Hi everyone! I have been meaning to post more, but honestly the past 2 weeks has been a pretty turbulent ride of sickness and doctor visits, and all my food restrictions has made eating so overwhelming that I haven’t been wanting to cook or found that many things I want to share (cause they are too…
Confession. The fitness industry is a highly stressful environment. Confession. Being a fitness professional puts a lot of pressure on an individual to look like a knock-out. Confession. I couldn’t deal. Becoming a trainer and helping others lead healthier lives was rewarding. It’s something I am proud of achieving and will never regret. But it…
Look at those colors!!! These mixed berry muffins are easy peasy, melt in your mouth flavorful, and they also happen to be wheat free, oil free, and dairy free, all on accident! Like, what? I can’t get over the colors, either. That’s why I had to call them Watercolor Muffins. I used spelt flour but…
So yesterday I did our weekly grocery shopping, and every time I struggle to not buy cheap granola bars with a gazillion nasty additives in them, because John loves them and they are a great addition to his lunches which he often doesn’t have time to sit down to eat. Sometimes I wanna spend a…
Happy Fit Friday, everyone! Today I’m going to share with you my recent fitness obsession: Ashtanga yoga. Ashtanga is named after the 8 limbs of yoga and is an ancient practice not for the faint of heart or the deconditioned, with a preset flow of vinyasa asanas (meaning sequence of poses done in sync with…
It’s so pretty!!! I can’t stand it. Look how happy I am! You too could be this happy. … No, no stop it. I know I should have waited for the first layer of green smoothie to freeze a little more but I was impatient…I wanted it now! Plus we were about to go to…
Um, first of all, YUM!! Second of all, these are so soo freaking moist I have no idea how they can stack that way without falling apart. Third of all, you won’t BELIEVE this recipe has NO grains if any kind, so it’s totes gluten free and also happens to be dairy free. Not vegan…
I almost named this post: MIKE’S SECRET TO BEING THIN THAT HE ISN’T EVEN AWARE OF AND WHY WE ALL HATE HIM! But then I didn’t want to hurt Mike’s feelings. We don’t really hate you, Mike. But we still need to expose some truths: If you are trying to lose weight, and even if…
Last night John and I were planning to go to the beach with a friend, who ended up being too hung over and bailed on us. This tends to happen, this bailing on us thing, with friends….it has made me ready to throw the whole idea into the garbage, this having friends idea. I mean,…
OK. I wasn’t going to share this recipe because it looks gross. But it tasted SO good that my husband, who has the stomach the size of a pea, had second helpings right away and took a third helping to work the next day for lunch (which actually disappeared–he tends to forget to eat at…
So, if you ever get onto Pinterest, you may have heard about 1 ingredient banana ice cream. Basically, you freeze a banana and then blend it in a food processor and it becomes “ice cream”. I’m not sure who started circulating this but you can find one of many instructions here. Well, I have to admit…
Today I want to share with you something I’ve been toying with for awhile, and reading a lot about in the last month. Personal growth is a huge focus for me this year and there are so many ways in which I have grown, and an almost overwhelming list of ways in which I still…
You may think that yoga is just a club for the thin white and Asian girls with their Lulu Lemon spandex outfits, or that it is for vegetarian Hindus in India to help them worship their gods. Or perhaps you went to church and were told that yoga is a pagan practice that has no…
Hello Summer! It’s hot outside here in Southern California, and I don’t get home from work until 7:15! That means dinner needs to be quick, but I don’t want to sacrifice nutrition or taste either! Enter my Easy Salmon Salad recipe! Honestly I make this in a pretty wooden bowl and then hand my husband…
I recently watched this 2 minute video and found myself nodding along and groaning to myself because of how true it is! Especially if you cook and meal prep for others each day, it adds a bunch of extra calories without you feeling like you even ate! Every time I get a nanny job I gain weight…
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