New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! I’ve got to admit…the past few months of cold winter weather have me fantasizing about the tropics.  What I wouldn’t give to taste some sweet tropical fruit right now – like fresh pineapple, mango or papaya.  While those are a little out of reach (at least …

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! Try as we may to base the majority of our diet in whole foods like lean meats, nonfat dairy, veggies, fruits and whole grains, most of us probably eat some kind of processed food on a regular basis.  Processed foods have become so commonplace in our …

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! Valentine’s Day is all about love….and chocolate!  And we LOVE CHOCOLATE!  Chocolate can be considered one of the ‘healthiest’ sweet treats.  Dark chocolate in particular has the ability to annihilate a sugar craving with just a tiny piece or two!  It’s also full of healthy antioxidants …