It’s a new year. Again. Does anyone else feel like they should stay the same age this year’s birthday? Can I turn 26 again in 2021? 2020 was a limbo year. When 2021 hit, like most others, I set some new year intentions. Also like most others, one of those intentions is to lose some weight and gain some strength. Ground-breaking, right? This time felt and is different though. I didn’t set a date that revolved around me being in a swim suit. I didn’t start January off with a Whole30 or cut out sugar, although I almost started a Whole30. So what’s changed? Why is this time different? Why is this year, really the year I get healthier again?
What I ate in a day. Are these still a thing? They used to be. Well here it is. What I ate in a day. A good day. A day I was documenting so it did not include 5 ounces of chocolate chips that I sometimes eat in a day, or the gluten-free animal crackers and chocolate bar that I had for dinner one weekend because my chicken was taking to long in the crock-pot. No one ever shows those days.
It’s not this one either.
But. I will be more honest.
This was a planned, nutritious, feeling hydrated kind of day.
breakfast
Van’s gluten-free waffle
maple syrup
smart balance butter
banana
strawberries
Vital Farm’s egg
spinach
lunch
broccoli slaw salad
chopped salad
black forrest deli turkey
Tessemae’s cilantro lime ranch
dinner
shredded chicken with BBQ sauce
zucchini
summer squash
gold potatoes
snacks
cherries
Clif Builder’s bar
No Cow bar
Kite Hill yogurt
This was all about 2100 calories and 126 grams of protein. This turned out to be a lower energy consumption day for me.
And guess what?
I was hungry when I woke up.
I am saying all this to help other people realize that 1200 calories is not the way to go. I am not a dietician, nor do I pretend to be, but any good dietician, nutrition coach, trainer (there’s a difference between all of those) will not have you on 1200 calories.
And I got this from a good dietician. Laura Lygos is amazing. She is @thesassydietician and she will be real with you.
I am only speaking from a person who has been there. And has some credentials to her name.
I have done the 1200 calorie thing, the 1500 calorie thing, the not counting calorie thing, the paleo thing, the vegan thing, etc, etc. (I haven’t tried the keto thing because by that trend, I had already learned my lesson.) The lesson that I knew what foods worked for me– a mix of it all!
From every class of eating out there, I have foods that work for me and some that do not. From every category.
So there is what worked for me. On this particular day. I was hungrier the next day. I will probably have chocolate chips another day and when quarantine is over, go get some FISH TACOS!
What do you really eat in a day? Share below. Let’s start being honest.
So how is your quarantine going? Mine is actually going pretty well believe it or now. I am crossing so many things off my “To Do Eventually” list, moving more throughout my day, and feeling overall more relaxed (you know, when I’m not thinking about the news and current events and future…). One day at a time everybody!
Happy quarantine day….. 10? 11? Does anyone know? I don’t. I do know that I stocked up on canned pumpkin. Why? Well, I panicked in the grocery store and bought what was left, and what was familiar. Hence, canned pumpkin!
Scroll down for the recipe below! It is so yum! Very moist, and reminds me of Starbucks pumpkin bread!
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups gluten-free flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup melted coconut oil
- 1/2 cup dairy-free milk
(I used french vanilla nutpods!)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
(optional)
1. Pre-heat oven to 375ºF.
2. Grease a loaf pan.
3. Combine all ingredients.
4. Mix well.
5. Pour into a pre-greased loaf pan.
6. Sprinkle with brown sugar.
7. Bake for 35-40 minutes.
(until toothpick comes out clean)
8. Enjoy!
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It’s crazy to think about how much has changed these last few weeks/days/hours. The world is a very different place. I am taking this time to get back to doing everything I love that I have been missing like personal training and blogging. I am posting workouts to my instagram that can be done with minimal equipment and include modifications to movement and equipment. I will be posting those videos here as well for you all.
There is so much to catch up on this blog, but I will slowing start updating things and find my ground again as I start posting again.
For now, stay kind, stay loving, stay inside or outside and six feet away from people.
My oh my, where has the summer gone? It’s officially fall here in Colorado. The weather has been cooler, a slight breeze to the air, and sweater and boot season is upon us. I am happy fall is here. For me, seasons are a time of change and renewal. Fall for me is a time when I start to calm down, slow down and streamline a lot of the business in my life. Continue reading →
After much back and forth {and to be honest laziness}, I decided it was time to meal prep for the week once again. This has been a back and forth relationship indeed. I used to go over the top with the prep and it ended up stressing me out–not the end goal. After trial and error, I’ve found the best way for me, and here is how it goes… Continue reading →
I am back baby! Back to my regularly scheduled program. Last week and this week, I consistently got in the gym, something I use to do an auto pilot. It turns out though (I will say this over and over again), that when I spend the day programming and training for others, my workout plans go out the window. For a while that was just fine with me. I needed a rest, my days were jam packed, I was still staying active in my days… but my body adapted and got used to my non-training life, so I ramped up and prioritized my own workouts and I have never felt this good in a while!
Sometimes I just have to get outside and move. I have been feeling unmotivated and uninspired in the gym setting. This past Saturday, however, was the first warm, beautifully sunny Saturday I’ve had in a while. I had no agenda. No work. No exams. Just nothing. That is truly beautiful to me.
This week’s work out includes the use of a TRX suspension system, or you can use gymnastics rings. You need some kind of suspension for rows or ring rows, where you hold on to the grips and pull your body up to the grips/handles/rings. It’s always a bonus to add a second pause at the top of the pull. Try it for yourself!
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