Les Mills Pump

I'm about 1/3 of the way done with the Les Mills Pump workouts and they are really starting to take off! My latest workout is called, "Pump and Shred." It is forty five minutes long and it covers squats, chest, back, lunges, shoulders and abs. Still looking forward to biceps and triceps, but in time we will have some of those. The team of trainers are from around the world, and they are all very motivating. I am really enjoying the workouts. I look forward to them each day. :-)

Insanity done...

OK, so I didn't blog much about round 2 of Insanity. But I did complete the entire 60 day workout again. I really do feel like I get a kick butt workout. However, I think I end up eating too much each day because I justify all the calories I have burned... and I was running a little in the mornings before doing the videos, just to wake me up a little. All in all another great workout.

I have started (courtesy of Tymon Gilliland) the Les Mills Pump workouts.

I have been completing the workouts for about 3 weeks now.  The "Rep Affect" is the key to Les Mills Pump. Mix high reps, with moderate weights and kickin' music and you have a fat burning-muscle building workout that is sure to keep you going.

You lift weights 3 days a week and then there are days when it suggests walking 30-45 minutes. I have either run outside or on the elliptical machine. I feel really good each day, but I have to admit that I have felt weird taking days to just complete a flow (stretch/recovery) workout when I am so used to pushing it real hard 6 days a week. There is a fabulous meal/diet plan that comes with the videos. We have started to implement more yummy fruits and veggies into our diet and some actually pretty good vegan recipes! And Dr. Oz has several smoothies that we have been trying too. We are also using a protein powder and glutemin recovery after each workout to help limit the muscle soreness. I am looking forward to the next several months...

Break-fast!!

OK, so I was reading on my Face book home page (right before I made breakfast and after working out) and I found this really simple recipe courtesy of a "Forks Over Knives" fan named  Lisa R Osborne Selby. She shared her breakfast idea on the Engine 2 diet Face book page.

1/4 cup oat bran (you can get this in the bulk section at Winco)
1 cup non-dairy milk (Almond milk, rice milk, soy milk etc) I prefer Almond Milk
1 overripe banana....

1. Bring all ingredients to a boil.
2. Lower the temp and simmer for 5 min. 
3. Top with strawberries (or other fruit) and more non-dairy milk. 

Creamy hot oat bran cereal, YUMMY!!!!!!!!!! (and easy) I think it is my new favorite breakfast!!

Mighty Muffins

From the kitchen of Engine 2 Diet
 

Ingredients:
3 cups of oat bran (I found this at Winco- super cheap)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
4 tablespoons of sweetener (I used agave, honey works too)
Juice of 1 lemon
1 large apple, grated- I cut it in half, take out seeds and stem and use my cheese grater!
6 slightly browned bananas, lightly mashed- leave some chunks
1/4 cup of walnuts, chopped or halved
1/2 cup of raisins (I omitted these, but you can use any small fruit. I might try blueberries next time)
3/4 cup of water

Directions

1. preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. Combine dry ingredients
3. Squeeze the juice of the lemon onto the combined apple and bananas
4. Add walnuts, sweetener, fruit and water
5. Combine the wet and dry ingredients into one bowl
6. Pour into sprayed muffin tins and bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown
7. Let cool before removing from tins, store in dry container- they don't last long so eat'em up!


Variations:
Bake batter in loaf pan, and enjoy as slices
Add three thinly sliced pears or 1 cup of 70 percent pure cocoa chips to the batter (I WILL be trying that!)

CIF FINALS!!!

SATURDAY, MARCH 3RD, 2012

LAKESIDE BOYS SOCCER VS CAJON

9AM @ WARREN HIGH SCHOOL IN DOWNEY

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CIF FINALS!!!

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2 week Fit Test

Today was the first day of week 3, which is the fit test for Insanity second time around. Here are my results:

Day 1 Fit test results                                           Day 15 test results
Switch Kicks 40 (2 kicks = 1 rep)                      50 (2 kicks = 1 rep)
Power Jacks 44                                                 55 jacks
Power Knees 110                                              110 didn't pick up the pace enough :-/
Power Jumps 36                                                45 jumps
Globe Jumps 10 (4 reps = 1)                             11 (4 jumps = 1 rep)
Suicide Jumps 20                                               22 jumps
Push-Up Jacks 23                                             26 jacks
Low Plank Obliques 33                                     50 obliques

Moving right along... keep pushing play and dig deeper.

Forks Over Knives

My sister in law Haley told me about a really great documentary a few weeks ago and told me to check it out. The easiest way to watch it was on Netflix. Well, we don't have Netflix (probably one of very few people that don't have it). Any way, she decided it was so important for me to watch (I am glad that she did) that she bought it on amazon and had it delivered to us!



The name of the documentary is, "Forks Over Knives." The documentary gives medical, statistical and physical (like people who have tried it) evidence to prove that a plant and whole foods based diet without meat or dairy is the best way to prevent diseases and cancer (the main disease being heart failure or coronary heart disease). I recommend everyone watch this documentary. It's amazing what lies we are being fed about the meat and dairy industry.

I am not 100% sure how this is going to be applied to my families diet yet, I know we will purchase less dairy, and meat- but we don't consume much meat to begin with. Haley has been a full on Vegan for a month now and loves it. She is coming to visit next month and has offered to show me some recipes and tips that she finds helpful for her. She has more energy, knowledge of what she is eating and seems to be overall much more healthy.

My goal is to provide the best foods/meals for my family and myself within our budget of course. I am looking forward to learning new- healthier recipes to help prevent obesity, heart failure and diabetes (along with cancers) in my family. I'd rather prevent the illnesses than pay later to treat the symptoms. I hope you all will at least watch the documentary and decide for yourselves if this is something that you need to apply.

Some cool links to check out:

http://www.forksoverknives.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Forks-and-Knives/106082370159
http://www.facebook.com/Engine2Diet

Blessings!
Mindie G