It’s finally spring! Rejuvenate and energize your body and soul with this mini weekend spring cleanse.
March 10, 2015
Smoothies: 7 Recipes for 7 Days
Smoothies season is upon us! Start yours off with these 7 Smoothie Recipes for 7 Days. Fresh fruit, vegetables and other nutritious ingredients will give your body a boost of energy and health after the long winter months.
August 21, 2014
Whole30 Days 1-10 Recap: Program Friendly Meal Ideas
So I am 1/3 of the way through – done with my Whole30 Days 1-10.
In case you missed the beginning – after some thinking I decided to try this program with my buddy over in the Netherlands – Yuliya.
Ok, now that you have all the links, go ahead and read – I’ll wait 🙂
Welcome back!
So. 10 days later I decided I’d recap the highlights of the first 10 days of the program, let you guys know how it feels and what it takes.
August 6, 2014
30 Days Active Challenge – Final Week Recap
So, the 30 Days Active Challenge is over, guys.
It’s been quite a few weeks for me. If you think about it – the past few weeks were a demonstration of what life is all about when you’re trying to stay healthy – circumstances getting in the way of your workouts, birthdays and celebrations messing up your healthy eating plans. Weather forecast, 11-year-old girls and their dramas, work stress, stars lining up the wrong way – all that is always going to be there and will be getting in your way.
By taking on this challenge I left myself no way to back out. I had to stay active and make good choices every day regardless of all the above.
And that’s the biggest lesson I’m taking away from this.
You have to pick yourself up and keep going – after that extra piece of cake (no guilt, enjoy it), that drama, those stars, that stress…
So here’s the last recap for this 30 Days Active Challenge for you guys. I hope you enjoyed following my adventure!
{WEDNESDAY}
I totally rocked the dinner that night (hubby helped grilling):
After dinner we went for a nice long walk. Good steps that day!
{THURSDAY}
On Thursday we decided to go for a bike ride. Yours truly dresses up in all the bright colors to be visible on the road, put on the cycling shoes…only to discover that my husband’s bike had a flat that needed a while to fix. The time was 7:00 pm and we only had 1.5 hour of the daylight left. So we decided to go for a walk instead.
It was such a gorgeous evening! We walked to and around the college football/baseball fields, and it was just amazing out there! We ended up walking over 3 miles that night.
Smoothie of the day was watermelon – peach goodness. Yum!
{FRIDAY}
Casual Friday morning started with Vibrams and a watermelon-mint smoothie 🙂
Friday night was a yoga night. My instructor had been gone for a couple weeks, so it was good to be back in his class and do some much needed stretching.
Funny thing about yoga – your body gets so used to it when you do it regularly that aches and pains come right back if you miss a few classes on your regular schedule.
Was awesome to be back into it on Friday!
{SATURDAY}
I was up bright and early to go to Megan’s cycling class.
The sleepy “before”
I love her classes! I never asked, but I think she’s a cyclist – her classes are always built so realistically – just what you would do on a regular bike, no funky moves or profiles! And – they kick.your.ass. Big time!
The sweaty “after”
Saturday awesomeness continued with a much needed 4 (!!!) hour nap and getting this in the mail:
I can’t wait to go running!
And that was it for the 30 Days Active Challenge, guys. I’m done with it and back to my regular workout schedule with those “take-aways” I talked about in the beginning of this post.
I think I will continue with Wednesday workout recaps on this blog, what do you think? 🙂
Thanks for following along and cheering me on in the past 30 days! I couldn’t have done that without you!
Hugs,
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July 30, 2014
30 Days Active Challenge: Week 4 Recap
Hey-hey my fit friends! It’s Hump Day and that means what?
Correct! Time for another 30 Days Active Challenge recap.
The past week was hectic and busy-busy-busy with both mine and my husband’s birthdays – I feel like all I ate was cake all week 🙂
But yes, I did have this challenge I put myself through on my mind all the time and even on the days when I didn’t have an “official” workout, I tried to stay active or eat extra healthy.
