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Hey everyone! My last post detailed some changes that are happening with the blog, and now it is time to implement those changes. This is the first post of the new era! Be very excited!!
Product Review: Ola Loa
First up for you guys today, I have a concluding product review for Ola Loa. I've been using it for a while, and you guys have read my reviews thus far. It is quite obvious I'm a fan! I wanted to give you guys a review of the product after having used it for an extended period of time.
I love, love, love the form that these vitamins come in. I am not a fan of mutli-vitamin pills for a few reasons, the most important being that I always forget to take them (so how useful is that??). These vitamins come in tasty flavored powder form with the addition of amino acids! I never forgot to take these since they made my morning smoothies taste so awesome, it easily became a part of my routine. Ola Loa gave me a great energy kick, as the product is aptly titled "Energy." It wasn't an incredibly huge jump in energy, but I definitely felt a change in my energy levels after eating it. It also increased the satiety factor of my smoothies (something I totally didn't expect, a happy accident if you will). That means this product would be nice for someone looking to get more bang for their buck out of a daily multi.
Exercise:
Wednesday:
Strength
Superset 1 (20 sec of jump roping between supersets):
- Hanging Leg Raises: 3 sets, 10 reps
- Dumbbell Squats: 3 sets, 10 reps
Superset 2 (20 sec of jump roping between supersets):
- Hamstring Curl: 3 sets, 10 reps
- Stiff Leg Deadlift: 3 sets, 10 reps
Superset 3 (20 sec of jump roping between supersets):
- Hamstring Curl on Ball: 3 sets, 10 reps
- Leg Press: 3 sets, 10 reps
Abs Superset (20 sec of jump roping between supersets):
- Ball Rollout: 3 sets, 10 reps
- Knee Tucks with Elbows on Ball: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Seated Weighted Twist: 3 sets, 12 reps
Cardio
30 mins Stair Climber
Other Fun Stuff
Rock Climbing (first time, soooo cool!)
Yoga (ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, much needed at the end of this day)
Fun Food:
Cinnamon Banana Chips are my new love!! Kinda stuck to the pan though....
Naan Monte Cristo for the BF!
Place one egg, a touch of milk and cinnamon in a flat tuperware and beat until well combined. Dip naan slices in the egg mix and cook them in the skilled with slices of turkey and cheese between them. If you want the true monte cristo feel, put some blackberry or raspberry jam in the middle with the turkey and cheese. I do it somewhat grilled cheese-style and cook until the cheese is all melty and gooey in the center.
Hey guys, I've picked up a few new projects and have considerably less time than before. I also don't want this blog to become repetitive with you all constantly seeing pics of the same meals over and over. For these two reasons, I've decided to change the format of the blog a bit. I will not be posting every day, but every few days instead. I will continue posting my workouts for every day of the week, but I'll only post food that is new or interesting instead of every meal. Given that I eat much of the same snacks repeatedly, it would (and probably has) gotten boring for you guys to see them over and over. When I make/try/eat something out of the typical eats I will definitely be posting that. I will do some "day in the life posts" and have a sidebar navigation to them if anyone wants to see my typical eating schedule, eating philosophy, etc.I will be trying to direct more of the posts on this blog towards exercise series, similar to the towel tone and stability ball series under the Fitness tab of navigation. I will try to more regularly post workout ideas for those of you who are easily bored. I would like this to be more of the focus of the blog in the future.
Hey guys, sorry I've been so totally mia the last few days! I'm back in action though!
My weekend was so busy I hardly got to sleep, much less blog!!
This morning I grabbed strawberry energy bites and made it to the gym for a lower back, calves and ab day!
Ab Superset (jump rope for 60 sec between each superset):
- Reverse Crunch: 3 sets, 15 reps
- Seated Twist: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Inverse Plank on Ball: 3 sets, 45 sec
- Ball Pike with Leg Lift: 3 sets, 5 reps on each side
Lower Back and Calf Superset 1 (jump rope for 30 sec between each superset):
- Seated Calf Raise: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Deadlift: 3 sets, 10 reps
Lower Back and Calf Superset 2 (jump rope for 30 sec between each superset):
- Standing Calf Raise: 3 sets, 10 reps
- Back extensions: 3 sets, 6 reps center, 6 reps left, 6 reps right
Lower Back and Calf Superset 3 (jump rope for 30 sec between each superset):
- Calf Raises on Disk: 3 sets, 20 reps
- Back extensions on ball: 3 sets, 8 reps lifting legs, 8 reps lifting upper body
Ab Killer Set (jump rope for 60 sec between sets):
- Stability Ball Sit-up and Hold: 2 sets, 90 sec hold
After all that and a bike ride home, my tummy was screamin for some breakfast. I happily obliged with a tasty recovery shake!
