We are SO excited because this weekend we will be going to the Gluten Free + Allergen Free Expo this weekend in Dallas (September 10th and 11th) . We were so sad to miss it last year because we were out of town! There will be a ton of brands, samples, and all of our favorite foods! We had the chance to attend the Natural Products Expo in Anaheim last March, and it was SO much fun. Not only did we get to meet a ton of our favorite bloggers and food companies, but we got to try a ton of yummy foods like ice cream, bars, popcorn, and nut butters. Oh, and we left with a TON of samples to take home with us;) Who doesn’t love that?
One of the brands we are excited to visit is Freschetta Gluten Free Pizza. As you all know, we stick to eating gluten-free because of our Hypothyroidism, so when it comes to pizza, we don’t really get to eat it that often. We were recently introduced to Freschetta, and we can’t wait to try their pizza at the expo!
Their pizzas are made with the freshest ingredients and come in a variety of flavors such as “4 Cheese Medley,” which is a blend mozzarella, Fontina, Parmesan, and Asiago, and “Signature Pepperoni Pizza”. The crust is thin and crispy, and is certified gluten free by the Celiac Support Association.
They will be at booth 200 at the expo, if you all want to visit them and try to their pizzas!
We are definitely looking forward to attending the expo, and have our appetites ready;)
This post is sponsored by Freschetta Gluten Free Pizza, but all opinions are our own. Thank you for supporting the brands that allow A Double Dose to operate full time.
Anyways, we actually majored in Management Information Systems from The University of Texas at Austin (hook ’em!) and both took a job in Dallas about three years ago at Ernst & Young (a Big 4 Accounting firm). I was working in IT Auditing, and Sam was working in Fraud Investigation. After a year of working there, we both decided that although it was a great job, we wanted something more, and didn’t feel fulfilled. So, we took a big leap of faith at just 23 to leave our job. We had some plans of what we wanted to do, but I will say that what we started doing at that time is definitely not what we are doing now. 
We started blogging and sharing more of our outfits on our Instagram pages. I will say in the beginning it was not easy considering we were posting just fitness and food for the most part. It was basically like starting from scratch with Instagram because the people following me didn’t necessarily want to see all the clothes I was posting, if that makes sense? There were many days where my feelings were hurt, and I just felt like why am I bothering posting this stuff if nobody cares, but I told myself it is my own page, and I should be able to post whatever I feel like. 
You all probably wonder how we make money and support ourselves with a blog like this. We try to be as open with you all as possible, so we are happy to share this kind of stuff with y’all. We use affiliate links, will work with brands for sponsored content, etc. We are extremely careful when it comes to sponsored posts and the brand fitting well with our personal brand. This is how we support ourselves and pay our bills, so although it is tempting to take on a campaign with a brand for a large amount of money, we sometimes will decline those opportunities if it doesn’t mesh well with our blog and brand. 
We are so excited to finally be sharing our Texas getaway to Austin at the 
The room we were staying in was on the 30th floor and on the corner of the floor. Not only was the room absolutely stunning, but the views were AMAZING. The room had huge windows, so you had a great view of downtown and Lady Bird Lake. We could even see where we used to live in college. 
I love the leather headboards. It has a Texas feel, without being overly “western”! 
We are pretty picky about bathrooms, but we loved that this one had a big counter space and the lighting and tiling was beautiful!
We were welcomed with the cutest treat: a chocolate guitar filled with pretzel sticks, and our favorite, macarons!
The views were incredible!
Gotta include my outfit for the car ride since some of you asked about it:
After we got in, we walked around downtown a little bit and ventured off to Whole Foods, of course! We found this super fun tile on the ground, so of course, I had to snap a picture!
I love the rope detailing in the lobby!
The lobby has this gorgeous glass fireplace, which I love!
We had access to the executive lounge, which was huge and stocked with all sorts of drinks and snacks. They also had breakfast and appetizers in the evening to grab!
They had coffee and espresso available all day long, which is perfect for us caffeine addicts! 
For dinner, we went to one of their delicious restaurants, 
Love the beams on the ceiling in the restaurant!
We don’t normally drink, but when we saw this cocktail list, we had to try it out!
Samantha got the Viola Nero, and I got the Rossore. Both so good!
Love when restaurants give you bread with olive oil! So authentic. 
The menu has authentic Italian food, but also offers a variety of gluten free pastas, as well as chicken and fish.
I love that the fish came with roasted vegetables. 
Here is the adorable dress I wore to dinner!
I was amazed at the size of the gym. Not only did it have every piece of cardio you could ever want, it had tons of weight machines, free weights, cables, squat rack, battle ropes, barbells, kettle bells, you name it! 
The weight machines even counted your reps as you worked out, which I had never seen before!
After our workout, of course it was time for breakfast! We headed back to Osterio Pronto, which offers a full menu, as well as a breakfast buffet, which we had.
The buffet had a spread of little bites like these, as well as these amazing looking cinnamon rolls!
They had the cutest mimosa bar filled with fresh juices and fresh fruit. How cute are these bottles and straws?
The buffet also had bacon and sausage, fresh fruit, smoked meats, cereal, made-to-order omelets, yogurt, and pastries. You could also order waffles!
We definitely loaded up and enjoyed every bite! Their coffee was incredible, and we are coffee addicts, so that says a lot! On Sunday, they had a brunch that offered extra things like brisket, which we loved!
After breakfast, we headed to the pool, which overlooks Lady Bird Lake, and has a great bar as well.
We saw a gorgeous sunset that night!
