Breakfast!!

My new fave thing for breakfast!!! This is soo yummy and so healthy!! It's a lil pricier than your average cereal but it's SUPER healthy!! Follow the serving size! I eat this with unsweetened almond milk.  I try to avoid dairy and soy milk.  Women, if you drink soy milk- be careful of all the estrogen in soy milk as this can affect your hormones! Dairy also affects your skin and allergies, believe it or not.

Be smart while you workout!

Hi all!!

Here's a great exercise that combines yoga and strength training! If you don't have a lot of time to workout, you gotta workout smart! This means, combine several muscle groups in one workout.

For instance, the video below works the legs and back muscles all in one move, plus a bit of core to stabilize yourself.  You want to do three sets of 12-15 reps.  Remember, you want to feel the burn in the last three reps.  If you're going for size, then go for 8-10 reps, whereas if you're going for lean, then do 12-15 reps.

Let me know what you think!!! :)

Monday- what should I make for lunch??!

Hi all!!

Monday- bleh!!! This morning, I woke up not wanting to get out of bed and I had to go to work! You know how that goes on a typical Monday morning! I finally got myself out of bed and had to make a quick lunch to bring to work, but I didn't have any time since most of it was spent on Facebook- again, you know how that goes!! :) hahaha

My super easy lunch today and it was healthy too!!! Packed with protein to build muscle!!!! :-D

Obsessed or Dedicated?

Would you call me obsessed with fitness and eating right?? Or would you call me dedicated? I wouldn't call myself obsessed.

I have the occasional cheat days and some days I just don't feel like working out.  I just like doing that on my own terms, not because you tell me, "oh that dessert won't hurt, you've been working out and look great."  I may have had a cheat day the day before and I'm done with my cheat day for the week.  I like to cheat once (or twice!) a week to reward myself.  I wouldn't be in the shape that I am if I cheated more than that.

Dedicate yourself!!

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!!