Love these hot pink biker shorts!

DETAILS: PINK SHORTS (SIMILAR HERE UNDER $40) | ZIP-UP HOODIE | BLACK SPORTS BRA | NIKE SNEAKERS | JUMP ROPE | YOGA MAT

This year, instead of setting grand, lofty goals and New Years Resolutions, I realized that I respond better to smaller targets that I can cross off my to-do list every day, so instead of setting year-long resolutions I set mini, specific goals that I can hit daily. For January, instead of cutting out sugar entirely or committing to running 500 miles this year, I decided to commit to small things like drinking a half gallon of water and jump rope every day this month. I’ve honestly already missed a couple days but it’s nightttt and day difference to the minimal water I was doing before. It’s ok if we’re not perfect but I already notice the changes.

I love being able to check it off my list and it gives you momentum to keep it up, which I fully believe is one of the biggest forces that keep us progressing. That momentum of doing something, even something small, adds up to reaching a big goal. Have you guys ever tried hitting smaller goals instead of going big every year? What do you think!

XX, Christine

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Obsessed with these pants! I have them in a couple colors they are my go to all time favorites!! The seamless ankle makes them really comfortable. 

DETAILS: WHITE MESH TANK (COMES IN 5 COLORS) | WHITE SPORTS BRA | SAGE LEGGINGS (ALSO GOT THESE IN BLACK)

Now that I finally have some more energy, I’ve been a lot better about regular exercise. I’m the type that’s overly cautious and I’ve researched what kind of exercise is ok during pregnancy and what to stay away from, so running has become one of my go to pregnancy workouts. Now my version of running while pregnant is probably about half the speed of normal runners 😉 and I value a pretty scenic route to make running more enjoyable!

I just got some new lululemon pieces from their running collection. You guys know how much I love my Fast and Frees – I wear the black ones a minimum of 3 times a week, for errands, working out, whatever. They have side pockets for your phone which I love and a seamless ankle which makes them really comfortable. I seriously swear by these pants!!  I was excited to get them in another color (these are grey sage – so pretty!) Also got this cropped version here which comes in 10 colors. A few other things I added: this mesh tank (comes in 5 colors and I might need them all!) and this sports bra (insanely comfortable – so supportive! I have it in another color and loved the white!)

There are so many benefits of running so I wanted to share 10 reasons to run!

1. Cardio: Running is obviously one of the best forms of cardio – it burns calories, strengthens your core, and seriously helps your heart health.
2. The Runner’s High: Running releases dopamine, the chemical that’s known as the ‘feel good hormone’, so it really can make you happy.
3. Alone time: Honestly, even if you are running with a friend, running is always a time to clear your head and gives you time to think through and process things that may have been on the back-burner for a while.
4. Friend time: And of course on the flip side, if you prefer working out with a friend, your runs will be a great way to spend time together that you might not be able to fit in elsewhere during the day.
5. Something to be proud of: There’s nothing more rewarding than the feeling of pushing yourself and eventually reaching your goals, whether that’s pushing yourself to go farther, faster, or just being consistent in your runs.
6. Fresh air: Running outdoors can be an experience in and of itself, whether you like the thrill of running through a busy city or the peace of a quiet trail run. lululemon actually has a global running club (the Strava App) that lets you find local run routes if you’re not sure where to start (also priceless when you are traveling and not familiar with the area!). It also lets you connect with other runners and helps you track your progress – such a great tool!
7. Helps flush your emotions: You guys have heard me talk about my foot zoner, and one really interesting thing she told me was how important exercise is for our emotional health. Getting your blood pumping for 30 minutes a day will help you flush out all kinds of emotions that your body has already processed and doesn’t want to hold on to anymore. 
8. Easier, Faster Labors: Throwing this one in for those fellow pregnant mamas, but exercising during pregnancy makes a huge impact on your deliveries and postpartum! (Note to add, if you’re not much of a runner before you get pregnant, you might want to build strength in other ways. 🙂

Below are a few more lululemon pieces that are perfect for running:

XX, Christine
*In collaboration with lululemon and ShopStyle.

