If any of you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen that I shared a “story” from my date night at the B&N book store. In my story I shared about how I was looking at the cookbooks and noticed something too obvious not to share. It had been about a year since I had been to a bookstore (because, life with a one year old), and what I noticed was that the cookbooks had a whole new trend in diets than the last time I had been in. The cookbooks always seem to follow the trend of the most...

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For most of my life I hated exercise. These negative feelings originated all the way back to my middle school years. I believed I was completely doomed when it came to sports or anything active; Which resulted in me never trying out for or participating in any sports, and a lack of motivation to even try. Fast forward a few years when I started to try to exercise in high school and college. I did what I thought was best and went to the gym where I spent hours on the elliptical, treadmill, or...

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If you haven't noticed by now, I try to keep things simple at Dashing Dish recipes and use many of the same staple clean eating ingredients. The very first time I stepped foot into Trader Joes and found some of these clean eating ingredients, at a fraction of the price, I was sold! Here are some of my favorite clean eating finds at Trader Joes!

I highly recommend having some frozen veggies in your freezer at all times, so when you are in a pinch you have a source of vegetables ready to go in...

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When it comes to eating healthy, sometimes half of the battle is making choices that are quick and easy to prepare. Over the years I have also found that dinners tend to be the easiest thing for people to plan ahed, but the rest of the meals (and snacks) are harder to prepare because they are in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the day. If you are in need of some quick and easy meal inspiration, here are 75 breakfast, lunch, & snack ideas that are ready in 20 minutes or less!

First, let's...

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Have you ever wondered how someone has broken free from a dieting mentality and found lasting success on their journey to health!? Today on Dashing Dish we are sharing the stories of countless women who have done just that!

In some of these pictures, you will see a before and after, and some just the after; But one thing they all have in common is that each one of these pictures are a depiction of beautiful women that have made the decision to pursue health and wholeness, and are now living...

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The dictionary defines vision as the act or power of imagination. (Merriam-Webster, 2016); When we actively use our imaginations to produce vision, it is incredibly powerful. When we have a vision, we are essentially using our imaginations to dream and fulfill what God has placed in our hearts. I am a firm believer that our lives will head in the direction of our vision, and we can't make lasting change in any area of our lives without it.

As powerful as it is however, vision often doesn't...

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Let me start by saying that I typically never post pictures like these, and I probably never will again; But I have a message that has been burning on my heart, and so I share these photos with a purpose. Today I am sharing these pictures and being open about my personal journey because I think it is important that we as women see transformation pictures with a different kind of message. It wasn't easy to decide to share these pictures, not because i'm ashamed of them, but because I didn't...

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Today I’m excited to share some of my favorite “go-to” gym essentials! These little gadgets and goodies make my time in the gym easier, more fun, and more efficient. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

These weight lifting gloves are awesome! They are slim and sleek, but really keep my hands from developing outrageous callouses! I bought mine from Fit Four.

These darling headbands from Buff Bands are my absolute favorite! I wear them all the time (ahem, they're cute enough to slick back day...

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Have you ever heard someone say, what you believe is what you will eventually become!? This may seem like a far-out claim, but I can speak from experience that there is great truth in these words! In fact, a big part of my freedom from disordered eating and chronic dieting came when I started to believe I could achieve a healthy relationship with my body and food. I have now been completely free from a negative self-image, dieting, and have maintained my desired weight for over ten years. I...

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This is part 2 in my experience with learning to love exercise. In my first post, I covered non-scale victories, and the role they play in exercise motivation, consistency, and enjoyment. Today I want to go deeper with a few action-oriented strategies for consistency and the way that they will help you build a love of exercise that you might not already have.

Just do it!

Nike had it right with this slogan. We can't wait until we feel like doing something in order to do it, otherwise we would...

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