2 cups spinach
1 large leaf kale
1 cup water
1 tbsp hemp protein
1 tbsp brown rice protein
1 tbsp oil blend (flax + hemp)
1 tsp maca powder
1/4 cup frozen mango
1/4 cup frozen papaya
1/2 banana
Cinnamon
I blended that baby and guzzled it! Magnificent!
I packed my snackage for today last night: pear ginger energy bar (thrive recipe); Huuuge salad with chia seeds, hemp seeds, spinach, romaine, avocado, corn, broccoli slaw with sesame dressing on the side; carrots + homemade tzatzaki for dippage!
I enjoyed some much needed yoga this morning after such a busy weekend! It really hit the spot!! Here is hoping that everyone else's weekend was a little less crazy than mine!
Hey guys, busy busy day today so this is gonna be a quickie post!
Dinner last night was the most amazing creation ever! Pizza salad, that's right, you heard me, pizza salad. I took a slice of the thrive pizza I made cut it into chunks and threw in a salad with extra marinara sauce as dressing. To die for!
Dessert was the most amazing thing ever! 3-way tasting at eclipse! There were 3 pairins of 1 wine/beer + 1 cheese + 1 chocolate truffle. I will do a full post about every last delectable bite on d.h. later this week, when I have some time to breathe! For now I shall leave you with a photographic taste of the amazingness!
I got up this morning and barely had time to grab some energy bites before fixing my chain on my bike (RAWR to it falling off yesterday!) and hitting the gym. Today was an upper body and lots of cardio day! I got up a bit early to give myself some extra cardio time since I was feelin it today. I also did some drop sets to kill my upper body with minimal time needed!
Bicep/Tricep Superset (jump rope for 30 sec between sets):
- Cable bicep curls: 2 sets, 10 reps + 1 drop set
- Tricep rope pull: 2 sets, 10 reps + 1 drop set
Back/Chest Superset (jump rope for 30 sec between sets):
- Cable Bar Pull-Down: 2 sets, 10 reps + 1 drop set
- Cable Fly: 2 sets, 10 reps + 1 drop set
Shoulders (jump rope for 30 sec between sets):
- Cable Cross Over: 2 sets, 10 reps + 1 drop set
45 mins hills on stair master
I just love comin home all sweaty! It may not look sexy, but it feels so awesome!
My breakfast was a tasty shake:
1 banana
1/4 cup frozen papaya
2 cups spinach
1 large kale leaf
1 tbsp hemp protein
1 tbsp brown rice protien
1 tbsp ground flax
1/2 tbsp oil blend (hemp + flax)
1 tsp maca powder
3/4 cup water
Splash almond milk
Sprinkle Stevia
Cinnamon
I threw it all in a bowl with a few raisins and went to heaven for a few mins! I also had a chlorella tablet on the side (this is supposed to be a great supplement for recovery, we'll see how it goes + it has lots of B12).
Here is all my assembled snackaged for the day: half an a.b. and fruit spread ezekiel sammie, salad (hemp seeds, chia seeds, spinach, romaine, corn, broccoli slaw, avocado with some hemp/flax oil viniagrette), white nectarine (my new looooove) with pumpkin seeds.
I also packed another slice of my thrive pizza since I won't get to go home for din din today. I shall return tomorrow with some updated recipes and much less rushed post! Peace!