So here’s what happened last week:
{WEDNESDAY} was my birthday, so official workout didn’t really happen. I had a wonderful birthday celebration both at work and at home.
My awesome husband took me out to Rock Bass Grill for dinner where I had the 2nd best crab cakes in my life!
Guess what I got for my birthday? 🙂
Yep, I’m married to the BEST guy in the world, you know? 🙂
Exercise on Wednesday: walk-walk-walk!
{THURSDAY}
We had a yoga class at work over lunch time. I love those classes! It’s like somebody pushes your reset button in the middle of the day and you come back to your desk all balanced and calm.
Then somebody pisses you off again, but that has nothing to do with yoga 🙂
Anyway. After work on Thursday I needed to go to CVS. So instead of driving a few blocks like I usually do, I walked there.
{FRIDAY}
There was so much cake on Wednesday at work, and then dinner at the restaurant….so we didn’t get to my birthday cake at home until Friday 🙂
No official workout, but lots of activities and walking that day.
{SATURDAY}
On Saturday I finally got a chance to try an indoor cycling class with a recently hired instructor at our Y. She teaches in the mornings on weekdays, which of course I can’t make because I work.
So I was pretty excited to see her name on the Saturday rotation class schedule this past week. I signed up and bam! I was there at 8:00 AM on Saturday.
Here’s my blurry “Pilot” at the end of the class 🙂 It’s blurry because taking a picture while still pedaling is not the best idea in the world 🙂
The class was good, just a couple “funky” moves and that’s it 🙂 I still got an awesome workout, which was nice – just being able to concentrate on your own effort without having to guide anybody else. 🙂
After the class, hubby and I took a long walk to Cole’s bicycle shop where I almost agreed to buy a $1200 road bike… Crazy woman 🙂
That didn’t happen, though. $1200 is waaaaaaay over the budget I was planning for my first road bike. So…we’ll keep looking 🙂 I got fitted though and tried several bikes which was A LOT of fun!
Here’s the bike I was trying out on Saturday – Trek Lexa SLX:
$1200 is a good price for this bike. Just not good for my budget 🙁 (sigh)
Good steps that day!
{SUNDAY}
No official exercise on Sunday. Hubby and I had something planned which ended up taking up most of our day (More on that this coming Tasty Tuesday).
So…steps, steps, steps.
{MONDAY} Cycling
Monday was my husband’s birthday. As I usually teach indoor cycling on Mondays, and he wanted to come to my class this week, I designed a riding profile just for my him – with the happy birthday song in the beginning and some of his most favorite songs throughout.
My class is called “Road Trip”. So I announced this past Monday class as a “Rocky Road Trip” because most of the songs in the class were rock 🙂 If you would like to see the latest class playlist, check out this page here.
Good burn and fun class. My birthday boy was happy with the ride 🙂
We then got home and celebrated his birthday with his favorite coffee chocolate chip ice cream pie, and gave him a special birthday present he requested.
{TUESDAY}
Steps-steps-steps. No official workout.
Healthy choice of the day:
Watermelon, strawberry, mint and cottage cheese smoothie
And that was it, my friends.
I am not particularly happy with the past week for a few reasons: I didn’t run once (my knee was being funny pretty much all week), I had too much cake, I had too many days with no official workout. I did stay active every day, I did what I could when I could. I guess it’s the most important thing, but somehow it doesn’t feel like it’s enough…
Ok, so today is Wednesday and it is the beginning of the final week of the challenge. I’m gonna make it count!
Stay tuned for the next week’s recap and more!
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July 4, 2014
Five on Friday: Random Likes and Dislikes
Hey-hey, guys! Happy Friday and the 4th of July!
What fun things are you doing today? Grilling? Family visiting?
It is Five on Friday time and I have five things to tell you about that I’m loving/disliking lately. This week these are totally random likes and dislikes without any theme.
{ONE} FitBit Flex – Wireless Activity Tracker
Isn’t it a pretty blue I picked out?
