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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

21 Day Fix Round Two: Meal Prep

21 Day Fix Meal Prep  If you have read my blogs before or Follow me on facebook/instagram you know I love Meal Prepping. I would suggest it to anyone and everyone. Especially those trying to clean up their diet and typically eat fast food AND to those that are always using "busy" as an excuse. I have been meal prepping for about 5 months, and the last month and a half with 21 day fix. 21 day fix basically just helped along my meal prep...

Monday, March 17, 2014

Clean-Eat Egg McMuffins

 Egg McMuffins 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees 2. Prepare a muffin tin with coconut oil 3. Take any sort of veggies you want with your eggs. *We used sauteed kale, onion, & tomato* 4. Add a little sea salt and black pepper & favorite seasonings. 5. Scramble your ingredients with your eggs and pour about 1/2 cup scoop into your muffin tin. *We used four eggs here which made 6 egg muffins in total.* 6. Place in the oven for 15-20...

Friday, March 7, 2014

Quinoa

                               QUINOA    Pronounced (keen-wah), this ancient grain is full of dietary goods. Not only is it versatile at absorbing flavors, much like rice, quinoa is a super food. I just switched from brown rice to Quinoa. It is a little more expensive for a smaller bag BUT a little goes a LONG way!!...

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Sweet Potato Fries

SWEET POTATO FRIESIngredients 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled 1/2 cup of coconut oil 1/2 tbsp dried rosemary 1/2 tsp each of smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, dried parsley and sea salt Preparation Slice sweet potatoes into VERY thin slices. Add the sweet potato to a large bowl and microwave for 4-6 minutes. On a non-stick baking sheet spread out microwaved potatoes evenly. Bake at 350 by Savings Addon">degrees for 30 minute. While...

21 Day FIX Results

     It's almost been ONE MONTH since the 21 day fix launched and changed EVERYTHING! It has been the biggest program in the history of Beach Body programs and my challengers are getting amazing results. I have had challengers losing 2-7lbs a week.     This program has been a total game changer for me. I plan my meals based on the the amount of servings per food group I get, then around the amount of calories...

Friday, February 28, 2014

Being healthy is EASY!

Healthy & Happy       People are always looking for the next easy trick to get results and that leads to complicating something that should be very simple process. An easy fix or fast results don't teach us anything on living a healthy lifestyle. And while we may not all want the same thing, or have the same goals, the answer to being healthy and fit is very SIMPLE! One simple truth is that: there is no RIGHT...

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Top Clean Eating Tips

Top Clean Eating Tips I thought I would share some tips here that really helped me get on track and make this whole clean eating thing easier for me. My challenge groups always do great with the workouts but in the first few weeks the most common questions are "What should I eat?" "How much should I eat?" "What is clean and what isn't clean?" "How can I switch my family over". All of these concerns come up and I really thought it...