No excuses!

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abs, arms, at home workout, bicep, elliptical, fitness, gym, Hardwork, tricep, weight loss

It’s a snowy day in New York and I’m snowed in so I couldn’t hit the gym or go for a run!! But no excuses for this girl! I hit the elliptical for 45 minutes and then did weight training focused on my arms and abs!! I’m really proud of how far I’ve come and all the inspiration from my followers helps!!!

What keeps you motivated?

Stuffed portabello mushrooms in a balsamic reduction

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appetizer, clean eating, cooking, diet, Dinner, fitness, healthy, vegetarian, weight loss

This is one of my favorite meals!! I have to admit that I don’t really measure as I cook so I will so my best to provide measurements in my recipes.

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Scoop out the insides on the mushrooms and drizzle with balsamic vinegar and a little olive oil. Place in oven for approximately 25 minutes.
3. In the meantime, sauté an onion and fresh garlic in olive oil and balsamic. Next add three diced tomatoes to the garlic and onion and continue to sauté on medium low for about 3-5 minutes. Add a bag of spinach to the mix and cook until the spinach is wilted.
4. Take the mushrooms out of the oven and scoop the spinach mixture into the portabello mushrooms. Top with light mozzarella and pop back into the oven for about 3 minutes.

Super easy and super delicious!!

My longest run

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bride, budget wedding, determined to be fit, exercise, fitness, health, healthy, journey, motivation, nikeplus, Running, trail, training, weight loss, workout

On Saturday, I completed by longest run to date!!! It was extremely challenging but I powered through!

My journey to becoming healthy and fit…

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before and after picture, bride to be, clean eating, determined to be fit, diet, fitness, healthy, nutrition, vitamins, wedding, weight loss, weightloss, Yoga

First, I need to apologize for my lack of posting! As most of you know, I am getting married in 45 days, moving out of our current house by the end of March and starting construction on our new one so we are BUSY to say the least! It is an exciting but super stressful time in my life 🙂

The New Year has brought so many wonderful healthy changes to my life. I finally quit smoking cigarettes, starting working out way more and eating a very healthy diet. The results have been amazing!! Below is a picture of me in the beginning of January and one of me just a few days ago!

 

I am so incredibly proud of myself and all of the hardwork that it has taken to get this far! A lot of people have been asking me how I did it so I am going to do my best to start posting my workouts, meals and progress pictures! I hope that I will be able to inspire others like I have already been 🙂 All of the information that I post is from research that I have personally done. I’m not trained in exercise or nutrition.

 

There is NO MAGIC solution. It takes time, effort and dedication but if you put your mind to it you can do it! Below are some of the biggest changes that have helped me:

1. WORKOUT- yup, you actually have to move to lose weight. I try to go to yoga 2 days a week, run 3-4 days a week and lift light dumbbells 4 days a week. 

2. Cut out as many processed foods as you can!

3. Limit red meat, increase vegetables and fruits, limit sugars, more protein and whole wheat instead of white!! 

4. Vitamins

5. Sleep 

6. Track your progress

 

Ask away if you have any questions!!!

TGIF

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abs, clean eating, determined, fitness, nikeplus, Running, weight loss

Happy Friday everyone!! I’ve had such an amazing last two days and it got even better when I got on the scale this morning and I’ve officially lost 30 pounds since I started this amazing journey. I also included a photo of my stomach from this morning even though I indulged for valentines day all of my clean eating is starting to really pay off and my stomach is much flatter. I still haven’t mustered up the courage to post before pictures but I will soon!! Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!