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avocado egg banana breakfast bowl

avocado egg banana breakfast bowl

Jumped out of bed and got my plank on..haha Lori and I did our 12 minute plank and cardio routine….amazing workout Building our core strength again. One plank at a time. Michelle’s Monday recap: It was time for me to head home, but before leaving town I enjoyed breakfast. Need I say more?? haha  HereContinue Reading

i am not a failure

i am not a failure

Happy May 1st friends! We can’t believe May is here and April is gone. Crazy! Seriously where does the time go?  Yesterday we had some fun with our workout as we filmed a new #purelyfitlife workout. It’s a leg based workout. It was a killer! From taking a good bit of rest days lately we areContinue Reading

learning more about carbs, hormones, and acne

learning more about carbs, hormones, and acne

Michelle – Workout yesterday for me was our 8 minute #plankworkout followed by 3 rounds of sexy strong arms routine. Slowly starting to get more definition in my arms – motivation for me to keep pushing. Lori: I also did our 8 minute plank workout along with some bridge holds and push-ups. Love the simplicityContinue Reading

answering some readers questions

answering some readers questions

Source: recipeforabs.tumblr.com via Lori and on Pinterest   Love fitness inspirational quotes to help motivate us.   Yesterday we did our sexy strong arm workout. And did this 10 minute buti workout for our warm-up instead of doing our #plankworkouts. We like trying out new fitness related things and have heard great things about this butiContinue Reading

makeup for acne prone skin

makeup for acne prone skin

We wanted to gather a list of the current makeups we are using and loving. We bought ALL these products with our own money! These are just our personal thoughts about makeups we like. These makeups have worked well on our acne prone and sensitive skin. Hopefully you can give some a try and getContinue Reading

always in the back of my mind

always in the back of my mind

Happy Sunday luvs!!! We hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend Ours is flying by! Saturday we both felt like going for a run. Lori: I laced up  my mizuno waves shoes put on a few layers, grabbed my Gymboss Interval Timer and hit the pavement.  When I got back from my interval run IContinue Reading

day 12 + how I oil pull to help with my acne prone face

day 12 + how I oil pull to help with my acne prone face

Remember this our plan to heal our gut. Consult your doctor before beginning any program. Adjust to your own body and needs. We have done our own research and have come to these steps to help us in our journey to heal our stomach issues. Please do your own research before starting anything new. We are not reallyContinue Reading

Day 9 bloated stomach and progress pictures

Day 9 bloated stomach and progress pictures

Remember this our plan to heal our gut. Consult your doctor before beginning any program. Adjust to your own body and needs. We have done our own research and have come to these steps to help us in our journey to heal our stomach issues. Please do your own research before starting anything new. WeContinue Reading

update on how my acne is doing

update on how my acne is doing

It has been awhile since I have mentioned anything about my acne struggle. My last real update was in early August where I gave my face plan of attack to get rid of my cystic acne. I apologize for not doing a better job in keeping everyone updated as I feel it is a topicContinue Reading

makeup review: Jane Iredale and Vapour Organic Beauty

makeup review: Jane Iredale and Vapour Organic Beauty

Hello friends, Today I wanted to share the new makeup brands that I am trying to see if my skin likes them. Plus see how well these makeups do with covering up my acne and scars. a lovely picture haha – me in the bathroom, horrible lighting too I dislike how I have to putContinue Reading

learning to listen to your body and love food again

learning to listen to your body and love food again

In today’s #FitVEDA video we discuss a topic that can be hard to address. As you all know we have suffered from an eating disorder, so we are honored when people ask us for advice on how to learn to love food again. We hope we answered everyone’s thoughts and concerns on listening to yourContinue Reading

fat and sugar discussion

fat and sugar discussion

Hello friends! Happy Sunday! Glad everyone enjoyed our video where we discussed our thoughts on does fruit make your fat. Loved the discussion and comments from all of you, looks like we all love our fruit.  But many of you asked us to clarify the topic of fat and sugar causing acne. Today we areContinue Reading

Does fruit make you fat?

Does fruit make you fat?

We have received a lot of emails and facebook messages for more of our thoughts on fruit, fat, protein, etc? First, sorry we have not written some of you back, we will soon!!! Second, we hope to share more of our thoughts about macronutrients and diet over time. As you all know our diet isContinue Reading