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12.27 Friday Favorite – Fitness Guru

Hi friends! Happy Friday! How was your week? Friends celebrating this week: How was your holiday?

Before we get into today’s post, a hearty congratulations to the winner of this year’s Favorite Things giveaway: Mary Anne C.

It’s been an amazing week. We spent a few nights at the Scottsdale Princess Hotel, one of our favorite winter traditions. They have lots of gorgeous light displays, Santa, ice skating, rides and the atmosphere is so festive and fun.

(They also have a ridiculous hot cocoa cocktail called the Nutcracker, which is awesome.) We met up with friends, enjoyed all the on-site activities, and had dinner at the new Toca Madeira restaurant.

We were shocked by the food and service. Everything was cooked to perfection – we shared guacamole, chips, oysters, and the pilot and I enjoyed the margaritas. For mains, the kids had the truffle mac and cheese and chopped chicken salad, while the pilot and I enjoyed the steak and sides. We ordered three desserts (when we go out to eat we want to try them all, haha) and the presentation was very unique – everything was served on a plate decorated with lit sparklers.

While we were in Scottsdale we also saw the Arizona Ballet nutcracker;One of my all time favorites!

The rest of the week was filled with the lights of Winter Haven and gatherings with friends, Christmas Eve at my dad’s house and Christmas Day at our house. This week has been filled with everything I love: family time, relaxation, and delicious food.

(All our pajamas are from Hanna Andersson)

We had the usual Nana egg casserole, tamales, beans and homemade cinnamon rolls.

Pilot makes his famous eggnog:

For dinner we had a huge plate of charcuterie, caviar + sides, shrimp cocktail and for dinner we had beef tenderloin with horseradish mustard sauce, smoked turkey, maple brussels and sweet potato puree.

Desserts are served from a dedicated Yule log,

homemade pumpkin pie,

Assorted macarons, and a million cookies that my mom and I baked 😉 These are some of the cookie jars we gave to our neighbors:

We played Saran Wrap Ball and a few other games, and the pilot and I ended the night by sitting by the fire pit by the pool. So perfect 🙂

Our favorite weekly Friday party is here! Here I’m sharing some of my favorite finds from the week and around the web. I always love hearing about your favorites too, so shout out your favorites in the comments section below.

12.27 Friday Favorites

Fashion + beauty + casual:

A friend of mine said it was her favorite Christmas gift so I ordered one for myself. I’m excited to use it to keep food warm at our next gathering.

This sweatshirt is perfect for Valentine’s Day!

The perfect classic sweater dress

Read, watch, listen:

rules of modern life

What are you doing in January this year?

Fitness, health, life and food:

While we were in Scottsdale, I was able to take a Pvolve class at their new Scottsdale studio. This was one of the best group fitness classes I’ve been to in a long time. The trainer has excellent instruction and energy and I really enjoy the Pvolve workouts and form. It combines functional strength training with unique positioning (lots of internal and external rotation), balanced components, and the tools are effective at adding an extra layer of challenge. It was hard and I was so sore afterwards! My full blog post review is here.

Some of my favorite health and wellness brands have such high sales. If you want to max out your FSA/HSA funds at the end of the year, check out this article.

– EquiLife is having a great sale on tests and supplements this week. If you want to test it out as the new year approaches, I highly recommend starting with the Big 5 or Starter Kit. (If you would like me to test with you, please send your confirmation number to gina@fitnessista.com Subject Testing and I can make sure the results are tracked to me.)

– Last chance to get 20% off at HigherDOSE using code FITNESSISTA20. If you’ve ever wanted a sauna blanket, PEMF mat, or red light mask, now’s your chance.

Banana Gingerbread Muffins

If you want to plan ahead, January Detox starts on January 13th! If you want to join, my code is FITNESSITA10.

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today! Have a great weekend and see you soon!

XOXO

Gina

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