Last Saturday Patrick and I had to workout early so we could make it to my Nephew’s baseball game. So, we didn’t make it to our regular Saturday Body Pump class at 24 hour fitness. We wanted to do some sort of circuit and since we weren’t going to Body Pump, I decided to use [...]
READ MORE »Deck of Cards
I’ve really been enjoying doing my workout with a deck of cards! Today I came up with 7 different exercises then I shuffled my deck and got going! Time to Complete: ~45min Instructions: Flip the first card over and that will tell you how many reps of the first exercise to do. Then flip the [...]
READ MORE »Back on the horse
Today I’m finally ready to get back on the horse and get back in my workout routine. I’ve missed it a lot, but when you have an injury…you have to heal! I also have two trips planned (one in mid-May and one the beginning of June). So, I want to be in great shape!! Here [...]
READ MORE »52 Card Draw
This morning I couldn’t decide what workout to do, but I was going to be in my garage. I had heard something like this before so I decided to try it. I got out my notepad and made up an exercise for each card in the deck (not suite specific) and the number on the [...]
READ MORE »21 Day Challenge COMPLETE
The 21 day challenge is officially over! My results were great and I was so proud of myself for sticking with the program. A quick recap on the rules I followed: Commit to eating “Clean” for 21 days = no processed foods and refined sugars. Make it simple. Food plan similar to “Paleo diet”. Eat [...]
READ MORE »Curried Meatballs
I’m loving my cookbook Everyday Paleo and the author also has a website www.everydaypaleo.com and there are SO many good recipes and tips there! I saw this recipe and knew that Patrick would be up for it…so I gave it a go! Here is the link to her site, but I will post the changes [...]
READ MORE »The pig who got stuffed in his date!
I got this recipe from my Everyday Paleo book!! These were SO SO SO GOOD!!! My husband was hesitant, but he bit down and said “MMMMMMMMMMM”! These were really easy to make! Ingredients: 10 slices Bacon 20 Dates 1/2 lb Italian Sausage Directions: Preheat oven to 375 slice the dates enough to get the pit [...]
READ MORE »Patrick’s turn
I couldn’t drive to work, so this is what my husband made me do at the gym with him! Time to complete: 1hr I started this workout with a 1/2 mile jog as a warm up! Deadlift – 4 X 8-10 Pair Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift to upright row: 3 X 6-8 Swiss ball leg curl: [...]
READ MORE »Snow Day Workout
This morning I woke up to a few inches of snow. I was conflicted because I REALLY wanted to make it to FitnessForward to get my workout in. I decided that I would take safety over my desire to workout….at FF! I took a little time to make up my own workout. I did it [...]
READ MORE »Avocado Chicken Green Curry
I went out to lunch with my mom before this challenge started and we ordered a Green curry with avocado and shrimp…it was so delicious! I wondered if I could make it Paleo! good news…all the ingredients are Paleo since the base is coconut milk. Here was my first attempt and I thought it turned [...]
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