When on a diet, splurging is often called a cheat meal. Cheat meals can be awesome, but dieters beware if you like to eat healthy Mon-Fri and cheat all weekend you are not on a weight lose diet, you are on a maintenance diet…(or even a slow .5-1lb steady creep up diet!) That being said, cheat meals are awesome, especially when you …
Not Your Average Frozen Dinner
Tonight I got home late from coaching some crazy soccer teenage girls. After 45min xtrain on the elliptical, yoga, and a quick but efficient 30min strength circuit I was a starving marvin! Unfortunately today I didn’t have anything cooking in the crock pot Frozen food! Luckily Trader Joe’s has some awesome frozen and grab and go food items! Mixing matching …
Today I pressed snooze. A training report dedicated to my mom.
This morning when i went to get up at 4:30, I pressed snooze. I normally need to get my run out of the way before work, but today was supposed to be a gorgeous sunny day and I wanted to try out my new nike+ gadget! If you are a PNW take advantage of our rare sunny days to get …
Mid week brunch
5 miles + yoga down time to refuel! Left over chili over a bed of arugula, onions, and jalapeno + 3 eggs, an avocado and some tapatio. 538 Calories 40.8 g of Protein, 44.9g Fat, 30CHO
Reset: A note on why I need yoga in my life
This past weekend I spent in San Francisco. I met my best friend who I hadn’t seen in almost a month in the city. While we did do a couple things (I’ll be sharing them in a later blog!) to keep a healthy lifestyle, however, yesterday following out 6 mile run we stumbled upon a breakfast offering bottomless mimosas. Needless …
Groceries
Fuel for the week: Veggies galore Ribeye Marinading for dinner tonight Sandwich fixing for the week Pot roast to slow cook tomorrow (thank you for the idea Emily!) Protein applesauce raspberry peanut butter muffins 2 dozen eggs Coconut water for electrolytes. $42.50 at trader joes….cheaper than what the steak dinner I’m going to cook tonight would cost at a restaurant …
Fears
Fear of snakes, fear of heights, fear of death. Who has a fear of food?—Wait did you just say food? Yes food who is afraid of food. If you were to ask me what my biggest fear is I would say snakes hands down, I hate snakes, the very sight of them will make me cringe, shiver, scream—you name it. …