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February 2014

Blog, Recipes, Snacks

Smoothies

February 19, 2014

One of my favorite things to make are smoothies. Simple is always best and most of my smoothies start with a quick and easy base made up of three tasty and nutritious ingredients: coconut milk, banana, and spinach.

It’s easy to change up your smoothies by adding in different ingredients to the base to make a completely new creation every time. Check out some of my favorite smoothie recipes below.

Here are a few of my favorite smoothies:

This is my go to smoothie: Tropical Green Smoothie

  • 1 frozen banana
  • 1/2 cup frozen mango
  • 1/2 cup frozen pineapple
  • 2/3 cup coconut milk
  • 1 cup spinach
  • 1/2 cup water

Blend ingredients. I love to put flax seeds, chia seeds, or goji berries on top

Strawberry Banana Smoothie:

  • 1 frozen banana
  • 1/2 cup frozen strawberries
  • 3/4 cup coconut milk
  • 1 cup spinach (optional)
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 TB maca powder

Blend then sprinkle cacao nibs and flax seeds on top

Pineapple Mango Smoothie

  • 1 cup of mango
  • 1/2 cup of pineapple juice
  • 1/2 cup of coconut milk
  • 1 cup of spinach (optional)
  • 1/2 cup of water
  • 1 tsp maca powder

Blend then top with goji berries

My favorite healthy dessert smoothie: Banana Coconut Smoothie

  • 1 1/2 frozen banana
  • 2 TB coconut cream
  • 2/3 cup coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 TB maca powder
  • 2 TB coconut palm sugar

Blend then top with cacao nibs and flax seeds

Blog, Health & Recovery

Dear Me…A letter to my fifteen-year-old self

February 7, 2014

It’s the year 2010, and your life is about to change. You’ve been back and forth to New York for your modeling and you are now settling in to the city for your first extended stay as a model with one of the top agencies in the world.  I know how excited and nervous you are right now for all that is ahead of you.  Your modeling career is off to an unbelievable start meeting with famous designers and international magazines. It’s just the beginning, and it feels like you have the world at your fingertips.

New York 2010

The last few months leading up to this trip, you’ve been skipping meals and over- exercising, but please listen to me when I say that you are putting too much pressure on yourself to lose weight.  You’re taking it to the extreme and setting yourself up to be miserable.  Soon you’ll start to feel trapped in a destructive cycle of shame, fear and self-hatred.  What might feel good right now will regrettably leave you feeling hopeless and alone.

Today, I want to warn you especially – you will have an important decision to make very soon, one that can change your life drastically.  It won’t really seem like a big deal at the time but will mark the start of your eating disorder that will consume your life for the next few years. For the first time, you will start to hear your eating disorder (ED) whispering in your ear. Don’t listen.

I wish you could know now what’s taken years to learn the hard way. Love yourself as I do now.

From,

“Future You”