Ali Gets Shredded

I am seriously so excited with how these little cookie dough fat bombs turned out! The fact that I can eat cookie dough & burn fat still blows my mind! This lifestyle has been the easiest transition ever for me! I don’t feel deprived one bit, I’m shedding inches every week & I just feel SO good! Coming from what I’ve struggled with these past 2 1/2 years, that’s really saying something! Anyways, I hope you enjoy these Snickerdoodle Cookie Dough Bombs! I’d love to hear your feedback! 😘 Keto Snickerdoodle Fat Bomb Recipe 8 oz cream cheese 1 stick Kerrygold butter, unsalted 1/2 cup creamy peanut or almond butter 1/3 cup Swerve, granulated  1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract 1/4 tsp salt For the Coating 3 Tbsp Swerve, confectioners 1 Tbsp cinnamon Mix all the main ingredients together in one bowl, scoop into plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes to firm.   ...

I have been so scared to make all these changes in my life! I’ve been going back & forth with the decision to leave Beachbody for months now. The idea often left me feeling sick & sad. Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing bad to say about Beachbody because it introduced me to a new world of health and wellness & brought many incredible people into my life! But if you’ve followed me for any amount of time, you’ve seen me work SO hard with very little results. This has been largely in part of my Hashimotos. 1 year after my diagnosis, I thought I could figure out how to get myself back on track on my own by ended up finding myself immersed in tons of conflicting information.  I felt overwhelmed on where to even start & ended up participating in my mentor, Chalene Johnson’s beta test group for 131diet back in May. I learned about an entirely different way of eating. WAY different than we’ve been told! And I lost 20 pounds in the proce...

In a fast paced world, I've found myself easily caught up in trying to maintain the delicate balance of life as a working mother! Between working as a nurse and raising a toddler, things can get hectic and overwhelming! It's oftentimes easier to just order out for dinners instead of cooking a healthy meal at home --- even when we know that's not the best option! My intentions in creating this blog is to provide quick, simple and healthy meal options for families so these unhealthy cycles can be broken!  I truly believe that we have the best intentions to feed our families healthy meals and to instill healthy habits in our children but when it comes down to it, some days there are just not enough hours in the day to accomplish everything we've planned. We want meals that taste good and that are healthy! And believe it or not, it is entirely possible to have both! Some of us are dealing with allergies or food intolerances to top things off! I, myself, have a child w...

Changing nothing --- changes nothing! How do I know? Because I lived a life CONTENT in my own MISERY for nearly HALF of 2016. You read that right, I was MISERABLE. Exhaustion couldn't even begin to explain how I felt. My hair was falling out. I was GAINING weight despite exercising. I had zero energy after working out. My nutrition was all over the place because I didn't have a CLUE where I should start! I had a feeling that EVERYTHING was related to my thyroid but my labs came back normal for nearly 6 months. I was told to exercise more & eat less. I was even questioned if I had possible signs of sleep apnea! 😐 For MONTHS I battled mentally with myself over changing doctors before I finally scheduled an appointment. But I almost cancelled the appointment because I was so worried that everything was all in my head! Because I had been told for MONTHS that everything was NORMAL. I had my labs rechecked. My TSH had gone from 0.9 to 10.6 in a 1 month time per...