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Do workout steps count?

Hi! Hope youโ€™ve had a wonderful day. I taught my third barre class today! Almost every time Iโ€™m about to teach a class, chances are that Iโ€™m SUPER nervous beforehand. Itโ€™s definitely been the case with barre here since Iโ€™ve had to learn a new format + choreographed stretching series. Itโ€™s been fun to shake…

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Protein-Packed Make-Ahead Breakfast Burritos

These protein-packed, make-ahead breakfast burritos are gluten and dairy-free too! They’re the perfect healthy breakfast for busy mornings. After burning ourselves out on baked oatmeal (so good, but we had so much!), weโ€™re on to a new breakfast thing. โ€œNewโ€ = not really new at all, because usually at some point during the day I…

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Reader’s Request: 5 Easy Ways to Boost Metabolism

Since I got my Weight Loss Specialist certification, quite a few readers have asked me to feature more posts with weight loss tips and tricks. This was a tough one for me because Iโ€™m not one to encourage weight loss -I like to focus on body fat percentage- and I understand that reader friends may…

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Summer Shape Up 2014: Week 4

Happy last and BEST week of the Summer Shape Up! Is it just me, or did this one totally fly by? Remember that if youโ€™d like to keep the challenge going, weโ€™ll have our Facebook group up and you can repeat the challenge to make it eight weeks. I hope youโ€™re feeling amazing, and Iโ€™ve…

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4th weekend pics

Beach baby. Flowers on the table. Some homemade sauerkraut, which Iโ€™m calling sauerkimchi since I seasoned it like crazy. Indian food. (THEY DELIVER.) Mallows roasting on an open grill. Jumping over waves. The sisters. Playing. (Goal: split without toppling over.)

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Forks over knives

Hi! Happy Sunday! How was your holiday weekend? Ours was perfect with lots of beach time, some great workouts, relaxing, sโ€™mores and fireworks. I even got the chance to catch a couple of movies with a glass of red. Whenever we PCS (permanent change of station), Iโ€™m always super stoked that we get ALL of…

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Friday Faves

Happy 4th of July! Hope youโ€™re enjoying the day relaxing with those you love. I hope it includes some Vitamin D, sโ€™mores, something grilled, and some fireworks. Maybe some sangria in there, too. Loved this: ย  Some favorites from the week and around the web: Beachzza. May we always be stationed near a Pizza Port…

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Musical Cardio Playlist + solo spin sesh

Hi! Happy long weekend! Hope you fun plans ahead for the holiday. Weโ€™re grilling with friends and hopefully Iโ€™ll get to do a little paddleboarding adventure. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Iโ€™m also teaching spin again! When I taught last week, I was super nervous -it had been forever since my last class but decided to go in there…

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Welcome to the family

We have added to the amount of pets in our family, thanks to two lucky ping pong balls at a fair game. Livi has named them Tinkerbell and Goldilocks, and they live in her room in the swanked out aquarium the Pilot picked up for her. (โ€œWell they had this princess castle, and a Little…

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DIY brown sugar body scrub

Friends, we have a bit of a Sephora problem. While Iโ€™m pretty sure itโ€™s the basis behind all things Sephora, I go in for new mascara and well, you know how it goes. (photo source) I shared some of my latest beauty faves here, but (collective sigh of relief) failed to mention the hundreds of…

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Into the woods

Hi guys! Howโ€™s your week been? Iโ€™m so glad you liked the peach oatmeal recipe and the Choosing Raw post ๐Ÿ™‚ Itโ€™s been a little challenging to get back in the swing of things after our redeye roadtrip. Something exciting: my madre is here with us! Of course, Liv is in HEAVEN and weโ€™re having…

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