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These shoes are not only super cute & comfy but sooo good for running too!

Something about the neon on these leggings motivates me to want to work out 🙂

Its still chilly here in Utah but finally getting prettier outside and I am loving the fresh air!

DETAILS: HALF ZIP UP | TANK | SPORTS BRA | LEGGINGS | SHOES | SOCKS

Happy Wednesday! It has been sooo cold in Utah the last couple of months but the last few weeks we’ve had some gorgeous sunny days. Is it just me or does the sun instantly make you feel so much better? I have been trying to mix up my routine as much as possible to stay active and soak up those rays even if it’s still chilly!  I feel so much better when I get outside, even if it means just going for a 10 minute walk or jog.

I just got these cute workout clothes from Under Armour.  They have lots of pretty new arrivals in bright colors, which is on trend for Spring/Summer. These HeatGear leggings keep me sucked in and feeling warm enough to move outside and I love this pretty blue jacket. I got these UA Charged Rogue shoes to coordinate with my jacket. How pretty is the color!

What motivates you to stay active in the cold winter months?  For me its the sunshine but mostly bright cheery new clothes 😉 I can’t wait for Spring!

From now until the end of this year (12/31/19!) Under Armour is offering my readers free shipping on any order with the code HELLOFASHION. (Free shipping, no minimum, Valid on US and CA Sites only). Let me know what you guys get!!

*In collaboration with ShopStyle and Under Armour. 

XX,
Christine

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DETAILS: 1 – LIP SLEEP MASK | 2 – LANCOME ABSOLUE LINE | 3 – SWEATER | 4 – SNEAKERS | 5 – BLANKET | 6 – CORDLESS VACUUM | 7 – WORK/MOM BAG | 8 – PLANNER | 9 – SHEET MASK | 10 – PAJAMAS | 11 – CARDIGAN | 12 – NEW BOOK | 13 – BASKET

Happppppy New Year!  I know I am a little late on this post, but after taking a couple weeks off I am feeling totally refreshed and ready to get going full force into the new year!  I wanted to share some of my favorite items I have been loving already in 2019.  These are all items I have been using and loving to help keep me feeling organized, happy, uplifted and like my very best. We moved into our new house yesterday and I couldn’t be happier about it!

I shared this lip mask like a week ago on my insta stories – its seriously one of my new favorites!  Its a sleep mask for your lips, but I carry mine around with me all day and use it as chapstick.  I’m obsessed!

You probably saw last week I went to Napa with the amazing Lancome team and got to try out their new Absolue skin care line.  The new line is amazing!  I will be sharing a full blog post on my trip soon but had to include the line as one of my recent favorites.

I am still living in these Adidas UltraBoost tennis shoes. They are soooo comfy and I love all of the colors they come in!  I will definitely be wearing these to help with one of my resolutions to be more active!

This cozy blanket and cordless vacuum are for the new house! You can never have too many cozy blankets around the house 🙂 And after hearing so much about these cordless vacuums I finally ordered one and I can’t wait to see what all the hype is about!

You’ve seen me wearing this bag a few times now – its seriously the best!  I love that you can put your monogram on it and customize the size and color of it…its just all around the perfect size to use as a work bag for your laptop, notebook, etc or just as an everyday mom bag that holds all your stuff for running around.

Cody got me this planner for Christmas and it was the best gift!  Its so simple and functional and I love that I can break out my schedule hour by hour to help keep me on track. It comes in a bunch of colors!

One of my most asked about topics is definitely skin care and I am so excited to share more skin care related posts this year!  These sheet masks are 100% one of my favorite products that I am using lately. If you feel like you don’t have time for sheet masks…there’s always a way to make time!  I will wear them when I am getting stuff done around the house or even just blow drying my hair. Gotta multi task to get that beauty time in 🙂

I have been wearing this cozy cardigan so much recently and gotten a lot of questions about it so I wanted to share it asap! It is the same fabric they make their robes in so it feels like you’re literally wearing a robe, but its a cardigan so its cute and acceptable to wear out in public 😉

Baskets!!! One of my major goals for the new year is just to keep our new house looking new and keep it organized and as tidy as possible. With 3 kids and a dog this isn’t always easy – so one of my favorite tricks is to have a bunch of cute baskets like this around around the house to toss their toys and blankets in when we aren’t using them.

