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Winter Shape Up Recap + finale giveaway

Hi friends! It’s about that time: we have 2 full days left of Winter Shape Up! Make sure to end it with a BANG, mmm k? Before I share some of my thoughts on this year’s WSU, I want to announce the winner of the BodyMedia fit giveaway! I got over 200 entries -and am…

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Fire Up Your Weights Routine, Amp Up Your Strength Training

Since it’s the last week of WSU, I thought I’d share some of my favorite ways to amp up your strength training for those of you that are going back to your own thing next week. I’ll still be providing the monthly workouts (like the Daaamn, Girl December Workout) and strength/cardio blitzes and videos until…

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Snow em gee

[thank you lovely Katie for the post title!] You see that white stuff in the background? It’s SNOW! In typical Tucson kids’ fashion, we all ran outside in between our classes to take pictures of each other with snow in the background. Rookies, I tell ya. Snow is an extreme rarity here! My absolute favorite…

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Not easy being green

I was better off staying far away from the computer last night. It was the kind of day where everything I touched seemed to spontaneously combust: I had a Home Alone moment with the grocery bags (of course, one happened to contain the eggs) I knocked Liv’s full plate of food off the table (thank…

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The mom identity crisis

When I first had Liv, I used to get a little bummed out when I saw moms that looked so “put together.” While reading mommy blogs, I’d see photos of these moms, perfectly coiffed, wearing heels and red lipstick, and here I was in yesterday’s pajamas, with sticky hair and a unibrow. I feared quite…

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Sneaks for me, sneaks for youuuuu

The stairs and I are not friends today. Spinning gets me EVERY time! So good. Since the Pilot was home yesterday, I was able to take a daytime class, so I went into work for 10 minutes of weights and 45-minute spin. My friend Katie taught, and her playlist was amazing. I especially love the…

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Party crashers

Morningโ€ฆ or afternoon ๐Ÿ˜‰ The time I would have spent writing this morning’s post was sucked into a vortex that is this book. (photo source) I was going to read a couple of chapters, and if you’ve read it, you can probably guess how well that worked out for me. SO good, and a quick,…

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2/17: Pics from the day

Not pictured: -Last night’s date night. We went out for dinner and cocktails, sat in a loud bar area with live music, and it was awesome. We thought about seeing a movie, but ended up just hanging out and demolishing some sushi rolls. For any Tucson friends, the firecracker roll at Sakura is to diiieeeee…

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Winter Shape Up 2013: Week 4 Workout

Last week, BEST week. Right? ๐Ÿ™‚ I’ll be writing up a recap post at the end of the week and challenge, but just wanted to say thank you again for making it a huge success! I’ve loved reading your check-in comments each day, and your feedback on the workouts so I can keep working to…

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Winter Shape Up 2013: Week 4 Fuel

Is it really the last week of Winter Shape Up?! If you’re sad to see it go, remember you can always repeat it to make it an 8-week program ๐Ÿ˜‰ Perfect kick in the pants right before spring break, too. I’ve already received so many amazing success stories for the BodyMedia giveaway– make sure to…

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2/15: Friday Faves

-Weekly hot yoga dates. We went to the $4 60-min class again this past week and it was glooooorious. The studio is super packed -maybe an inch in between yoga mats- it’s stupid hot, the instructor is fantastic, it’s perfect. -Tucson Gem Show. The gem show is yearly in February, with minerals, gems and wholesale…

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Oh my ganache

Valentine’s Day was filled with many beautiful things: flowers, a tiny lovebug on the move with pigtails and an Elmo heart shirt, a great day at work, a night with my loves, oh, and a giant chocolate cake topped with 2 inches of chocolate ganache. In the past 48 hours I’ve taught 7 fitness classes.…

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