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Stuffed chicken
Thank you so much for your sweet comments about the Fitness Magazine win and to those of you who entered the cookbook giveaway! I was cracking up reading your kitchen disaster stories. It made me feel better because I have them fairly often 😉 Congratulations to the lucky winner: Please send me your info (fitnessista…
Read More →10 Ways to Lunge
Love all of the cookbook giveaway entries! Keep ‘em coming 🙂 How’s your day going? Things have been pretty bueno over here. The return of breakfast cookie dough cereal (with a crumbled banana almond muffin on top), some oaties (I made them to take over with a baby meal) a morning with Livi, and an…
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Fiesta Friday
Hi friends! Happy Fiesta Friday. Any fun plans for Cinco de Mayo weekend? We’re going to a party tomorrow when I get off work- trying to decide which sweet treat to bring, along with some guacamole and cheeps (= chips). If you’re partying this weekend, here are some of my all-time favorite Cinco-appropriate recipes: –Enchiladas…
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10 Ways to Crunch
Crunches are a key part of any ab routine, but it’s good to expand beyond the basic crunch to get the most benefit. Pairing crunches with other ab exercises is a winning combination, so check out this 5-minute ab workout or this barre ab burner for a balanced routine. For this post, I’m going to focus…
Read More →Hot, but not a scorcher
Happy Sunday! How’s your weekend going? Here’s what we’ve been up to over here: -I had a little photoshoot- should be able to say what it was for later this week -We went on our first real date in almost 4 months. First time wearing TALL shoes in forever: I usually stick to flats…
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Take it off
It was about time to go from this: (what I call my “witch hair” – too long and thick to manage) to this. I lost about 5 lbs in hair this morning. As much as I love the convenience of the messy bun, I’m so excited to be able to wear my hair down…
Read More →More bang for your cardio buck
Hi friends 🙂 It’s almost the weekend! I’m so glad you liked the back workout– let me know if you give it a try! Since the Pilot and I are both (still) feeling a little under the weather –please be allergies- we had someone else do the cooking last night. Soup and salad FTW Treat…
Read More →Missing words
Fresh laundry = Bella’s favorite pillow This is why it’s so much harder to put it away.. she just looks so comfy. Hope you’re all having a happy Monday so far! My last post could have used some text to go along with the pictures, but kept it wordless in the spirit of my Sunday…
Read More →King of all beasts
After teaching today, I was ready for a giant Oregano’s salad. Not just a “someone got heavy-handed with the lettuce” salad.. a “feed a family of 4” salad. Except the family of 4 was my face. Chicken, romaine, pine nuts, sundried tomatoes, kalamata olives, roasted red peppers, soaked raisins (my favorite part) and balsamic…
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No AB, I cry
There’s a serious almond butter drought in our house. Hemp seeds filled the void for today, but thank goodness the Pilot is making a grocery run for some necessities while I’m back at work. When you go through at least a jar a week, it’s smart to have backup. I made a rookie mistake at…
Read More →Wild Ones
That song has been stuck in my head ALL DAY. I just love it 🙂 The only wild animal picture I have today: So there ya go. Later this afternoon, the Pilot, Liv and I headed to the mall to get my bro’s birthday presents- he turns 17 tomorrow! He’s always been so “little” to…
Read More →Stretchy stretchy
Feels good to be home 🙂 Today ended up being a longer day than anticipated, so lunch break was a blitz through the house to grab more food and clothes teach some more (it was a Zumba day! Always a great thing) and then back home to my favorite people. (I’m sad that picture turned…
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