I’ve been eyeing activity trackers of all sorts for a while… It is very easy to get lost in the variety offered by Nike, FitBit, Polar….Besides, I am not the kind of person who reads instruction manuals for more than 2 minutes, and that’s usually when it is trouble shooting time 🙂
Anyway, I got lost – in the variety.
I am a Polar girl…but their Loop seemed a little too big to me.
Then two of my co-workers showed up at work with 2 different activity trackers! One had Nike and the other had Fitbit. That was just what I needed!
I asked both if I could try their activity trackers on and the decision was easy to make. Fitbit felt much lighter, much more flexible and compact. Fitbit it was!
I ordered mine on their official website and got it in the mail a few days later.
Fun Fact: you can connect it to your My Fitness Pal account – Fitbit will get the calories consumed data from My Fitness Pal and sync the activity calories back to it. FUN!
It also supports a whole bunch of other apps. Told ya – FUN! 🙂
If you read The New Yorker – there was a fun article about Fitbit in one of the latest issues – “Stepping Out” by David Sedaris. Click here to read online.
{TWO} Gardening
I just realized the other day that I haven’t shared my gardening pictures with you yet this year! Here we go.
Left to right, top to bottom: peppers, tomatoes and more peppers, sage, basil and cilantro, tomatoes, purple basil, egg plants, more peppers
Never thought I’d be so excited about gardening! But hey, those tomatoes taste a whole lot different from store bought ones. They just TASTE.
Salads with home grown tomatoes are to die for!
Besides, it is super Zen to tend to a garden 🙂 Try it! Best meditation practice ever 🙂
{THREE} Worst Smoothie Recipe – EVER!
So last Friday I made myself a smoothie. I did it before work and I was kind of in a rush…So I threw in everything I had that I could classify as a smoothie ingredient into my blender. That included:
- fresh strawberries (not bad)
- frozen banana (done that before)
- almond milk (well, that turned out to be bad, so I dumped it and added some regular milk)
- vanilla extract (ok, I guess)
- watermelon (oooooops….baaaaaad idea)
So anyway, it looked beautiful! I snapped a picture and rushed to work.
Imagine my surprise when I got to work and decided to sip on my smoothie. It. Was. Disgusting! I have no idea why, but the combination above tastes horrible – must be the watermelon and milk 🙂
{FOUR} Roasted Vegetables
Roasted carrots and potatoes
It seems like any roasted vegetable becomes a great hit in my family this summer. They are so good for you and super easy to make: just mix with spices and olive oil and roast in the oven at 400° F for 40 minutes, turning at 20. Done! Comes together while you’re grilling and makes a great side for pretty much anything.
{FIVE} Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
You guys probably read this book in high school 🙂 I’m from a different country so I’ve just discovered it for myself before going on my trip to Savannah last week.
The action actually takes place in Savannah and that’s the reason why I wanted to read it. LOVE this book. Still working on but I don’t think it’s going to get worse 🙂
And that’s my Five on Friday! Have a wonderful weekend, guys, and I’ll see you next week!
DISCLAIMER: I have not been compensated in any way by any of the brands mentioned in this post for writing about their product/service. All the opinions above are my own and provided voluntarily and independently from any brand mentioned herein.
June 24, 2014
Quinoa the Queen and 5 Ways to Easily Incorporate it into Your Diet
Happy Tasty Tuesday morning to you, my friends!
What fun things did you do this weekend? I was on a cleaning spree – so I scrubbed and cleaned, and washed and dusted, and vacuumed and what not 🙂
Love to have a clean house! Great feeling.
There was also some pool time on Sunday and hubby’s company picnic on Saturday.
FUN!
But back to tasty things 🙂 It’s linkup party time! Do you have something tasty you’re talking about on your blog? A new recipe? A restaurant review? Link it up below!
Don’t forget to check out other links!
Me? I am talking Quinoa today 🙂
Quinoa is a wonder-seed. Rich in protein (8 g, 16%), magnesium (118 mg, 30%) and fiber (5 g, 21%) it has become extremely popular among people with various dietary restrictions, preferences and tastes.
