Spinach Smoothie

Hi!!! How many have you seen me walk around with a green smoothie???! haha! See pic below (one of my older pics):

I drink that stuff every morning! Yes- every morning and it's absolutely delicious!!! What do I put in it?? Lots of stuff! I'm starving in the mornings!! :)

I use a blender like this because it's perfect for portion control and you can drink out of it too (cheap too- I bought it on amazon for like $20):

Ingredients:

• Water
• Spinach
• Banana
• Few frozen berries (blueberries, raspberries, etc)
• 2 tbsp Flax seed
• 1 scoop Whey protein powder
• 1 scoop of Oatmeal

First, I add water and spinach.  I fill the whole thing up with Spinach and some water then blend it.  Then I add a banana (if it's a big one, then half) along with some frozen berries (makes the smoothie cold and sweeter) and blend.  Then lastly, I add 2 tbsp Flax seed, a scoop of Whey protein powder, a scoop of oatmeal and BLEND.  That's it.  Takes less than 5 minutes and I take it with me to work.  :)

Diet Soda- thou are evil!!!

Hi all! Yes- another blog posting about soda!! Some people think that diet soda is better than regular soda- it is, but it's still really bad for you!! I mean really!

Diet soda increases your risk of heart attack and stroke by 44% than non-drinkers! Did you get that? 44% increase!  Is that diet soda really that worth it?!?!

It may be hard to get off the soda, slowly decrease how much you drink.  If you absolutely love soda, why not treat it as dessert once in a blue moon?

Ack! Veins!!

Recently, I took a picture of myself to send to my guy and it was such a good picture that I made it my Facebook profile picture.  I took a closer look and *gasp* saw a vein on my forehead!!! :-O Here's a pic from working out tonite as well as a pic of the vein in my arms.

I've always mocked those Hollywood actresses with veins on their forehead especially Julia Roberts! There are quite a few that have it- Natalie Portman, Angelina Jolie, Nina Dobrev (Vampire Diaries)...

What causes this?! I found out that this is due to lower body fat! I guess it's a good thing that I'm losing body fat, but I'm becoming what I've mocked in the past! :-O It's not always on my forehead! Whew! Ah- this is truly my fitness journey!!

Yummy stuffed bell peppers!

I had such a delish dinner tonite!!!!  My guy and I made stuffed bell peppers with quinoa (I posted about quinoa a week or two ago) and chicken sausage along with mushrooms, onions, etc.  I got the recipe from Jillian Michaels' website: Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipe.  The only thing that I did differently was that I added ground chicken sausage which I think made the recipe! I simply threw chicken sausage in a food processor and added that in the pan.  YUM!!!

Check out the pics below!

Cooking up a storm!

My sexy man giving a helping hand!! ;-)

Aren't these peppers cut to perfection?!

Taste test! Passed!

Result: two thumbs up! :)

If you have any yummy healthy recipes, please share!! 

Pucker up!!

 Pucker up!!! J

Kissing burns calories!! Kissing burns 2-5 calories for every minute. Take some time from your busy day to get a kissing marathon going!

If one thing leads to another, even better!!! J Burn more calories by undressing your partner! It burns 6-8 calories!  If you really do the nasty, it burns 144+ calories! Women- don’t just lay there and let the guys do the work! Oh- those moans and sighs are an extra 18-30 calories (I don’t know how much moaning and sighing this would take though!! LoL). J

If your partner is too tired from a long day’s work, reward them with a nice full massage instead.  This burns 80+ calories each hour! J

Get some loving today! *mwah*

How often do you eat?!

Hi all!!!

I'm back!!! I was hit hard with a terrible cold.  It's been more than a week since I've worked out!! I'm soooo anxious to get back to the gym!! You know where I will be tomorrow morning!! :-D I'll have to be careful to pace myself instead of hitting it like a rabid pit bull!

I wanna discuss eating here.  I LOVE eating!!! I've noticed a big difference in my body especially my energy level when I eat 5-6 smaller meals throughout the day instead of 3 big meals.  By eating smaller and more frequently revs up the metabolism.  The metabolism will keep going all day.  After 3-4 hours, the metabolism slows down and goes into fat storage mode.  By eating 5-6 times prevents this from happening. Also, you want to eat within the first hour of waking up which starts up the metabolism.

You want to be wise what you're eating.  I always make sure that I have a protein in each meal plus good carbs and veggies/fruit.  Jamie Eason has a great list of healthy foods (including carbs).  Here's the link: Jame Eason's Food List 

Plus, don't eat 2-3 hours before bedtime!!!! A couple small pieces of dark chocolate won't hurt. ;-)

Soda

How many of you drink soda?!

I don't! I like sparkling water-- that's my soda! :) There are so many negative effects of soda that it's not worth drinking it.  The occasional soda for a treat every now and then is fine- note the words: every now and then, not everyday!!

Here's a link to some of the harmful effects of soda:  Harmful Effects of Soda