Sometimes
Hey guys! How are ya? Hope you’ve had a wonderful day so far. Thanks for the awesome feedback on the Reader’s Request post– I loved hearing about your fave healthier drinks.
Sometimes….
I use a salad beast as a means to consume a ridiculous amount of dressing
Instead of making a real pizza crust, I use pita
An egg is the perfect topping
Unless you’re the pilot….
In which case, meats, cheese + stuffed crust will do 😉
Sometimes…
Bella transports her food and eats it off the leg of the pilot’s flight suit, which hangs on the staircase from the second he gets home
I eat dessert, not because I’m hungry, but because it tastes really good
Always…
You have to do always what’s best for you.. even if it’s difficult, sad, or if it means packing up your life and moving somewhere the next time your husband will be gone for a while. (More info on that within the next couple of weeks)
I’ve off to make macaroons and marinara, then train clients <3
See ya after bootcamp!
xoxo,
Gina
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So true – always do what’s best for you! PS – I eat dessert just because, too 😉
sometimes i love your blog… oh wait… that’s all the time. 🙂 thanks for making me smile every day!
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Aw the ending of this post made me sad! Everything always works out… when you do what’s best for you, just like you said 🙂
Love this- especially the dessert part. And I love that you encourage such a level of acceptance on your blog- very inspiring. Thanks!
That’s so cute that Bella does that haha. Dogs are so precious.
I can’t wait to hear about your move. I’m an Army girlfriend and it’s extremely difficult…hopefully this means you can be closer to your family 🙂
I feel the same way about dessert. 🙂
I’m an army girlfriend too, by the way. =/ My latest separation-reaction can been found in my most recent post, haha.
LOVE this post, Gina. Sometimes…I think people forget that we have one life to live 😉 Doing what’s right for it is what’s best. Hugs for decisions you have to make & many kudos for always keeping it real!
I loved this post! It was different from your usual (which I always enjoy, though) and I loved reading it! A lot of them made me laugh (like the Pilot’s Pizza Hut box). And it is very true about dessert. I’m never hungry but I always have it, haha.
I think the Pilot and I would get along fabulously. I love stuffed-crust pizza.
hahah i’m pretty sure you two are eating soulmates. this is why i can never let him see your blog and the delicious desserts you make all the time 😉
Hahaha loved your pizza in comparison with the pilots… yours tastes better tho right Gina?!
Great post.. your blog is one of the first things I read in the morning and it always makes my day that much more inspired 🙂
mine definitely tastes better 🙂
thank you!
agreed that you have to do the things that make you happy- because when you are happy the people who love you are happy too.
I eat dessert – all.the.time. I feel like it completes the meal. A true perfect ending! 🙂
thank you for being so inspiring. well wishes coming your way for the upcoming changes. I am so impressed with how you choose to live your life. I find myself wanting to try just that much harder after reading your posts…
so you’re coming to New York, riiight??
Gina, you are a fabulous woman. You deserve to do ONLY what is best for you!!
pshhh. i WISH.
thank you <3
My 3 year old daughter was sitting with me as I was reading your blog post today and when I was on the picture of your ice cream she said, “piggy” She sees a pig face shape in your ice cream, like making shapes out clouds. So here’s a challenge for you, can you find the pig face in your ice cream? Hint: just look for the snout in the middle. LOL
LOVE this post.
Good luck with the move!
I did something similiar to your last suggestion when my husband was deployed for 13 months and I came home from Germany. Being overseas without my husband was too much during a deployment. Other wives didn’t understand but I did what was best for me and never regretted it.
so good to know. i feel bad ditching out on my friends and the other wives, but i think i’ll go crazy if i stay here
That’s exactly how I felt, the guilt of leaving but in the end all I wanted was my husband to support my decision (which he did 100%) and to stay sane. I sincerely believe that it makes a deployed husband feel so much better to know you are in a place of love, support and happiness while he is away.
Hope the move and transition go well, hang in there! I agree that doing what is best for you is the way to go 🙂
I’m intrigued by the move info. I couldn’t imagine having my husband gone so much, but I know it’s all part of life for some and we are thankful for those who do that work.
Sounds like a deployment…I’m sorry to hear that. You are a wonderful, strong and smart woman and will get through this with flying colors, even if it means packing up your life and moving somewhere else. You’re always welcome to come to lovely California, I’m sure there are plenty of people that would be honored to have you stay with them. 🙂 <3 While you go through this rough time…and sometimes ice cream makes everything better.
Good luck with the future. You have to be selfish in situations like that – do what is best for you at that time.
I eat dessert. I need something sweet after meals 🙂
i feel like this is a really beautifully written post…and it’s awesome that you do all of those things because you love to, and don’t do anything because you feel you have to!
thinking of you guys!
Ooh so excited to hear about the move! Pita pizzas sound delicious!
Are you moving to another country?! That’s what I always assume when someone talks about moving. I may be facing a temp. move to Israel someday soon for my husband to get a PHd, though neither of us are Jewish. The things we do for our husbands.
I agree when you say you should always do what’s best for you – even when it’s hard. Can’t wait to hear more about the move. I’m sure whatever happens, everything will turn out fine coz you’re awesome! 🙂
I have an Air Force pilot too! :). I’ve never commented but I just wanted to say I did the same thing last time. He deployed over the winter and holidays and I went home to family. Now he is deployed again and I have stayed but by choice although alot of wives leave every time. SO dont feel bad! At the end of the day all that matters is that you are happy and everyone else will understand. Love love the blog!
Love how you keep it real, girlfriend:) Everything will shake out ok. You’re a very strong woman!
What is that dessert you made?!
