My “Honest” Review For A Natural Home

My “Honest” Review For A Natural Home

"Our skin absorbs 60% of the products we put on our body" I've made a conscious effort for the past year or so to use better, all natural products for my skin. Although the day may be far away, I know that one day I will become a mother! And because of that I decided to [...]

Dear 16-Year-Old-Self

Dear 16-Year-Old-Self

Dear 16-Year-Old-Self, Stop comparing yourself to others. You are beautiful. You will learn to love the body you were given, so take care of it and cut yourself some slack. Those braces will come off and your smile will be beautiful, but don't lose your retainer because it actually holds a purpose! The boys that will [...]

Coffee Breath

Coffee Breath

Nobody likes coffee breath, and if you're like me, you talk to A LOT of people throughout the day. I'm not a HUGE fan of gum, and something about going from hot coffee to icy cold gum hurts my mouth.. maybe that's only me? BUT I have found a simple solution to not only get [...]

CrossFit Abbreviations Explained!

CrossFit Abbreviations Explained!

Whether you CrossFit or not, you know you always get stumped when you see AMRAP or WOD pop up somewhere on the internet. You literally look at that word and go cross-eyed. When I first stared CrossFit, it wasn't the movements I was concerned about learning, it was the language!! I texted one of my [...]

5 Minute At Home Workout

5 Minute At Home Workout

Happy Monday! ❤ It's rainy here in NJ and with this gloomy, rainy weather comes gloomy moods and unmotivated minds. Well not on the Fitness Food & Family blog! 🙂 Today I wanted to post a workout that EVERYONE can do and that EVERYONE will have time for!! Recently I have spoken with amazing fitness-minded [...]

My New Year’s Resolutions

My New Year’s Resolutions

Well first, Happy New Year to all you beautiful people! I hope you kissed the ones you love, spent the holidays with friends and family, and ate the most delicious of foods!! ❤ I hate to say it, but there are some serious New Year's Resolution Scrooges out there. You all know who I'm talking about; [...]

Homemade Squash Soup

Homemade Squash Soup

My wonderful soon-to-be-sister dropped off some beautiful, fresh squash! Sitting on my counter for probably over a week, I decided I had to do SOMETHING with them before they go bad. I've never cut or cooked with whole squash before so this was new to me. With some research I learned how to properly cut [...]

Tempo Back Squats

Week 2 of Tempo Back Squats. This was my last set at 130lbs! Let me know if you like videos like this by liking this post. If this video gets enough likes, I will post more training videos!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vVSlVF86U0

Outdoor Training Session With My New Rogue Weights

If you don't follow me on Instagram or Twitter (YOU SHOULD) lol, my fiancé Christian surprised me with my own set of Rogue weights and an all black Ohio barbell along with many other thoughtful gifts for Christmas! I put my new toys to work for the first time the other night!! I completed Monmouth [...]

The Yummiest Salmon Recipe EVER!

The Yummiest Salmon Recipe EVER!

Christian and I have been alternating who makes dinner on Sundays before we watch Homeland [insert desperate cry for help that the last episode of the season is next week]. Being that he's a chef (Fun Fact: he went to culinary school at Johnson & Whales) I feel a certain amount of pressure to make [...]