Disclaimer: This post contains sponsored links. As always, all opinions expressed are genuinely my own. Happy February friends! How have you been keeping up with healthy habits in 2019 so far? An upper respiratory thing kind of bogged me down for a lot of January (It kept coming and going and I couldn't shake it for weeks - so annoying!), and even though I was feeling under the weather, I was still determined to make mostly healthy choices. I'm looking forward to February being a month with lots of good sweat sessions, healthy, delicious food and positive vibes. I have a busy month on my weekend social calendar, with plans to have a girls' day in NYC, have friends from Boston visit one weekend, and to take my mom to a play in Jersey one night. I'm also in the process of ... [Read More]
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5 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Workout
Disclaimer: The following post is sponsored by adidas. As always, all opinions expressed are genuinely my own. One of my favorite health mantras is, "By being a little less perfect, you'll be more consistent." For years, it's been a reminder to me that a healthy lifestyle means having a positive relationship with yourself, the food you eat, the exercise you do and more. It's all about overall healthy habits that are done consistently, with wiggle room allowed for when life happens and you aren't "perfect." It's the last week of January, which unfortunately means that lots of people have already given up on their healthy living resolutions for the year. This makes me sad because creating real, lasting change means committing to new healthy habits that are not quick fixes. If ... [Read More]
Set Goals & Crush Em: 5 of My 2019 Goals
I'm just going to come right out and say it: I'm not a fan of making huge resolutions at the beginning of a new year. To me, anytime is a good time to make positive changes in your life, and it being a new calendar year gives people this sort of unrealistic idea that they can be totally different moving forward. The idea of New Year's resolutions is kind of gimmicky and truth be told, most people give up their dedication to their big resolutions before the end of January. I think that setting an intention to do better in whatever way is great, but most people make too drastic of a change right off the bat, and then they inevitably disappoint themselves when they give in and give up. However, what I do really enjoy is setting goals at the start of a new year. To me, goals are a ... [Read More]
Who Inspires You? \\ Celebrating My Mom
Disclaimer: The following post is sponsored by adidas. As always, all opinions expressed are genuinely my own. Who inspires you? There are a lot of women who inspire me to be a healthy, driven woman. I have friends who amaze me after giving birth, running marathons, or have amazing injury recoveries (and sometimes all three!). I think of powerful women I don't even know that have been inspirational - athletes like Serena Williams and plus-size models rocking their bodies with confidence like Ashley Graham. But in teaming up with adidas to talk about who has inspired me the most throughout my life, the answer was a no brainer: my mom. My mom has been inspiring me to be a strong woman for as long as I can remember. She raised 4 kids while being committed to a healthy ... [Read More]
3 Healthy Living Mantras to Implement When Life Gets Stressful
Do you live by the idea of 'no excuses' when it comes to healthy living? I consider myself to be pretty self-motivated and consistent when it comes to leading a healthy lifestyle, but lately I've been thinking about the reality of keeping up with healthy habits when life gets tough. I try to live by a 'no excuses' type of mentality, but the reality of it is that sometimes "excuses" are, well, very valid reasons why your eating, fitness, sleep, and mindset may not be 100% on point. While I usually have an optimistic mindset, I also believe in being real, and the reality is that my life has been chaotic, stressful and anything but smooth for the last couple of months. Selling my house in California has been a huge headache, and a buyer just backed out out of purchasing the ... [Read More]
5 Ways to Simplify Your Healthy Routine + Daily Harvest Review
Everyone that knows me knows that I'm passionate about healthy living. But just like everyone else, sometimes my life gets hectic, so to help me stick with my healthy habits, I implement some go-to timesaving techniques. Today I'm sharing some of the ways that I make my healthy routine more efficient - particularly when life gets a little cray cray! These tips make healthy eating and working out a bit easier, and help to set me up for success when I've got a lot going on elsewhere. 1.) Make a big portion of grains + snacks for the week. I'll be honest, I don't do meal prepping in the convention way that most people think of for a couple of reasons: a.) Pre-planning entire days of meals isn't my thing and I kind of dread the thought of it, b.) I eat depending on what I'm in the ... [Read More]