What’s inspiring you for this new year?!  Would love to hear your favorites!  Hope you all have been having a great 2019 so far!

Also!! I am soooo honored to be nominated for best family account for the LiketoKnow.it awards!  It would mean so much to me if you could take a quick minute to vote for our family!❤️ You can vote here 🙂

THANK YOU so much for your support over the years!! Love you all!

XX,

Christine

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DETAILS: 1. PALM TREE DUFFEL | 2. BLUE SPORTS BRA | 3. TEAL BACKLESS TANK | 4. PINK SNEAKERS | 5. WATER BOTTLE | 6. PASTEL PONYTAIL HOLDERS | 7. BLUE CROPPED TANK | 8. PINK SWEATSHIRT | 9. GREEN LEGGINGS | 10. YELLOW SWEATS (UNDER $15) | 11. GRAY BRA TOP (UNDER $20) | 12. TONER PADS | 13. BLUSH HAIR TIES | 14. BLUSH TANK | 15. BLUE SNEAKERS

Hey you guys! You probably already know by now but I love all things bright and pastel when it comes to athleisure. I just bought these sneakers and I absolutely love them! They are from the kids section but since they run big, most people will be able to fit in them still. I am normally a size 7.5-8 and the kids size 5 fits me perfectly.

This duffel bag is also perfect for the gym and on the go! I’m obsessed with the pattern and it’s under $100. I always love a good comfy sweatshirt to wear while running errands or to throw on before going to the gym and I’m dying over the color of this one! I also love this cropped one (and it’s under $40!). These toner wipes are awesome for right after the gym to keep you from breaking out.

How do you guys feel about the pastel trend this season?!

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DETAILS: SPORTS BRA | BLACK CROP TOP (UNDER $30) | LEGGINGS (LAST SEEN HERE)

Who else LOVES sugar! I used to drink a Coke almost everyday. Every morning I would have a chai latte from Starbucks, and every night I would eat a bowl of my favorite sugary cereal before bed. Sugar was a major part of my life!

The reason I started this 14 Day No Sugar Challenge had nothing to do with fitness but was actually because I am obsessed with skincare, skincare products, how to improve your skin, anything and everything, I just love to learn and read about it. I had been reading all these articles about how sugar and processed foods affect so many aspects of your body, one of the main ones being wrinkles and aging your face. It was early December when I came across the article, but I knew there was NO WAY I would make it through the holidays without sugar so I pushed it aside and decided to wait until the new year. January 1st hit and I decided to go 14 days with NO SUGAR! I posted it on my Instagram so I had extra accountability to do it and so many of you guys chimed in with ideas and your favorite snacks to make it happen.

Let me put one disclaimer out there. I did no major artificial sugars, so I still had honey, fruit, yogurt – I was staying away from the major things like pop, candy, cookies, sugary cereals, sugary lattes, processed junk food (I know it’s not sugar but just junk food in general – basically stuff I knew was bad for you). Below is my no sugar diary – if you want to skip past my blabbering I give some tips and and ideas at the bottom and what my overall outcome was.

DAY 1 & 2:

The first two days weren’t that big a deal. I definitely thought about it but had that beginning motivation of “I got this!” which made it easy to fight through the little headaches and tired spells.

DAY 3-7:

The next couple days were when it started to get rough! I got bad headaches, felt agitated, super tired, felt like an addict noticing sugar EVERYWHERE we went. You know when you’re not supposed to have something so all you do is think about it. Ya, that was happening! I was really craving a fizzy soda and posted about it on my stories and a bunch of you recommended Le Croix. Mara picked out the flavors it was strawberry something and you know the burning feeling from the bubbles when you drink pop it kind of gave that effect so it filled my void for the need for pop.

