The Hansen Family

Dance recital tips and gift ideas! The girls dance recital was last weekend and I enjoy them so much. But I didn’t always… It’s a bitter sweet weekend for us as our oldest wants to take a break from dance. And I get it, it can be a long season, and she should be able to choose. I don’t want to force her to keep taking classes if she isn’t into it. Our youngest now wants to take a break too. Hmmm? That is a decision mommy and daddy may have to make. The girls danced so well, and received so many compliments. However, there was a time when I used to dread dance recital weekend. It was so stressful and LooooooOOOOOooooooong. Especially for a child under 6 years old. I have some tips in a past blog on how to survive dance recital here . Our oldest daughter wanted to do pinwheels this year as a gift. I thought that was a great idea. I feel we overload on sweets, it has nothing to do about being healthy, and I know that I have been focused on health lately....

Nutrition is an important part of your fitness plan. Fitness + Nutrition = Success! I cannot stress how valuable nutrition is to see a change in your body. To see a change you have to make a change. I used to exercise daily and because I "put-in the work" I felt I deserved a treat as a reward. Every. Day.  I was self-destructing everything I worked so hard for, but I truly thought, it didn't make a difference.  I started to notice, over time, that the scale was climbing higher and higher. I went to bed feeling bloated and bleh. I was tired all the time with little or no energy. Something had to change, but I didn't know what TO change. I thought I needed to change my workout routine, so I started a 30 day challenge with BodyRock.tv and I could hardly get through the workout. She kept talking about nutrition and eating right. But what did that look like? I started looking on Pinterest to find meal plans, but I couldn't find anything that I liked that...