato! BAM!
Tweeted!
Free High-Fives! It’s an instant smile they are just way too much fun to give out. It’s even better when you give a jumping high-five. Just saying…
I still have a huge smile on my face (and a happy heart!) from our afternoon together yesterday! It was such fun, such ease, such friendship 🙂 And FREE, you are right, (except for our goodies at Whole Foods, score!!), and sometimes those free things are simply the best. My favorite free thing is conversation, closely tied with a hug 🙂 I love this giveaway! Just ran out of Love Grown and am so sad! Need to buy more, wish it was more local to me! XOXO!
Being happy. Free and fantastic.
Not entering give-a-way BUT………man oh MAN would I have love to hang with you and Katie.
Strange but good = story of my foodie life.
Spending time with friends is the best FREE thing for me. One day we’ll get to do that together, over a bottle of wine and good food! 🙂
My favorite free thing is spending time in nature. Nothing beats a nice long hike on the weekend!
A strange, but good food I make? Hmmm. Toad in the Hole. My kids love it.
https://twitter.com/Alexandrafunfit/statuses/279645618731876354
For me, the most valuable thing now is time with my university son. He goes to school across the country, so I only see him a few times a year. When you love someone more than your own life, that is good value!!!
You look gorgeous in all of your free day pictures and just so happy. 🙂 Makes me happy to see you so happy. I am enjoying the Free-dom of no training plan and running for free just for fun with good freinds. 🙂
Favorite free thing? The love of Jesus, of course. Free, but costly!
I love chocolate overnight oats, but it looks disgusting 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway!!!
that’s the best!
My favorite free things: God, family, and friends!
Weird but good: egg sandwiches with mustard!
Love it! I think free stuff (especially free food) is more appreciated too – maybe because I feel like I’m cheating the system?
Man, I don’t know what free thing I like best – I think free jokes. I love when people will have a laugh with me – at no one’s expense!
The most valuable free thing in life is time with my family. Life is so short and the memories are priceless. One of my favorite dishes is homemade cucumber salad. It’s not too strange, but I my co-workers who eat fast food daily, definitely think I’m odd. I tweeted as well!
I value Nature, a gift from God that we often times under appreciate and abuse, despite us (human beings) being a part of that same gift.
free thing most valuable… is friendship and love.
not sure where we would be without those two things.
strange but good… has to be salsa and roasted cabbage. so good.
free thing most valuable… got to be my blend friends!
This is going to sound cheesy but Josh’s love is the most valuable thing in my life that also happens to be free.
laughter is so valuable to me. it gets me through every day 🙂 xoxo friend!
My decision to give up drinking last year and my growing relastionship with God is most valuable to me. It’s free and continues to change all aspects of my life every day. My strange, but good meal probably isn’t strange on here, but it’s strange to most. My green smoothies every morning, with Spinach, Kale, Romaine, celery, apple, pear, acai, beet powder, maca powder, spirulina powder.
One free thing that I value A LOT is the relationship I have with my husband. Aside from my faith, which is also a very important free and valuable thing to me, my husband has kept me afloat through the best and worst of times!
that is priceless mere!
smiles 🙂 they can change my mood on a dime!
I would have been allll over the Kefir!!! Mmm Mmm!
I tweeted
Exercise! 😉
I love anything strange but good! I am all for PB2 egg white scrambles with spinach and pears! But that’s just one of the MANY things!
A strange but good food dish I like is scrambled eggs with spinach over black beans and squash!
My favorite FREE thing that I value most is my fiance and how much he loves me and how patient he is with me. I couldn’t move through the day without him.
I tweeted!! @thextramile
One free thing that is most valuable to me is my puppy, family, and friends 😀
The best thing FREE is God’s Grace 🙂 It is new and refreshing each and everyday 🙂
Your wrap looks so good! I was thinking about Laura’s strange but good link up, but didn’t have anything too strange this week. At least, not strange to the healthy blogger world.
One of my favorite free things are hugs from my husband and 2yo!
so precious too!
My family is most valuable to me!
And I Tweeted 🙂
Woah woah woah, free WINE? Where can I sign up for that one? ;D But yes, the best free things? Time with my family! I can’t wait for four FREE relaxing days with my parents over Christmas.
love is my most valuable free item and it is certainly not a commodity. i friggin treasure it! happy weekend dear! cheers to free days and oh…i’d have never guessed which plate was yours or the hubs 😉
A strange-but-good dish for me is tuna with hummus. So yummy!
Oh – and I forgot – my “Strange But Good Food” is most of my meals — my co-workers find it amazing how much meat and veggies I eat. I always get don’t you get bored? or You’re gonna have a heart attack bc of all your meat! haha I’m good!
PS I tweeted 🙂
You are too sweet! My family is most valuable to me. Now if only flying out to see them all was as free as the love I have for them… 🙂
Best thing is God’s LOVE!! I also really cherish my time with my family & friends – with my schedule, that time is far and few between! Thanks for offering this chance!! I’m jealous of your “free day”! I’m looking forward to Christmas break and a couple “free days”! <3 you buddy!
My favorite “free” thing in life is my faith. Although my love of running makes a good run a way to clear my thoughts, there’s no better place for tranquility during a stressful time than church<3
TWEETED!
you already know my answer: SALVATION! 🙂
AMEN!
I tweeted!!! 😉
Free and valuable to me is time with family. Over the last several years, it’s been few and far between. Being home now has been an eye-opener that our time is short.
My favorite and most valuable “free” thing is going to our bible studies every week. They are better than anything else for perspective, mindset shifts, and love!