Happy Saturday!

It's Saturday, and I love it! My big plans for the day include a lot of cleaning and organizing, but I am excited for the day off non-the-less. I kicked off the day with a green smoothie.

It was delicious! The Greek yogurt gives it a nice little kick of tartness. If you've never put Greek yogurt in your smoothie, you have to give it a try! I totally suggest going with Chobani! If you visit this website, you can get coupons for lots of Chobani products! Who doesn't love coupons? I know I do!

Although, I don't live by the beach, I keep dreaming about it, and in my dreams I always see those beautiful wooden steps that lead you down to the sand. These steps inspired me to create today's workout. If you're like me, and don't have these gorgeous steps to motivate your workout, you can really use any steps that are around your neighborhood/town! Hey, you don't have to have beach side stairs to work on your beach body! :)

I hope you enjoy the workout, and have a great Saturday! I am off to throw together some lunch and get to cleaning?

If you live near the beach, do you ever workout waterfront?

What's your favorite way to break a sweat in the summer?

In health,

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Happy What I Ate Wednesday!

How are you today? It's Wednesday, and that means bring on the What I Ate Wednesday!

My eats were definitely very green and full of veggies yesterday! I started out the day with a Strawberry Banana Green Smoothie. This wasn't your average green smoothie. It was full of ingredients that can help balance your blood sugar such as chia seeds, cinnamon, spinach wich is full of fiber, and protein powder. The fruit and veggies also packed in the vitamins and minerals.


Soaking the chia seeds in water before you put them in your smoothie allows them to soak up some of the water and bulk up which helps you feel fuller longer! Always a good thing.

Lunch was my normal salad, piece of fruit and yogurt. I'm so original. Not!




As the temperature steadily climbs, so does my cravings for smoothies. They are just the perfect meal or snack, and you can never get in enough fruits and veggies right? My afternoon Peach Berry Smoothie was the perfect snack to get me through my long afternoon full of teaching. Hello two kickboxing classes, 1 cycle, and a Pilates reformer class. Sweat is beautiful!




With this in my tummy, I powered through my last kickboxing class and Pilates class no problem. However, I was pretty hungry come7:30pm when it was time to eat dinner. Chicken fajitas in corn tortillas with avocado and a side of rice and black beans was on the menu for last night. Easy but delicious, and the hubby is a fan too!



I try to include as many different colors, via fruits and veggies, in my diet every day to try and fit in as much nutrition as possible. We all know we should do this, but sometimes it's nice to see exactly what each food helps our bodies do. Check out this great chart on the benefits of specific foods. Are there any you need to start including in your diet today? (Click on the picture to enlarge!)


Well that was my day in food. Nothing too spectacular but it gets the job done. I hope you all have a wonderful day!

What's up in your world?

In health,

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Happy Hump Day Everyone,

This week has been crazy busy, yet seems like it is taking forever. Possibly because I leave for Cali with these two lovely ladies on Thursday and I can't wait!!

As you can probably tell from the pictures, they are pretty dang fun. It is Daphne's birthday (the beautiful blonde in the bottom picture), and we are celebrating it Cali style! :) We are going to the beach, shopping, and on a wine tasting tour! Woohoo!!

Yesterday was national siblings day, so I have to give a shout out to my amazing siblings. Emily, Brooke, Bryan, and Blake I love you all!

Brooke, Me, Blake, Bryan, Emily

I have been experimenting with more of my Amazing Grass loot, and loving every minute of it.


I added a Pomegranate Mango Amazing Meal packet to this smoothie and it was delicious! This packet is bursting with vitamins, minerals, and protein.


I added the Gogi Acai Green SuperFood to this strawberry, banana, and spinach smoothie. Check out these stats!


So far, I love every Amazing Grass product I've tried so far! I'll keep you posted as I move through my loot!

I love rocking out to some Pitbull and Nelly in Dance Cardio Party and Zumba, but my heart still loves me some country music when I'm jamming out in my car. My current favorite song is Fly Over States by Jason Aldean! Swoon!!



And I'll leave you with that! I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!

In health,

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Howdy!

It's Thursday which means barre, dance cardio party, and yogalates for me today! Whoop!!
Yesterday, I made a tropical green smoothie that was absolutely delicious! It reminded me of our honeymoon in Jamaica!

Dinner tonight was a complete hit thanks to Pinterest and this recipe for inspiration. I changed a few things to fit E and my taste and it turned out wonderfully! The prep went a little something like this!







This is one of my favorite recipes I have made in a long time! Let me know if you try it out!

How has you week been so far?

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Happy Hump Day!

How are you today? Have you squeezed in a few sweat sessions this week?

I have told you guys multiple times how big of a fan of Chobani I am, especially the Chobani Champions yogurt. I was already a huge fan of the very berry flavor, so I was beyond excited when the nice people at Chobani offered to send me some samples of their new flavors: orange vanilla, and vanilla chocolate chunk!!!

Although Chobani Champions are technically designed for kids, I think they are the perfect size for me, and I love the yummy flavors. The are creamy, the perfect amount of sweetness, and packed with protein!


I love to eat a yogurt along with my salad at lunch so the fact that these guys only have 100-120 caloris and between 12-14 grams of sugar make them the perfect mid-day treat without a ton of extra sugar or calories.



The Chobani Champions are also the perfect size to add to your green smoothie to pump up the protein! I used the orange vanilla flavor in my smoothie this morning, and it was absolutely delicious! It was the perfect addition to day 2 of my 7 Day Green Smoothie Challenge.


Has anyone else tried any of the Chobani Champions flavors?? What's your favorite? Have you tried them in a smoothie yet. You should! I hope you all have a fabulous day!

In health,

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