In Season Fruits

I have really been trying to use what fruits are in season for my shakes and my desserts. Still seeing lots of strawberries, raspberries and cantaloupe at the stores.  You can't beat fruit as a nice little treat.  I have noticed that it is starting to taste sweeter as I have ditched more and more of the sugary stuff.  Winning!

Breakfast:

Coffee with creamer

Advocare Spark

½ cup dry old fashioned oatmeal cooked with water

drizzle of honey

4 walnuts

½ extra small banana

Snack #1:
½ scoop vanilla protein powder

¼ cup raspberries

½ extra small banana

¼ pineapple

4 ice cubes

4 oz water

made into a shake

Lunch:

3 oz grilled chicken breast cubed

1 cup spinach

¼ avocado chopped

made into a salad

3 oz cantaloupe

Snack #2:

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½ cup cottage cheese

¼ cup pineapple diced

Dinner:

4 oz lean ground beef patty

butter lettuce

3 oz cantaloupe

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Cindy

The Spice Of Life

I have never been a big fish eater and have decided that a little bit goes a long way with me.  I added it to my eggs and will admit I gaged it down.  It was ok in flavor its just not for me.  You might give it a try and see what you think.  You will also notice that I eat a lot of grilled chicken breast.  I usually cook this in my great pan with a little olive oil as the base.  I also totally revamped my spices and threw out the old and added fresh ones.  Spices seem to be saving me somewhat right now.  It keeps things from getting so damned boring.

I made a list of what I have and I pick different combos to trick it up a bit.

Breakfast:

2 eggs scrambled

2 oz salmon cubed and added to eggs

Advocare Spark

Coffee with creamer

Snack #1:

½ scoop vanilla protein

¼ cup frozen peaches

¼ cup strawberries

4 ice cubes

4 oz water

Blended into a shake

Lunch:

2 pieces double fiber whole wheat bread

4 oz grilled chicken breast

butter lettuce

tomatoes

made into a sandwich

Snack #2:

12 almonds

15 grapes

Advocare Spark

Dinner:

4 oz. Cubed Grilled chicken breast

½ cup broccoli

½ cup carrots cooked

butter lettuce

10 cucumber slices

all veggies were made into a tossed salad

Snack#3:

Chocolate covered vanilla ice cream bar

Gotta love the journey.

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Cindy

Big Pants

Sometimes it is good to remember your past to help you deal with the present.  I am remembering a time when I was 172 pounds.  I felt miserable.  I am remembering a time when I wore these size 16 pants.  I still have them in my drawer as a reminder of how far I have come in this journey.  It's all good.

So when I am having a moment where I am about to scream my guts out or feel like I am starving to death, I will remember these pants and how they made me feel.

Breakfast:

Coffee with creamer

Advocare Spark

2 eggs scrambled

1 slice whole wheat high fiber bread

1 tsp peanut butter on the bread

Snack #1:

½ cup cottage cheese

½ cup pineapple

Lunch:

Ground beef patty

Small sweet potato

Advocare Spark

Snack #2:

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Small orange

Dinner:

4 oz grilled chicken breast

Tossed Salad

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Cindy

Spark Saves The Day

My goal is not to try and push Advocare on you peeps, but I must admit that Spark is really saving my butt lately.  I know that with the cleaner eating I am taking in fewer calories overall.  I am feeling a little drained which is to be expected.  The Spark is really helping with that side of things.  It gives me a little extra perk during the day.  Again, if you want to give it a try go to my microsite at www.advocare.com/0705371 and they will ship it right to you.

Breakfast:

Oatmeal ½ cup dry then cooked in microwave for 2 minutes with water

½ banana

4 walnuts

drizzle of honey

put all of this in oatmeal

coffee with creamer

Advocare Spark

Snack #1:

6 walnuts

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6 oz cantaloupe

Lunch:

4 oz grilled chicken breast

2 slices extra fiber whole wheat bread

lettuce

tomato

Made this into a sandwich

Snack #2:

Vanilla Protein powder ½ scoop

Peaches

Strawberries

4 oz of water

4 ice cubes

Mixed together to make a shake

Snack #3:

Another Spark (been a long day)

10 almonds

Dinner:

4 oz grilled chicken breast

10 sweet potato fries

½ cup broccoli steamed

Snack #4:

Extra small banana

Again, pretty basic eating.

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Cindy

.04 Short

I had my chubby girl meeting this morning and I was .04 over goal.  Wow, just wow.  I feel really, really, really happy about this and will continue on this journey.

I thought I would post today about some items that have really saved me on the past 2 weeks.  The first item is olive oil.

I have been using it to saute most of my veggies and to cook most of my fish and chicken.  Love, love it.

The next item is my pan.

This pan is awesome for cooking all of your meats.  The extra fat drains away from your meat for a healthier version of the dish.

Finally, my scale.

This really does keep you on track as far as measuring weight.  You will get better at eyeballing things, but keep this bad boy on your kitchen counter just to double check things.

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Cindy

Running, Jumping and Lifting Oh My

Thought I might give you an idea of my training each week.  Right now I am doing a combination of core, conditioning and lifting on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  I usually do this along with my clients at 5:30 AM on those days.  I am also doing a thing called 5K101 training.  It is a run/walk combo based on time each work-out.  You warm-up and then walk for a certain number of minutes and run a certain number of minutes and then cool-down.  I am in week 7 right now.  Below is a snap shot of what to do.  It is an easy peezy way to run a 5K in a few short weeks.  I run on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

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Cindy

Ground Turkey…Not So Much

Really, really, really trying to embrace these new food choices.  I have decided a little turkey goes a long way with me.  Gotta love the journey.

Breakfast:

Advocare Spark

Coffee with creamer

8 inch whole wheat tortilla

1 scrambled egg

1/8 of an avocado

salsa

made a burrito 

Snack #1

extra small banana

1/2 cup pineapple

1/2 cup cottage cheese

Lunch:

4 oz lean ground beef patty seasoned well

tossed salad

A-1 sauce on burger

Snack #2

Extra small apple

2 tbsp peanut butter

Dinner:

4 oz ground turkey cooked with seasonings

1/2 cup brown rice

1/4 avocado

made into a burrito type bowl

Snack #3:

Chocolate covered vanilla ice cream bar

OK I will be honest here.  I am not a ground turkey fan at all. I spiced it up and it was really very good, but just something about it creeps me out.  It is kind of like the thought of fish tacos.  I just can't do it.  Not sure I will do ground turkey again.  We will see.  

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Cindy