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Vegan Peach Baked Oatmeal

[Heads up: this post is sponsored as part of my partnership with Blue Diamond Almond Breeze. Read on for a delicious and vegan baked oatmeal recipe!] Iโ€™m always on the lookout for breakfasts that can be made in advance. Since the mornings can be a little crazy around here, I love being able to quickly…

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Summer Shape Up Week 3 giveaway- White Plum

Week 3, weโ€™re coming after you! I feel like I say this every time weโ€™re in the middle of a Shape Up, but it needs to be repeated: this is the week that determines whether you will sink or swim. Youโ€™ll either decide to fizzle out, or put the same gusto you started the challenge…

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Week in workouts + Hi from AZ

Hi! Happy Sunday ๐Ÿ™‚ Hope you’re all enjoying a beautiful and relaxing weekend. I can’t believe we’re heading into Week 3 of Summer Shape Up already! Don’t forget to enter this week’s giveaway. New workout + the Week 3 giveaway details will all be up in the am. Right now I’m phone blogging (with my…

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Friday Faves

Letโ€™s all do the Friday dance! What are you up to today? ๐Ÿ™‚ Some faves from the week and around the web: Your amazing Summer Shape Up check ins! Whoโ€™s ready to start Week 3 with a bang? Newsletter subscribers, be sure to check your email today for your Week 3 link if youโ€™d like…

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Back in the spin of things

Hey! Happy almost-Friday! What are you up to this weekend? (Succulents runneth over. Thinking itโ€™s time to clip and replant?) I got to teach cycling last night and am STILL feeling the endorphins.This week Iโ€™ve taught Zumba, barre and cycling so far, and surprisingly, cycling felt the best even though I havenโ€™t taught in at…

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Babywearing faves

(and by that, I mean the simplest kind with no-frills, minimal tying, and awesome cuddly time with baby) When I was at Tiki Port with a friend this past weekend, she asked me about babywearing. It made me realize a couple of things: -Weโ€™re definitely past that stage nowโ€ฆ and it already feels so long…

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Sur La Table dinner at home

Nothing like a Tuesday night fancypants (yet easy!) dinner after a hot barre class. (Hot barre! Not to be confused with the Whole Foods meal, but equally delicious and a rare form of workout torture/triumph.) Ok, and wine too ๐Ÿ™‚ Even though it was a little lonely preparing this meal by myself instead of with…

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Afternoon energizing stretch

When was the last time you got an awesome stretch?? Usually yoga is my go-to for serious stretching, but lately with my subbing/teaching schedule Iโ€™ve been lucky to make it to yoga once a week. One of my favorite things about taking and teaching barre classes is that you stretch the muscles after working them…

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No-Bake Blueberry Jam Bars

I have this grand vision of the (very) distant future: I am an awesome grandma and I always have some type of fresh-baked cookies waiting for visitors in the cookie jar. For now, itโ€™s this random Pyrex dish. Each week, thereโ€™s something entirely different for snacking: amazeballs, protein fudge, granola bars, cookies, muffins or whatever…

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Christmas in June

Hi guys! Howโ€™s your day going? Keep those giveaway entries coming! Awesome prize this week, too ๐Ÿ™‚ Bella and Caro wanted to say hello and show off their new haircuts. We found a new groomer -she is AMAZING- and she texted a picture of Caro lounging while she was getting her haircut. Apparently Caro fully…

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Summer Shape Up 2014 Week 2 Giveaway!

Morning! Happy Monday and happy Week 2 of the Summer Shape Up! Youโ€™re all CRUSHING it so far. Keep up the amazing work and the awesome check-ins (#summershapeup @fitnessista @fannetasticfood). Itโ€™s been a lot of fun to see your accomplishments and read your feedback this past week <3 Just learning about the Shape Up? You…

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Weekend adventures + when to take it easy

Hi guys! Howโ€™s your weekend going so far? Ours has been a lot of fun. We hung out with my aunt, uncle and cousins who were in town, (cousins playing in the waves!) caught up with a friend and her hubby (thanks again for the Tiki Port date, Erica!) and enjoyed an awesome Mexican dinner…

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