The Healing Properties of Kitchari

Hey hey hey! Howโ€™s the morning going? Hope youโ€™re enjoying the day! Anything fun going on? Liv is currently obsessed with Taco Tuesday (I have no idea where she heard this haha) so maybe we’ll have tacos on the menu at some point today. ๐Ÿ™‚ Some fun news: I took my first spin class last…

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How to Cook Salmon: 10 Different Ways

Letโ€™s talk about my favorite fish: salmon! We eat it so often for dinner that we now have numerous ways in which we enjoy it. I frequently get reader requests on how to cook salmon, so I thought I’d share our recipes with you to expand your own healthy dinner recipe collections.  Just a note here to…

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How to Take a Break from Working Out, Without Going Crazy

Does anyone know the answer to this? Please kindly respond in the comments below. The end. Just kidding. But not really. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Taking a break from the gym, especially when youโ€™re finally feeling good/better and want to move, IS HARD. Itโ€™s hard when you have a baby and would love the endorphins and time for…

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8 Ways to Deadlift

This made me laugh way harder than it should have. Ok, currently I donโ€™t either. ๐Ÿ˜‰ (You know, that whole “6 weeks of rest” thing.) But weโ€™re in unusual circumstances right now, and usually, I LOVE lifting. Like in a weird way. One of my all-time favorite exercises: the good ol’ deadlift. I have to…

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things that have helped me streamline the sugar

Hi friends! Itโ€™s ALMOST THE WEEKEND. This week is flying by, and I have no problem at all with that. Iโ€™m looking forward to the weekend ahead with plans with friends and some birthday celebrations.  I also promised Liv that weโ€™d hit up the beach this afternoon since the weather has been dreamy. Happy St.…

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Spring clean your fitness routine

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the morning going? I am still recovering from returning from Vegas + Daylight Savings. Not a good combo, but in Vegas, time doesnโ€™t matter. ๐Ÿ˜‰ It was totally worth it. Miss P thinks that waking up at 6:30, which is really 5:30, is pretty hilarious. We jumped right back into things on…

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What to Do if You’ve Never Worked Out

So today, I thought it would be fun to talk about starting a fitness plan from scratch. Itโ€™s one of the common requests I received on the annual blog survey, and itโ€™s something that was very overwhelming to me when I was first getting started in my own fitness journey. Back then, when I walked into the…

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Keeping the Momentum Going

Hi friends! How was your weekend? Hope it was wonderful and relaxing. Ours ended up being a bit of a whirlwind, but it ended up with madre here for the week, so all is good. As usual, Livi FREAKED when we picked her up at the airport. Her happy giggles make my heart so warm.…

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Health and Fitness: Splurge vs. Save

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the morning going? Hope youโ€™re having a great week so far! This week is flying by, and I love it. Liv also has the week off preschool, which is why my blogging schedule has been a bit more sporadic than usual. Weโ€™ve had a lot of fun adventures this week, but man.…

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What to do when you only have 20 minutes to work out

Weโ€™re all busy, juggling multiple tasks and responsibilities, and it can be easy to pass up a workout when we feel we don’t have enough time for a decent one. Lucky for us on those crazy days, it IS possible to get an effective workout in in a short amount of time. The Pilot and I…

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Giving back this holiday season

This post is sponsored through my partnership with Bitsyโ€™s Brainfood.  This is such a fun, magical and lovely season. Iโ€™ve always been obsessed with the holidays, and find that itโ€™s even more enjoyable now that we can share it with little ones. Now that Liv really *gets* it, each passing year seems to be much…

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Healthy Holidays

Ahhhh I love this time of year! This is when I can quote Elf and sing all the Christmas carols without the Pilot rolling his eyes at me. ๐Ÿ˜‰ I love watching Christmas movies with Liv, taking drives to see the holiday lights, the Nutcracker, hot cocoa, holiday decor, everything about Christmastime. It already seems like…

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