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Melt Away May

Melt Away May Invite

ICE CREAM!!!! No, I am not running an ice cream eating challenge group (although that might be pretty fun šŸ˜‰ ) ā€¦

We all like ice cream. You can say you donā€™t, but I know you doā€¦or maybe you are just weird šŸ˜‰ No one wants to give up these kinds of things for life. And we donā€™t have to. Your journey toward health and fitness does not mean you have to eat food that tastes like cardboard, be hungry all the time, or work out like a maniac for hours and hours each day. To me that doesnā€™t sound fun or healthy. And neither does depriving yourself of the finer things in lifeā€¦like said ice cream.

Just because I love ice cream doesnā€™t mean I need to eat it every day. But it also doesnā€™t mean I canā€™t have it and still live a happy and healthy lifestyle. In fact, that happy factor goes right up after a delicious bite! Iā€™m a firm believer that if you are fueling your body with the right whole foods, vitamins, and nutrients 80% of the time, then you should absolutely enjoy that ice cream (or pizza, or chocolate, or whatever you please)ā€¦the other 20%ā€¦and you should enjoy it guilt-free! Enjoying these things can be satisfying and it can also curb that urge to go on a super binge down the road.

My post-partum health and fitness journey has been different than any other journey I have had previously because while I have always been an athleteā€¦I never really thought too much about what I was eating. I liked to think that I was eating healthy most of the time, but I never REALLY paid a super amount of attention. After baby #2, I really dialed into my nutrition, paid attention to what I was eating and learned a lot about my habits from doing the 21 Day Fix program. It made me think about healthy habits for a lifestyle rather than just a fad diet.

In addition, the workouts were an awesome variety that really targeted the entire body each week. Previously I was a soccer player, basketball player, a runner, etcā€¦I had natural results because I was so active every day with 2 hour practices or hour long runs. After baby #2, 2 hour practices on the soccer field were definitely no longer practical! With this program I could get a 30 minute workout in each day without ever leaving the houseā€¦and I got a total body workout that produced amazing resultsā€¦while still allowing me to enjoy life with those treats J

While I do still sometimes crave that game on the soccer fieldā€¦with my current lifestyle and hanging out with my little guys on a daily basisā€¦this is how I am able to get it doneā€¦and how I am able to get results. I have to say I am probably the HEALTHIEST I have been in my entire life. All it took was:

*Healthy Meals & a Realistic Outlook on Nutrition

*30 Min Daily Workouts

*Drinking a daily dose of dense nutrition each day

*Checking into a group full of positive, inspiring individuals that keep me accountable each day

*Surrounding myself with positive ā€œco-workersā€ who build me up and make me a better person, athlete, mom, and businesswoman.

These days everyone has a full, busy lifeā€¦but it doesnā€™t mean we donā€™t have time for the things that matter. And our health definitely matters. Itā€™s all about what we choose to do with that time. You deserve that time for yourself. YOU MATTER!!!

I am starting my next Challenge Group up on May 2nd, and would love to have you MELT AWAY MAY with me! Comment below with ā€œI want to Melt Away May!ā€ and the best way to contact you if you want to learn more information or need help choosing a program to fit your needs, likes, and goals. This summer I am excited to finally feel confident in a bikini while enjoying that ice cream guilt-free! Whoā€™s with me? LETā€™S DO THIS!

Hope you are all having a great day! We are in Maryland this week spending some extra time with family while Nico is on Spring Break from school and the hubby is on a work trip in Austin. Make it a great one all!

XO,

Gina

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