Posts by Fitnessista
A whole day, from start to finish
A day in the life with a 6-year-old and a 2-year-old. 🙂 Hi friends! How’s the day going? I hope you’re enjoying the morning. When I did my annual blog survey, I got a surprising amount of requests for more “real life” posts around here. I totally get it because I love reading about what…
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6 months without caffeine
Helloooooo. Happy Tuesday to ya! What’s going on this morning? We’re heading into the usual morning routine and Livi has her 100th day of school celebration. They asked the kids to dress like a 100-year-old, so naturally, I ordered her this grey wig on Amazon and cat-eye glasses. I’m taking today off from the gym,…
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show me your mussels
Hi friends! How are you? Happy Monday! Hope you enjoyed the weekend. We ended up staying in V-town, and it was a great weekend. We took Livi out for dinner and a movie, we enjoyed some good workouts, played outside a ton, caught up on house stuff, and went on a date. Wins all around.…
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Winter Shape Up 2018: Week 3
Hey hey! Happy Sunday! How’s the weekend going?? Happy Winter Shape Up Week 3! If you’re just now joining in the fun, head here to get all the details. This week’s featured sponsor is Lorissa’s Kitchen, one of my very favorite high-protein snack brands. Be sure to scroll down and enter an amazing giveaway from…
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Friday Faves
Hi friends! Happy Friday! How was the week? I hope you had a great one. I don’t know about you, but this week has been a blur. I feel like I was scrambling around more than usual – Miss P got pink eye, poor girl – and feel like today is a sigh of relief.…
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Focus On: SUP Exercise Class
When we lived in San Diego, I enjoyed stand up paddle boarding (SUP) and spent a lot of time cruising down the channel or in the bay. Our neighbor owned a SUP rental company, and would often drop boards off in our side yard to take on adventures. I would have loved to try a SUP exercise…
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Top 5 easy, healthy meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Hi friends! Hope you’re having a wonderful morning. I’m grabbing sipping on my detox drink before the girls are up, and we’ll start the usual morning routine. I’m excited to teach barre later today and sneak in my own little workout during naptime. It’s also girls’ night tonight, so a day that ends with rosé…
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Livi’s bday celebration
Hi friends! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. Ours was pretty busy – Livi had a friend’s birthday party, and we had a family event for the Pilot’s work- but still relaxing and fun. I apologize for the lack of “real life stuff” around the blog lately; there’s been a ton of fitness content with…
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Winter Shape Up 2018: Week 2
Hi friends! Welcome to Week 2 of this year’s challenge! While I look forward to putting together the workouts for you during each Shape Up (and filming the videos!) the best part by far is the community that it creates. It’s pretty incredible to see women (and dudes!) all over the world, cheering each other…
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Winter Shape Up 2018: Workout #2
Hi friends! Happy Saturday! I’m hoping in with workout #2 of this year’s Winter Shape Up. If you’re just now joining in the challenge, check out all of the posts and details here. For today’s workout, we have a barre leg workout. This is a great way to add additional challenge to your routine, especially…
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Winter Shape Up 2018: Workout #7
Hey hey! Here’s our Winter Shape Up Ab Burner. It’s a fast and furious one that you can do as part of the WSU calendar (get all the details here), or as a quick burner before bed or following another workout. As always, check with a doctor before making any fitness changes and honor your…
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Friday Faves
Hi friends! Happy weekend! I hope you’ve had a great week. How is it Friday already?! I’m definitely not complaining… and also pretty stoked about the rain/snow because mom and nana’s flights home were canceled THREE TIMES. I mean, I felt really bad they didn’t get to go home on time. And were stuck here.…
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