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December 28, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

A healthy lifestyle doesn’t have to break the bank! Avoid receipt remorse with these 5 money saving tips.

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Everyone: “what are you doing for your birthday weekend?!” Me: “programming a brutal bday #WOD 💦 crushing a #HeroWOD 💪🏼 strolling the aisles of the grocery store 🛒 studying for @nasm_fitness 📚 meal prepping a plenty 🍴 sprucing up my garden 🌱 coaching my clients ⭐️ curling up on the couch 🛋 grillin’ veggies 🥒 and FINALLY making nut butter!” 💁🏼‍♀️ My idea of heaven 👌🏼 My, oh my, how the times have changed. But I wouldn’t have it any other way 🙅🏼‍♀️ My plans are reflection of my priorities + passion + purpose, and they bring me all the pride n’ joy in the 🌎✨ - DIY cinnamon-vanilla + maple cashew butter 🥄 In a food processor, combine 1lb roasted unsalted cashews + 1/2 tbsp pure vanilla extract + 1 tbsp maple extract [or maple syrup!] + 1 tbsp and 1 tsp cinnamon. Option to add a dash of salt and rosemary 🤤 Blend until creamy! Store in a mason jar with all your other nut butters. I don’t refrigerate! Pro tip 💡 Start small on the flavors and add as you go - who doesn’t love a lil taste testing? Use a rubber spatula to fold the mixture over periodically as is blends.

“I couldn’t live without you” - me, to my collard wrap ✨ - BUT ALSO TO YOU 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼 Yeah, you! - I just wanted to take a minute to tell you - thank y’all 🙏🏼 for the endless support + inspiration. Even though so many of you are across the country [or even the globe] 🌎 It has truly changed my mindset to engage with such dedicated + passionate people who prioritize self respect above all else. Who wake up early and grind out sets + reps 🏋🏼‍♀️ Who make time to meal prep no matter the hour. Who’s idea of fun is aisle hopping at the grocery store 🛒 Who most definitely aren’t perfect but are practicing progress. Who challenge + fight + overcome. Who want to be the very best versions of themselves they can be. Who reverberate good vibes + positive energy. Who lift each other up. You are super special to me ♥️ I love you a million collard greens and a thousand cauliflowers 🥰 - xoxo Al - If you came for the dEATS, you know what it is 👉🏼 collard wrap + @applegate turkey + @jacobs_raw rainbow kraut + @sunbutter

My life – my real life – the one where I actually feel alive + alert + aware, where I feel passionate + purposeful, began with a series of uncomfortable choices 👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 - The comfortable choice was snooze, but I hit stop ⏰ The comfortable choice was staying in my living room, but I stepped into the gym. The comfortable choice was grease, but I chose greens 🥬 The comfortable choice was ordering take out, but I meal prepped. The comfortable choice was impulse, but I chose intention. The comfortable choice was instant gratification, but I chose long term satisfaction. The comfortable choice was desire, but I chose discipline. The comfortable choice was remaining the same, but I chose change 💯 - My comfort zone wasn’t comfortable, it was confining. Restricting. Limiting. And if I didn’t leave it, I would have never learned to respect my body + mind. I wouldn’t have taken a chance on #CrossFit. I wouldn’t lift more than I weigh. I wouldn’t run double digit miles. I wouldn’t eat figs or kale or brussels or nuts. I wouldn’t be a #nutritioncoach. I wouldn’t be the me I always wanted to be 🙋🏼‍♀️ - Nothing changes if nothing changes, y’all 🙌🏼 But the powerful truth is... you are not a product of your circumstances, you are a result of your choices.

Waking up as my happiest + healthiest + fittest + most proud & passionate self on my 28th #birthday 🎉 The smile says it all. - For far too many years, my birthday was a time of insecurity + dissatisfaction + disappointment. This day would come and I’d tell myself, “this is MY YEAR” 💯 To change. To be confident in my skin. To take pride in myself. To feel different. To do something, anything, whatever that meant. And then I’d “celebrate” another year of same ol’ stuckness + failed diets + frustrations + tomorrow’s + next week’s by changing my outfit 900 times because I wasn’t comfortable, contorting my body by sucking in and posing, deleting the pics I hated and tagging the ones that felt passable, getting black out drunk, and going in on some grease 🤦🏼‍♀️ Not today, y’all! 🙅🏼‍♀️ - Today, I’m CELEBRATING a[nother] year of growth + evolution. Of dedication + discipline. Of PRs + failures. Of #hardwork + hustle. Of #perserverance + patience. Of passion + purpose. I’m CELEBRATING my body for all of the things it can do – #run + #lift + jump + recover – by treating it with #respect. I’m CELEBRATING by choosing myself, each and every day. I’m celebrating showing up as the very best version of myself, and I’m celebrating knowing that the best is still yet to come 🔮✨ - HBD, Al. You making me hella proud, keep it up. ILU for who you’ve been + who you are + you are sure to become. Do you, boo. This is your year. 😘