I personally discovered it about a year ago (thank you, Internet 🙂 ), and I have been hooked ever since I tried it for the first time.
If you’re looking into trying quinoa, here are some tasty ways to incorporate it into your diet.
{ONE} Salads
I usually make a whole batch of it on Sunday and add it pretty much to all my salads.
On a bed of fresh baby spinach
Here’s the link to my Quinoa Power Salad and ways to serve it.
Every salad (except the beet root salad) in this Sunday meal prep photo has white quinoa in it:
{TWO} Baking
I haven’t tried baking with it yet, but this Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Quinoa Snack Cake by Peanut Butter and Peppers looks super-yummy!
{THREE} Breakfast Recipes
Some people eat quinoa cooked as oatmeal for breakfast.
Or, you can make this awesome Quinoa Pudding by Honest Fare and have that instead!
{FOUR} Add to Soups
Add your quinoa to soups instead of that pasta! So much better for you!
This Black Bean and Quinoa Soup by The Post Punk Kitchen looks simply ah-mazing!
{FIVE} Add to Smoothies
Yes, you read that right! I can’t wait to try and add quinoa to my smoothie!
Check out the recipe for this beautiful Tropical Quinoa Smoothie by Rabbit Food for my Bunny Teeth.
And those are your 5 ways to incorporate quinoa into your diet.
Now it’s party time!
Share your tasty finds with me 🙂
Questions of the day:
Have you ever tried quinoa? How did you like it? What is your favorite recipe with quinoa?
Take care, my friends!
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Tasty Tuesday: Peanut Butter Banana Blueberry Protein Smoothie
Hello guys, and happy Tasty Tuesday!
I have another guest post in store for you today. Please, welcome Nicole @ Fitful Focus who is here to share one of her most favorite power breakfast recipes with you today!
Nicole is a young professional living in NYC. Back in January 2012, she challenged herself to live a healthier life. Since then, she’s lost 20 pounds, competed in a half marathon, become a vegetarian, a Greatist Ambassador, a Sweat Pink Ambassador, and a Girl Gone Sporty Ambassador. Now, she’s trying to maintain that lifestyle, learn even more about health and fitness, and share her adventures with you.
Don’t forget to take a moment and show Nicole some love on her blog and social media pages:
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I will let Nicole take the floor now.
Stay fit, my friends!
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Hi Lean Lena Fans! Nicole from Fitful Focus here. I’m super excited to be guest posting over here today. Big thanks to Lena for having me and you all for reading. I know Lena loves to share a lot of eats, treats, and recipes with you all, so I’m here to share one of my favorite recipes.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for me. Without a good breakfast, I’d be sluggish and hangry, and no one likes a slug, especially not an angry one! A healthy breakfast refuels me after an AM workout and gives me energy to power through the workday.
I like to switch things up with things like this Perfect Start Cereal or Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats, but my absolute favorite thing to have for breakfast is a smoothie!
I don’t think there is anything better than a good smoothie. I have a ton of smoothie recipes up my sleeve, but since being over here on Lean Lena is a special occasion, I don’t want to share just any smoothie recipe with you all; I want to share my absolute favorite recipe! Oh yea! Get excited, get pumped, and say hello to this Peanut Butter Banana Blueberry Protein Smoothie!
This smoothie is so delicious you’ll start loving your morning alarm for waking you up so you can go make it. Ok, ok, you’ll still hate your alarm. But you’ll be overwhelmed with happiness as soon as you take your first sip!
But for reals, it has everything you need to start your day off right. The peanut butter & protein powder give you a nice dose of protein to keep you full until lunch. The potassium in the bananas helps your muscles recover after a workout, and the blueberries give you a nice helping of antioxidants. Oh, and did I mention it’s gluten-free and vegan?!
And I haven’t even gotten to the best part yet.
Are you ready for the best part?
Are you sure you’re ready?
Ok, I’ll tell you.
The best part is it’s a piece of cake to make. Just throw everything in a blender, turn it on, and you’re done! Bazinga!
