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Chocolate and Champagne Celebrations

February 14, 2015 Leave a Comment

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Who is ready for Valentines Day? No matter if it’s spent with your plus one, or with your best friends, it’s all about the love, y’all!

The last few Valentines Days Colton and I have celebrated by cooking a delicious meal at home and then choosing a special restaurant to go to after Valentines Day to miss the crowd.

I’m drooling looking over this chocolate fondue from last Valentines Day. Will definitely need this to happen again this year! Anything dipped in chocolate gets a thumbs up!

The musts for Valentines Day, no matter your current love situation, is chocolate, champagne, flowers, and pretty lingerie.

I love wearing glamorous sparkly pieces on Valentine’s Day. Diane Von Fursteberg recently launched her costume jewelry collection. Is it acceptable to spend all my savings and buy every piece? Wait, who am I kidding, it would only buy a couple pieces. However they are gorgeous!! Valentines Day calls for a little extra somethin’ that sparkles. Adore this gold blingy ring and this sweet pink necklace.”Jewelry is so sensual. It’s a punctuation mark on your look. I have a huge collection; it makes me feel glamorous and powerful.” – DVF

What will you be wearing to celebrate? Feminine, Sexy, Glam, Pink, Bright Red?

6 Useful Practices To Fight That Craving

February 11, 2015 3 Comments

Cravings are my least favorite. They are so unfair, hard to fight and come at the most inappropriate times! No Stomach, you do not need chocolate cake at 9 p.m.

Here are some useful practices that I have found helpful to resist these persistent cravings, fight them and take control.As important to remember, when you slip don’t go full fledge freak out, just get back on track. We all give in sometimes and it’s important to not dwell on it. If you dwell, you tend to keep making mistakes. Love yourself, don’t be hateful.

Workout. Working out kills the urge and gets your head back in the game. Even if you go for a shorter time. Once your heart rate is up you feel powerful and strong and don’t want to give in. Try this 20 minute workout.

Sleep. Getting enough sleep is crucial! Studies show that if you’re well rested, you have boosted your anti craving willpower. As if we needed something to tell us to get more sleep!

Talk nice to yourself. Studies show that saying one thing to yourself that make you happy before eating can decrease how much you eat by 11%! Seems crazy to me, but even if it works 5% it’s worth a try!

Chew gum. Especially if you’re hungry and grocery shopping! Gum disrupts your cravings because it reduces the ability to imagine what you are craving to eat. Harder to salivate over something you can’t properly imagine.Laugh! When you laugh and get distracted your need for that item dissipates. Watch 5 minutes of Mindy Project. Lift your mood and fight those cravings.

Water. Water is the end all answer. When in doubt, drink water!!

How do you fight your cravings? Any practices to add?

No Love for the Love Handles Workout

February 8, 2015 2 Comments

February is the month of love. The one thing we don’t love are those love handles. Who in the world even named this part of fat on the body? Love handles are quite difficult to get rid of and like to stick around once they have arrived. An unwelcome guest.

It’s important to work the obliques to fight this fat, but it’s also just as important to get that cardio in to really tackle the area. This workout really targets the love handles but I would recommend pairing with some heart pumping work too. Or, you can do burpees in between each set!

Building those muscles internally is super important but you must be eating right to truly lose those love handles. Avoid all the bad fats and enjoy the healthy fats.

Do each move for 1 minute, 30 sec on left, 30 sec on right. Each set takes 7 minutes, go through the workout 3 times.

Hope you’re having a fabulous Sunday!

What do you think of the workout? Which exercises do you do to lose the love handles?

6 Reasons Why Fitness Lovers Rock at Life and Evolution Fresh GIVEAWAY

February 4, 2015 4 Comments

You’re not there for fast results, you stick with it.

You are determined to reach a goal, no matter how long it may take to reach. It’s easy to be discouraged when you feel like you keep working at something and see no results, but it’s critical to keep moving forward regardless. Before you know it, change happens. Slow and steady wins the race in the end.

You don’t discourage easily.

You don’t get discouraged by Susie’s perfect flat tummy, you get your own! Your success is what you put into it. Carrying on about how something or someone is not fair won’t get you anywhere in life. Don’t be discouraged by set backs, trudge forward.

You are disciplined.

Plenty of times you are tempted in your life to do something you want to do, but shouldn’t do. As a fitness lover, you may falter on hitting the gym a couple times, but you’ll always end up back there because you know it is good for you! In life, being disciplined is very important so that you can succeed at a difficult goal and live a healthy lifestyle. It’s not easy being fabulous!

You have a good strong bod.

Speaks for itself. Being strong and active makes everyday movements more simple and less taxing. You can carry in your 100 bags of groceries without having to take two loads. Because who has time for that? Being fit provides confidence that you carry with you each day.

You hold yourself accountable but know when to give yourself a break.

Sometimes you just need to give yourself a break. Other times, you need to push yourself to extreme limits. You are in charge of you, you know what your body and well-being needs. Some days you may have to treat yourself with special care, while other days you know you can push yourself out of your comfort zone and get the ball rolling.

You’re persistent.

Be persistent in your daily life, whether that means continuously asking someone for something you want, or reaching out to that friend who has strayed off path. Being persistent doesn’t mean you’re annoying, it shows that you really care about what you seek.

Now it’s time for an Evolution Fresh GIVEAWAY!

Remember when I told you about the #3daystogreen challenge? I joined the movement created by Evolution Fresh that “challenges Americans to rev up their green engines by drinking one green juice a day for three days.” They are rewarding those who sign up and take the #3daystogreen challenge, pledge here. As previously mentioned I really liked this challenge because it’s simple to do, and focuses on adding something healthy rather than taking something away.

These green drinks have four different flavors: Sweet Greens and Lemon, Smooth Greens, Organic Sweet Greens and Ginger, Essential Greens with Lime. My favorite had to be the Sweet Greens and Lemon because I like that added bit of tart and a little sweet.

So what are you waiting for, sign up for the challenge and enter my giveaway below! I will be sending the winner a $40 Evolution Fresh gift card and coupon for a free green drink to get started. Also, a really cute green-o’clock alarm clock to help remind you when it’s juice time!