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BOOTCAMP: THE END
WARRIORS! Come out and play-ay!

YES, that is me doing a pull up – the results of 12 grueling weeks working out with the best personal trainer I know. I met Ray 10 years ago as I was embarking on shooting a wedding special. Getting married seemed so confusing the only way my husband and I knew how to navigate [...]

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Bootcamp Week 11
The Flab Suit is Shrinking
& My Butt’s Lookin’ Goooood!

Firstly, please note above picture is of my belly while SITTING DOWN! We ladies know that when you stand up you can suck in it, notsomuch when seated. My jiggly bits are a little less jiggly and my flab suit is beginning to shed. Almost 4 months after the birth of this incredible creature pictured [...]

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Bootcamp Week 9
How I lost 3 pounds in 6 days.

I must admit, last week I was scared. Very scared. Scared of the new rules. But as Dr. Bob tells me weekly in his spin class…You have to get out of your comfort zone to see real change. Lisa and Ray tightened the reigns….Mamas were going hardcore and being that I’m team captain, I had [...]

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Bootcamp: Holiday Smackdown

Ok, so what do you get when you take a whole bunch of my family and put them under one roof around the holidays? The boxing gloves never quite come into play, but you can bet on a whole lotta chaos and a whole lotta food.
My family lives to eat, we are Italian after all. [...]

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BOOTCAMP WEEK 4
Rugburn, Spanx and Jiggly Bits

This week was brutal. Whenever we work out inside, I think, Oh this will be so much easier. Scratch that. Ray was in rare form and tougher than usual. We did countless rounds of burpees, perhaps my least favorite exercise on the planet. Am I praising Jesus or doing burpees? BOTH!!!
Then Ray-Ray The Torture Master put [...]

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TMI: Have pump, will travel. Or not.

Ok, so, I find myself on the train the other day with Il Bambino. Was meeting a dear friend for lunch at Michael Jordan’s for my last indulgence in red meat before I started this crazy Mommy Boot camp. Running late as usual, I could not get the baby to eat before we left, so [...]

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TMI: Brooke Burke
Doesn’t Own Fat Jeans.

I was not born skinny. Not even close. And I had my first chubby phase around 2nd grade. But as I hit puberty, the fat seemed to reallocate to all the right places. I was hippy but I was hot.
Now, working in TV I am constantly surrounded by skinny girls, some naturally thin, others [...]

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Say YES to Stuffed Cupcakes

So, when I heard about a bakery in Jersey that stuffs its cupcakes with  fillings like espresso mousse and amaretto cream, I knew we had to check it out. And we were not disappointed! I can’t even go in to all the flavors they have, you just need to check out their website. But I [...]

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Gluten Free Vegan Caramel Cupcakes
Cybele’s Allergy Friendly Eats

Gluten-Free Vegan Caramel Cupcakes with Caramel “Buttercream Frosting”
This recipe was created for a reader who wasn’t a huge fan of chocolate (my go-to flavor), but adored caramel. They are Gluten-Free, Vegan, and Allergy-Friendly. I have heard from those who’ve baked it, it also makes a great birthday cake!
“Allergy-Friendly” Caramel Cupcakes with Caramel [...]

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Egg Nog Ice Cream
w/Rum & Bourbon!
The Sweet Life

(note from the editor (toni): i think laura is hell-bent on ruining my dieting efforts.)
EggNog Ice Cream
1 cup whole milk
2 cups heavy cream
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 whole cloves
1-2 sticks cinnamon (or 1/4-1/2t ground cinnamon)
pinch of salt
1/4t ground nutmeg
6 egg yolks, at room temperature
2t vanilla extract
3T dark rum or bourbon
Combine the heavy cream, milk, cinnamon, [...]

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