How often have you said “that looks good”?! Good looking food is part of the enjoyment of eating, and it’s not just for eating out, those at home meals can look amazing too!

Making your meal look good is easy, here’s how you do it:
 Use different colors of vegetables and have them be a different color than the rest of the meal.
 Chop some herbs or green onions to go on top.
 Plate it so it looks good, like you’re eating at a restaurant, not just slopped on a plate.

If you're feeling like salads are boring, blah, and just not satisfying, you need to give this dressing a chance!

Creamy Parmesan Dressing

1 cup Greek Yogurt (any % will work)

1 clove garlic

1 T dijon mustard

1 tsp red wine vinegar

1 tsp worchestershire sauce

1 T  lemon juice (sometimes I add more)

1 cup grated parmesan cheese

1/4 cup any fresh herbs like parsley, chives, thyme

1/4 cup water

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper

In a food processor, add just the garlic clove and run until the garlic is minced. Then add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. I purposefully make the dressing a little runny, this allows the dressing to spread easily over the salad, and you have all the flavor but less calories! If the greek yogurt is a little tart for you, split it with your favorite mayo. Enjoy!

You can't manage what you don't measure. ~Marie Forleo

Tracking is essential for really knowing where you're starting, how you're progressing, and where you still have work to do.  Tracking is not meant to be a judgement on you, your effort or your worth! It's simply a metric to give us information along the way, and that's how it need to be treated.

Tracking includes body measurements, weight, what you're eating, how much you're sleeping, the weights you use in a workout, how many workouts you've completed, how you feel each day, and so many more! What you track, you focus on, and have a much better chance to change, so what are you going to be tracking?

Mango Salsa

3 mangos, diced
1/2 red pepper diced
2 cloves garlic minced
1/2 red onion, diced and soaked in cold water
1 bunch cilantro chopped
2 Tsp. Olive oil
1 tsp. Cumin seeds
Juice of 1-2 limes to taste
Salt/pepper
Jalapeño diced (optional)

Assemble. Enjoy! Great with grilled pork, chicken, or fish.

Have you soaked your red onion in cold water before? It's is great for taking away that extra oniony bite!

It's easy to say I want abs, but what does that really means and what are you willing to do to achieve it?  

It's important to really dive into what you're willing to do to achieve your goal, and what you think that work looks like in order to quantify the changes that need to be made.

Just saying I want to be fit, is like saying I want a car. What kind of car do you want?

• Should it have 4 doors or 2?
• Good gas mileage?
• Leather or cloth seats? 

Same with your fitness! What do you want to look like? Do you want to run a marathon or a 5k? How much time do you want to spend on your fitness? How strict do you want your nutrition plan? Do you still want to have alcohol or sweets?

These are all things to think about in creating you goal, and more important, your plan to get to your goal. So, what's your goal and how do you want it to look and feel?

~Deanna

You're not going to feel like working out everyday, there are going to be days where you feel like a turtle walking through peanut butter.  It's normal! What you can do is work on your daily habit of exercise to get the workout done anyway, even if it's a half-assed workout, you'll have done it!  Creating these habits are critical in a long term fit lifestyle, which means reaching and maintaining your goals. BONUS, you'll feel better after the workout, and glad you pushed through to get it done.  So what are you waiting for, go get that workout in!

3 Simple Tips to Getting it Done:

1. Make it a non negotiable appointment in your calendar, you wouldn't miss a meeting with your boss, don't miss this meeting either! You could even set a reminder alarm.

2. Lay your workout clothes right where you walk when you get up in the morning! Put them on and they don't come off until the workout is done!

3. Still not feeling it?! Put on your favorite playlist or song, and...