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Today is day 15 of the 21-day Crazy Sexy Diet and I've lost 2 pounds.

Other than my small weight loss and some inches lost, not much has changed from last week's report. But, I can't believe how easy it's been to stay away from coffee and sweet treats.

Seven more days to go and let's see if I can keep it up after that!

KALE CHIPS
Over the weekend I made some kale chips.

I followed this basic recipe as a guide. There are so many variations out there. This is my take on it.

Ingredients
1/2 a bag of Trader Joe's cleaned and ready to cook kale
1 tablespoon of Trader Joe's garlic olive oil
1 teaspoon of seasoning mix = smoked paprika, Greek vegetable seasoning and Kosher salt

Directions
Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with foil or parchment paper.

Drizzle kale with olive oil and sprinkle with seasoning mix. I like to do a portion at a time and mix in a bowl with my hands.

Place the kale mix in one even layer onto the cookie sheet. If there is too much kale the bottom layer will not get crisp.

Bake until the edges brown but are not burnt, 10 to 15 minutes.

ENJOY!

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MUSIC THIS WEEK
Hip-hop, Latin, pop, belly dancing, and more... all week!

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MUSIC THIS WEEK
Monday 5:30p hip-hop / pop
Monday 6:45p Latin / belly dance

Wednesday 5:30p Latin / belly dance
Wednesday 6:45p hip-hop / pop

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Today is day eight of my 21-day Crazy Sexy Diet cleanse!


I've been coffee free, alcohol free, sugar free, meat free, dairy free and gluten-free for 21-days. I'm already a vegetarian, so the meat-free part is easy. The coffee free and sugar free is my challenge. But it hasn't been as hard as I thought. And I've forgotten all about cheese! It's disappointing that I haven't lost one pound. But oh well... 13 more days to go!

image via 100 pounds 100 days

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Today is day one of my 21-day Crazy Sexy Diet cleanse!


Coffee free, alcohol free, sugar free, meat free, dairy free and gluten-free for 21-days. Wish me luck!

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MUSIC THIS WEEK
Monday 5:30p Latin / belly dance
Monday 6:45p hip-hop / pop

Wednesday 5:30p hip-hop / pop
Wednesday 6:45p Latin / belly dance

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The first week of 2012 is already gone and I'm wondering how all those new year's resolutions are coming along? Well, here is a free mobile app that gives you your very own personal trainer anytime, anywhere to help you out.

Nike Training Club


Select your goal and fitness level, then choose from over 85 workouts that will help you get lean, toned or strong.


There are image or video instructions for each exercise. And it tells you how long you should do each exercise. You can add your music to your workout.


You can even get reward status as you move up and complete workouts.

Try it out... it's free!

yay Beto!

Beto Perez, creator of Zumba, was doing Zumba on Live with Kelly this morning, with Kelly Ripa and witn Rob Lowe.


Well, I have a photo with Beto and his shirt off!

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HAPPY 2012!

Today is the first Zumba class of 2012! I'm so pumped to see all of the old and new faces in Zumba class.


I hope you all had a wonderful, eventful and delicious holiday. Now it's time to kick off the new year RIGHT!

NOTE: It may be extra busy in class for a few weeks with everyone kicking in their new year resolutions to workout. Please be mindful of the newbies and stagger yourself (instead of straight rows) so that everyone has room. And I'm counting on you regulars to show the newbies what we got!