Dance Cardio Combo (video)

Hi friends! How was your weekend? Hope it was lovely <3 We went over to my aunt and uncle’s last night for a little Hannukah celebration. Growing up, a lot of my friends celebrated Hannukah, so I was surrounded by the beautiful culture and traditions of the holiday. This was Liv’s first bit of exposure…

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Morning rituals + a giveaway

[This post is sponsored by Panera through a campaign with BlogHer. As always, all opinions are my own. Read on for some of our breakfast favorites plus some awesome giveaway opportunities]     I used to be allergic to mornings -the longer I could sleep, the better – but now, I find myself looking forward…

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Music as motivation

This post is part of my partnership with Les Mills, the creator of some of my very favorite workout formats. Read on for my interview with Diana Mils, Creative Director and the designer of the iTunes Les Mills album: RUN and LOADED. I think many of us can agree that music is a huge source…

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Everydrop Water Filter (+ a giveaway!)

[This post is sponsored from Whirlpool® Water. Of course, all opinions are my own. Read on for more details + a giveaway for a lucky reader to get their own EveryDrop™ Water Filter + a $100 gift card!]    I’ve gotten away from my number-focused ways. There was a time when I counted calories judiciously, knew…

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Baked Doughnuts for Everyone {giveaway}

I have this thing with doughnuts. I think it was embedded in my brain as a tiny child; with each passing birthday nana would always come over with a pink doughnut and a birthday candle to sing, “Happy Birthday.” I always was aware of the pure awesomeness that is a fresh doughnut. It’s one of…

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Conquering lateness + an awesome giveaway

  [This is a sponsored post from BlogHer through Citi, which includes an incredible giveaway opportunity. As always, all opinions are my own] I’d always been one of those “late for everything” kind of people. I know it’s rude, it’s embarrassing, but unless it was a job interview, you could pretty much guarantee that I’d…

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9/22: Meals and fitness for the week

Hi friends! Happy Sunday <3 How’s the weekend been? I think that leading up to my half marathon, Sundays are going to equal the day of rest and soreness. Part of me loathes waking up early before I teach to get in a Saturday long run, but on the other hand, I’m so, so thankful…

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Positano adventures

After a few days in Rome, we took the train to Naples, where we were picked up by a driver to head to Positano. It was our first time taking the train, after figuring our our platform and bin number (and a bit of a delay), it was a lovely and scenic trip. (The view…

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Les Mills: Get fit together

Hi friends! This post is part of my new ambassadorship with Les Mills. I’ll be doing on post per month for them, and am really excited to be participating because as you know, I’m a huge fan of their formats. Body Pump is a fave and I recently got to take (and LOVED) the new…

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7/7: Meals and fitness for the week

Hi friends! How’s your July treating ya so far? I’m so happy to hear you liked the circuit! We’ve been having an amazing holiday weekend. Friday, we took Liv to Golf n’ Stuff for the first time: played some arcade games, fed the fish and rode the bumper boats, went to Frost for gelato, and…

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NEW Bellydance Cardio Dance + Friday Faves

Thank goodness it’s Friday, huh? Even though it was kind of a stressful week with all of the blog crashes and server issues – so thankful I had Cody and Ryan to help a girl out!- a lot of good things happened, too. We had our usual Wednesday night yoga party, wonderful family dinners and…

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