May 22, 2012

Green Monster Smoothie/10 Day Cleanse

For a few weeks now, I've been trying to start this 10 day cleansing process from Advocare. With all the traveling and fun events going on I've put it off a bit...okay a lot... a lot of what has to do about it is that the pills I am supposed to take are sooo big! :( So I started the working out, eating right, and drinking water for sure! Just no pills... so yesterday - I decided to overcome this "wigging" out phase I have on taking stupid horsepills and just doing it! Of course Scott was staring at me laughing and waiting... so I grabbed those suckers and stepped outside on the patio (just in case I were to make a fool of myself and spit the pills out or something haha - yes I know how ridiculous I sound).


This is the cleanse I'm doing, and now that I actually took the pills I'm supposed to be taking, I tackled the first day!! Yay! It's part of a 24 day challenge that I am doing. It's a total body detox and I have heard from many close friends that are doing it and have done it to be successful, your total body fat % goes down, and you typically lose an average between 12-20lbs in the 24 days. Your food diet is different as it's almost ZERO carb diet & no alcohol, smoking, any drink besides water or protein shake, etc. We'll see how it goes! I am hoping it works well to get me back into motion here.


What amazes me about the little energy drinks and fiber drinks the cleanse came with, they ACTUALLY taste really good!! That makes me happy, cause if something doesn't taste good, I don't care what nutritional value you are, I won't drink you!

So for breakfast yesterday, I had a greek yogurt with this new banana flaxseed with honey and dried blueberries, it was soo good!



My second meal was at 10:30am which I ate up a handful of almonds unsalted. Mehh I like mixed nuts better that are lightly salted.. I know these are healthier though AND kept me full til lunch!

I won't even go into detail about luch cause it was gross! Lemon Pepper Tiliapia with veggies... a healthy chocie low sodium meal... NEVER again. I will make my own meals from now on thank you!

I went and tanned & then drank my Spark Energy drink (tasted exactly like fruit punch, yum!) & for dinner I broiled some Salmon and sided with black beans and asperagus. One of my favorite no-carb meals with tons of proteins and veggies :-).

Today I made a green monster smoothie! Basically a regular protein shake with an extra kick of veggies (that you can't even taste!)


Added in some of theeeeeeese:

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Green Monster Smoothie:

1 Scoop Chocolate Whey Protein Powder
1-2 tablespoons Peanut Butter
1 large handful of spinach
1 Cup Unsweetened Almond Milk (You can also use regular milk, coconut milk, etc)
1 Cup Ice

Blend until smooth and drink away!


Confession: Okay, so the 4 Omega pills I have to take are even BIGGER than the health cleanse ones... so I chopped em up into powder form and put them in my smoothie.

Done and Done!

Yesterday I did an interval workout on the elliptical, and it kicked my bootay! Does anyone have other great workouts that are awesome for fat burning and muscle tone? Cause I am definitely looking for other great workouts too. Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!!

May 21, 2012

Weekend Things

Happy Monday! First I just want to say how thankful I am for your sweet & supportive comments on my last post that talked about my upcoming 5th dating anniversary with Scottie! Y'all mean the world to me, and I love sharing my heart with you!

This weekend was a blast! Friday night we met up with our bloggerFRIENDS for a co-ed game night... So fun!! I love these girls so much! These instagrams below were taken by Ruthie & Shalyn!


From left to right: Ruthie, Nikol, Shalyn, Stephanie, Brittany, Mallorie, Moi, & Jenni


Saturday night we attended one of my dear friends from my old work, Rena, & went to Lucy's off of West Ave and 5th St. in downtown Austin.... I LOVED this bar! Not only did they have LSU & Saints stuff everywhere (wahooo!), but ummm just found out they have 50c Margaritas on Fridays!!! What!? Sign me up!



The rest of the weekend was spent watching OKC whoop some a$$$ and a Chuy's date with my big brother Chris after Church yesterday!


Gahh, I could live off that Creamy Jalapeno... & those Martinis.... :-)

What did you do this weekend!?
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