On Sunday, we woke up early, worked out, and had breakfast. We also walked on Town Lake, which is gorgeous! We used to walk on it almost every day when we lived in Austin.
Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great and relaxing weekend. If you all didn’t catch our snapchats, Samantha and I were actually apart this weekend (so shocking, I know!). We are typically always together, or at least, in the same city, but this weekend, she was away at a friend’s lake house, and I was in Dallas! 
Before we share our meals, just wanted to share our favorite clothing pieces this week (just click to shop them directly!)
Yesterday, my boyfriend and I went to 18th and Vine in Dallas. We were starving and it was SO good. We didn’t even get any sides, but we did get brisket, burnt ends, and this jalapeño sausage. It was amazing! When I got home, I ate a ton of veggies and then I was ready to explode, haha.
Yesterday morning, I made my boyfriend and I some 
After our workout on Saturday, we grabbed salads at Snappy Salads. I love this place because they give you so much, unlike the other places I have been to! I made my own with a ton of veggies, grilled chicken, and balsamic vinegar!
We went and hung out with some of our friends by the pool so we snaked on some hummus and veggies and then grilled some burgers.
On Friday, we met up with a friend for dinner at Mudhen’s Meats and Greens at the Dallas Farmer’s Market. I can’t stay away from okra and roasted chicken!
On Friday, we met up with a friend for lunch at Villa-O. I got the chicken paillard, grilled. It comes with arugula and a zucchini noodle salad. SO good!
On Thursday, we picked up a meal from Snap Kitchen. I got the ‘Naked Chicken’ which was so good! Highly recommend it!
For dinner on Wednesday, I sautéed mushrooms, zucchini, and onions in a pan and then had grilled chicken and roasted brussels sprouts, and eggplant.
On Tuesday, we had date night and went to Tillman’s Roadhouse. I got the roasted chicken (typical) and we shared the mushrooms, which were really yummy!
On Monday, we went to 
Happy Memorial Day! Hope you all had a great weekend! We had the best holiday weekend at home in El Paso. Our dad is a veteran, so it is a special day for us to spend with him. We never want to leave, but it is back to Dallas for us, but only for a few days before we head out of town again!
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Here a ton of our meals from this past week! We ate out a lot and then cooked a ton at home at our parents’ house, so prepare for a ton of food!
Pretty much every day we were home, Sam and I made a salad with all of the veggies in the fridge and some protein like chicken or steak. Eating salads by the pool just makes them taste 10x better!
I am usually the last person that likes ANY of the food in El Paso. Well, if you love unhealthy Mexican food, El Paso is the place for you, haha, but in all seriousness, we usually just eat at home when we are in town. We tried this place my parents love that specializes in fajitas and roasted chicken. We had it after we went to White Sands on Friday (more about that 
On the way to White Sands, we stopped at Subway, and grabbed a chopped salad with the rotisserie chicken. It was actually really good. It didn’t really fill me up (typical), so I ate 
On Thursday, we went to get the Brazilian Blowout done to control the major frizz in our hair. Of course, we had to pack something to eat. We brought roasted chicken (recipe at bottom of 
After our hair appointment, I was hungry again so we stopped by this mediterranean spot that was actually really good! I got chicken kabobs with a side salad. The chicken was super flavorful and really yum!
On Wednesday, when we got into town, my mom was super sweet and made oven roasted chicken so it was ready when we got in. She knows her very hungry children well!;) I made some roasted veggies to go with it with 
For our flight to El Paso, we picked up salads with grilled chicken from Snappy Salads in Dallas. It is one of our fave spots to grab a salad! We usually use red wine vinegar dressing.
On Tuesday, I went on a date with my boyfriend to Savor in Klyde Warren Park. This is one of my favorite chickens. SO good and I got mine with broccolini!
This is one of my typical afternoon meals from earlier in the week:
On Monday, we were STARVING after cycling, so we went to Fadi’s by our house and got a ton of yummy food + roasted chicken!
I snapped these magazine articles yesterday, and a TON of you screenshotted them, so I will definitely try to keep sharing more stuff like this! This is really how we eat and what I believe works well for me, so I hope it is helpful!
One of my favorite kinds of salads! I need to try this recipe!
I do these exercises all of the time! Great to add in:
I actually agree with this except I do eat late at night. To me, it doesn’t matter what time of day you’re eating, just what you’re eating and how much you’re eating as a whole all day long!
And, now for our eats from this week:
We were both hungry at 10 PM the other night, and in addition to chocolate and a quest bar, we were craving veggies, so we threw this quick salad together of tomatoes, cucumbers, spinach, salt and pepper, and balsamic vinegar.
We tried this new place called 
As you can tell, we ate out a lot this week, haha. We also went to Texas De Brazil (so good) which has the BEST salad bar and then unlimited steak, chicken, etc. I know this picture is SO terrible, but I wanted to show you one (of many) plates of the meat. I get all the meat like flank, filet, etc and then I also get this chicken that is wrapped in bacon. I don’t like lamb or sausage, so I don’t eat those!
Look how incredible this salad bar is! I got two plates of this (insert embarrassed monkey emoji here).
Here’s a salad I made one afternoon for my afternoon meal:
The same sautéed veggies I make almost every night with chicken. Never gets old!
After making over 800 waffles this week, we headed to another mediterranean spot in Dallas. It’s a buffet, so I will usually get the oven-baked chicken, the cucumber and tomato salad, eggplant, okra, green beans, salad, and cauliflower. Oh, and I had 2.5 plates of this 😉
We got invited to attend yoga in the park (more on my snapchat @alexis.belbel)) on Saturday, and then headed to 
And, now for some of our favorite workout clothes this week: