a glamorous cappuccino

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Who doesn’t love a salon day? Highlights, a blow out, and a delicious homemade Italian cappuccino. I was celebrating the end of the week at A Dustin Kline Salon owned and operated by my favorite fabulous gay couple, Dustin & … Read more

master your body

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I am the master of my body. I am not a slave to food, inactivity, or addictions. I challenge and exercise my body each day because I need to. Not everyday is easy. Nobody said it would be. #FIGOfit

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how to make kale chips


Kale is a superfood packed with folid acid, vitamin K, iron & vitamin B6. It’s easy to eat these healthy greens when they’re dried and accented with good quality Italian olive oil and sea salt.

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healthy ham & bean soup

This soup was super easy! I made it a few days after Christmas with all of the leftover ham we had. In a large pot, add:

-vegetable stock or broth
-cubed cooked leftover ham
-pre-soaked (overnight) dry cannelloni beans
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how will you spend the 4%?

Don’t be misled that your workout MUST be 1 hour each day. I often times feel great if I just get in 20-30 minutes of exercise. The point is that 4% is such a small chunk of your day. With … Read more

peanut & ricky’s NYE party

Happy 2014! Ricky had to work in the ER at 6am on Jan 1st, so we threw our very own NYE party last night…at our lovely home…just the two of us…with some kickass steak…and live lobster…and I still got dressed … Read more

11 lunges…with my twin nieces!!

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Just grab a kid and start lunging baby! Children are a great means of adding resistance to a basic body weight exercise (i.e. pushups, squats, etc.)… Read more

10 lower back lifts

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It’s important to have a balanced core. The core is not just your abs (gimmie a 6 pack! woohoo!). It’s made up of the rectus abdominis, internal & external obliques, transverse abdominis, and the erector spinae muscles of the … Read more