Well some of you are really going to have to bare with me for the next 9 months...that is right. I just found out that I am pregnant! Hopefully those who aren't pregnant won't find it annoying and those that are will find the information useful.
So my goal with this pregnancy is to be healthier than my last (remember I gained 50 lbs! YIKES). The first trimester is always a little harder though because of the nausea and hormones etc. For some reason I feel like a gain weight really fast...like 5 lbs! That is right I'm ONLY 6ish weeks along and I've put on 5 lbs! It is okay though I understand my blood and fluid increases etc. Hormones are crazy and let's face it when you aren't nausueas you want to eat something good! I am still working out 4-6 times a week and trying to get the rest that I need. I also just stocked my fridge and pantry with yummy fruits and veggies that I can snack on. I am a FIRM believer that pregnant women really shouldn't be overly concerned with their wieght during pregnancy. Everyone is SO different and every pregnancy is SO different. I may give advice but remember it is only what works for me. Please consult your doctor if you have concerns. Anyway here is to the next 35 weeks! :)
Any pregnant readers out there? If so how far along are you? Do you have any advice YOU want to share!?
Monday, February 27, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Dear Pro Form Treadmill...
Dear Treadmill,
I love you! You make it so convenient for me to workout. Even on days that I think that I am too tried. You are there to remind me that I am important and need to be healthy. I always feel better when we start our day together. Thank you for pushing me farther than I ever thought possible. Thank you for not judging me on days that I want to go a little slower. Thank you for not caring about my workout ensemble or how sweaty and stinky I get.
What is your favorite workout item...shoes? equipment? sweatband?
Monday, February 6, 2012
Hungry Girl
Aaron and I LOVE watching the Food Network & the Food Channel! Call it a guilty pleasure! Our favorites are Diners, Drive-ins and Dives & Chopped. Recently I discovered Hungry Girl! I LOVE HER!!!! How does she differ from MOST cooking shows...? She cooks with items I have in MY kitchen, she is looking to cook low calorie, low fat meals, & not only does she cook she shows you how to SHOP smarter & healthier. Plus she is super fun and has a BRIGHT colored kitchen. LOL! This weekend I tried a couple of the recipes she did on her show. How did they turn out....STELLAR! Yummy and quick you HAVE to try them!
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 298 calories, 5.5g fat, 659mg sodium, 30g carbs, 6g fiber, 10g sugars, 33g protein -- PointsPlus® value 7* Prep: 5 minutes Cook: 15 minutes |
Ingredients
- One 4-oz. raw boneless skinless lean chicken breast cutlet
- Dash each salt and black pepper
- 1/2 cup peeled and thinly sliced Fuji apple
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced onion
- 2 dashes ground sage
- 2 dashes garlic powder
- 2 slices light bread
- 1 wedge The Laughing Cow Light Creamy Swiss cheese
- 1 tsp. light whipped butter or light buttery spread (like Brummel & Brown), room temperature, divided
Directions
Bring a skillet sprayed with nonstick spray to medium heat on the stove. Add chicken, season with salt and pepper, and cook for 4 minutes on one side.
Flip chicken in the skillet. Add apple, onion, sage, and garlic powder. Cook until apple and onion have softened and chicken is cooked through, about 4 minutes.
Meanwhile, lay bread slices flat and evenly spread the upward-facing sides with cheese.
Evenly top one slice with chicken and apple-onion mixture. Place the other bread slice on top with the cheese-covered side down. Press gently to seal. Set aside.
Remove skillet from heat. Clean skillet, if needed. Re-spray and return to medium heat on the stove.
Spread 1/2 tsp. of butter on the upward-facing bread slice. Place sandwich in the skillet with the buttered side down. Spread the remaining 1/2 tsp. of butter on the upward-facing bread slice.
Cook sandwich until hot and toasty, 1 - 2 minutes per side, flipping it gently.
Allow to cool slightly. Then cut it in half, if you like, or just bite right in! Yummm...
Bring a skillet sprayed with nonstick spray to medium heat on the stove. Add chicken, season with salt and pepper, and cook for 4 minutes on one side.
Flip chicken in the skillet. Add apple, onion, sage, and garlic powder. Cook until apple and onion have softened and chicken is cooked through, about 4 minutes.
Meanwhile, lay bread slices flat and evenly spread the upward-facing sides with cheese.
