Tag: Diet
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Fitness Accountability: The Secret to Achieving your Fitness Goals This Year.
Yesterday was officially the first real day of the New Year. Sure we’ve technically already had 5 other days, but given that our holidays fell in the middle of the week this year most of us were probably still on Holiday until Jan 6th. So here’s a question for you. Did you work out?…
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The Secret to Fitness is to Establish a Routine
As the New Year approaches, I thought as a personal trainer/yoga instructor it would be important to take some time to send a message to everyone looking to make health and fitness part of their New Year’s Resolution. So often at the beginning of a New Year, we look back on the past year and…
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Working to Avoid the Skinny Fat
For those that follow me on my and my husband’s blog Far Away Reasons, you know that we’ve hit New Zealand and were immediately shocked to discover how ridiculously high the cost of living in Aucklund is. Keeping with the theme of my post last week, I have since become my own worst client having every…
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Fitness Lessons You Can Learn from a Traveling Bikram Yoga Instructor/Personal Trainer
I’ve officially been in the road now for over a week now. So far my quest to maintain a healthy fit lifestyle is working out pretty well. I’ve gone on some awesome runs. I’ve run around the Marina with views of the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. I’ve run along rolling hills of vineyards…
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Savory Green
This Savory Green smoothie is a bomb treat on a rainy day. Add a little more lemon juice though and it is perfect treat any day! Ingredients: 4 ounces Aloe Vera Water 6 baby carrots 1 persian cucumber 2 stalks celery 10 cilantro leaves 1/4 cup pineapple chunks 6 chunks frozen mango 1 handful of…
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Cashew Chicken Salad
There are plenty of yummy things you can eat while still maintaining protein and carb ratios for maintenance or weight loss. The problem is they all contain veggies and lean protein and preparing these items mid day can be a challenge. That’s why a big batch of Cashew Chicken Salad is a great idea for weekday lunches! If…
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Curried Chicken Salad
Ingredients: 6 Chicken Breasts 6.5 oz diced shallots, garlic, and onions (mix from Trader Joe’s) 3/4 Cup Yellow Raisins 1 1/2 cup Chopped Cashews 1 Cup Greek Yogurt (Fage is the best!) 3 stalks celery chopped 4 Tablespoons olive oil 2 tsp pepper 4 tsps curry seasoning 1/2 Bottle yellow curry (from Trader Joe’s) Prep: Put…
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Tropical Green Smoothie
Ingredients: 1 mini persian cucumber 1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder 6 frozen pineapple chunks 6 frozen mango chunks 1/2 cup coconut water 1/2 cup kale Prep: Blend and enjoy this Tropical Treat Green Smoothie! It makes the perfect snack on a hot day while also keeping you within your ratios! Calories 230 Fat…
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To Sit or Not to Sit? What Sitting in Bikram Yoga Says About You
Ok, you are no longer a beginner to this yoga thing. Or, maybe you are, but you struggle every day to continue pushing through every posture. My question to you is, “Why are you struggling?” The second you begin to struggle, you are forgetting the first step of every posture, which is normal breathing.…
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Waterfall Workout (cross fit style workout) – Dynamax Ball Style
All you need for this cross fit style workout workout is a Dynamax Ball! Pyramid Workouts work by doing 10 reps of everything 1x through. Then 9, 8, etc. and so on until you hit 1 rep of each exercise. 1. Ball Squats: Squat all the way down until your bottom touches the ball 2.…