Holy moly, it’s Friday already. This was a super short week for me since I only had three days at work, and I spent any spare second I had either exercising or PARTY PREPPING for more bachelorette festivities.

This weekend is all about this dainty lady:

Before I head out with my friends Bridget and Ashley, here’s all my link love for the week!

F&F Posts You Might Have Missed

• Summer 2014 CSA: Weeks 4 and 5
• Five Move Upper Body Burn
• Fitness & Feta Turns Three <—This post includes a pretty sweet New Balance giveaway that you have until the end of today to still enter!

Fitness

• HOLY UPPER BODY STRENGTH: Kacy Catanzaro at the American Ninja Warrior Finals
• Lots of workout options: The ultimate strength workout roundup
• Plank it out: 47 plank variations for a killer core
• Still working on it: How to do the perfect pullup
• Need some new dumbbell moves? 30 dumbbell exercises missing from your routine
• More playground workout ideas: You don’t need a gym to get fit
• Helpful: How to add barre workouts into your routine
• Good perspective on this workout mantra: Do you really never regret a workout?
• Fun! Partner exercises
• Learn from this one: Guide to increasing strength without bulk

Recipes

• Lunch ideas: 35 quick and healthy low calorie lunches
• A muffin in a glass: Blueberry muffin smoothie
• Another smoothie recipe: Apple pie smoothie
• Not sure what to do with that zucchini? 35 zucchini recipes, and one awesome looking extra: Zucchini spaghetti with pumpkin seed pesto and peaches
• Omg, need: Blueberry cashew bars
• Amp up your chicken recipes: 20 healthy ways to make chicken breast
• Pretty: Heirloom caprese with mint pesto
• Need: Mango cilantro mojitos

Foodie

• Informative: What is THAT in my food?
• Think before doing any of these: Why you should not use food as a parenting tool

Inspiration

• Good advice: Never fear your flaws
• Birthday reflections: 27 life lessons I discovered before my 27th birthday
• Doing any on this list? 10 ways you’re making life harder than it has to be
• Love: 9 ways women can become better women

Self Image

• An open and honest post: Chocolate covered Katie anorexic?
• Yes: On body image and being different
• Yes again: The myth of the perfect body and how to end it

Humor

• So true: 16 things you think when you see the ellipses

–Let’s chat–
Tell me about your weeks and what you have planned for the weekend.

I think it’s safe to say there’s going to be a lot of this in my future:

Off to Newport!