weekend things

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the day going? How was the weekend? Hope you had a great one. Ours was a fun mix of friend time, family time, and getting things ready for some traveling coming up. Iโ€™d love to hear what you were up to!

Our Friday night started off the same way it has for the past month or so: margaritas and dinner by the pool with friends. Iโ€™m SO looking forward to all the fall things + the cooler weather, but Iโ€™m definitely going to miss evening pool time. Weโ€™re living it up as long as we can! When I got home, I put all productivity aside and watched John Mulaney on Netflix until I fell asleep.

It was kind of a rough sleep night (P was up 3 times, and she usually sleeps so well), but when we were up for the day, I made the girls breakfast, put on a show for them, and hopped on the spin bike for a 30-minute Tabata class. I felt so tired until I started moving my legs and when class finished, I felt like a new person. Itโ€™s funny because I havenโ€™t been sweating much for workouts lately – I think I may have been phoning it in a little – but after I finish a Peloton class, Iโ€™m drenched in sweat.

W my loves

(I have no idea where the poses come from but itโ€™s hilarious, amazing, and a little scary all at the same time.)

Saturday was ballet day + brunch with nana at Prep & Pastry. We shared a bunch of different things:

a Nutella croissant

Croissant

(this is what dreams are made of, friends)

a maple bacon dossant

Dossant

(this was mostly for Liv since she loves bacon)

and.. get ready for thisโ€ฆ horchata-drenched churro French toast. I canโ€™t even.

French toast

Nana and I also split an avocado toast. It was a bread festival in the best way possible. Kyle was able to stop by, too, so we were able to catch up  with him. For all of my local friends, heโ€™s doing a plating event if youโ€™d like to check it out!

The rest of the afternoon was low-key, and later that evening we met up with friends for dinner, 

then took Coco (Uncle Eโ€™s dog) a new treat for her 1st birthday.

Happy bday coco

We think she liked it. ๐Ÿ™‚

Coco loco

Sunday morning, we had breakfast at home and headed to the mall to walk around. We hung out at madreโ€™s for a bit, went to church, grabbed groceries, and later that evening, I saw Les Miserables with my mom and Alexus.

Les Mis has ALWAYS been one of my favorites (even though it gives me flashbacks to my 6th grade solo, which I bombed haha) and I feel like Iโ€™ll never get sick of the music. Iโ€™ve seen it live a handful of times, and even loved the movie because Hugh Jackman. This particular touring company was incredible, and as always, I fought crying and had chills for about 90% of the show. 

And now, โ€œDo You Hear the People Sing?โ€ will be stuck in my head for the next 10 days.

Les mis

Today, itโ€™s back into the school routine and Iโ€™m taking an Orangetheory class later. The last few classes Iโ€™ve taken have been awesome (and so challenging), so Iโ€™m pumped. 

Hereโ€™s whatโ€™s coming to the blog this week:

– A post about making time to work out + my tips to get it done!

– New podcast episode! Talking hormones with Candace Burch

– A full-length HIIT and Strength workout video. I hope you love it!

Happy Monday, friends! Thanks for stopping by the blog today and Iโ€™ll see ya soon.

xoxo

Gina

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10 Comments

  1. Katie on September 10, 2018 at 11:47 am

    So funny about your girls posing. My almost-8-year-old niece does this, too, and will sometimes randomly stop what she is doing, strike a pose, and request a photo be taken of her.

    • Fitnessista on September 11, 2018 at 12:39 am

      omg i’m glad to know i’m not alone.

  2. Kelsey on September 10, 2018 at 12:36 pm

    I’m excited for all those upcoming posts! ๐Ÿ™‚ I’ve had a HARD time fitting workouts in lately, was listening to a few hormone podcast episodes last night and found them SO interesting (especially related to postpartum) and am always down for a HIIT/strength workout ๐Ÿ˜‰

    • Fitnessista on September 11, 2018 at 12:39 am

      thank you, friend! i hope you enjoy them — i’m excited about this week’s content ๐Ÿ™‚

  3. Lauren on September 10, 2018 at 1:27 pm

    I love Les Mis!!! I’ve seen it live several times, and I loved the movie, too (except for Russell Crowe lol)

    • Fitnessista on September 11, 2018 at 12:38 am

      hahaha omg. the worst

  4. Karen on September 10, 2018 at 11:02 pm

    Hi Gina Sounds like you had a lovely weekend. I’ve seen Les Mis (only once) but not the movie version. You’re upcoming posts sound good, I look forward to reading them! I enjoy reading your blog! ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Fitnessista on September 11, 2018 at 12:38 am

      thank you so much for being here <3
      (the movie version is worth a watch! and you can fast forward the slower parts haha)

  5. Courtney on September 11, 2018 at 12:06 am

    You always have the best weekends and your food selection is to die for! Your girls are too cute together. Those poses are so funny, my 5 year old does the same stuff. Love those dresses from Target, my little one wore it to her first day of Kindergarden today!

    • Fitnessista on September 11, 2018 at 12:37 am

      thank you, friend. hope you had a great one, too!
      and LOVE target’s dresses right now. so many cute ones!!

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