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I lost 45+lbs and then stopped

I lost 45+lbs to hit my goal dress size …and I’ve lost none since💋. I mean, ive maintained my goal dress size happily & gained incredible strength, flexibility… but my focus shifted from weight loss to maintenance and just treating my body well some time ago. For good reasons!! I decided to work even moreContinue reading “I lost 45+lbs and then stopped”

How to Get Back on Track after Easter

So, this morning I woke up to a slightly more quiet house than expected since the kids are home for Easter break and have no school today (yay for no snow days this year)! And it suddenly occurred to me that we did an entire Easter weekend without candy and without complaints! I started wonderingContinue reading “How to Get Back on Track after Easter”

Time to PUSH: Getting Mama From “Want to” to Follow Through — New Year #BodySoulStronger Challenge — Are you with me? #faithfitnessfollowthru

Pushing back at the not-so-friendly-to-the-waistline foods that leave me feeling sluggish this morning. We enjoyed massive amounts of banana bread pudding, gingerbread people, Happy Birthday Jesus cake, Almond Toffee, and even little coffee cookies that I can’t remember the name of. LOL {BODY} Although the scale “only crept up 2 lbs”, my under belly bulgeContinue reading “Time to PUSH: Getting Mama From “Want to” to Follow Through — New Year #BodySoulStronger Challenge — Are you with me? #faithfitnessfollowthru”

10 Favorite Foods Made Healthier

10 of my favorite foods I have learned to eat healthier and/or make “clean” (fix-friendly, too) so I can enjoy them more freely. What would your 10 be? Which of these would you like me to share? What would you add? 1. Chips and Dip 2. Pizza 3. Burgers & fries 4. Quesadillas 5. IceContinue reading “10 Favorite Foods Made Healthier”

Back2School + Back2YOU!

With the kids going back to school, it’s time to get back to YOU! I don’t know about you, but summer time always throws my personal “me time” off – or completely out the window some days! And it can be difficult to focus on myself, my goals, my eating, my workouts, my reading, …Continue reading “Back2School + Back2YOU!”

#Lovethe4th #LoveLifeFit Patriotic Recipes

Try some of these Independence Day inspired recipes for your kiddos and friends today! Independence Day Fruit Tray Cashew & Oat Hot Cakes Red, White, Blue Mini Parfaits Nut Butter Banana Berry Toast Star Spangled Salad Berryworks Shakeology Watermelon and Blueberry Sparklers Food images from beachbody.com. Click for recipes. You know, sometimes keeping things simpleContinue reading “#Lovethe4th #LoveLifeFit Patriotic Recipes”

Buh-Bye Belly Fat Challenge

I still have some belly fat I want to work on. How about you, mamas? I am just being honest! For those of you LIKE ME, well, I’ve got some goals JUST FOR TACKLING BELLY FAT before summer hits full force… which means nutrition on point while we intently build muscle and burn body fatContinue reading “Buh-Bye Belly Fat Challenge”

HEARTY BEEF AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH STEW

HEARTY BEEF AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH STEW (my crockpot version of the original recipe from the 21 Day Fix Extreme Eating Guide) Makes 6 servings, approximately 1 1/4 cups each 1 tsp. extra virgin olive oil 1 1/2 – 2 lbs lbs. lean beef stew meat, boneless, cut into 2-inch cubes 1 medium onion, chopped 1/2Continue reading “HEARTY BEEF AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH STEW”

21DFX Lunch – The Sweeter Sweet Potato

How do you like your sweet potatoes? Baked fries? Baked whole? Roasted? I learned (by total accident) that if I baked my sweet potatoes for about 45 minutes to an hour (when they start oozing the bubbliness out the slit at the top LOL) then cut a slit at the top and put back inContinue reading “21DFX Lunch – The Sweeter Sweet Potato”

21DFX Breakfast [my day one ] : Oats, Eggs, Coffee

So, although yesterday was technically my day one for starting 21dfX workouts, TODAY is my first day to embrace Autumn’s 21DFX Countdown to Competition (C2C) meal plan. The C2C meal plan is not required. It is just one of three approaches to her 21DFX meal plan. BUT the main important thing I can tell youContinue reading “21DFX Breakfast [my day one ] : Oats, Eggs, Coffee”