So go grab your ingredients, whip this up, and get ready for a morning of bliss!
Thanks for having me, Lean Lena readers! Come swing by Fitful Focus any time you’d like. I’d love to have you!
xoxo,
Nicole
February 26, 2014
What’s on My Plate Wednesday – Weekly Eats
Hey guys! It’s hump day! Just 2 full work days left and then it is the weekend! Got anything special going on this weekend?
I will probably sleep a lot – I was not getting enough sleep this week. And when I don’t get enough sleep…well…you know…”don’t get body slammed by a low land gorilla” 🙂
It’s been a while since I shared my eats with you here, so here we go – “What’s on my plate Wednesday” post in store for you today. 🙂
Egg sandwich on an English muffin, corn muffin (recipe coming soon), oatmeal with cinnamon chips and sliced almonds, buckwheat with honey and butter, oatmeal with cinnamon chips and marshmallows. I’ve generally been pretty good with my breakfast choices as you can see.
Warm quinoa salad on a bed of spinach, pre-prepped salads, lentil soup (crockpot), salad/sandwich combo, Italian Grinder. Lunch…I am a Queen of Lunch Prep! So pretty good choices here too.
Pork loin with buckwheat, mushrooms and onions on the side; pork chops with buckwheat; salmon, rice, avocado and spaghetti squash; home made beef enchiladas; chicken roaster with veggies. Except when my hubby is making dinner (yes, enchiladas, I am talking to you), my dinners look pretty healthy. 🙂
Celery + homemade hummus, snapeas crisps, PB-banana smoothie, raspberry-banana smoothie, cuties. Yeah, this is my weakness. Can’t even begin to describe you what I snack on that doesn’t get to the social media in the form of pictures 🙂 Het, bare with me – I am working on it and it’s a journey!
What fun foods have you eaten lately?
Stay fit, folks!
February 18, 2014
Tasty Tuesday – Foodie’s Guide to Snacking
Hey, happy Tuesday! Tasty Tuesday! 🙂
Are you a snacker?
I am a “snacker”. Oh, I am such a “snacker”.
I am one of those people who needs to eat every couple hours. WHAT to eat is a big question here as you want to keep your body fueled, not overwhelmed by what you put in your month in between the meals.
I have been on the hunt for perfect snacks and sharing my finds with you today.
{ONE} Homemade Peanut Butter and Banana.
First of all, you can easily use store bought PB if you don’t feel like making your own. If you do feel like making your own, check out this recipe here that I used. I should have processed mine a little longer though – it is a little crumbly.
{TWO} Smoothie
There is nothing like a good smoothie to keep me going until my next meal!
Usually I put all the ingredients for my morning smoothie in the blender cup the night before and put it in the fridge. Whirl it up in the morning after breakfast and take to work with me. This way I don’t reach for that candy in the break room at work but drink my delicious smoothie that keeps me going until lunch.
The flavor possibilities are endless and you are your own chef!
My “must include” ingredients are frozen fruit and cottage cheese/yogurt – they create the thick and creamy consistency that I like.
{THREE} Homemade Hummus
Love it! Try making it using this recipe and you will never buy hummus again! Have it with veggies or tortilla rounds.
{FOUR} Fruit
Perfect snack! Sweet, juicy and good for you. Prep some the night before or on the weekend (rinse, peel, cut, pack in zip lock bags) and take to work.
{FIVE} Nuts
If you love nuts as much as I do, it is probably very difficult for you to avoid buying and eating nut bars. Am I right?
Choose raw nuts over nut bars and spare yourself that extra added sugar. Don’t buy the “super-protein-and-fiber-packed” promises on the labels. Just eat raw nuts instead.
{SIX} Homemade Granola
Is a super-snack! Make a batch on the weekend, pre-pack in zip lock bags or small plastic containers and enjoy during the week.
Here’s a recipe for you to play with – add/substitute the ingredients depending on what you like and keep it healthy!
Add fruit and/or cottage cheese/yogurt to it and you got a perfect snack or breakfast!
