February 2025 Reads

March 12, 2025

A roundup of the books I read in February and if Iโ€™d recommend adding them to your collection. Hi friends! How are you? I hope that youโ€™re enjoying the week so far! Iโ€™m teaching a barre class today and looking forward to a juice date with a friend. For todayโ€™s post, Iโ€™m sharing a roundup…

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Want to maintain your fitness goals while enjoying the holiday season? Tons of tips here!

Reader’s Request: Healthy Holidays

Hi friends! Hope you’re having a wonderful morning! I thought it would be fun to revisit this older post, and update it a bit to reflect the current holiday season. I’ve received so many questions about maintaining fitness goals and keeping consistent during the holidays, so I thought I’d share some tips.  From a reader…

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Stuffed butternut squash bowls! A high protein way to get veggies with dinner, plus tons of protein. fitnessista.com

Savory Chicken Sausage Butternut Squash Bowls

This is a delicious and healthy dinner option. Itโ€™s gluten-free, high in protein and packed with flavor. This stuffed butternut squash bowl recipe uses pre-prepped squash bowls to save on time and stuffs them with savory chicken sausage, zucchini, tomato sauce and Italian spices.  Hi friends! Howโ€™s the day going? Iโ€™m so happy to hear…

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A workout focusing on lower body strength with cardio blasts to build a nice booty :) fitnessista.com

Booty-Lifting Workout

Hi friends! Hope youโ€™re having an amazing day. We are slowly making our way through the post-vacation laundry avalanche. It feels good to be back home, but I wish that a magical fairy would appear and make all of the *stuff* disappear. That would be cool. In the meantime, youโ€™ll find me buried beneath the…

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Thanksgiving Weekend in the Desert

Hi friends! How are you? Hope youโ€™re having a wonderful Monday. New post is up on the Family page here. Weโ€™re back in San Diego after a nice long weekend in Tucson to visit with the fam. When we first got into town, I thought it was going to be such a long trip (since…

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Livi-isms

โ€œOh MOM! What are you doing?” โ€œIโ€™m coming, Liv! Be right there.” โ€œOH GINA, WHERE ARE YOU?”     [Talking to Siri]: โ€œCall Hottie” โ€œWHO is hottie?!” โ€œRemember? Itโ€™s daddy, silly.” โ€œHottie rhymes with potty.”     [While listening to the Kelly Clarkson version of โ€œItโ€™s Quiet Uptownโ€] โ€œMom, is this Moana?” โ€œNo, but itโ€™s…

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