I’m assuming protein ice-cream, but it looks like it could also be banana “soft serve” with some PB blended in as well.
it was protein ice cream 🙂
I don’t know how you do it, honestly. I’d have to live so close to my family if my husband was deployed all the time. I think doing what’s right for you is so so important in your case.
You always have a place to stay in San Diego…always. 🙂
Scott is gone about as much as the Pilot and you can stay in my house in our guest room, we can make raw food together, go to yoga together, go lift together and as long as we play barbies for at least 30 mins per day and read a few ABC books, we can go shopping too 🙂
xoxo
Oh I just can’t imagine the mayhem you three would get into together! Between both your cooking/un-cooking it’d be a dreamy little holiday! (And, the blogworld would be blown away by your co-creations!)
um that would pretty much rock my world 🙂 maybe i can come visit while he’s gone???
Sorry just came back to check comments, a little late here 🙂 but oh yeah girl you can come out anytime!
I would love to have you and so would Skylar! For a 3 yr old, she’s a great little raw food connoisseur and shopper (priorities haha!). Seriously though, anytime. I live 2 city blocks from TJ,s 6 blocks from WF’s, and on my block there is I’m not kidding 7 sushi restaurants, Indian, Ethiopian, 5 gay bars, a dollar store, a liquor store, and 2 coffee shops. That’s just my 1 city block. So we’d have plenty to keep us busy when we’re not off yoga’ing it up!
xoxo
The Pilot and My hubby should have din together….my hubby calls me “The Vegan” even though I am not really a full vegan…but he thinks most of my food is weird, and sometimes gets his own take out. I feel like us women should start a club, to save money on food, haha..our men can eat their meat and potatoes and be happy, and we can eat our “vegan” food, haha.
My cousin is marrying a marine captain (or whatev they call the officers)in Dec, great guy. He if off for training overseas now til Aug, then right after their wedding he will be gone for 7 months. She is not doing so great with it, I can’t imagine how hard it must be. Any words of wisdom I could give her from someone with experience??? Maybe not? No matter what anyone says I am sure it’s just plain tough…they both have said that they appreciate each other more, and that lovely dovey stuff hasn’t fizzled out yet (even though, I know they are not married yet…but have been together a long time.)
here’s a post i did on dealing with deployments: http://fitnessista.com/2010/04/readers-request-dealing-with-deployments/ <3
thanks, I will share it with her
I’m so glad you said that sometimes you eat dessert just because it tastes good! I feel so guilty sometimes for wanting dessert even though I’m not hungry. Now I know other people do it too, and I won’t feel so bad!
what a lovely post:) i love the whole egg on pizza idea xx
yikes. not sure what your ending of the post meant, but it is so very true. if you do what is right for you, you will never regret it! you have the best blog, gina 🙂
<3 i have the best readers and blog friends
The Hubz and I have discussed this very situation if he ends up in the JAG. We both decided that I would most likely move back with our family if he was deployed. He’s been gone all summer for an internship and even though my sister moved in I have not been handling it so well. I honestly can’t imagine what you are going through and facing, but I have so much respect for how strong you are through it all. I do believe God doesn’t present things to us that we aren’t strong enough to handle, but sometimes the strength training leaves lots of sore heart muscles and needs lots of friendly hydration 🙂
Wish you the best!
Your temporarily moving to Tucson, aren’t you.
I love the style of this post- so fun!
I have been loving your blog, Gina! You are inspiring to me in many ways. Definitely do what’s best for you during the deployment … your hubby has been gone a TON. Of course you will be missed, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to stay sane in this life! 🙂 PS Thanks to you I am cutting out all fake sugar except Stevia! Something I’ve wanted to do a while but haven’t quite had the motivation!
{hug} ^I totally agree with what Celia posted above.
Oooh girl, I feel ya. I’m going to be stuck in UTAH of all places while mine is deployed soon. If I could leave I would. Take the opportunity if you can and be near people that make you happy while he’s gone.
Made me sad to read that you’re having to make a tough decision, but I think following your heart (and your pilot when you can) is the right thing. Why be where you are not happy when you can be surrounded by people who love you while he is away? Best wishes and prayers for both of you, Gina.
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Wait…dessert is about being hungry? I just love a taste of sweet, whether it be banana mango soft serve, or a bit of fruit salad, or something waaayy more decadent!
Thank you Gina, for your supportive and anything-goes atmosphere. My day would not nearly be as sunny with out ya! <3
thank you <3
Cracks me up that Bella eats off the flight suit! 🙂 I always insist that my husband takes his off and hangs it in the front closet as soon as he walks in – and shuts the closet door!! I’m paranoid the jet fuel smell will take over my whole house. 😉
Moving a household alone sounds tough! I hope everything goes smoothly.
That pizza looks amazing, way better than the take out kind. I’m definitely going to give that a try next time we order out :O)
I am so in love with your blog, you have really helped me eat cleaner and feel better about myself. It’s so great to see a health and fitness blog that also encourages self-acceptance and love. Thank you for that!
As someone who just had to make a tough decision based on what I’m hoping is best for me, I say go for it. Even if it’s hard, if it’s truly what’s best for you, you’ll be much happier in the long run :O)
Hang in there! I hope you find somewhere that makes you happiest! Love reading your blog.
Love this post! I think we all do some (or all) of those things. 🙂 I hope everything works out for you!
This post made me smile. 🙂 I love your attitude.
Good luck with your upcoming changes — I think it will be good for you to live somewhere that matches your energy level better during that time.
Gina you are such a wonderful and inspirational woman! 🙂 I hope everything is okay and works out the best for you and the pilot. You deserve only the best!