All foods are a ~*pizza*~ a healthy lifestyle 🍕 See what I did there 😏 I personally prefer greens over grease, so this how I choose do a slice [and by slice I mean a whole pie 👌🏼] - Swipe 👉🏼 for Spectrum Swaps that take meals from less nutritious to more nutritious ✨ - Notice I didn’t say “unhealthy 👉🏼 healthy” or “dirty 👉🏼 clean” or “bad 👉🏼 good” - Here’s the deal: all foods fit into a #healthy lifestyle, from candy 🍬 to kale 🌿 No foods are good or bad, no one food alone leads to weight gain or weight loss, and there’s no universal definition of what makes a food “healthy”. The fact of the matter is: food contains nutrients that instructs our bodies how to function 💯 - Some foods contain more nutrients than others. But what determines a food’s nutritional value? - Less nutritious foods are often higher in calories and lower in micronutrients in relation to serving size. They may be highly processed and contain artificial ingredients. They do not contain many vitamins or minerals 🍩🍟🍭 - More nutritious foods are often lower in calories and higher in micronutrients in relation to serving size. They are typically minimally processed and can be found in nature. They carry an abundant profile of vitamins and minerals 🥥🥦🍓🥩🍚 - In the pursuit of a sustainable, positive relationship with a nutritious diet, we should aim for #ProgressnotPerfection 💯 This means eating less nutritious foods, less and more nutritious foods, more. - Sometimes, the healthiest choice for an individual may be interacting with a less nutritious food in a moderate manner. Sometimes, the healthiest choice for an individual may be choosing the most nutritious option available. - Peep 👀 these Spectrum Swaps for some of your fave less nutritious foods 👅 and get to eatin’! Click the #linkinbio for more information about nutrition coaching with me, Al 🙋🏼‍♀️ - *These classifications are based on the metabolic affect of food in the body + amount of micronutrients, and are contingent upon quality of artificial ingredients. They do no not consider potential intolerances or allergies. This post is NOT sponsored by any of the brands or products featured.

The more you choose nutritious foods, the more you *want* to choose them 💯 - Sometimes I go FULL nutrition nerd 🤓 And by sometimes, I mean all the time. To literally anyone who will listen. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Sorry not sorry, I can’t help myself! I just think it’s *SO COOL* just how much our dietary choices affect our daily lives 👉🏼 from how we feel, to how we think, to how we move, to our habits and preferences. Take this #dessert for example... - I used to have an inconsolable craving for sugar, y’all 🦷 I referred to myself as having a “second dessert stomach” which always had room for something densely chocolate - the sweeter, the better! Cookies 🍪 cakes 🍰 brownies 🧁 those mini frosted donuts 🍩 ... you get the picture, it wasn’t a pretty one 📷 - Over time, as I started to fill my life with more nutritious food, and replace all that grease with greens, my tastebuds and cravings began to change until I had a whole new palate! - Today, this plain greek yogurt bowl topped with blueberries, nuts, and of course ultra-dark chocolate is what I consider sweet 👅 - A lot of people ask me how to make a “sweet tooth” fit into a nutritious diet and my answer is 👉🏼 consistently choose more and more nutritious foods until you create a new standard for that craving! In the beginning, for myself and clients, I refer to these as “craving compromises” but eventually they are no longer a compromise, and they just become the craving! - dEATS 🥄 @traderjoes non fat greek yogurt + raw cashews and pistachios + cacao nibs + @eatnuttzo crunchy power fuel + fresh bluebs + @alterecosf blackout 🤤

