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I have days I don't want to work out. Working out is hard. But exercise not only changes your body, it changes your mind, your attitude, and your mood.

It took me over a month to lose 30 pounds sick with Type 1 diabetes. It took me less than a month to gain back those 30 pounds with insulin. My friends know me as a #gymrat but trust me, I have days I don't want to work out. Working out is hard. But #exercise not only changes your body, it changes your mind, your attitude, and your mood. What used to be hard for me is now my warm up. Don't be afraid of being a #beginner. I train harder. I eat cleaner. I know my strengths. I know on good days, I work out. I know on bad days, I work out harder. Every workout is progress. Exercise does make you look better naked. So does tequila. Your choice. I say never underestimate yourself. You will see things change. Your body changes. You change.

Go to the gym, drink your water, and take your vitamins. Deal with what is going on in your heart and head. Get healthy. You don't have to move mountains. It is the little details that are vital. Little things make the big things happen. You just glow different when you are doing better. Coffee tastes better. The playlist makes you dance. Strangers smile back. You are your biggest #commitment.

Be the person you want to have in your life.

A healthy committed relationship with yourself allows you to give fully and not feel used or taken for granted because you expect nothing in return. You should be full of yourself. And it is a good thing. It is not about arrogance.

It is about being whole and authentic. I am full of self. I am whole. I am me.

It is human that a part of us shrinks or dies every time when we hear others speaking badly about us behind our back. It is compassion and kindness that a part of us expands and comes alive when we speak of others highly behind their back. Speak in love with understanding hearts so that you see no value in comparing yourself with anyone, even your past and future self. Be the type of person who leaves a mark, not a scar.

I learned that love changes your mood more than anything else. Relationships are not about upgrading your home or dining room furniture; it is about improving your emotional state. When two people speak love and understand their hearts, it is moments of incredible certainty of everything under the sun. Love is not only for what the person is, but for what you are when you are with them. Not only for what they have made of themselves, but for what they make of you. From heart of hearts, they help you to make of the lumber of life not a tavern, but a temple.

When you love someone, you do not love them all the time...in the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility.

Security in a relationship lies in the quality of our love directly related to the quality of our self care.

Trust your dopeness. Your joy is something magnificient. Protect your happiness. And if you are lucky, I mean if you are the luckiest person on this planet, the person you love decides to love you back. He will be one VERY lucky guy ♥

• Sending love from Marival Armony Resort • Location: Punta de Mita, Mexico

No-Knead Skillet Rosemary Bread

♥ Problems you face are only as big as you want it to be. If you can choose between a big problem and a small problem, then surely you must have the power to choose between a small problem and no problem at all. You always have an option. Much of what we face in life is all a matter of perspective. When facing a #challenge, decide to simply deal with it and do your best. That's how you gain control. Choose wisely.

I can say I have no problem making a wise choice to bake this rosemary bread to usher in fall. I always thought baking bread was rocket science until I found this no-knead skillet rosemary bread recipe. You can prepare it the day before or an hour and half before you want to devour these delish carbs! This recipe was easy and my short cut hints are to mix the oil with the flour and salt then add the yeast. It will be sticky but you do not have punch down the dough like most traditional bread recipes, just use flour generously. Baking in a cast iron pan makes for crispy outside and soft inside. Not to mention, you have the best presentation. Enjoy alone, with a glass of wine or with some tomato soup!

• Rosemary bread l Carb Count: 34g per slice • Nutritional facts are estimates only

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Performance Review

I love when people share personal thoughts on what love means to them, how they express it, and what it has taught them about themselves or others. Some stand out. Some I take snippets. When people ask me how and why do I love the way I do, I simply love because it is impossible to stop. What's the other choice? Survive on a diet of hate where it eats at your soul?

Here is my take on the whole dating thing. It should first and foremost be easy, effortless and fun. Secondly, love is as plentiful as oxygen. You simply have to breathe it in. And thirdly, you can’t be too well guarded that even birds do not fly there. Because a place where birds do not fly is a place where people do not mix, ideas do not get sparked, friendships do not get forged, stereotypes do not get broken, collaboration does not happen, trust does not get built and love does not flourish. That is not the kind of place you want to be...living in a defensive crouch.

Every person that walks through your life is different. And must always be judged for them, their merit.

Someone may make you feel so unwanted now. But you have the option to always reinvent what you want.

You have to take risks and fail. Should the opportunity present itself, it can scare you to death, reappear and disappear without explanation. And if you are afraid, you are not yourself. I am sure love will come back. Love can come back but not if you remain on the wrong track.

As I strongly believe, we accept the love we think we deserve.

Love is the feeling we have for those we care deeply about and hold in high regard. it can be light as the hug we give or heavy as the sacrifices we make. It can be romantic, platonic, familial, fleeting, everlasting, conditional, unconditional, amplified by kindness, leavened by generosity, twisted by betrayal, deepened by time, darkened by difficulty, nourished by humor, and loaded with promises and commitments that we may or may not want or keep.

I believe love, in any relationship whether friendship or intimate, is not performance based where certain #expectations must be met or performed to receive love. You love someone because you want to promote their well being. It is about raising them up when they cannot do it themselves. It is about shaking, waking up, and jostling their soul to what they cannot see before their eyes.

I have learned that to truly love someone, you have to practice loving everyone. Be brave. Be authentic. Practice and keep practicing. And whether it works out into future years is irrelevant. It is an opportunity to know and love someone at the simplest term. Call it practice to love more, love better, so when you met the person, you would not be stumbling around. When they do arrive, you are not all thumbs...well just at speed texting McDreamy ♥

me. you. bed. now .