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Breakfast in the Blender

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Lately I have been making lots of smoothies....

I put them in the fridge or freezer and have them for a convenient breakfast or when I get home late from work or soccer.

Heres what I've been putting in them...

Oats... put the in the blender first, blend until powdery

Greek Yogurt, just a tablespoon or two (can be frozen in ice cube trays!)

Frozen blueberries

Frozen Strawberries

A big handful of fresh, rinsed spinach

A ripe banana 

Orange Peach Mango juice with plant sterols 

-the oats and spinach blend up so good you don't even notice them but Hello nutrition!!

Fun fact... people who blend their smoothies for longer time - think 2-4 minutes - feel fuller for longer!

Healthy is the New Skinny

  

This video is the message behind what is probably my new favorite website...

Healthy is the New Skinny.

Its about helping girls and women accept their bodies

to change the perception that skinny is better, skinny is beautiful

and to help everyone realize that healthy is beautiful

being healthy, happy, and confident it what we need to strive for.

Please watch the video, share it with your little girl, your teen-age daughters

someone you know who is struggling with their body image.

Being skinny doesn't equal being healthy

and not falling into the fashion industry's narrow definition of beauty doesn't make you ugly or undesirable.

Women everyone need to come together and teach each other, friends and children that it is our health... emotion, physical, social, spiritual health that really matters. 

Not the number on the scale.

I hope to help people to learn to live a more healthy, active, and happy life.

Every body is loved and celebrated here

Every step you take to being more healthy is a step in the right direction.

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Happy Healthy Weekend

It's Friday! The weekend is here again. 

I hope you have a fun and relaxing weekend 

with a little time to do something for your self and your health!

Here are some health and fitness related links from around the web

The scary truth of what it would take to look like Barbie

10 simple tips for living healthier

Anitoxidants are good for you 

Another reason not to take diet pills

Public Washrooms are gross

8 Motivating at home exercise DVDs

5 Tips for Beginning a New Healthy Life

Inspiration to do those arm exercises 

Have a happy and healthy weekend!

You wont get much done...

so why do we only exercise on the days we feel like it...

Wake Up Workout

repeat this cycle 2x right when you wake up in the morning 

 50 jumping jacks. 5 pushups. 20 sit ups 

20 mountain climbers. 30 second plank. 7 burbees.

 total body. 

before your brain even knows what you are doing.

and... heres a little motivation

So handy!!

a water bottle that can hold you key, money and credit cards

where do I find one?

reach your goal

moves to help you reach your goals and target specific areas.  

If you eat what you've always eaten...