Evenly top one slice with chicken and apple-onion mixture. Place the other bread slice on top with the cheese-covered side down. Press gently to seal. Set aside.
Remove skillet from heat. Clean skillet, if needed. Re-spray and return to medium heat on the stove.
Spread 1/2 tsp. of butter on the upward-facing bread slice. Place sandwich in the skillet with the buttered side down. Spread the remaining 1/2 tsp. of butter on the upward-facing bread slice.
Cook sandwich until hot and toasty, 1 - 2 minutes per side, flipping it gently.
Allow to cool slightly. Then cut it in half, if you like, or just bite right in! Yummm...
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 140 calories, 0.5g fat, 44mg sodium, 47g carbs, 3.5g fiber, 24.5g sugars, 0.5g protein -- PointsPlus® value 5*
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Ingredients
- 1 medium Fuji apple, cored and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 12 - 15 pieces Red Hots Cinnamon Flavored Candy
- 1/2 sheet (2 crackers) low-fat cinnamon graham crackers
- 2 tbsp. Fat Free Reddi-wip (or more!)
- Dash cinnamon
Directions
Put apple cubes in a microwavable cup or mug. Top with Red Hots -- the more you use, the hotter your pie in a mug will be! Cover and microwave for 2 minutes. Stir well. Re-cover and microwave for an additional 1 - 2 minutes, until apple cubes are soft.
Meanwhile, place graham crackers in a plastic bag and thoroughly crush through the bag; set aside.
Once cup or mug is cool enough to handle, mix contents well. Allow to cool for about 10 minutes.
Top with most of the crushed graham crackers followed by the whipped topping. (Use a double serving, if you like!)
Sprinkle with cinnamon and remaining crushed grahams. Voila!
Put apple cubes in a microwavable cup or mug. Top with Red Hots -- the more you use, the hotter your pie in a mug will be! Cover and microwave for 2 minutes. Stir well. Re-cover and microwave for an additional 1 - 2 minutes, until apple cubes are soft.
Meanwhile, place graham crackers in a plastic bag and thoroughly crush through the bag; set aside.
Once cup or mug is cool enough to handle, mix contents well. Allow to cool for about 10 minutes.
Top with most of the crushed graham crackers followed by the whipped topping. (Use a double serving, if you like!)
Sprinkle with cinnamon and remaining crushed grahams. Voila!
Friday, January 27, 2012
Sweat Belts..
This may be lame but I honestly can't remember if I posted about sweat belts. Have you ever used a sweat belt while working out? I bought one a couple of years ago and thought well it couldn't hurt right?
Now I use one almost every time I work out. I really notice a difference when I wear it-not because it gave me a 6 pack or anything but because every time I wear it my jeans ALWAYS fit better! I guess it just squeezes that little extra little bit of water weight out and I love it! Walmart sells a Golds Gym one that I really like for $5! It's really basic but I love it!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
lolo
Have you ever heard of the lolo app?! I LOVE IT!!!!
Here is a quick description I pulled of their website:
BeatBurn Treadmill/Outdoor Trainer
our flagship product, BeatBurn Treadmill, showcases what it really means to have an interactive personal trainer on your iPhone or iPod touch. your trainer will be in your ear every step of the way guiding you through a fun and challenging walking, running, or walk-jog program.
features
*36 progressive routines designed for beginner, intermediate, and advanced users
your trainer’s voice guides you through every step of the program
*play your own music or use our 24 included tracks of specially formulated, high-energy fitness music
*you can workout on a treadmill or take it outside
*the beat of our fitness music automatically speeds up or slows down to perfectly match the pace of your feet on the treadmill or road
*you are in control. you can adjust the intensity on the fly or jump to any point in the workout and your trainer adjusts to fit your needs
*track how many calories you burned — even outside
*works with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, or any generation of iPod touch
*works with iOS 3.0 and higher
You can check out their other apps or find out more about the lolo by going to their website.
Sure there may be a FEW bugs but I find this app makes my time on the treadmill FLY by! I absolutely LOVE how I can sync it to MY music AND how the app slows down or speeds up the songs to fit with my speed! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this app and would defineately recommend it!!!
Have any of you tried this app? Do you like it? Have any of you tried any of their other apps? What do you think?
