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Meal Prep!!

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Hi everyone I wanted to share a thought on meal prep...  I get bored of routine, I need to switch things up sometimes. I need to have things accessible or I will go for what is, I also, hate to waste... SO...  Sometimes... What I like to do, before I do my weekly shopping list or menu planning is rummage through my kitchen for anything I haven't gotten through that week so I'm not wasting a bunch of food while making my different recipes and so on and get a little creative...  For example - This week, I had left over a little of each of these: Carrots,✔️ Green beans, ✔️ Onion, ✔️ Cucumber, ✔️ Romaine lettuce,✔️ Dried fruit,✔️ Oatmeal, Watermelon,✔ Cabbage, ✔️ Chickpeas,✔️ Celery, ✔️ Vanilla Greek yogurt, ✔️ Chicken broth, ✔️ Whole grain rice, ✔️ Some grapefruit and oranges, ✔️ A banana and ✔️ A couple eggs✔️  Chicken (ground and boneless/skinless)✔️ And ofcourse my Shakeology ✔️ So these were the basics for this round of my mea...

Banana Split Yogurt

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This is by far one of the most delicious snacks I've ever had.  It has been a favourite for about a year now and I don't see that changing any time soon haha...  1/2 banana -  sliced long 1/4 C Vanilla Greek yogurt between banana slices 3-5 Strawberries diced/sliced on top of yogurt (pineapple optional) Top with a tiny drizzle of dark chocolate (or syrup)  Sprinkle of granola (I use cranberry with spelt, flax and oat)  And enjoy!  For those following the 21 day fix this would = 1 1/2 purple (with strawberry and pineapple) 1 red 1/4 yellow

DRINK UP!!

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Over the years I have heard a million different reasons as to why people struggle getting down a well rounded amount of water on daily basis. Truth is - water is SO IMPORTANT, I really believe that if this is something you struggle with, it would be a fantastic first change. Make it a priority to consume more little by little. We can't get rid of something that is stuck in our body, you have to give it a way out..  Some of my favourites to add to my water are  > apples and cinnamon > pineapple > cucumber > oranges/tangerines/mandarins > grapes > lemon/lime There was a time I didn't drink much water myself, I found it was dull and tasteless which I didn't care for and there were hundreds of other more tasty things out there... Not a day passes where I don't have my water now.  Tiny Tweaks make Big Changes  Water can do a lot to help your body function better on daily basis!       ...

Back To Basics

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Hello again everyone! Well here we go! While renovating the downstairs of our new house, I lost internet connection but I am happily back up and running and very anxious to get my butt back into gear! We were renovating the front room/my workout room - This room has definitely had changes from top to bottom and I am super happy with the results! In our townhouse, before we moved, I always worked out in the livingroom and on the stairs, but when we moved here, to the farmhouse, the livingroom is upstairs and we felt like I was going to bust a floorboard haha, so the little red table now moves to the benches with fold up chairs for dinner and it tucks back into space for me to use my laptop and workout... I must admit.... while we were renovating I didn't exactly keep to my regular routine, and even gained a couple pounds so I am super excited to jump back in and feel great! (especially with only a few small details missing from my room and the nicer weather approaching haha.) On Mon...