{SEVEN} Baked Oatmeal
This is not only a GREAT breakfast, but also an awesome snack – one of my all-time favorites. Make a whole batch on the weekend and you have a ready snack/breakfast for the whole week.
One of the base recipes is right here for you – play with it as you like.
Enjoy with yogurt, fruit and/or cottage cheese on top.
There you have it – 7 snack ideas for 7 days of the week.
To sum it up, here are some general guidelines when it comes to snacking:
- Prep-prep-prep. Don’t be lazy to do your meal/snack prep on the weekend – you’ll be happy you did. Rinse and pack fruit and veggies, make a batch of baked oatmeal, granola or hummus and pre-pack for the weekdays. Cut up and freeze bananas and other fruit for your smoothies. Put all the ingredients in the blender cup the night before for your morning smoothie. You will thank yourself later.
- Always carry a healthy snack in your purse. Never leave the house without one. What happens is – you are out and about – > you get hungry – > Les Big Mac. Don’t let it happen and have a healthy snack with you.
- Make smart choices (choose raw nuts over sugar packed nut bars).
- Before you buy, ask yourself – can I make it myself? If you can – make it!
- Let fruit and veggies always be your number one choice when it comes to snacking.
Share: link up your favorite snack recipes below or share in comments: what is your favorite snack?
Stay fit!
February 15, 2014
MNB Challenge, Week 2 Recap – Nourish
Hey guys! It’s the weekend! YEY!
We are totally and completely snowed in this week!
I needed a training plan to shovel all that! My back and arms are still sore…
Anyway, back to the business – today I am going to tell you about Week 2 of the Move. Nourish. Believe Challenge that I am taking part in.
You can find the first week’s recap here if you missed it last Friday.
So, the second week was all about nourishing your body.
{MONDAY} Go Meatless
This week’s Monday was announced to be Meatless Monday by the challenge hosts Fit Approach and Lorna Jane Active.
The name speaks for itself – we had to go meatless.
I had oatmeal with honey and frozen raspberries for breakfast, pasta salad for lunch and Thai food (salmon, fried rice with veggies and tofu, and rice noodles) for dinner as it was Simon’s birthday and we went out to eat.
{TUESDAY} Bring your lunch to work
Tuesday was Bring Your Lunch to Work day. That one was easy for me – even though I didn’t get my usual massive food prep done last weekend (as I spent most of it in my Spinning Instructor Training), I still managed to prep salads for a couple of week day lunches and also took some leftover fried rice with veggies and tofu to work with me from the night before.
{WEDNESDAY} Write it down!
On Wednesday the challenge was to journal our food and show what we ate (another easy one for me since I do it every day with MyFitnessPal).
{THURSDAY} Thirsty Thursday
On Thursday the challenge was to make a healthy smoothie. Another easy one for me! I usually make a smoothie every morning and take it to work with me to have as a morning snack as I have breakfast pretty early and usually get hungry by 10:30 am.
So, the Thursday smoothie was:
1 frozen banana
2 tbsp. Activia Greek yogurt (vanilla)
1/2 cup almond milk
1 tsp agave nectar
1 tsp sliced almonds (to garnish)
3-4 frozen raspberries (to garnish)
1/4 tsp chia seeds (to garnish)
{FRIDAY} Go raw!
Now, that was a heard one for me… even though I love salads, fruit, veggies and smoothies.
I did some prep.work the day before:
So all I had to do on Friday was stick to the plan! That made it a lot easier for sure.
Breakfast smoothie: spinach, kale, celery, avocado, frozen banana, almond milk
Lunch was an all-veggie salad with spinach, avocado, cucumber, bell pepper, red onions, corn and pepitas.
Dinner unfortunately was not raw…hubby took me out to eat for Valentine’s day, so my plan did not work 🙁
Now – on to Week 3 of the challenge – the Believe part! Stay tuned for the recap next weekend.
Question: have you ever tried raw eating? What did you think of that?
Stay fit, friends!
