Mareya Eats

When traveling abroad it’s easy to get sucked into the tourist traps, and there is nothing more I ‘hate’ (and I don’t use this lightly) than 1)waiting in line and 2)Mediocre, overpriced food in a city that’s known for great cuisine.

Case in point - La Boqueria. It’s on every person’s must see destinations in Barcelona, but I was totally underwhelmed.

Not only is it super crowded but most of the food has been sitting out for hours, and unless you’re sitting at a fresh counter, where it’s nearly impossible to get a seat, the quality is questionable.

That’s a hard pass for me, perro.

has a great selection of restaurants and ingredients to cook. And because I was really hungry, I made a beeline to eat at .torres 🤌🏾

Eating at the bar as a solo traveler is a great way to go!

🔖BOOKMARK this for your next trip to Barcelona.

Lucky for us, the 21st night of September fell on a Monday so we get to cook up a good week 👯‍♀️.

Let’s remember the things that make us wanna dance and what it feels like to be carefree, find Joy in the little things and be grateful for this breath in our lungs. 🥰💫

Wherever you are in the world, I challenge you today to put this epic Earth, Wind & Fire song on and remember the mantra…

🥑Eat to thrive

💃🏽Move to improve

💧Drink another glass of water

🙅🏻Think good thoughts and tell negativity to take a long hike off a short cliff

👯‍♀️🐶🐔🦄Keep people (or your fave animal) who lift your spirits, close. We all need a dream team.

🙎🏾🙎🏽‍♂️🙍🏻‍♀️🙍🙍🏻‍♂️And love yourself.

keep eating,
🩷Amen!

NYC was amazing! Now, I’ll give you 3 guesses of where I’m eating next…✈️

Is it a FORK YEAH or a HARD PASS?🤌🏾

Welcome to my first Mareya Eats World series where I eat at different places around the world and give you my very honest and unbiased review.

Here’s what happened on my solo dinner at Olive Garden.

Save this for your next outing so you don’t end up with an upset stomach. 🤢

The reviews are the personal opinion of the person eating, and in no way, shape or form are a reflection of the people who served me. My server at this particular location happened to be a 10 out of 10. And I tipped him well.

You can’t feast on a life you keep saying NO to. 🍽️

Want to EAT more in midlife? Start saying YES.

YES to the invitation.
YES to the trip.
YES to meeting someone new.
YES to doing the thing that makes you a little nervous.
YES to showing up before you feel completely ready.

My sis 74 Fit and Fierce! and I actually met right here on social media— we both became Bodybuilder in the second half of life! And during a season when making new, like-minded female friends can feel HARD.

And just in the last month? We cooked and flexed at FIT EXPO: WEST COAST’S LARGEST FITNESS EVENT ran around NYC like a couple of teenagers, and at 57 and 74, walked the runway at New York Fashion Week. 👠🔥

None of that happens if you stay inside your comfort zone.

That’s what I mean when I say I want to EAT in midlife. It’s not just about food. It’s about having an appetite for LIFE—for friendship, travel, adventure, reinvention, new experiences and versions of yourself you haven’t even met yet.

Midlife isn’t the time to start shrinking your world.

Pull up a chair. Say YES. And EAT.

Because there is still SO much life on the menu. ❤️

What’s something you need to say YES to?🔽🔽🔽

FOLLOW 74 Fit and Fierce! and me,74 Fit and Fierce!r more fiThe Fit Foodie every age.👯‍♀️💪🏾

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OK before you come at me, hear me out about this. 👀

I’ve been in the professional world for a very long time. In fact, longer than Sydney Sweeney has been alive.

And I don’t condone the ad campaign by the betting platform, Novig or the Marketing that features Ms. Sydney Sweeney surrounded by balls and what it suggests about women, sports and athletes.

But you have to know something.

Marketing and social media thrives on controversy. If you’re not talking about it and sharing it, then it’s not doing its job.

And now the whole world is talking about it.

I’d be very surprised if she had anything to do with the campaign at all other than appearing in it.

But Ms. Sweeney has a stake at Novig so every share makes her more money. And makes them more money. Do you see the insanity here?

So instead of us talking about another half naked 20 year-old, how about we celebrate the fact that this 57 year-old menopausal woman who walked her first runway show at New York Fashion Week in a bathing suit?👀🤌🏾

If you made it this far in this caption, I bet you have a story too. So let’s talk about it.

Drop your story below so we can share some real wins!👯‍♀️👯‍♀️

🩷M

I always say, the plate is a canvas. So why not be the muse to your amuse bouche.💫

How creative and inspiring!

Fam, I hope this doesn’t hurt your feelings… But no one is handing you your dreams on a silver platter.

If you don’t cook up the opportunities, 9.9999999 times out of 10, they’re not landing on your plate.

So what if I told you, you have to do the things that scare you. Maybe even make you p*e your pants a little bit.

Because those are the experiences that will transform and grow you.

Make you feel like you’re truly alive.

Last weekend, I did my thing on a catwalk at my very first fashion show during fashion week in New York City.

This was scary and Extraordinary.

But even crazier for me was sitting on top of this glass panel 100 stories above Manhattan at The Edge. Watch to the end to see that picture.🫣

Am I glad I did it? Absolutely.

Am I glad I took a second mortgage on my home as a single mom and invented a line of products called Eatcleaner that got acquired by my mentor, Joy Mangano? Absolutely.

Because that’s why I get to stand in front of you and talk and share and cook and do all the things. Because I took that chance.

I’ve done some crazy things, both professionally and personally and what I will tell you is this.

Fear is a bitch.

And even the people closest to you who love you won’t always encourage you.

So instead of succumbing to it, I want you to embrace faith instead.

And when you get an idea that you wanna cook up, or you want to go pursue that dream, hold onto the faith part because that will never let you down.

💥I created a whole suite of resources for you, to help you, Eat, live, and embrace the best you right now at thetealdish.com. You’ll also find my podcast there, the real dish, with 170 episodes you can binge calorie free.

So remember this. To truly eat in life, you need to keep cooking.

I don’t care what age you are, if I can do this at 57 so can you. As long as you have breath in your lungs. Please don’t give up on yourself.

Drop a💥 if this hit and share so that more people get the message. I’m here for you.🩷M
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