Let's face it...we all know life is too busy and it just isn't practical to spend a whole day on your weekend in the kitchen. This meal prep is an example of a way to prep meals for one person for the M-F work week and not get bored (or spend your entire weekend doing so). Trust me, when I first started meal prepping (if you include grocery shopping, prepping, and cleaning up,) I spent almost all day to have things ready. I didn't mind it at first, but now, my goal is to spend as little time...

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Time. It’s the one commodity I never seem to have enough of, can you relate?

I’ve become very intentional about how I spend my time. I took a close (and admittedly painful) look at how I spend my precious 24-hours. I knew I needed to challenge myself to manage them more efficiently and more purposefully. The challenge resulted in several life changes. You can read more about that here. Today though, I'm talking specifically about changes to how I grocery shop to help manage and increase my...

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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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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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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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It's hard to believe that we just celebrated my daughters first birthday on June 11th! Not only has there been an incredible amount of changes in our lives since she has been born; But there have also been so many changes as it pertains to my relationship with food and my body since I became pregnant with her as well! It is truly an incredible journey to watch your body grow and change as it carries a life during a pregnancy. Yet, what was even more incredible to me was how my body evolved in...

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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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