About

My name is Gina and I love food.

 

I love to eat it (obviously)

Write about it

Share it with friends

and experiment with unique ingredients and flavor profiles.

Of course I’m not biased –I loved and appreciate all things food- but usually choose to roll with the types that can fuel my body in the best way possible.

Because if there’s anything I love as much as food, it’s fitness.

I love to learn about it

teach and train others

and share my crazy passionate love for activity (!) with anyone who will listen.

You see, food and fitness had a lovechild —-> this little blog

It hasn’t always been easy for me to eat well and get moving – I still face challenges with it today.

I married a man who will eat anything I cook, but loves fast food, cheesy food, fried food and anything ooey or gooey.

He’s notorious for coming home with sweet tea and half-eaten bags of fries.

It’s taken a lot of planning for me to create our meals when I’m a quasitarian and he’s as carnivorous as they come, which is why I provide a lot of healthy options for veggies and meaties who co-exist in one household

As a military family, we’ve lived quite a few places. Most recently we were in a small Georgia town where healthy ingredients were scarce and the closest thing to Whole Foods was the organic section at WalMart.

A la Tim Gunn, we made it work

Whether it’s impromptu trips to Whole Foods in Jacksonville, Trader Joe’s in Atlanta, or exploring local farms, we found the good stuff we like to munch.

As you guys know, the Pilot is gone quite a lot. Despite how hard it is to have him gone, I have to draw on my inner strength to make the conscious decision to be healthy, even when I’m a little down. Let me tell ya, nothing makes you want to drown your sorrows in a gallon Haagen Dazs like your best friend being on the other side of the world.

Instead, I choose the times when he’s away to take even better care of myself,

I hang out with friends (and throw healthy dinner parties)

I work out to get those endorphins flowing

even if that means I have to do a Beachbody DVD or yoga podcast in our extra guest room – the small town we lived in didn’t have a yoga studio or gym with a full aerobics schedule.

This blog demonstrates that you can take the best possible care of yourself, no matter what the circumstance is. You can eat well, cook well, live amazingly and have a blasty at the same time

EVERYONE can find their Fitnessista