Posts by Fitnessista
Registry must-haves
(the things we registered for and got a ton of use, and also stood the text of time!) One of the fun yet intimidating aspects of my first pregnancy was trying to figure out our baby registry and what we needed to prepare for Livโs arrival. Of course, all a baby really needs is to be…
Read More →Reader’s request: What’s the difference between traditional strength training and endurance training?
and do you need both? Hi friends! Howโs the morning going? Hope youโre enjoying the day so far. Itโs barre time for this girl, and Iโm also trying to figure out when to take my gestational diabetes test this week. Thereโs never a *good* time, so I might as well get it over with as…
Read More →Found & Lost
Did you ever lose something and were convinced your house ate it? My favorite Joeโs jean shorts went missing a couple of months ago and I looked EVERYWHERE. I seriously dug up everything in the closet to make sure I didnโt put them away somewhere weird. I wear them all the time and was convinced…
Read More →Summer Shape Up 2015: Week 4 Workouts and Meal ideas
Hi friends! Can you believe that itโs the last week of Summer Shape Up?! Itโs gone by so quickly, but time flies when you’re working hard. ๐ I hope youโre already seeing some noticeable benefits from the past 3 weeks! Our goal for the final week: finish it STRONG with the same intensity that you…
Read More →Fourth and Faves
Hi friends! Happy Friday! Hope youโre having a lovely morning so far and have some fun plans for this weekend. Happy early 4th to my American friends, and late Canada day to my Canadian friends. ๐ Itโs been a whirlwind of a week, and Iโm so glad the itโs winding down and we get to…
Read More →Invisalign update
This post is sponsored by the makers of Invisalignยฎ clear aligners. Hi friends! Now that Iโve had my Invisalignยฎ clear aligners for over a month (and have switched a couple of times), I thought it would be fun to post a little update on my treatment so far. The nutshell version: I absolutely love it.…
Read More →Family: Weeks 23-25
Past pregnancy #2 updates: Weeks 5-9 Weeks 10-13 Weeks 13-15 Weeks 15-17 Weeks 17-19 Weeks 19-21 Weeks 21-23 And here we are at 25 weeks! Random thoughts/things that I noticed:
Read More →Welcome back, Cobb
Hi friends! Hope youโve had a wonderful day! Itโs been a bit of a busy week already. Yesterday, I went to go to see the doc for some heart palpitations Iโd been experiencing. Iโve had them on and off for a couple days along with some extreme nausea and fatigue. They wanted me to go…
Read More →Oatmeal cookie blueberry crumble
This post is sponsored through my partnership with Bitsyโs Brainfood. We have our beach routine down to a science (for now, haha). We all splash and play in the waves, the Pilot will take Liv out into the water to swim (I usually wonโt get in past my knees unless the water is warm. Iโm…
Read More →Yoga Journal LIVE: San Diego Recap
Hi friends! Hope youโre having a wonderful afternoon. So glad youโre stoked for Week 3 of Summer Shape Up! Even though my teaching schedule makes it difficult to follow along all of the workouts, Iโve been adding the meal ideas into our own plan. This past weekend, I was given the opportunity to learn and…
Read More →Summer Shape Up 2015: Week 3 Workouts and Meal Ideas
Hi friends! Happy Week 3 of Summer Shape Up! Thank you so much for all of your awesome check-ins this past week. Way to crush it! Keep up the awesome intensity and hard work. Itโs hard to believe weโre halfway through! For all of the Summer Shape Up details, check out this post. Before we…
Read More →Om-thirty + Friday Faves
Hi! Happy Friday! Hope you have some fun plans for the weekend. Iโm off to Yoga Journal and am always thrilled to deepen my practice, learn from powerhouse instructors, and be surrounded by that pure, yoga energy. (Oh, and Iโm totally getting the belly henna tattooed haha.) Before we get this Friday Faves party started,…
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