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What I Ate Wednesday and a Leg Workout!
First for What I Ate Wednesday…. I have been doing protein powder with almond milk and coffee pre workout pretty much every day. Post workout I do a quick shake with protein powder, almond milk, almond flour and 1/2 banana. My actual breakfast for the next few weeks will be egg whites, yams and avocado. Mid morning has been a protein pancake but that will have to go soon too Lunch is steak with yams, veggies and avocado. Afternoon has been tuna and veggies (no pic) and dinner will probably be fish or egg whites. I have been wanting to barf at the thought of chicken lately so it’s out for a while. AND – So excited when I was looking through old pics...
Read MoreVLOG – Macros, calories, Paleo, my mini goals
Happy Sunday! After all the nice comments and positive response from my last VLOG I decided to do another one with the questions I was getting in my comments and emails. Hope you guys like it! If I keep track of my macros I use MyFitnessPal.com. This is a great place to start with calories and macros. My height, weight, macros and calories 0:00 Paleo and gluten-free 4:50 Protein “scramble” 6:12 My mini goals coming up 8:27 Don’t forget to enter to win the Firedaughter giveaway! Tonight is the last night ...
Read MoreVLOG – Cardio, cheat meals, supplements, randoms :)
So I have been getting requests/suggestions for VLOGs and some of the same questions repeatedly. I decided to do a VLOG for you guys answering some health and fitness and some totally unrelated questions let me know what you think because I think I am super awkward haha. Intro 00:36 What I do for cardio, how often I work out 03:00 Protein, supplements, BCAAs, water 05:10 Cheat meals and alcohol 07:20 Books I love (correction – The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan) 09:11 My hair – haha so many questions about this: www.salonstylush.com 10:20 How I find time to workout and how I keep track of my schedule Here are the links I talk about in the VLOG: Vacation...
Read MoreGiant Leg Set and Lower Abs!!
So yesterday because my week was all screwed up I just did my own leg workout that I made up as I went along. I am dying today from soreness and I was so exhausted at the end yesterday that I literally forgot to do my calves. So happy I am feeling better. I swear my quads (flexed in the top right) take over everything I do for legs – darn things! Here you go!! Giant Squat Set: Bar – 20 reps Bar + 20lbs 15 reps Bar + 30 lbs 12 reps Bar + 40lbs 10 reps Bar + 50lbs 8 reps Bar + 70bs 6 reps Bar + 50lbs 8 reps Bar + 40 lbs 10reps Bar + 30 lbs 12 reps Bar + 20lbs 15 reps Bar -20 reps I didn’t hit all of the reps on the way down but I pushed out as many...
Read MoreTaking a Break from the Gym and a Mini-Meltdown
So exactly a week ago I posted this picture on Instagram and noticed that while I was getting leaner, I was also getting smaller. That morning my knee was also killing me so I didn’t do sprints. Then Friday night the Fatkid and I were getting ready for dinner when we both realized that I looked too thin and we figured out that I have lost about 5-6 pounds in the last few weeks. This is not good. It means even though I think I am handling all the stress well, my body is not. It was confirmed when I went to the gym Saturday morning for legs – my favorite thing to do – and I could barely push through. I decided on Sunday that this week I would set my...
Read MoreTwo Year Blogiversary
So our Two Year Blogiversary has come and gone it was February 26th and last year I had a great post for it and I have my first ever blog post too. This year I was so slammed with life that I did post on Facebook about it and even though we didn’t get to 10,000 Likes the day OF our Blogiversary, we got there the day after so I am going to host a giveaway with FireDaughter Clothing – my all time favorite local workout clothing designer. Samya is amazing. I am going to give her a minute to get back to normal before I host it because she has a loss in her family she is dealing with so I will probably do it next week. So a little late but Happy Two Year...
Read MoreClean eating cooler
I have a food confession to make. I have not been eating enough. I know it. Mostly because I haven’t actually been packing as much as I should every day and also because around 3pm I want sugar and carbs and coffee. After I went to the store yesterday I made sure to make plenty of food and portion out all of my snacks so that I can bring as much as I want to the office and leave it there during the week. Also, if I get home late then I can just grab a pre-measured cottage cheese or protein pancake and eat that instead of grabbing something else convenient but not that probably has things in it I should’ the eating, i.e. gluten. We are headed to Vegas in...
Read MoreAnother leg workout :)
Legs! Leg day makes me happy. It’s exhausting and takes a long time but I love when my legs are sore because it means they are working and I am working hard. My leg workouts have been pretty much the same lately but here you go! I change up the weight and reps all the time. Leg Extensions: 3×10 Lying leg curls: 3×10, superset with jump squats Incline leg press: 10 with toes at edge, 10 with feet together Squats: 3×10, superset with jumping lunges Plie squats: 3×10, superset with side lunges holding a plate: 3×10 Single leg calf raises: holding a plate do as many as you can until failure and then drop the plate and go to failure again,...
Read MoreLeg Workout for January
Hey everyone! I hope you liked the back and bicep workout I posted if you tried it I did it again this morning with a friend and she was dying at the end too. Is it weird that that makes me happy?? I promised that next I would post the leg workout so here you go! Be warned. I did this last Friday planning on repeating it on Monday and couldn’t because I was still too sore – oops! Hope you like it Leg Extensions supserset with Leg Curls: 12-15 reps 3x Inverted Leg Press, 10 with toes up high and 10 with feet together: 3x Bar Squats: 10-12, 3x Plie Squats superset with Side Lunges holding a plate weight: 10-12 (each side for the lunges), 3x Single Leg...
Read MoreBack and Biceps for January/February
So I asked what workouts you guys want to see first on Facebook and it looks like back and biceps and legs were the two highest. Since I love posting my legs workouts I think I will start off with the back and bicep workout for a little variety. This is what I will be doing for the next few weeks – I usually change my workouts every couple of weeks. Note: This order was strictly because of convenience due to the traffic at the gym, normally I would put the supersets at the beginning, but doing it this way I was dying by the end. I do back exercises with a weight that I can do 8-10 reps with the last few reps being difficult. For biceps I do 12-15 reps and...
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