Workout, Health, Love

Recently I have decided to set a goal for myself a year from now. I want to run a half marathon within the year. My husband and I have looked up plans, and started meal prepping and yesterday we ditched our usual workout routines and started our first day of training for our 5K at the end of the summer and the half marathon in a year. We started out by stretching and we jumped into it. Of course I was ashamed by the fact that I was so out of shape and could not run as much as I wanted to but it was a start and that is what matters. I already feel the difference in my body from recent diet and exercise and knowing that I accomplished my first training session makes me so proud. Today I am definitely sore and could go for junk food but I am going to stick to my meal plans and workout routines and change for the better! It is just one step toward the body and goals I want to meet.

Today I am starting back up this blog. This was one of the hardest things to do for myself since I have gained back my weight. I have decided to do this to share with everyone that not everyone is perfect, sometimes you hit a bump in the road but you can bounce back. I am determined to lose weight once again and become the person I want to be. I have recently started my diet once again beginning January first and I have already lost 8 pounds to start off. I want to do this for myself, my future husband and everyone I love. I feel I will be much happier this way and I will have my followers, family and friends to support me!  Something I did want to blog about in my first post is how I have come about losing my weight so far. I recently have started doing 1-2 Herbalife shakes a day and eating about 1200 calories daily. This includes my snacks, shakes, and meals. The Herbalife teas and shakes have really helped me stay on track during the school and work week. So today I joined Herb...

    This week I have lost a total of 5 lbs. I am very excited that I am staying healthy and getting in shape. Part of my routine is cardio everyday and lifting. I also make out one day that I can do some other physical activity. Which of course was basketball. I have been taking weight loss shakes for breakfast and salads or other healthy options for lunch and dinner. I do not allow myself to buy ramen nor keep it in my room. I have based my meal plan on 1,000 to 1,200 calories per day. I believe that I can get to my goal weight faster if I just stay away from any junk food or fast food.  I will be posting a new recipe this weekend while I am home for a healthy holiday treat!

   Starting college this week has been fun but also tiring. I am putting a timer every other day to post about my healthy eating, the workouts I am doing and how I am staying healthy in college. So far from my first week I can say this: It is hard to eat healthy in college. Going to your local grocery store or Walmart is a must. I keep my room full of healthy snacks so that I won't fall into temptation and find myself going to the convenient store ( which isn't convenient if you are trying to eat healthy.) right across the street from my dorm on campus. I work early mornings and some days in the late afternoon so I don't always have time to eat lunch or dinner. I always keep a Quest bar or a Protein shake with me so that when hunger strikes around breakfast, lunch, or dinner time, I don't go without.    I will be using my Instagram pages to publish my fitness journey also while I am here at college. I will post regular recipes for home and "healthy" m...

Sweet puffs recipe. It was very good. Completely sugar free and is 10 calories each puff if you make them big like these.  Ingredients:  5 egg whites Stevia  Vanilla Cinnamon  How to:  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat your egg whites with hand mixer. This will take a while but you have to be patient with them to fluff.  After egg whites are fluffed and thick, add about 5-10 stevia packets. Or to your sweetness level you like.  Add 1 tsp of cinnamon.  Add 1/2 tsp of vanilla  Use your hand mixer again to mix in ingredients for 1 minute.  Put on cookie sheet non stick or oiled. Spread apart some because they will expand. Put in oven for 12 minutes. Until brown on top. Other ovens may vary.  Let cool for 5 minutes.  Eat and enjoy!

Meal prepping is usually my biggest pet peeve. If I can't have it planned out then we have a problem especially when it comes to lunch and there's a time crunch. I love being able to have a good meal but not rice and chicken and broccoli everyday like you see in some plans. So I try to explore ideas and recipes to try to keep myself going and switch it up. Last week I made turkey meat balls with mozzarella stuffed in it and whole wheat pasta with hearty tomato sauce. It was so good!  Recipe •ground turkey meat: 1 pack  •shredded or string mozzarella: your desire  •spinach diced  :1/8 cup  •kale diced :1/8 cup •muffin or cup cake tin (I do this to measure portions)  •seasoning salt: 1tsp  •minced garlic : 1 tsp •Garlic salt:1 tsp  Preheat oven to 425-450 Put meat in bowl and mix all ingredients except cheese in bowl.  In hand get meat and put in hand insert cheese into middle of it and then roll into a ball  Put in each cupcake in the cup...

Meal prepping is usually my biggest pet peeve. If I can't have it planned out then we have a problem especially when it comes to lunch and there's a time crunch. I love being able to have a good meal but not rice and chicken and broccoli everyday like you see in some plans. So I try to explore ideas and recipes to try to keep myself going and switch it up. Last week I made turkey meat balls with mozzarella stuffed in it and whole wheat pasta with hearty tomato sauce. It was so good!  Recipe •ground turkey meat: 1 pack  •shredded or string mozzarella: your desire  •spinach diced  :1/8 cup  •kale diced :1/8 cup •muffin or cup cake tin (I do this to measure portions)  •seasoning salt: 1tsp  •minced garlic : 1 tsp •Garlic salt:1 tsp  Preheat oven to 425-450 Put meat in bowl and mix all ingredients except cheese in bowl.  In hand get meat and put in hand insert cheese into middle of it and then roll into a ball  Put in each cupcake in the cup...