Sundays I slow things down. I try to sleep in, do something special for breakfast for the family, enjoy family time, church, sleep (oh yes! I nap on Sunday!) more family time and dinner and then I end the day with yoga. I try not to push my body too hard because I need this "day of rest". My body needs it. If you get a chance today just slow things down. Take a little break. Enjoy the day! Happy Sunday everyone! Need a good de-stressing stretch yoga routine? Check out this 10 minute routine by Women's Health! My favorite stretches. And of course ending the routine with corpse pose!
Turkey Day Transformations! Who wants to have a healthier Thanksgiving this year? I DO! Every week I am going to be posting some great healthy options for your Thanksgiving feast! Yes this has sugar in it. But this makes 4 servings. That means only 1/4 tablespoon of sugar per potato. 80/20. Eat clean 80% of the time and enjoy the rest 20% of the rest of the time. but there is so little sugar per serving. Swap out your traditional cream and butter filled mashed potatoes and gravy for this healthy tasty option. Oh and this can also replace the sweet potato casserole. TWOFER! Enjoy! Check out todays, Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients: 2 large sweet potatoes (1/2 pounds total) 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained 1 tablespoon coconut oil 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon light- or dark-brown sugar 1 teaspoon grated orange zest 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons chopped pecans
How to make it: 1 hour, 20 minutes
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Pierce each sweet potato twice with tip of knife.
2. Bake until soft, about 50 minutes. Set aside until cool enough to handle but still very warm. Reduce oven heat to 325°F.
3. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise. Scoop out flesh and place in medium bowl, being careful not to tear skin. Reserve skins. Add pineapple, oil, butter, sugar, zest, and salt to potato flesh. Whip with electric mixer or whisk until slightly fluffy.
4. Place skin shells on baking sheet. Fill with potato mixture, mounding each. Bake 15 minutes. Sprinkle with pecans. Bake 5 minutes longer. 1 serving is half a potato.
Healthy Cooking Tip:
Twice-Baked Stuffed Sweet Potatoes can be made up to a day ahead of time. Bake and stuff the potatoes as directed in the recipe through step 3. Place in a shallow dish, cover loosely and refrigerate. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking as directed in the recipe. Modified from Reader's Digest Recipe
Check out 21 Day fix! It is seriously the one workout that has changed my life! I look at food and exercise in a whole new way now because of it. I have lost 20 pounds because of this workout. If you have any questions about it and want more information please let me know!
What I love about 21 Day Fix:
-I finally learned how to eat for my body type.
-I am finally getting the amount of veggies that I need!
-Different workout everyday that keeps me engaged.
-Workouts are fun, and easy to follow
-GREAT beginning through advanced workout program. It is only as difficult as you make it.
-Modifier for EVERY SINGLE MOVE.
-Can continue with round 2, 3, or more after your first 21 days. You don't just stop at 21 days you keep going!
-Lost 20+ pounds in 4 full rounds! (then I got pregnant!) But I am still doing some of the workouts and following the nutrition plan and keeping my weight gain slow and steady!
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Hey guys! You see me post all the time about challenge groups, or health and support fitness groups, or my clean eating groups. You ever wonder what they are? A challenge group/health and support fitness group, is a small micro-community of people that are all going through a journey of health and fitness. I have various types of groups held during the month. A Month long group for those that are doing a specific workout program or regime and need that daily motivation, and more constant interaction to help them stay on track. I also hold a 5 day clean eating challenge which is actually an introduction to clean eating. You get to try out clean eating for 5 days, learning how to adapt that kind of lifestyle into your daily life. And also a 5 day sneak peek into what I do as a health and fitness motivator.
In each of the challenge groups, I post multiple times during the day to engage with the challengers, ask questions, help to motivate them and also post motivational videos in there so that they get to know me as a person and know that I am really there for them and care about them. Yes I am a Beachbody coach and I love the products, but what I love more than that is actually working one on one with each of my challengers. Getting to know them. Educating them. Inspiring them. Being there for them. Motivating them. That is my favorite part and I think I have that part down pretty well.
We just wrapped up our 5 day clean eating challenge- Halloween Edition and it was AMZING! Everyday I posted a new recipe for them to add to their list to try, we had a competition going on for the highest point earners with a grand prize of a Hydra Trak water bottle to help them get the water they need during the day and have a fun way to track it. There was so much interaction.
Anyways. I wanted to share with you one of my videos that I made for the group. Since it was Halloween week, I wore a different wig everyday for the 5 videos I made. It was tons of fun. Check out the video and let me know what you think,
Have any other questions or are interested in joining any of my challenge groups? Let me know. Send me an email! I would love to have you join us!
