Merry Christmas

Happy Christmas Eve! To all of my friends celebrating this week, I hope you’re having a beautiful holiday season. I hope you’re surrounded with family, friends, lots of good food, tasty sweet treats, your favorite cocktail, and happy memories. I know the holidays aren’t always holly jolly for everyone, so if you’re going through a tough time, I’m sending you a lot of love and a big virtual hug. It’s been hard without my Tata around this holiday season… it still just feels weird and wrong… but I’m thankful to be around so many people I love so much.

Hope you have a very Merry Christmas! I’ll be unplugging to celebrate with the fam, but I’ll see ya soon. (Don’t forget to enter the Favorite Things giveaway, too!)

 

xo

Gina

(+ the Pilot, Livi, P, Bella, Caro, Donut, and Lollipop)

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Legs + Core Sandbag HIIT Workout

Workout equipment: Sandbag

Workout type: 12 Minute

Timer setting: 18 x :10 x :30

1. Sandbag squats
2. Push up hops
3. Sandbag clean & presses
4. Pike Shoulder Touches
5. Walking lunges
6. Push up plank jumps

Bonus: 20 Single leg deadlifts / side

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Leave your reps in the comments below.

My reps for today’s workout:

Sandbag squats 16, 15, 15
Push up hops 18, 17, 17
Sandbag clean + presses 9, 8, 8
Pike shoulder touches 27, 27, 27
Walking lunges 22, 21, 21
Push up plank jumps 14, 13, 13

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candy cane lane

(If you haven’t heard listened to that Sia song yet, it’s one of my faves. v. catchy.)

Hi friends! Happy Monday! I hope you had a lovely weekend. Ours ended up being low-key and filled with fun family time. I was looking at our schedule and ended up crossing off a couple of things, and it ended up being a blessing since P came down with a little virus Friday morning. She was acting like herself but had a low-grade fever and flushed cheeks, so we ended up staying home to chill. We watched a LOT of Christmas movies and even though I hate when the kids are sick (especially the last weekend before Christmas!), it was very nice to just take it easy and hang out together. 

We also tested out the guinea pigs’ new Christmas hats. They LOVE them (sarcasm) but were good sports. 

The Pilot and I switched off gym time, so I caught an amazing hot yoga class at Sumits.

We had pasta at home one night (chicken noodle soup for the girls), and got takeout the following night to make our lives easier. I was in the mood for steak, which is not a common occurrence – I crave a steak maybe once every 3-6 months – so the Pilot and I got Commoner & Co. It was amaaaazing.

P’s fever was gone by Saturday afternoon (thank the Lord), so the family came over Sunday night for dinner and to decorate gingerbread houses. Target WINS since they had pre-assembled gingerbread houses. I ended up getting most of the toppings and candy on base and was shocked with their awesome selection. 

We had mulled wine, 

cheese board (always the cheese board),

 Uncle E’s famous pasta salad,

a carrot-ginger soup (I can post the recipe if I take pics tomorrow, but it was just carrots, onion, ginger, lemongrass paste, veggie broth, and coconut milk) 

the Pilot’s classic egg nog,

and Kyle brought sandwiches from August Rhodes.

The kiddos and some of the adults decorated houses, while we enjoyed cocktails and Christmas movies. It was the best way to end the weekend. 

This morning, I’m off to catch a weights workout (writing workouts for the project I’ll share with you next week!) and finish up the last-minute to-dos.

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today and I’ll see ya tomorrow!

xoxo

Gina

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Present Self, Future Self, and the Ingredients of Successful Fitness Change

Present self loves to eat cinnamon rolls under the condition that future self will spend a month sustaining himself on broccoli and water. His plans might work if he were more realistic.

You do it every year and not just in your New Year’s Resolution. You decide to make a change. It sounds really exciting too. You can feel the transformation that is set to take place. You can see the person you will become. That’s the fun of planning lifestyle improvements. They are exciting and come at no cost to your present self.

 

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Present Self, Future Self, and the Ingredients of Successful Fitness Change

Present self loves to eat cinnamon rolls under the condition that future self will spend a month sustaining himself on broccoli and water. His plans might work if he were more realistic.

You do it every year and not just in your New Year’s Resolution. You decide to make a change. It sounds really exciting too. You can feel the transformation that is set to take place. You can see the person you will become. That’s the fun of planning lifestyle improvements. They are exciting and come at no cost to your present self.

 

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