I'm offically in love with the Thrive Diet recipes. Everything I've tried from there has been slap-me-in-the-face fantastic! Last night's dinner was no exception. I tried one of his pizzas and I was absolutely blown away. The crust kicked major booty and it wasn't even bread of any kind. I didn't make any of his recipes specfically, I just kinda used ideas from a couple of em to make my own pizza, which means, I can totally post the recipe over on d.h. in the next few days! Here is a slice of that beauty:
After eatin, it was time to get ready, head off to class and have some fun! I came home exhausted and ate a quick mango + pumpkin seeds (I had no idea I liked these until just now) with raisins. I had to make my snackies (except lunch, wed. is lunch with the BF day for the week) for tomorrow since Wed. I have an early client and don't have time do so in the morning. Since I was so freakin tired, I completely forgot to take pics, lo siento! Luckily all my eats were on my blog in the last two days anyway! I grabbed a thrive energy bar and made some of the delicious hummus-caserole stuff I made yesterday! After making some food I absolutely crashed and died. Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!
Got up bright and early this morning, grabbed some quick energy bites on my way out the door and biked to the gym. This morning was lower back, abs, calves and some cardio.
Ab Superset (jump rope for 60 sec between supersets):
- Reverse Crunch on Ball: 3 sets, 10 reps
- Knee to Chest on Disk: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Weighted Twist: 3 sets -- 6 reps with right leg elevated, 6 reps with left leg elevated, 6 reps regular
- Stability Ball Plank: 3 sets, 20 sec center, 20 sec left side, 20 sec right side
Lower Back/Calf Superset (jump rope for 30 sec between sets):
- Back Extensions: 3 sets -- 6 reps up to center, 6 reps up and to the right, 6 reps up and to the left
- Weighted Calf Raises on Disk: 3 sets, 20 reps
- Swimming on BOSU: 3 sets, 30 reps
- Standing Calf Raise: 3 sets, 10 reps
22 mins of stair climbin!
I had to eat and run to make it to my client on time. I had a tasty smoothie on the drive over.
1 Pear
1/4 Cup Frozen Pineapple Chunks
1 Tbsp Hemp Protein
1 Tbsp Brown Rice Protein
1 Tbsp Ground Flax
1/2 Tbsp Oil Blend (Hemp + Flax)
1 tsp Maca Powder
3/4 Cup Water
Few chunks Ice
Splash of Vanilla Almond Milk
Cinnamon
Sprinkle Stevia
Toooooooooooo much stevia made it in there. It is waaaaaaay easier to over-sweeten with stevia! Must be more careful!
Tonight is a Beer/Truffle/Cheese tasting at eclipse! Lovely pictures are sure to be in store!
Dinner last night was one of those whatever is in the fridge nights! These are almost my favorite meals, I almost always end up creating something new and random that I end up loving (or occasionally hating). It usually gives me new favorite meals to make in future! Last night was one of the good experiments! I had some left over hemp curry salad that was absolutely amazing, but I ended up giving about half of that to the BF for 2 reasons. 1) I was getting full from the other amazing part of my meal and didn't have enough space. 2) The BF was still hungry (big surprise, right). The amazingness you see to the left is inspired by all the tasty dinner creations I see from the hungry hippie, and is a random mix of stuff that I found in the fridge (and it is mostly raw! yayness): broccoli slaw, corn, sliced bell pepps, lemon hummus (recipe on d.h. very soon), avocado, and a touch of olive oil. I smashed up the avocado and mushed up all the hummus to form an amazing caserole like mish mash of veggies. It was so tasty, I made more for a snack tomorrow!
The rest of the night was spent a) running errands (the BF and I found a new set of bamboo shelves we are gonna pick up later this week), b) at the gym (got in an hour on the stairs, woo!), c) making pizza for tomorrow's dinner and more delish hummus for snackage, d) walking and training the puppers. My what a busy night!! I can't wait to show you guys pics of the pizza that will be gracing the blog tomorrow!
The evening ended with a quickie dessert of banana-papaya-pineapple pudding with some hemp + brown rice protein powder, 2 dates and a few raisins sprinkled on top. It was mushy, cold and perfect after quite the busy evening.
I also got all my snackage for tomorrow packed right up. Half an ezekiel a.b. and cherry fruit spread sammie.
Giant taco-ish salad with spinach, romaine, hemp seeds, chia seeds, corn, broccoli slaw and dressed with brown rice vinegar and roasted tomato salsa. More of the amazing hummus-caserole stuff I had for dinner (but this time I used my new super-garlic hummus instead of the lemony flavor, again recipe on d.h. very very soon).
