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Amanda Newhall is a firefighter in Healdsburg, California.

She is also a fitness instructor with FireFlex Yoga, a wellness program for first responders.

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Amanda Newhall is a firefighter in Healdsburg, California. She is also a fitness instructor with FireFlex Yoga, a wellness program for first responders.

It was an ambition that stuck with her throughout school and now into adulthood.

I joined Explorers, which is essentially junior firefighting through the Boy Scouts of America.

You make uniforms to wear and go on ride-alongs with local firefighters, she says.

An image of four wine glasses on a wooden surface

Its affecting our whole city; we really cant get a break, Newhall says.

Mother Nature hasnt told us when it will end this year yet.

Its a rare DNA defect that affects her bodys abilityto break down the amino acid phenylalanine.

Young woman mixing ice coffee

Otherwise [amino acids from the protein] will just float around in my bloodstream.

(The average person as active as Newhall should get a recommended75 grams a day.)

Breakfast

Typically for breakfast, I have my protein formula and somecashew nut yogurt, Newhall says.

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Amanda Newhall is a firefighter in Healdsburg, California. She is also a fitness instructor with FireFlex Yoga, a wellness program for first responders.

I like having a breakfast that wont slow me down, she says.

Dinner

Newhall says evening meals are a big deal at the firehouse.

Its the part of the day where everyone comes together to sit around the table and share a meal.

Cropped shot of young woman shopping in the dairy section of a supermarket. She is reading the nutrition label on a container of fresh organic healthy natural yoghurt

(Unless they get called to an emergency, of course.)

My boyfriend will surprise me with one about once a week and its always a nice surprise.

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Two cups with coffee and green tea on a beige background.

red pigment in a wooden spoon

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