I always wanted to be a cute pregnant woman but my cuteness looked a little different in my first versus third pregnancy. Many things influenced the differences in my weight, but the biggest influencer was my starting weight. I was always active in all my pregnancies and ate an overall 8/10 on a clean eating scale. Here’s Maria Kang’s advice for a healthy and fit pregnancy! 1) Start at an ideal weight. This is my BIGGEST advice. Be active and…
Mommy Fitness: Maria Kang’s workout and diet routine
September 25, 2012I get requests for workouts and diets all the time and here’s the deal: I’m not a big fan on giving generic workout advice and unpersonalized diet plans. For example, if you don’t/haven’t: – Been strength training for over ten years – Can run 3 miles without difficulty – Have no postural issues – Are slightly injured on your left shoulder blade – Proportionate in body type – Have strong, easy-to-build, legs – Don’t eat red meat – Is allergic…
Clean Eating: Turkey Meatballs
September 25, 2012This recipe is delicious! It’s very easy to make. I actually make meatballs quite often so I’ve expanded on the basic recipe found below. I added actual wheat bread (2) cut into little squares so it stuck together better, I also added spinach and some parmesan for my boys. Half the batch I brown using olive oil on the stove, the other I place in little muffin tins and bake in the oven. (This is how you cook for both…
Clean Eating: Kale Fried Rice
September 21, 2012Kale is so good for you. There are so many health benefits because it’s high in Vitamin K, fiber and iron. It is an anti-inflammatory food and high in antioxidants. So I was very excited to receive this healthy recipe from one of my favorite kickboxing instructors, Charil Lorenzo Daniels. It’s very easy to make and it tastes DELICIOUS. I added some egg with mine for some added protein. If you have children you might want to omit the jalapeno.…
Clean Eating: Skinny Monkey Cookies
September 11, 2012I loved this recipe because it was simple and had minimal ingredients. You can probably add some chocolate protein powder to make the overall nutritional content more balanced. I personally would prefer the texture to be a little more harder because it is more ‘mushy’ than like a traditional cookie. While it definitely doesn’t taste like a chocolate Crunch bar, it does the job when you are eating clean and need something sweet to suffice that tooth!~ It’s also SUPER…
Clean Eating: Triple Chocolate Chunk Muffin
September 10, 2012I just made these Triple Chocolate Chunk Muffins today and they were SUPER easy to make. Took me about ten minutes to mix everything and 30 minutes to bake all of them. I say to ‘bake all of them’ because I used miniature muffin trays, so it took longer to bake. What I love about my mini muffin trays is that each muffin is probably 50 calories because it’s bit size! So how did it taste? well – since I…
A matter of time.
September 6, 2012As anyone who has completed a physical goal would say, there are two things that usually happens when you are done. First, you eat a lot. Not so much a lot, but more than you were when you were preparing. You do this because of psychological reasons: you know you can because you don’t have an immediate goal, you like knowing you don’t have to deprive yourself and most of all, because you deserve it! After all, you just worked…
Fat Loss Supplements 101
August 30, 2012I get questions all the time about fat loss supplements. Do I use them? Yes and No. I use them when I remember to use them. (I’m very bad at taking supplements) and when I need energy (since I don’t drink coffee). I DO NOT use them as a source for fat loss. Fat loss occurs when you consume less calories and expel more, period. What fat loss supplements do is not necessarily create fat loss, but instead, stimulate fat…
Mommy Fitness: Post-photoshoot thoughts
August 29, 2012My shoot was Saturday. Today is Tuesday night. It’s been a whirlwind since then. The day of my shoot was great. I didn’t sleep as great as I had hoped, but it was enough to relieve me from having red eye or bags under my eyes. I met my photographer at 6:30am so we could shoot at the first hours of sunrise. I shot in three different bikinis. I didn’t buy the bikinis specifically for this shoot. I actually bought…
Fitness “I Don’ts”
August 29, 2012I was really inspired by THIS post to write an “I Don’t” list. I’ve actually pondered about writing an article about ‘the things fit people do’, but as always – time is my biggest enemy! So here are some random thoughts. I’m not organizing anything, I’m just typing to see how this manifests. Some of these are fitness and diet oriented some of them not. If they are not, they somehow contribute to my healthy lifestyle in some way or…