Superfood Hot Chocolate Recipe

Photo by Maddi Bazzocco on Unsplash I love a nice cup of hot chocolate but finding one that my body can drink without feeling inflammation is a whole other story.  Where are my fellow no-sugar, AIP people at?  Here's an amazing SUPERFOOD HOT CHOCOLATE recipe, which is perfect for keeping warm this winter. Also, a sweet treat for the month of February and pink puffy heart day. SUPERFOOD HOT CHOCOLATE MIX By: Fresh n' Lean - the nation's #1 organic meal delivery company INGREDIENTS ½ cup cocoa powder 2 tsp cinnamon ½ cup of coconut sugar 2 tsp Maca Powder 7 scoops collagen powder 2 tsp Mushroom powder 1 ½ tsp salt 5 MINUTES to make. CALORIES: 80g, CARB: 12g, FAT: 0.5 g, PROTEIN: 9g TOOLS Bowl INSTRUCTIONS 1 Combine all ingredients in a bowl and … [Read more...]

How to Get the Results You Want From Your Workout

Are you getting the results you want from your workout routine? Did you start something new in January with the best of intentions and total excitement to achieve this new goal and then QUIT?  Did you miss your January fitness and wellness goals? 💪Do you feel exhausted? 😴 IT'S OK! ❤️ I have been there too.  I can help you with this part! I was the same way for YEARS.  I did so many classes at the gym and then I would burn out on them.  I did challenges online too.  I put in time running, training for a race, or on the treadmill at the gym. I did Weight Watchers too.  And way back in the day I took ephedrine.  Yup, I totally did.  Ugh.  I wasted a lot of time and money. I felt really bad about myself too which made no sense. Then about three years ago I did something … [Read more...]

Cyber Monday Deal From Me to You

Welcome to Cyber Monday! This is me. Healthy. Fit. Full of life back in September when H and I went to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic with NO KIDS! Despite all my health issues from Lyme and tick co-infections the best thing I have done in 2018 was to fix how I was eating and starting working on feeding my body the right way and getting it stronger than ever. It's working, don't you think? I would have never posted that picture before. So, how are you feeling about 2019? Are you like, "Ugh, Vicky. It's the holidays. I'm not there yet." That's fine. I get it. I totally understand. We don't often want to think of the things we need to do for ourselves to be healthy until it is too late or already January. BUT.... Maybe you just want to see me before when I was … [Read more...]

Transformation Tuesday

We coaches love Transformation Tuesday!  💪  It's like getting to watch one of those reality makeover TV shows from a decade ago in fast forward.  Who doesn't like seeing what looks like instant results?  This is why I urge people to take before and after photos. There I was plugging along in The 80 Day Obsession workouts and I didn't see the transformation in myself. I was convinced I looked the same as I did three months ago when I first started the program.  Despite all the hard work and sweat, I knew I was putting into it. Now I see the lost inches. The hard work. The muscles built. The dedication. Now I see the transformation that comes from not quitting. And I've quit so many things before. I've quit writing books I've started numerous times. I've quit blogs I created. … [Read more...]

How I Made My Health the #1 Priority and Everything Else Fell Into Place

Girl, you better work. That phrase played in my head on a constant loop this last year. I wasn't talking about sitting at a desk or improving my career either.  It was all about working on my health and healing and treating it like a job. "In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties." Between starting with yoga, then walking, adding in light weights,  progressing to running and then moving onto HIIT workouts once I was strong enough, exercise was one of the things I have done consistently this last year to help me battle my chronic Lyme disease. Sweat. It does a body good. You know what?  I'm in the best shape of my life.  I even decided to help others to get there too. How Did I Get Here? Part of that motivation came from thinking of each day of the week as a … [Read more...]

Do You Want to Transform Yourself?

I have a confession to make.     🌱Transformation doesn't happen overnight. The last year of my life is pure proof of that.  There were days I thought I had beat the diseases running rampant within my body only to fall a few steps backward and have to rebuild again. Now there are more good days than bad.  Now I see a future and it looks wildly different than I ever imagined.  I'm full of more joy.  I see more wonder in the world.  I think that was all part of the plan too. One of the best things I did to heal was to KEEP MOVING no matter how unmotivated I felt there was always a walk, yoga or something gentle until I can build strength again.  Today?  My body may not be in remission but it is STRONGER than it was before I got sick. How Crazy Is That? My doctor is amazed … [Read more...]