January 10, 2014
Five on Friday
Hey guys! Happy Friday!
As usual, here is the Five on Friday post – five things, events, adventures, foods, etc.. that I am loving/enjoying lately.
{{ONE}} Trip to get our wedding rings.
I dug this picture out from that trip and it made me feel so good!
We went to Frederick, MD to get our wedding rings and stopped at a Starbucks on the way. We were still unmarried, happy and full of goof like above 🙂 Now – the only thing that’s changed is the “unmarried” part. Yep, still full of goof 🙂
It was a great trip on a beautiful September day that I will always remember with warmth in my heart.
{{TWO}} Healthy Living Blogs Tea Swap
Yeah, I participate in a lot of swaps… But I can’t help myself – it is so much fun and I get to meet new people!
The idea behind this one is so simple and so fun – you get a name and an address of a person and you send them 2-3 teabags of your favorite tea. You then receive tea from somebody else on the swap in return. So – you get to meet 2 people.
Here’s what I got from Mindy at Just A One Girl Revolution
I sent my tea package to Jessica at Fit & Fab Yogi. I haven’t heard back from her, but I hope the tea made it to her and she enjoyed it.
If you are interested in participating, keep an eye on the Healthy Living Blogs website for the new round of the program to start
{{THREE}} Meal Prep
I love it. Simply love it.
I usually get my “cooking bug” all active on the weekends anyway so why not put it to a good use and prep some meals for the coming week? Exactly – no reason why not.
Last week’s salad prep for hubby and me
Things I usually make:
- Quinoa
- Hardboiled eggs
- Sweet potatoes
- Beet roots (boiled/steamed)
- Chicken breast (baked, grilled, fried)
- Wheat berries
- Roasted nuts
These are the ingredients to throw together a great salad to take to work for a healthy lunch! And it saves you time on the weeknights when you are tired and oh so tempted to grab some comfort food for lunch or go out.
Seriously, who wouldn’t want this for lunch, right?
{{FOUR}} Single Serve Blender
I got this baby for Christmas from my husband and I am absolutely loving it!
Neither of my family members is a big fan of smoothies, so the single serve is just perfect! It has travel cup, too – so it is super easy to just make one serving, detach the cap and drink on the way to work.
Look what goodness I have made so far:
cherry-banana goodness
If you think that making a smoothie is a rocket science – it really is not. Check out this cheat sheet for making smoothies that I am using, curtsey of Super Skinny Me.
{{FIVE}} Polar Loop
I know I have more gadgets than I can handle already…But this is something to wish for 🙂 Love the way it looks and what it does!
Maybe…maybe if I am a good girl, Santa will bring it for me next year 😉
Check out the features and prices:
Awesome, right?
Now – your turn!
Share your Five on Friday with me.
September 30, 2013
Foodie Pen Pals – Reveal Day
Hey, my fitness friends!
Guess what? I did it again! I participated in Foodie Pen Pals program and today is the Reveal Day!
Curious what I got?
September 25, 2013
What’s on My Plate Wednesday
Happy hump day, my friends!
To me, it’s pretty much Friday, close enough anyway 🙂
It’s been a very hectic week so far (just like the one before) – lots of running around, exercising, PT sessions, etc. etc..
With all this I am honestly struggling with fitting simple things like getting gas and grocery shopping into my schedule….and fail a lot of times 🙂
You will see the signs of my busy schedule in today’s post – “What’s on My Plate Wednesday” is featuring not as many eats as usual – not because I am a lazy photographer, but because a lot of times I am eating “on the go” – still eating good stuff, though. No fast food for this body 🙂
Ok, here we go – eating highlights from the past week.Continue Reading
September 19, 2013
Belated “What’s on my Plate Wednesday” and Weekly Exercise Recap
Hey hey, my fitness friends!
I bet you didn’t expect a “What’s on my Plate” Wednesday post from me on Thursday! Well, guess what? It is happening. And since I missed the exercise recap post this week, I am combining the two!
Here we go, eating highlights and exercise recap of the past week or so!Continue Reading
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