Sweating And Looking Badass

It's been roughly 6 weeks since my jaw reconstructive surgery and I've been given the clear by the docs to start up my exercising again which is great because summertime is fastly approaching. Swimsuits are filling up stores, diet tips, and exercises are filling up my pinterest, so I might as well get on board with the nation's annual Spring health kick. I even went out and bought some more fruit and veggies and didn't look at the ice cream isle, which used almost all my willpower itself ;)

I signed up for Tone It Up's free Bikini Series which includes 8 weeks of workout plans, uplifting exercise videos, prizes, much need motivation, nutritional tips, recipes, and much more! Tone It Up is run by best friends, Karena and Katrina, and have been titled "New Faces of Fitness" by Jane Fonda and Marie Claire names them the ‘Power Duo".

Besides trying to get my sweat on and my lazy ass off the computer (sometimes even putting on my sports bra is a mental hassle!), window shopping at cute summer clothes helps fuel my motivation. Check out my picks!

Summer Body Fitness Inspiration by vintagedanielle featuring a bow bathing suit

 When and how do you 

start 'prepping' the body & mind

  for swimsuit season?

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Chunky Monkey Smoothie

If you've been on my Pinterest page lately, you'll notice that I've created a board just for yummy drinks and smoothies. This morning I tried the protein packed Chunky Monkey smoothie and it was so good that I had to not only repin the recipe but share it all with you! There are many different variations of the Chunky Monkey but this is my favorite because it's the simplest and I had all the ingredients at home. The drink is a great post workout replenishment or breakfast meal.

INGREDIENTS
1 Medium ripe banana
1 Cup of Silk Dark Chocolate Almond milk (more calcium than regular milk and best tasting premade chocolate milk I've had) or any low fat chocolate milk
1 Tbsp of low fat peanut butter
1 Cup of ice 

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New Year Resolutions

The beginning of the year brings hope, promises, and personal goals. Unfortunately, by June, over 50% of us will give up and lose sight on their new year resolutions. I have one resolution that I've been using for the past few years: to lose 15 pounds but it hasn't happened. Last year, I even joined a gym but by summer time I had lost motivation and the willpower. I ended up canceling my membership by September :(

My new resolution is to go swing dancing more this year; at least once a month. I LOVE LOVE swing dancing, it is actually how Johnny and I met. It's so much fun, I love the music, the people, and getting all dressed up. 

To help reach my old new years resolution I've created a new page, "New Year's Resolution" (located on top next to "Outfit of the Week" page). This new page will track my progress, include updates, feature tips, and etc. I plan on using Johnny's wii fitness game for my exercise since it's too expensive to join a gym again.

I hope you'll join me on my journey towards finally conquering my goal and who knows, maybe this will be just the kick in the ass you'll need too!

What are your new year resolutions? Do you have your go-to ones? How will you make sure that you stay on track? Got any tips!?! Let me know in the comment section below :)