Cultivate your curves; they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

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Showing posts with label Healthy Living. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healthy Living. Show all posts

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Overnight Oatmeal aka Greatness in a jar!

Strawberrry, blueberry banana with flax seed
So this originally sounded kind of gross to me...I mean cold oatmeal??  

But I gave it a shot for a quick on the go breakfast situation.  So glad I did, its delicious, healthy and easy to grab and head out on the days you might be running late.

What you need::
  • 1/2C dry oatmeal- best to not use the instant kind
  • 1/4 C yogurt- I've been using low fat vanilla 
  • 1/3 C milk - I ususally go with vanilla soy or almond
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • Dash of Cinnamon
  • 1 and a half Tbsp ground flax seed or chia seeds**- Optional but great way to add in a bit more healthy stuff; definitely play around with your milk amounts when adding these, they can make things a little too dry
  • Fruit! - any combo you like. I've had some great turnouts with blueberry and strawberry, banana is also great to add!
What you do::
  • Put all ingredients, yes the fruit too, in a jar or tupperware(I use the mason jars for convenience-easy to eat out of while walking)
  • Seal/Lid
  • Shake or stir to mix it all up
  • Pop it in the fridge overnight
  • In the morning grab it and eat it or like me let it warm up a bit on the counter or if i'm in a hurry pop in the microwave for about 10  seconds just to knock out some of the chill.
  • Enjoy!
Other really tasty mixes: Blueberry banana-topped with chopped walnuts in the morning; Peach blackberry; Cherry-add a bit of vanilla extract in with this one!

Thursday, March 7, 2013

March Madness week uno!

March Madness- No Days Off workouts!

Felt like crap yesterday and my nap ended up being me sleeping til this morning(Struggle).  So doubling up the workouts today-

::First up Barre3 before work ::
~Standing Slim II: Warm Up & Yoga Flow 10min
~ Ballet Sculpt 40min

Total time 50 min/55 with the extra stretching

Todays goal- hit the gym tonight after work and do ballet fit barre video after that.  Its alot i know but gotta catch up on my 30 minutes from yesterday!

Core Burning!

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

March Madness My Way

March brings College Bball tournaments, spring, leprechauns and for me the first hard push for 2013!

Started the year getting my body accustomed to working out on a regular, now its time to rev it up!  2L of water a day, keeping the caloric intake in control, carbs well they are still a struggle-I like bread.

So here's the plans so far, sounds intense but definitely worth it!

March Goals
~~ A whole month of working out..."No Days Off" at least 30 minutes a day  -started 3/3 so I'm going on through til 4/2
~~ 3 weeks no bread starting next week
~~ Start the search for a yoga studio-taking advantage of the week for $20 most places have to offer
~~ Barre3 daily
~~ Fitness class a week
~~ Prep food for the week on Sunday
~~ March Into Spring Challenge on Spark People!
~~ Only weigh in once a week for the challenge
~~ Walk more!
~~ Get another minute off my mile walk its at 16:30 right now

My form of March Madness!