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Focus On: Buti Fitness

While I was at the IDEA conference, it was kind of my heaven: new fitness gadget and education OVERLOAD. I read in the last IDEA Journal that during the conference, you learn and see too much to even begin to use or absorb, which I totally believe. There were some jewels that I’ll keep with…

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What does the fox say?

If you’re unsure what the title of this post is talking about, before you Google, I’m warning ya. I watched the catchy yet strange (strange!) tune about a week ago, and it’s been stuck in my head ever since. Sometimes I’ll sing it to Liv and do this lasso dance. She thinks it’s hilarious. It’s…

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Soup-er

Last night reaffirmed an important life lesson: yoga is not like pizza. Ashley had suggested a candlelight hatha class, and I thought it would be good to go stretch, especially after my fall. When we got there, there was a sub, which is usually NBD; subs have helped me to find new instructors that I…

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“Max It Out” Muscular Endurance Circuit

Hi friends <3 How’s your week going so far? Mine has been greatโ€ฆ but today has been “a day.” It’s funny because I posted the above photo on Instagram last night (after a particularly wonderful day) and feel like it jinxed me!  I started the morning with an awesome short strength sesh (details at the…

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Black forest Paleo brownies

There’s this dessert I’ll often make when we have a squadron function. It’s super easy, looks pretty, and tastes amazing.  We’re in a training squadron now and things are different than an operations squadron (and we’re due to get our assignment any day โ€ฆ.and they’re probably getting rid of the A-10 and things are a…

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Taming the snack monster

Hi friends ๐Ÿ™‚ How’s your day going? Lately I’ve been doing something fun that I haven’t done in a while: training a client on a distance basis. Recently, I got an email asking for some guidance, and decided to go for it since this particular individual knows how to lift weights and is already comfortable…

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Pumpkin Protein Fudge

Good morning! How’s your morning going? I have just the perfect pumpkin fall recipe to make your day even better–pumpkin protein fudge! ๐Ÿ™‚ My day is off to a good start with a 40 minute tempo Oreo (10 minutes easy, 20 minutes fast, 10 minutes easy– the good stuff’s in the middle) and coffee. Always…

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10/6: Meals and fitness for the week

Hi friends! Happy Sunday to ya. Hope you’re enjoying a beautiful and relaxing weekend. Yesterday’s run was a tough one. The good news is that I post-baby PRed (!!!!) but after our 10k time trial, I still had 4 miles to do. From here, my personal training plan gets a little different from the group’s…

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Bethann: From Workout to Coffee

Hi ๐Ÿ™‚ I’m really excited for today’s fashion post because it was written by a friend of mine: Bethann. Guess what? We were in high school choir together ๐Ÿ™‚ She has an incredible sense of style -and a closet I would love to raid- so I asked if she’d mind stopping by the Fashion page…

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10/4: Friday Faves {sneak giveaway}

-My two favorite people in the world, relaxing on the hammock together. Livi now asks me to please braid her hair most mornings. She’ll tell me if she wants a braid, Dorothy braids or a bun. I tell ya. -Salmon tacos. We had taco night this week, and this 15-minute meal was blackened salmon with…

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Baked Doughnuts for Everyone {giveaway}

I have this thing with doughnuts. I think it was embedded in my brain as a tiny child; with each passing birthday nana would always come over with a pink doughnut and a birthday candle to sing, “Happy Birthday.” I always was aware of the pure awesomeness that is a fresh doughnut. It’s one of…

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