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After surgery, Gina was inspired and committed to sharing her story about one woman’s journey back to health, happiness and prosperity.

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You know those nights where you just want to order in basically the entire menu from your favorite pizzeria but then remember you’re working towards a goal so don’t?! 🤔🍕🍝🥖🙄 Well, this was one of those nights for me! I always think how my surgeon’s team said to learn to make your old favorites in a new healthy way soo I made my version of Baked Ziti with homemade sauce, turkey meat, low fat cheese and @palmini_pasta 🤤🤤🤤 It totally hit the spot and was only 260 Cals per Serving (17g F, 5g C, 27g P) #betterthantakeout Transformation Tuesday 💃🏽 Bridesmaid Edition! I’m so grateful to have amazing friends and that I get to be a first hand witness to them falling in love and getting married 🤗👰🏻🤵🏻🤗 I have to say though, it’s so much more enjoyable when your dress fits and you’re comfortable in your skin 🙌🏽 I could write a whole long post on this but will keep it short and sweet - the dress on the left had to taken out with extra material I ordered for my seamstress to “make it work”. The dress on the right had to be taken in with minor alterations. The seamstress I go to actually cried tears of joy when she saw me in it (we’ve been thru a lot of dress issues together). But then quickly re-grouped and asked me when will I stop being a bridesmaid and be a bride 😬🤪😳🙄 (have to love that old European mentality! 😂) Nonetheless, I am so so grateful and proud of where I am today 🙌🏽 #transformationtuesday Thank you @katfowler for posting this reminder 💛 Found this below about metamorphosis and loveeeed it - Metamorphosis is not easy, not simple, and the process is filled with challenges. It’s the process a caterpillar undergoes, as it becomes a butterfly. Metamorphosis is not about being a caterpillar or a butterfly, but the journey from caterpillar to butterfly 🐛🦋 Metamorphosis brings about a dramatic change in character or appearance of those who go through it. It’s about evolution, rebirth and transformation. It’s about making corrections at any point in time in your life. It is about remolding, realigning, and readjusting to what the Divine is calling you to become next in your life. It is about the willingness to take quantum leaps in your life and maketotal changes, often times radical and sudden. Are you ready? #giveyourselftime Feeling like it’s going to be a great week! Guess who caught the bouquet last night?! 🌸🌼🌺🌟🥂🍾🤵🏻👰🏻🥂🌟🌺🌼🌸 #feelinglucky Nothing like celebrating w/ your girls 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️ So excited to be a bridesmaid today and watch my beautiful friend get married!! #lovemygirls Spring 2017 vs. Spring 2019 - very close to being exactly half of my body weight and it is simply incredible to me. I still don't fully recognize myself on the left, never saw myself like that and it was painful when I first found that old photo hidden away in the pics I wouldn’t allow to be tagged on my FB requests. But the reality is that is where/who I was and I thank the universe every day I am willing and able to make the changes that I have. I believed in myself and trusted in the process - and I still do! I came across this poem the other day while reading "Think and Grow Rich", and it really resonated with me - "Thinking" If you think you are beaten, you are If you think you dare not, you don't, If you like to win, but you think you can't It is almost certain you won't. If you think you'll lose, you're lost For out of the world we find, Success begins with a fellow's will It's all in the state of mind. If you think you are outclassed, you are You've got to think high to rise, You've got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize. Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man, But soon or late the man who wins Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN! 🙌🏽🙌🏽 Powerful words!! I saw so many women and men on IG share their wls stories and I knew if they could do it so could I!! And if I can do it, so can you - regardless of what your goal may be! If you believe in yourself and work to make it happen - it will happen!! Trust the process and go for it!! #transformationtuesday Paying it forward! Last week I met a sweet mother daughter duo while traveling. We had dinner together one night and they headed back to London the following morning. Without my knowing, on their departure they asked some of their favorite staff members at the resort to take “good care of me” which included a surprise wine tasting with these two fabulous sommeliers, Eugene and Alex! 🍷🤗🍷 Such a nice surprise!! I thought about it and my way of paying it forward is to send a couple pairs of compression socks to this friendly woman, Samantha, and her co-workers in the next pic. These ladies are on their feet all day and their veracious veins are hardcore! 😬 They were telling me how compression socks can cost them $100, meanwhile I can get ten pairs for that price and mail the socks to them! They probably thought I was full of it when I was asking how to spell their last names but I have my package ready to send! 💌📬 Spread random acts of kindness, it doesn’t have to be thru money either - get creative!! We all need some extra love and a surprise from time to time! 🌸🌼🌸🌼 #randomactsofkindness Meal prep for the week on 🔥 Cilantro Lime Grilled Fish with Coconut Quinoa, Broiled Salmon with Tri Color Cauliflower and Avocado and Chk stuffed with Spinach and Artichoke Hearts with a Fresh Tomato and Mozzarella Salad 🤤 #mealprep Last morning meditation and practice in St Lucia 🧘🏽‍♀️ feeling so grateful, well rested and at peace. My heart is full with self love and acceptance - there was not one moment of this trip where I felt bad for traveling alone or compared my body to anyone else on the beach 🙌🏽 Talk about growth! #loveyourself Fresh fish with local organic veggies and feta 🤤🤤🤤 I didn’t bring my food scale with me on this trip but after almost 2 years of weighing and measuring most of my meals, I know how to eyeball 3-4oz of protein and some veggies. My good friend @mickeybayard reminded me, just bc you’re traveling doesn’t mean you have to break your routine... it can be hard to get it back. With that said, I’m doing my daily workouts and eating at my “regular” times with my “regular-ish” portions 🙌🏽 #consistencyiskey Progress not perfection!! Def still have a long way to go till I get to my goal of an unassisted chin up BUT I’m working on it! Not letting a vaca throw me off my goals... This band is thinner than what I’m used to, instead of opting not to practice, I took it on as a fun challenge to push myself and figure it out! #trainwithpurpose Just enjoying a healthy snack and making friends with some locals .... apparently I’m a bird whisper now 🙊 #carbloading
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