DAY 7 CONFESSION:

Cody and I were driving to Spaghetti Factory, chatting away listening to music, and he’s eating a bag of cinnamon bears totally not thinking I reach my hand in the bang, grab one and take a bite. I’m like dannnng this tastes SO GOOD WHY?! And then mid chew it hit me- I was like crap it’s sugar!! Ahhh!!! I started yelling ” HURRY babe roll down the window I gotta spit this out!!!” I didn’t swallow it and it was 100% an accident so I feel like it’s not a true cheat lol 🙂

DAY 8:

Headed on a flight to Miami and it was super weird because I ALWAYS get Twizzler nibs for the flight. We fly quite a bit so it was so weird my body like wanted to go through the motions at the airport and get my snack foods, but mentally I had stop myself a couple times. Habitually I ordered Ginger Ale, because I have that or Coke on every flight but then the second she handed it to me it was like oh ya I’m not drinking pop so I handed it back to her and switched out for water.

DAY 9 – 11:

Was in Miami and luckily my friends with me are pretty healthy eaters, I found this place that had all organic fruit pops that were like popsicles but just with fresh fruit! They were super yummy and I got a kiwi strawberry one.

DAY 12-14: HOME STRETCH!

I got home from Miami and my best friend flew into town. We stalked up on a bunch of snacks for the kids and Beckam picked one of my all time favorite POWDERED DONUTS! – yes im realizing this is basically turning into a diary of all the sugary things I missed. I opened the bag to give one to B and they smelt SO GOOD. It literally took everything in me not to take one. My friend was like just do it your a day away you seriously did so good already and I was like I can’t, I’ve come this far I have to do ONE MORE DAY! And I know it sounds so dumb but when I finally finished knowing I really really made it and set my mind to something and actually did it felt SO GOOD!

I DID IT!

It was literally a celebration when Day 14 came! I was so excited to have some sort of treat! Yes it was powdered donuts lol, and of course a Coke. But what was weird is usually I can drink a full Coke no big deal I only had a couple sips and was kind of over it. I wasn’t as into as I used to be, and I didn’t even crave my chai lattes anymore! But let’s be honest the donuts tasted like heaven 😉

So I wanted to share some tips and pointers from what I learned:

SUBSTITUTES:

Milk: I  made the switch from regular milk to almond milk, and surprisingly didn’t even miss normal milk that much. On average one cup of milk has about 10-12 grams of sugar, whereas most almond milks contain no sugar at all.

Soda: On a couple occasions I had really bad cravings for soda, so I turned to drinking zero sugar drinks like La Croix instead. They’re not necessarily my favorite drinks ever, but the carbonation helped to curb the cravings.

When it came to snacks, I loved almonds, apple slices, protein shakes, etc. I also probably ate eggs way more than ever. Scrambled egg whites, egg sandwiches, avocado toast with eggs, really egg anything I like.

EATING OUT:

If you’re going to attempt any sort of lifestyle or diet change it’s probably unrealistic to say that you’ll never eat at your favorite restaurants, drinks or desserts. Something that helped me a lot was one of my friends told me you could look up restaurants menus and nutrition facts online. Nowadays most restaurants include dietary information on their websites which is extremely helpful and insightful. For example a lot of times I thought a salad off the menu would have the least amount of sugar compared to everything else, but most the time was completely wrong! What I would do is look up those facts online for wherever we were planning on eating so that I would know ahead of time what I would be ordering so that I could still stick to my plan.

For example, you can plan your no-sugar Starbucks run in advance with their nutrition information here. It definitely takes a little more planning, but so worth it!

WHAT I LEARNED:

Since the two weeks have been over I’ve been much more aware of sugar and how prevalent it is in the foods we eat. Since the challenge,  I still have my occasional chai lattes and cold Coke, but I’ve cut my overall sugar down SO much. I’m trying to limit myself to two days a week of having a cheat item, and honestly the weeks I don’t limit myself and just eat whatever (it’s been almost 2 months since I finished), I notice a huge change in my energy and overall feelings.

