Soup + salad

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the day going? Hope youโ€™re having a great morning! First things first: huge congrats to the winner of the coconut scrub giveaway! Liz S., check your email so I can get your goodies on the way. For friends whoโ€™d like to pick some up, the FITNESSISTA30 code will work until June 15…

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Make your own takeout

Hi friends! Howโ€™s your day going? Huge congratulations to my friends who ran the Boston Marathon this morning! Did you, or anyone you know, run today?? Iโ€™m so so excited for Sarah, Tina, Janae and Kristin; you are amazing. <3 itโ€™s been an interesting afternoon over here. The Pilot is home sick with food poisoning…

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Tropical Cherry Paleo Muffins

Hi, I made you some paleo muffins! Donโ€™t let the little green bits freak you out; just some hemp seeds. ๐Ÿ™‚ For these muffins, I decided to make something a little different than my usual fare. Usually Iโ€™m all about chocolate and almond butter (like this, this and this!), but with my recent obsession for bright…

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Friday Faves + Best Drink Ever

Hi friends! HAPPY WEEKEND! ๐Ÿ™‚ What are you up to? Any fun fitness plans or events coming up? I have yoga teacher training on Saturday, and am going to be doing lots of practice for the BODYPUMP launch next week. If you see me around town, bobbing my head to some internal music and deadlifting,…

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All-new ab burner

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the day going? Hope youโ€™re having a great one so far. <3 Thank you again for your kind and wonderful comments this morning. Iโ€™m excited to write back to them tonight! Today involved some errands, and a quick stop at the mall. True Food had to happen. (Kale Aid while browsing Victoriaโ€™s…

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Chocolate-Covered Katie’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the morning going? Hope your day is off to a great start! I was so excited when I checked the mail to see that Katie had sent me a copy of her new book, Chocolate-Covered Katie. Weโ€™ve been blog friends since the days of yore (7 years!), and her banana bread in…

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Tuna salad stuffed avocado

Hiii! Howโ€™s your St. Patrickโ€™s Day going?? I’ll help get you in the spirit of the day with a green juice and a green avocado stuffed with healthy tuna salad! Also two St. Patrickโ€™s Day-ish songs I played during spin last night: 1) “Whiskey in the Jar” (standing climb with tempo work)   2) “Lord…

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Bring on the madness

March Madness is officially heeeeeeere. I look forward to this all year, and it always go by so quickly! Trying to savor it. Iโ€™ve spent some time this morning working on my bracket, and do this every time a Sportscenter announcer says they believe Arizona will make it to the Final Four.   (This is…

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Friday Faves

Hi friends! FRIDAY DANCE! What are you up to this weekend? We have some fun events to look forward to: a birthday party, night out with friends, and farmerโ€™s market/relaxing.  Last night, the Pilot met up with some of the guys, so Livi and I got ready for a little mama-daughter date at Ranchos (<โ€”…

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working on my mussels

Lots of seafood ahead… But first, these bunnies! I picked them up at Home Goods as an effort to add some Easter-ish decor and they look just like the foil-covered chocolate bunnies. Sadly, there is no chocolate inside, but theyโ€™re pretty cute. ๐Ÿ™‚ How was your weekend? Hope you had a great one! On Friday,…

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