Unpopular Wellness Opinion 👉🏼 In the pursuit of your #goals, sometimes you gotta do the opposite of what you want. Sometimes you gotta force yourself to do what you don’t like. Sometimes you gotta go against what you feel like. Thats how you learn the difference between long term satisfaction + instant gratification. Thats how you replace impulse with intention. That’s how you develop discipline + form new habits + create a new level of standard. That’s how you change + evolve. - There’s a tough-love type of truth in accepting that your lack of discipline + perception of priorities are the answers to your “why not me?” questions and “coulda’ woulda’ shoulda’” frustrations. The difference between who you are now and who you want to be are the choices you make to get there 💯 - Take #MealPrep for example. Maybe it isn’t your fave hobby [I mean it is mine but I know I’m not totally in the majority here 😂] But if you struggle to make nutritious choices without having food readily available to you, ya better roll up your sleeves and get to cookin’ sister 💁🏼‍♀️ And if you need a lil help or a lil accountability, I got your back [and your belly 😉] fitlicity.com/nutrition-services - Swipe 📲 for my week in eats! Recipes will be linked in my Weekly Menu highlight + you can peep my stories for a Full Day of Eating daily 👌🏼

It’s Saturday night and the only thing gettin’ lit ‘round here is my stove 💁🏼‍♀️ Something I’m learning and getting better at every day... It’s okay to say “no” if it means protecting your mental energy ✨ It’s not selfish, it’s self-love and self-care 💯 I graciously turned down social plans this weekend to spend serious time to declutter my headspace 🧠 get caught up on work 💻 [maybe even a little ahead 🤞🏼] + recharge n’ restore 🔋 - Need a quick #MealPrep idea? 💡 Try these sheet pan eggs! 🥚 Spray a small baking tray or ceramic dish generously with cooking oil of choice + crack in 6-8 eggs. Shake ‘em around until they fill the edges. Lightly break yolks with a fork. Season with salt + pepper, add any toppings you may please, and bake for ~15 mins on 400. Once whites are cooked through, cool and cut into grab n’ go squares. Perfect to layer onto a breaky sammy!

We can’t control everything that happens to our bodies. We live in a world with sickness and disease and, even more terrifying, people who think laws should invade and govern our personal choices. - And so you can bet your 🍑 that I will use my power whenever, however, wherever I can 👏🏼 Though far from perfect, there’s no denying that I am fortunate enough to have the ability – mental awareness + funds + education + flexibility + accessibility + desire – to support my body and mind. I can choose to treat it with respect. I can choose to fuel it with nutrient dense foods. I can choose to honor it with movement + rest. I can’t erase how how I chose to disregard my body + mind + soul in the past, but I can use every choice as an opportunity to support it in the present and prepare it for the future. - It’s so much more than aesthetics or abs or PRs or performance. It’s not taking this one shot for granted.

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Everyone: “what are you doing for your birthday weekend?!” Me: “programming a brutal bday #WOD 💦 crushing a #HeroWOD 💪🏼 strolling the aisles of the grocery store 🛒 studying for @nasm_fitness 📚 meal prepping a plenty 🍴 sprucing up my garden 🌱 coaching my clients ⭐️ curling up on the couch 🛋 grillin’ veggies 🥒 and FINALLY making nut butter!” 💁🏼‍♀️ My idea of heaven 👌🏼 My, oh my, how the times have changed. But I wouldn’t have it any other way 🙅🏼‍♀️ My plans are reflection of my priorities + passion + purpose, and they bring me all the pride n’ joy in the 🌎✨ - DIY cinnamon-vanilla + maple cashew butter 🥄 In a food processor, combine 1lb roasted unsalted cashews + 1/2 tbsp pure vanilla extract + 1 tbsp maple extract [or maple syrup!] + 1 tbsp and 1 tsp cinnamon. Option to add a dash of salt and rosemary 🤤 Blend until creamy! Store in a mason jar with all your other nut butters. I don’t refrigerate! Pro tip 💡 Start small on the flavors and add as you go - who doesn’t love a lil taste testing? Use a rubber spatula to fold the mixture over periodically as is blends.

“I couldn’t live without you” - me, to my collard wrap ✨ - BUT ALSO TO YOU 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼 Yeah, you! - I just wanted to take a minute to tell you - thank y’all 🙏🏼 for the endless support + inspiration. Even though so many of you are across the country [or even the globe] 🌎 It has truly changed my mindset to engage with such dedicated + passionate people who prioritize self respect above all else. Who wake up early and grind out sets + reps 🏋🏼‍♀️ Who make time to meal prep no matter the hour. Who’s idea of fun is aisle hopping at the grocery store 🛒 Who most definitely aren’t perfect but are practicing progress. Who challenge + fight + overcome. Who want to be the very best versions of themselves they can be. Who reverberate good vibes + positive energy. Who lift each other up. You are super special to me ♥️ I love you a million collard greens and a thousand cauliflowers 🥰 - xoxo Al - If you came for the dEATS, you know what it is 👉🏼 collard wrap + @applegate turkey + @jacobs_raw rainbow kraut + @sunbutter

