Posts by Fitnessista
December Mindfulness Challenge
Hi friends! So nice to see ya over the weekend. 🙂 I hope you’re having a wonderful time with family and relaxing. We’re officially into December and the craziest time of the year, so I figured that it would be a perfect opportunity to focus on mindfulness. I’m going to focus on being more present…
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Thanksgiving recap + Black Friday steals
Hi friends! Happy Friday! I hope that those of you who celebrated yesterday had a safe and happy Thanksgiving. Ours was filled with family, lots of amazing food, and time outdoors. Not much more you could wish for. (Ok, just one thing: that the Pilot could have been here, but alas he was doing that…
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2019 Holiday Gift Guide for Her
Hi friends! Happy Monday and happy Thanksgiving week! I usually wait a little longer to post my gift guides, but since I realized that many of you are shopping this week (like me!) I figured we could get the party started! I always have so much fun putting these together and love hearing about your…
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Friday Faves
Hi friends! Happy Friday! How was the week? Ours flew by since we got home from NYC late Monday night. I guess Tucson thought we would miss the colder weather because it’s been rainy and wintery all week! I’m loving it. Tuesday, I was slammed with work stuff and my inbox was on the verge…
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Back in the fitness game after a major surgery
In this post, I’m sharing my journey back into the fitness game after getting my breast implants removed and my diastasis recti repaired through a full tummy tuck. My surgery details are all here! A special thanks to my friends at embrace® Scar Therapy for sponsoring this post. I share more below, but they had a…
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a taste of the Big Apple
Hi friends! How are you? We’re back from an amazing girls’ weekend to NYC. Liv has been asking us to take her for years and since I had a companion pass that expired in January, we decided to go for it. 🙂 We left Friday morning and got into LGA around 10pm. We were both…
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Top picks from the Beautycounter 2019 holiday collection
Sharing the best picks from the Beautycounter 2019 holiday collection! Also throwing in a little giveaway. 😉 I don’t know about you guys, but I LOVE Christmas shopping and wrapping. It makes my heart happy to search for gifts for family and friends and I have a ton of fun picking everything out. I’ll be…
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Friday Faves
Hiiiiii hi! Happy Friday! How’s the week going? I feel like this one was an absolute blur. P stayed home from school all week with her ruptured eardrum – she wasn’t feeling great until Wednesday and I kept her home for yesterday’s funeral. It was a beautiful service, but felt very sad and final. It’s…
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Peppermint chocolate amazeballs
This protein-packed and portable snack are just like our favorite Christmas treats. It reminds me so much of peppermint bark minus the sugar crash. They’re a delicious and healthy little snack! You guys. The most bananas thing ever happened: the Pilot, aka THE SCROOGE, said to me: “Hey, do you want me to take the…
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WIAW: Plant-based edition
Hi friends! Thank you so much for the lovely birthday wishes (and get well wishes for P) yesterday! I’ll share more pics in Friday Faves, but we had an awesome dinner here at the house with family. We ordered Indian food from Saffron, enjoyed a cake from Lovin’ Spoonfuls, and I made a giant cheese…
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Oh hi, 35
Hi friends! Hope you’re having a wonderful morning and that you enjoyed the long weekend. To be honest, it’s been a heck of a week. We lost my Tata exactly one week ago today. Amidst the grief, we’ve also been trying to figure out poor P’s ear situation. I took her to Urgent Care Friday…
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Friday Faves
Hi friends! Hope you’ve had a wonderful week. Ours was a pretty sad one, but we’re making our way back into our day to day routine. I’ve been so tempted to cancel everything this week, but have found that little glimpses of normalcy amongst the grief have helped tremendously. When I woke up Wednesday morning,…
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