I almost bought the 5k app but after reading some of the reviews decided not to.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Oh how I love my Reebok Realflex
I love these shoes! Now remember I am a beginner runner and my running is done mostly on the treadmill. These shoes are AMAZING!! I never had to break them in or anything! They've never given me a blister or rubbed at all! I seriously feel like this shoe was made for me!!! Love them!!! Plus I think they are pretty dang cute!
Anyone out there have a favorite running shoe?
Anyone out there have a favorite running shoe?
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Honesty
Okay, here is a dose of honesty for you. I've been a little blue lately...not feeling like myself etc. etc. etc. I think it all started back in November when I realized that I was really not superwoman. This was a VERY hard realization to come to terms with for me. I look at all of the amazing women that surround me in my family and at church and think they can do this or that, why can't I? Working full-time and trying to be a wife, mother, and friend was not working for me. When Aaron and I decided that I would come home again part of me took a GIANT sigh of relief! The end of November rolled around and I kind of gave up watching what I ate, exercising, etc. I was exhausted and I just needed a break. Then I stopped working and was pretty much sick all of December meaning that I made the excuse that I 'couldn't work out sick' (Which is a LIE! In fact I always get better quicker if I work out.). Along with that I made the excuse that it was the holidays so I could 'eat whatever I wanted'. Well as you can imagine the last week of December rolled around and I was kind of disgusted with myself. I had gained a total of 10lbs and just felt sick. Remember I'm only 5 foot so ANY weight gain goes directly to my belly!
I just kept thinking how all of that hard work creating a new lifestyle was blown in only 1 1/2 months! LAME!!
Needless to say I was extremely disappointed in myself. Hence me not posting for a while.
But here I am January 8th prepared to get back on track! My house is stocked with yummy, healthy food. I have dusted off the treadmill & JM videos and have gotten into a good rhythm with my workouts. The lbs are started to come off and I am already starting to feel better about myself again.
I know some of you are rolling your eyes wondering what this post is really about. Here comes the point. I think that some of us don't realize that living and unhealthy lifestyle really affects EVERYTHING in our lives. It seems like a no brainer to some of us but really until you've lived a both lifestyles consistently you may not get it. If you are unhealthy right now but think life is wonderful I will tell you right now that it gets better! Take that wonderful and multiply it by a million! Really when you are treating yourself right everything becomes brighter and better. I know for me I have more energy and confidence to love and treat others better. I have more energy to keep things cleaner in my house which makes people at home more comfortable and relaxed. I feel better about my body which sounds like a dumb thing but it really makes me focus on others more because I am not wondering if everyone around me can see that extra weight in my tummy. Not to mention it makes me actually want to be around others instead of hide in my house.
I could go on and on. Back to my point- if you have made a New Year's resolution to get healthy or to continue living a healthy lifestyle stick to it! I know you can do it! The benefits are worth all of the sacrifice!
So did you make any New Year's resolutions?
I just kept thinking how all of that hard work creating a new lifestyle was blown in only 1 1/2 months! LAME!!
Needless to say I was extremely disappointed in myself. Hence me not posting for a while.
But here I am January 8th prepared to get back on track! My house is stocked with yummy, healthy food. I have dusted off the treadmill & JM videos and have gotten into a good rhythm with my workouts. The lbs are started to come off and I am already starting to feel better about myself again.
I know some of you are rolling your eyes wondering what this post is really about. Here comes the point. I think that some of us don't realize that living and unhealthy lifestyle really affects EVERYTHING in our lives. It seems like a no brainer to some of us but really until you've lived a both lifestyles consistently you may not get it. If you are unhealthy right now but think life is wonderful I will tell you right now that it gets better! Take that wonderful and multiply it by a million! Really when you are treating yourself right everything becomes brighter and better. I know for me I have more energy and confidence to love and treat others better. I have more energy to keep things cleaner in my house which makes people at home more comfortable and relaxed. I feel better about my body which sounds like a dumb thing but it really makes me focus on others more because I am not wondering if everyone around me can see that extra weight in my tummy. Not to mention it makes me actually want to be around others instead of hide in my house.
I could go on and on. Back to my point- if you have made a New Year's resolution to get healthy or to continue living a healthy lifestyle stick to it! I know you can do it! The benefits are worth all of the sacrifice!
So did you make any New Year's resolutions?
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