My life – my real life – the one where I actually feel alive + alert + aware, where I feel passionate + purposeful, began with a series of uncomfortable choices 👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 - The comfortable choice was snooze, but I hit stop ⏰ The comfortable choice was staying in my living room, but I stepped into the gym. The comfortable choice was grease, but I chose greens 🥬 The comfortable choice was ordering take out, but I meal prepped. The comfortable choice was impulse, but I chose intention. The comfortable choice was instant gratification, but I chose long term satisfaction. The comfortable choice was desire, but I chose discipline. The comfortable choice was remaining the same, but I chose change 💯 - My comfort zone wasn’t comfortable, it was confining. Restricting. Limiting. And if I didn’t leave it, I would have never learned to respect my body + mind. I wouldn’t have taken a chance on #CrossFit. I wouldn’t lift more than I weigh. I wouldn’t run double digit miles. I wouldn’t eat figs or kale or brussels or nuts. I wouldn’t be a #nutritioncoach. I wouldn’t be the me I always wanted to be 🙋🏼‍♀️ - Nothing changes if nothing changes, y’all 🙌🏼 But the powerful truth is... you are not a product of your circumstances, you are a result of your choices.

Waking up as my happiest + healthiest + fittest + most proud & passionate self on my 28th #birthday 🎉 The smile says it all. - For far too many years, my birthday was a time of insecurity + dissatisfaction + disappointment. This day would come and I’d tell myself, “this is MY YEAR” 💯 To change. To be confident in my skin. To take pride in myself. To feel different. To do something, anything, whatever that meant. And then I’d “celebrate” another year of same ol’ stuckness + failed diets + frustrations + tomorrow’s + next week’s by changing my outfit 900 times because I wasn’t comfortable, contorting my body by sucking in and posing, deleting the pics I hated and tagging the ones that felt passable, getting black out drunk, and going in on some grease 🤦🏼‍♀️ Not today, y’all! 🙅🏼‍♀️ - Today, I’m CELEBRATING a[nother] year of growth + evolution. Of dedication + discipline. Of PRs + failures. Of #hardwork + hustle. Of #perserverance + patience. Of passion + purpose. I’m CELEBRATING my body for all of the things it can do – #run + #lift + jump + recover – by treating it with #respect. I’m CELEBRATING by choosing myself, each and every day. I’m celebrating showing up as the very best version of myself, and I’m celebrating knowing that the best is still yet to come 🔮✨ - HBD, Al. You making me hella proud, keep it up. ILU for who you’ve been + who you are + you are sure to become. Do you, boo. This is your year. 😘

All foods are a ~*pizza*~ a healthy lifestyle 🍕 See what I did there 😏 I personally prefer greens over grease, so this how I choose do a slice [and by slice I mean a whole pie 👌🏼] - Swipe 👉🏼 for Spectrum Swaps that take meals from less nutritious to more nutritious ✨ - Notice I didn’t say “unhealthy 👉🏼 healthy” or “dirty 👉🏼 clean” or “bad 👉🏼 good” - Here’s the deal: all foods fit into a #healthy lifestyle, from candy 🍬 to kale 🌿 No foods are good or bad, no one food alone leads to weight gain or weight loss, and there’s no universal definition of what makes a food “healthy”. The fact of the matter is: food contains nutrients that instructs our bodies how to function 💯 - Some foods contain more nutrients than others. But what determines a food’s nutritional value? - Less nutritious foods are often higher in calories and lower in micronutrients in relation to serving size. They may be highly processed and contain artificial ingredients. They do not contain many vitamins or minerals 🍩🍟🍭 - More nutritious foods are often lower in calories and higher in micronutrients in relation to serving size. They are typically minimally processed and can be found in nature. They carry an abundant profile of vitamins and minerals 🥥🥦🍓🥩🍚 - In the pursuit of a sustainable, positive relationship with a nutritious diet, we should aim for #ProgressnotPerfection 💯 This means eating less nutritious foods, less and more nutritious foods, more. - Sometimes, the healthiest choice for an individual may be interacting with a less nutritious food in a moderate manner. Sometimes, the healthiest choice for an individual may be choosing the most nutritious option available. - Peep 👀 these Spectrum Swaps for some of your fave less nutritious foods 👅 and get to eatin’! Click the #linkinbio for more information about nutrition coaching with me, Al 🙋🏼‍♀️ - *These classifications are based on the metabolic affect of food in the body + amount of micronutrients, and are contingent upon quality of artificial ingredients. They do no not consider potential intolerances or allergies. This post is NOT sponsored by any of the brands or products featured.

