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Ravioli Victory

Iโ€™ve always been a little scared of pasta. I donโ€™t mind eating it, but the thought of making pasta from scratch always set me into a fury of anxiety. While watching the chefs on Iron Chef produce ribbons of fresh pasta, I was always a little envious. Homemade pasta was one of those things I…

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Daiya… and gone to heaven

Hi guys! Howโ€™s your Friday going?? Mine started off with the MOST difficult power yoga class I have ever taken. I did my first side crow everrrrr (!), lots of headstands and inversions, a bajillion utkatasanas (chair pose) and chatarungas. I was trembling at the end. Wow. Green juice to the rescue: -Green apple -Spinach…

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The Friday Stink Eye

Hiiiii ๐Ÿ˜€ Itโ€™s Friday!! This week went by so quickly- I lurve it. <3 So does Viesaโ€ฆ Even though sheโ€™s giving the stink eye ๐Ÿ˜‰ Thank you for the compliments on the lunch box and for telling me itโ€™s BPA-free. Winner ๐Ÿ™‚ Also, thank you to those of you who posted your 10 year visions–…

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My Lunch in a [Bento] Box

Hi guys! How are ya?? The weekend is in sight!! So. Stoked. ๐Ÿ˜€ The morningโ€™s breakfast was delicious, but I was way more excited about lunch ๐Ÿ˜‰ Breakfast cookie dough cereal with a crumbled macaroon Is it scary that I get really excited about a lunch box???   Since Iโ€™m working a regular job now…

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Zumba Rendezvous

Heyyyyy ๐Ÿ˜€ How are you?? Hope youโ€™re having a great morning! So glad yaโ€™ll like the Pilotโ€™s guest post! Heโ€™s a keeper, right? ๐Ÿ˜‰ Yesterday, we had a meeting at work and I was so stoked when a very lovely friend surprised me with a whole grain bagel in the sea of white bagels: Smeared…

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Tuesday Night Book Club

Heyyyy ๐Ÿ˜€ Happy Indian Food Wednesday! Howโ€™s your morning going? After work yesterday, I was so stoked to hit up a Bikram class.. just because I could! In Valdosta, I couldnโ€™t do Bikram on a random Tuesday (unless I wanted to drive two hours), so Iโ€™m definitely taking advantage ๐Ÿ˜‰ Post-yoga snackage: Chocolate cherry bomb…

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Newbie Roon

Hi guys! How are ya? Hope your day has been great so far <3 Thank you so much to those of you who left amazing feedback on the weights 101 post! There are a LOT of comments I want to respond to, so Iโ€™ll be sure to get back to ya tonight after yoga. I…

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Reader’s Request: Weight Training 101

When I put out the call for readerโ€™s requests yesterday, I received quite a few strength training-related requests. For all of you who were looking for some help in the weights department, here ya go ๐Ÿ˜€ Spot Training Doesn’t Work Back in the day, after I had lost a majority of the weight I was…

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You can take the girl out of Valdizzy….

Heyyyyy ๐Ÿ˜€ How are ya? Hope youโ€™re having a lovely day <3 Thank you SO mucho for those of you who took the time to vote this morning. I had fun voting for my favorite bloggies ๐Ÿ™‚ Work today was fabulous. More on that in a second ๐Ÿ˜‰ After this morningโ€™s yoga class, I got…

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Earning my Keep

Hi guys!! Happy Monday! Hope your morning is treating ya well ๐Ÿ˜€ After church last night, we came back to the casa to munch to food Iโ€™d prepped earlier. Salad (I drizzled mine with Dijon mustard and Garlic Gold– my cousin is already a new Garlic Gold fanatic. She said she wanted to drink it.…

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Pumpkin Happened

Hi guys! How are you?? Thank you so much for the beautiful feedback on my Project Food Blog post. To be honest, that thing has been hanging over my head for the past week and every time I started to write it, I felt like a giant goober. ๐Ÿ˜‰ So thank you, as always, for…

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Wrap me up

Helloooooo ๐Ÿ˜€ Howโ€™s your Saturday going?? Hope youโ€™re having a great weekend so far <3 I missed the hip hop dance class this morning. I TOTALLY wanted to go, but really needed to hit up the post office and Whole Foods, so time didnโ€™t allow it. Next week, I *will* be getting my groove on…

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