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The Best Cheesy Sour Cream Enchiladas

This enchilada recipe is cheesy, and comforting, and makes a delicious casserole to take to anyone who just had a baby, or needs a little pick-me-up. They’re also perfect to freeze and push ahead for busy weeknight dinners! Hi friends! How’s the week going? We’ve been going through the regular school routine, + a celebration…

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healthy meal prep for a week

Hi friends! How are you? I hope you had a wonderful weekend! We were at the pool with friends (the best), watching the Wildcats, and I trained a client and worked on Fit Team programming. For today’s post, I’m updating an older post because there are so many helpful tips here on meal prep for…

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Meals to take a family with a new baby

Sharing some of my favorite baby meals! These are my favorite meals to take a family with a new baby and something I always look forward to doing for friends and family. I’d love to hear your faves, too, if you’d shout them out in the comments below.  Hi friends! How’s the week treating you?…

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Thursday Thoughts

Hi friends. I hope your week is going well! I feel like I have quite a few random tangents to share, so I popped them all into this post! – It’s bananas to believe we’re hitting 9 weeks tomorrow, which also means 9 weeks of no childcare. I absolutely love spending this time with the…

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Bringing the meal plan back + around the weekend

Hi friends! How was your weekend? Hope you had a great one! We had a few (extra) rough couple of nights of sleep, so after tag-teaming it last night, we’re coming out on the other side. 😉 This weekend was relaxing and wonderful, and we also managed to get out and about a bit.

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Family: Breastfeeding supplies

Hi friends! I got a request to write about breastfeeding supplies, so I thought I’d post some of my faves in case you are looking to set up your arsenal, or if you have any tips/ideas to share! I’m not really going crazy with a bunch of breastfeeding gear/stuff for baby #2 for a couple…

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Grain-free balsamic mushroom chicken with zucchini pasta

 = Random dinner inspiration that turned out quite well 🙂 I haven’t been feeling super inspired in the kitchen lately. I’ve been begging my brother to post some recipes on their blog -they’re doing the Whole 30 right now and have been making some delicious and healthy creations- and feel on and off about cooking.…

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Triple Threat Tabata Workout

(and some fun news!)  Hi friends! How’s the morning going? I LOVED reading your comments on the “Is Zumba dead?” post and the things that almost screwed up my fitness life. I’m so excited to try out some new dance cardio classes, like Werq, and I’ve been meaning to give Jazzercise a whirl forever. Also,…

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Comfy tees + a giveaway- ENDED

This giveaway has ended! Congrats to the winner, Ashley who said: A really soft black hoodie my best friend gave me. Email me your size and color preferences (fitnessista at gmail dot com) Thank you to everyone for entering! Stay tuned for Summer Shape Up giveaways starting next week! ___________________________________________________________ HOLY Shape Up!!! I am so…

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Meals and snacks for new mamas

There’s a common theme in my life right now: so many of my friends are pregnant or very recently had their babies. Does it give me baby fever? Yes. I always thought the octomom was insane, but now I kind of understand it. Does it make me want to cook for them? Yes yes. I…

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Staycay

Hi from staycation! 🙂 I gave myself a little gift for Livi’s birthday and took the next two days off work. For scheduling purposes, we have to ask for time off months ahead, and I asked for this Thursday and Saturday off quite a while ago. I’m excited for quality time with the fam and…

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Stuffed chicken

Thank you so much for your sweet comments about the Fitness Magazine win and to those of you who entered the cookbook giveaway! I was cracking up reading your kitchen disaster stories. It made me feel better because I have them fairly often 😉 Congratulations to the lucky winner: Please send me your info (fitnessista…

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