{Dear Fat,}

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Next week, week #5 is DETOX WEEK!!  It’s that time again ladies!  You heard me right, detox numbero dos!  Are you all ready for this?

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{my 2016 kid baking champion}

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Bailey is hooked on the Food Networks, Kids Baking Championship.   Kids Baking Championship is hosted + judged by Duff Goldman + Valerie Bertinelli.

Eight talented young bakers compete for the title of Kids Baking Champion, $10,000, a full ‘baker’s kitchen’, an article written about them, and their cake recreated in Charm City Cakes.

Bailey has watched the same episode over and over.  I’ve seen bits + pieces too, and the show is pretty cute.  I can see what she enjoys.  I still to this day record Giada’s cooking shows.

Sunday afternoon, Bailey came up with an idea.  A brilliant idea, that included me NOT cooking dinner.  Obviously I was all in!!  Bailey wanted to do her very own “kid cooking challenge.”  She would do the cooking and I would do the tasting/judging.  Sounded like a fabulous plan to me.  She asked me to take her to Raley’s to pick out the ingredients.  Without a clue as to what she was making us, we loaded up and headed to the grocery store.

Here’s what she picked out:

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{friday 5}

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Cheers to Friday!  I hope everyone has a nice relaxing weekend planned.  Whenever I say “we don’t have much planned” I sabotage it and overbook every minute of the 2-days home.  So, I will say – we have a somewhat relaxing weekend planned…lol.  I am 100% looking forward to everything that we have on the calendar thus far.

ONE – Starbucks sells beer + wine?  Where in the hell have I been?  This is unbelievable.  How can one shop carry my two favorite beverages?  So, I guess you tell your friends, hey lets meet at starbucks for wine?  That just sounds silly.  But, if you see me sitting in the corner alone double fisting a venti unsweetened black iced tea + a glass of wine, don’t be surprised.

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{kaia recipes + workout}

Good morning!  Hope your week is off to a good start.  I have to admit, after a weekend of over indulging, it feels good to be back at it.  Workouts + clean food make me happy.  It sounds ridiculous, but It’s 100% fact.  Over the weekend, I didn’t workout and broke a couple of the Kaia Commandments.  Let me tell you, I’m paying for it now.  Monday morning’s workout kicked my ass and today wasn’t any easier.

Today was a partner workout.  Think burpees + pull-ups + lots of squats + handbags.

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Thanks Angela for the great partner workout.  Clearly I cant count luckily she kept us on track.  Too bad we didn’t take a picture before, because we are sweaty betty’s here at the end of the workout.  Thank god for black + white filters at 5am 🙂

 

Here’s what I ate Monday:

Breakfast // Kaia Wild Workout Drink.

I followed the directions but added a spoonfull of chia seeds and some water to thin it out a bit.  This recipe makes two servings, so I shared with Cory, who admitted it was pretty good.   If Cory gives it a thumbs up – that’s kind of a big deal!!

Sunday evening I bagged up the blueberries + celery + banana + walnuts in a ziplock and stuck it in the freezer.  Which made my smoothie making a breeze in the morning.  I just dumped my ziplock in the ninja and added the almond milk + protein powder + chia seeds.  I have a couple more ready to ninja for the next couple of days too.  I saw this on pinterest and thought it was a brilliant idea.  Kudos to those that do this already.

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{friday 5}

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HAPPY, HAPPY FRIDAY!!!  Whoop Whoop!  It’s finally here.  You know the drill, it’s Friday 5:

 

ONE – I got pizza pj’s for my birthday.  Check out those melty cheesy pizza slices…it’s heaven.   God, I miss pizza so much.  Since I wont be indulging anytime soon, I guess the next best thing is to wear it, right?  Till then, I shall rock my pizza jams and be happy.  Thank you Sarah P for making my night time wardrobe extra cheesy 🙂 IMG_3144.JPG

Target Cheese Pizza Pajama Set

 

TWO – Clean Brownies.  Yes, that’s what I just said.  They are fucking amazing too.  My girlfriend, Toni made them for me last Saturday for my birthday dessert.  I took the leftovers home.  And I ate them ALL.  #bombdotcom

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{kaia fit}

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With that being said, it’s time to get my shit together!!  2016 is almost here.  I’m not a big New Years Resolution person, but I do like to set goals for the new year.  #1 (again) healthy.  Not skinny!  My ass just wasn’t built to be skinny.  Healthy to me is the way you feel.  I sure as hell do not feel healthy right now.  I love to workout, don’t get me wrong.  Since having Bailey (9 years ago…lol) just working out, just doesn’t cut it anymore.  I have to be mentally in it too.  It has to be a lifestyle in order to get the results I’m looking for. I have to cut out the junk food, control portions and wine (this is the hardest part).

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