I noticed more changes (for the good) in my body those two weeks of no sugar than ever before! Not to say that working out isn’t important because I started going to the gym a lot more during this too, but sometimes I forget that what we’re eating is what plays the biggest role in how our bodies react and change.

My reason for starting this was out of the intention to be a little healthier and feel better overall, but in the end I realized this was WAY more of a mental challenge than a physical one. If you read my daily diary above you know day thirteen when I was opening a bag of powdered donuts for B it literally took everything in me to resist. At that point I knew one donut wouldn’t ruin everything, but I wanted to push myself and prove to myself that I could stick to my guns. So many times during these two weeks I was pushed to the breaking point of giving in. Once it was over I was so proud of myself for pushing through and it was a good reminder that I really can do anything I set my mind too, and that we’re all stronger than we think. I know this sounds cheesy but I feel like it’s helped me have a stronger mental focus in other areas of my life as well. Does anyone know what I’m talking about? I feel like it’s so hard to really explain.

Also I had originally set out to do this for skin improvements and one of the girls who does my makeup a lot came over for a shoot and she was like your skin seems tighter under your eyes have you been doing something different? And I was so excited she saw a difference! She had no idea I was on the sugar challenge and she’s someone who is constantly looking at my skin so I was excited to see it actually worked!

Have you guys ever tried to go without sugar? What was your experience like and would you do it again? Or how long did you last without sugar – so curious!

XX, Christine

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DETAILS: BLACK TIE BACK TANK (WEARING SIZE 6) | PLEATED SHORTS (WEARING SIZE 4) | COLORBLOCKED WHITE AND PINK NIKES

You guys know I love anything in pink so I was obsessed with these as soon as I laid eyes on them! I have a hard time with shorts – a lot of times they look really boxy on me – but I love the feminine side-pleat on this pair. Also still living in these colorblocked sneakers. Am I the only who gets excited when you have matching sneakers? haha

DETAILS:  BLACK AND NUDE STRAPPY SPORTS BRA (WEARING SIZE 6) | BLACK HOT SHORTS (WEARING SIZE 4) | COLORBLOCKED NIKES

These shorts are another great pair. I love the length and the really thick waistband – they also come in 12 colors. Also how pretty is this sports bra!!

DETAILS: BLACK AND NUDE STRAPPY SPORTS BRA (WEARING SIZE 6) | BLACK TIE BACK TANK (WEARING SIZE 6) | BLACK HOT SHORTS (WEARING SIZE 4) | COLORBLOCKED NIKES

I’m such a sucker for strappy sports bras. Most sportswear pieces are pretty simple silhouettes, so you get to have the most fun with pretty sports bras – love this one (comes in 12 colors)! Also, even better with this tie-back tank to show off the back detail. Love the combo and the cool spattered print on this tank (comes in 3 colors).

DETAILS: BLACK LEGGINGS (SOOOO COMFY! WEARING SIZE 4 – SIMILAR HERE) | BLACK TIE BACK TANK (WEARING SIZE 6) | COLORBLOCKED NIKES

These are the most comfortable Lululemon leggings I have ever owned!! They don’t have a hem at the bottom which I never realized made such a difference. And love the pockets! I never realized how useful pockets were in workout pants until now. Seriously, I can’t recommend these enough and tell all my friends about them.

DETAILS:  BLACK TIE BACK TANK (WEARING SIZE 6) | PINK CROPPED LEGGINGS (WEARING SIZE 6 – SIZE UP, THEY RUN SMALL – PANTS VERSION HERE)

More pink! Love the color on these cropped leggings and also got them in the pants version here. I’ve been sticking to my gym routine so I’m always looking for new workout pieces – let me know below if you have anything you recommend!

Also I’m going to finish up my post on my no sugar challenge I did last month so leave a comment with any questions you have about the challenge so I can include them as well!

XX, Christine

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