The more you choose nutritious foods, the more you *want* to choose them 💯 - Sometimes I go FULL nutrition nerd 🤓 And by sometimes, I mean all the time. To literally anyone who will listen. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Sorry not sorry, I can’t help myself! I just think it’s *SO COOL* just how much our dietary choices affect our daily lives 👉🏼 from how we feel, to how we think, to how we move, to our habits and preferences. Take this #dessert for example... - I used to have an inconsolable craving for sugar, y’all 🦷 I referred to myself as having a “second dessert stomach” which always had room for something densely chocolate - the sweeter, the better! Cookies 🍪 cakes 🍰 brownies 🧁 those mini frosted donuts 🍩 ... you get the picture, it wasn’t a pretty one 📷 - Over time, as I started to fill my life with more nutritious food, and replace all that grease with greens, my tastebuds and cravings began to change until I had a whole new palate! - Today, this plain greek yogurt bowl topped with blueberries, nuts, and of course ultra-dark chocolate is what I consider sweet 👅 - A lot of people ask me how to make a “sweet tooth” fit into a nutritious diet and my answer is 👉🏼 consistently choose more and more nutritious foods until you create a new standard for that craving! In the beginning, for myself and clients, I refer to these as “craving compromises” but eventually they are no longer a compromise, and they just become the craving! - dEATS 🥄 @traderjoes non fat greek yogurt + raw cashews and pistachios + cacao nibs + @eatnuttzo crunchy power fuel + fresh bluebs + @alterecosf blackout 🤤

Unpopular Wellness Opinion 👉🏼 In the pursuit of your #goals, sometimes you gotta do the opposite of what you want. Sometimes you gotta force yourself to do what you don’t like. Sometimes you gotta go against what you feel like. Thats how you learn the difference between long term satisfaction + instant gratification. Thats how you replace impulse with intention. That’s how you develop discipline + form new habits + create a new level of standard. That’s how you change + evolve. - There’s a tough-love type of truth in accepting that your lack of discipline + perception of priorities are the answers to your “why not me?” questions and “coulda’ woulda’ shoulda’” frustrations. The difference between who you are now and who you want to be are the choices you make to get there 💯 - Take #MealPrep for example. Maybe it isn’t your fave hobby [I mean it is mine but I know I’m not totally in the majority here 😂] But if you struggle to make nutritious choices without having food readily available to you, ya better roll up your sleeves and get to cookin’ sister 💁🏼‍♀️ And if you need a lil help or a lil accountability, I got your back [and your belly 😉] fitlicity.com/nutrition-services - Swipe 📲 for my week in eats! Recipes will be linked in my Weekly Menu highlight + you can peep my stories for a Full Day of Eating daily 👌🏼

It’s Saturday night and the only thing gettin’ lit ‘round here is my stove 💁🏼‍♀️ Something I’m learning and getting better at every day... It’s okay to say “no” if it means protecting your mental energy ✨ It’s not selfish, it’s self-love and self-care 💯 I graciously turned down social plans this weekend to spend serious time to declutter my headspace 🧠 get caught up on work 💻 [maybe even a little ahead 🤞🏼] + recharge n’ restore 🔋 - Need a quick #MealPrep idea? 💡 Try these sheet pan eggs! 🥚 Spray a small baking tray or ceramic dish generously with cooking oil of choice + crack in 6-8 eggs. Shake ‘em around until they fill the edges. Lightly break yolks with a fork. Season with salt + pepper, add any toppings you may please, and bake for ~15 mins on 400. Once whites are cooked through, cool and cut into grab n’ go squares. Perfect to layer onto a breaky sammy!

We can’t control everything that happens to our bodies. We live in a world with sickness and disease and, even more terrifying, people who think laws should invade and govern our personal choices. - And so you can bet your 🍑 that I will use my power whenever, however, wherever I can 👏🏼 Though far from perfect, there’s no denying that I am fortunate enough to have the ability – mental awareness + funds + education + flexibility + accessibility + desire – to support my body and mind. I can choose to treat it with respect. I can choose to fuel it with nutrient dense foods. I can choose to honor it with movement + rest. I can’t erase how how I chose to disregard my body + mind + soul in the past, but I can use every choice as an opportunity to support it in the present and prepare it for the future. - It’s so much more than aesthetics or abs or PRs or performance. It’s not taking this one shot for granted.

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