I got up this morning ready all ready to go to the gym! I love those mornings! I had a quick few bites of one of my versions of the Thrive Diet energy bites (2.5 dates processed with 1 Tbsp coconut oil, 1 tsp Lemon Juice and some dried, shredded coconut). These are perfect before a workout. I also feared I'd get too hungry if that is all I ate, so I had a lovely pear. Probably didn't end up needing that....
I biked over to the gym, did a quickie upper body workout followed by 3o mins of treadmill interval training (since I probably won't get any cardio time this afternoon) before biking (very slowly) home.
Upper Body Superset (Up-Down Plyo Exercise between each superset):
- Alternating Press/Fly: 3 sets, 6 reps of each press & fly
- Barbell Row: 3 sets, 10 reps
- Tricep Extensions: 3 sets, 10 reps
- Hammer Curls: 3 sets, 10 reps
- Front Raise: 3 sets, 12 reps
My breakfast was a smoothie in a bowl:
3/4 cup Frozen Cherries
1 Large Leaf Kale
3 Handfulls Spinach
1/2 cup Water
1/4 cup Chocolate Almond Milk
1 Tbsp Cacao Powder
1/2 Tbsp Hemp Protein Powder
1/2 Tbsp Brown Rice Protein Powder
1 tsp Maca Powder
1/2 Tbsp Ground Flax Seed
Sprinkle Stevia
Cinnamon
This bad boy was one of the best green smoothies I have ever made. I threw it in a bowl with some raisins on top and made myself waaaaaaaaay too full. I may not need all those snacks I packed with this guy chillin in my tummy! I was really reluctant to try stevia since I don't like things uber-sweet, but now I'm in love. It doesn't have a funky taste and makes my smoothie just perfect (as long as I only use the tiniest sprinkle).
I'm off to create the cell phone chips of tomorrow, see you guys lata!
Hi all! Hope you guys had a great weekend! I know I did! We had a friend in town and were out at the beach for a bit of the weekend where the camera didn't want to go. I don't have pics of everything from the weekend, but I will sure give you the highlights!
I tried this new hummus which was amazing, so there was tons of this:
Of course, there were lots of green smoothies in bowls:
Lots of fruity chia puddings:
Salads abound no matter what day of the week it is:
I also made some hemp-curry salad and threw that on some whole wheat naan. Ahhhhmazing!
Saturday was my rest day, but we went to the zoo which meant walking foreva! I guess we'll call that an active rest day then! On Sunday, I hit the gym for an hour of sweat filled-cardio glory.
This morning I woke up to a quick snack of Energy Bites (from the Thrive Diet recipes) and some mango. I really like the energy bites, they were just perfect before a workout. Not overly filling, but very energy filled!
I biked to the gym for abs/legs today. It turned out to be quite the tough workout today, which I love!
Abs Superset (jump rope for 60 sec between supersets):
- Hanging Leg Lifts: 3 sets, 12 reps
- Knee-to-Elbow on Stability Ball: 3 sets, 10 reps each side
- Inverse Plank on Stability Ball: 3 sets, 30 sec
- Balance in Boat Pose on Disk: 3 sets, 30 sec
- Leg Lifts with Hips on Disk: 3 sets, 7 to the center, 7 to the left, 7 to the right
Step-up with One Leg Deadlift (jump rope for 30 sec between sets): 3 sets, 8 reps each side
Hack Squat (jump rope for 30 sec between sets): 3 sets, 15 reps
Inner/Outter Thigh Superset (jump rope for 30 sec between supersets):
- Hip Adduction: 3 sets, 15 reps
- Hip Abduction: 3 sets, 12 reps
My breakfast upon returning from the gym was a tasty green smoothie concoction.
1 banana
1 large leaf kale
2 large handfuls spinach
1/2 tbsp hemp protein
1/2 tbsp brown rice protein
1/2 tbsp flax/hemp oil mix
1 tsp ground maca
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup ice
cinnamon (I love cinnamon, so I use lots)
slight sprinkle stevia
I packed up all my snackies for the day. Ezekiel with a.b. and blackberry fruit spread.
Salad with spinach, romaine, broccoli slaw, corn, chia seeds, hemp seeds and some flax/hemp viniagrette dressing on the side. Energy bar (from the Thrive Diet recipes, we'll see how it tastes!).
Happy Monday!!
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