Posts by Fitnessista
Protein fluff
Hey hey hey 😀 Happy Friday! [Bell says “What up?”] Anything fun planned this weekend? I work tomorrow, and then have a bridal shower to go to before the football game. Should be a blasty. After our trip to the madre’s last night, where the Pilot feasted on chicken and waffles, we hung out with…
Read More →Relaxing Noodle Playlist 2
Hiiiii 😀 How are you? Things are bueno over here 🙂 Longy of a day, but I got to teach Zumba, and am now home with the seksi Pilot and Bell so I’m a happy kid. Some work eats: -organic apple + a jar of almond butter to smother said apple with (I don’t mess…
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Reader’s Request: Fave Quinoa Uses
Morning! It’s almost the weekend! Kind of stoked 🙂 The chipotle black bean soup was actually a success, even though I went a little cray cray with the chiles. [Recipe is in the Canyon Ranch Nourish cookbook. I added 2 chipotle chiles instead of 1/2 t, and also a whole head of garlic.. because if…
Read More →Overzealous
Hi friends! How are ya? Hope you’ve had a lovely day <3 Soups on over here: It’s chipotle black bean soup from the Canyon Ranch Nourish cookbook, except I didn’t follow the recipe.. and probably should have. Let’s just say that someone got a little overzealous with the chipotle chiles (<—I LOVE this ingredient). It…
Read More →Take it or leave it: the cape
I always get really excited for fall fashion. It’s kind of funny because we don’t even have a real “fall” here in Tucson. Heck, it’s 93* degrees today. It’s fun to wish though :/ However, it doesn’t get that cold here until later in the winter, so I end up spending most of winter in…
Read More →Focus On: Bodyrock
Bodyrock is another one of my major workout loves. It’s an extremely effective low-cost workout solution –the videos are posted for free and you need minimal equipment- and I think it’s what helped me bust through my own workout plateau. Before I got pregnant, I felt STRONG and my bodyfat was the lowest it’s been…
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That’s how it happens
Heyyyyy 😀 How are ya? Hope you’ve had a fantastic Tuesday <3 [Bella in the sun. I told her she looks like a beach angel <— hilarious commercial] Today was a standard Tuesday over here… frantically getting everything done before I go to work on Wednesday. Satisfying bfast: (Brown rice toast with AB + 1/2…
Read More →24 week update
Grow baby, grow! 22 weeks: 24 weeks: My belly continues to grow –it’s funny to look back at earlier pictures when I thought my belly was soooooo big- and the baby continues to move and shake around.. it’s amazing. I could lay on the couch and feel her kick for hours, and sometimes there’s a…
Read More →Like a baby
Hey! How are you? Hope your morning is going well <3 I slept last night. Like, all night, through the night. If you’ve been following along on the family page, then you know this is a pretty huge deal. Maybe it has to do with the fact that our new mattress came yesterday? Bella called…
Read More →Just another marinara Monday
Hiiiii 😀 How are ya? Hope you had a lovely day <3 Enjoyed reading your comments this morning about budgeting! Some of you are totally on the budget bandwagon, while others, like the college days Gina, just go with the flow 🙂 Don’t let budgets stress ya out though- it can be intimidating at first,…
Read More →A can of worms
I’ve definitely created a monster with the whole baby book thing. I’ve read so many, and continue to read as many as I can. Like I said before, I definitely won’t know what to *really* do or what works for our family until the little Nuggette makes her appearance, but in the meantime, I like…
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Breaking in the new budget
Hiiiiii 😀 Happy Monday to ya. Hope your morning is going well! After I last *saw* you last night, we went over to the madre’s for my stepdad’s bday dinner. My contribution to the feast: Mashed sweet potatoes 🙂 I just baked about 12 organic sweet potatoes at 375* for an hour and 15 minutes,…
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