The Active Family

Ooooh You guys are gonna love this one. If you are staying up late finishing your wrapping, baking, and general Pre-Holiday mania, stay in the spirit with this bad larry.
Using my personal blender (The Rocket by Bella Kitchen) I’ve whipped up my own serving of Eggnog!!! This is also a great idea if you have [...]

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Last year I wrote about the silly little moves I do that help tone my body, even when I’m not exercising. I’m bringing it up again because of an email I received a little while ago about “secret” body toning moves you can do in public.
My own submissions would be firming up your abs while [...]

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I am in the process of planning our next Disney vacation! I have a few tips to save money, and have a wonderful time. We haven’t been since 2007, so we are really looking forward to this vacation!
We are planning on going for 10 days in August 2010. People look at me like I’m crazy [...]

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As my five readers know, I recently went through a rough patch with my weight loss. I hit a nasty plateau and lost all motivation to do the right things. I started eating poorly and pretty much stopped all exercise. I knew I had to get back on track and there were a couple of [...]

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I’m on  a mission to get rid of my gut! Since it is my primary focus, I am sharing some of the exercises I do regularly to get my tummy in shape. No more muffin tops unless they are coming out of my oven!
One of my favorite side and hip reducers: lay on a mat [...]

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When talking about body shapes, I am definitely an apple. I carry all my fat around my middle, while having the skinniest little legs. It looks ridiculous. Whenever I gain weight, my abdomen is the first place it hits. It wasn’t until I hit my highest weigh ever that it started showing in my butt [...]

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Hey, cut me some slack…it IS still Fall! I tried really hard to get a head start on this in the final days of summer, but I’m still trying to get caught up on all the work that needs to be done around here.
I have to go through the kids clothes again, the baby had [...]

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Hey guys! I thought I’d try a new feature. I’m going to take the best exercises I am currently doing, and share them with you!
I have a really great one today. I did this one in my class yesterday and Hoooo Boy am I feeling it today! I do love that feeling though, it tells [...]

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Man, I’ve blown it big time this week. I’ve hit fast food places more times this week than I have all summer, and I’ve been sampling waaay too many sweets at work. Not only that, but I’ve barely been working out, and I slept through my Pilates class this week!
The kicker is, I KNOW that [...]

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This weekend my husband and I took the kids to my parents’ house to help my mom with her annual canning. Not many people I know still do their own canning!
My mom really wanted to show me how to make my grandparent’s recipe for bread and butter pickles. I’ve helped before, so I knew the [...]

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