The Girl & The Goal

Meal One: Cottage cheese, whole wheat toast w/pb + coffee

Meal Two: Chicken breast, brown rice, mixed veggies

Meal Three: Salmon Sandwich, mixed veggies

Meal Four: Chicken breast, mixed veggies

Meal Five: Greek yogurt w/cinnamon

The slight variation to my meal plan that happens when I run out of eggs.

So I’ve told you guys that I typically won’t post my intake here and the reasoning behind that is that it is literally the exact same every day, barring days when I am not in the house which aren’t as often. But here it is, for your viewing pleasure:

Meal One: 3oz ground turkey, 1 egg, 2 egg whites on 2 pieces of whole wheat toast + coffee

Meal Two: A salmon sandwich, or peanut butter on toast

Meal Three: Grilled chicken breast, mixed veggies, brown rice

Meal Four: Grilled chicken breast, mixed veggies

Meal Five: Nonfat cottage cheese w/cinnamon

Sometimes the amounts of protein vary as I am not hitting caloric needs. Lately I have been under calories a lot but unsure what to really add.

So that’s what I eat! Almost every day!!

I am still sick but I’m headed toward recovery which is great because I have been a snot box for the past few days and it has SUCKED.

What is important to remember when you are sick is that your diet is way more important than your exercise, so if you can’t work out don’t get down and say “Oh I’ll get back on track when I can work out.” Just make sure you really lock down your diet.

I am sick today, full on hacking up a lung and mucus and all that fun shit so there will be no working out today. I am gonna try to eat clean though, despite my throat feeling like sandpaper.

fitvillains:

Oh man, this workout hurt SOOOO good, lol,

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted regular weekend workouts, but we’re back baby! Kicking off the summer with a BANG with a brand new Beast! All you’ll need is a chair for this one, dumbbells are optional. :)

For those of you who are new to…

I have no motivation today.

fitvillains:

For those of you who are still putting more emphasis on the number on the SCALE and not your overall progress: STOP.

I often get requests for exercises that tone, but from people who don’t want to gain muscle. It doesn’t work that way. Toning IS gaining muscle. But gaining muscle does not mean gaining size. Many women have an unnatural fear of the word gain so the marketing world uses words like toning, tightening, flattening, slimming, shave inches etc. ALL of these words mean gaining muscle & losing fat. 

Muscle is more dense than fat: pound for pound it takes up less room. You can lose fat & inches without the scale moving. You can get the body you want without losing weight.

The purpose of this photo is to visually demonstrate why the scale doesn’t matter if you’re training hard & SEEING results. If you feel like your balloon gets busted each and every time you step on the scale, you NEED to change the way you think/feel about it or give it up all together. The scale can be a valuable tool to check in on your progress when you’ve got loads of weight to lose, but beyond that it doesn’t tell the whole story and should not be your ultimate goal.

In other words, at the end of the day, the numbers do NOT matter. Decide whether or not you want the body (yay) OR the number (boo). The two don’t always coincide.

Pic via Sean Light - BodyRock.Tv Host

fitnesstreats:

Super easy-healthy peanut butter cookies
3 ingredients:
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup protein powder
- 1 apple

Put everything together in a food processor. Make little cookie balls with the cookie dough and cook for 15 to 20 min at 220 degrees Celsius (430 F) or until cookies are slightly brown.  

(via thecakebar)

Managed to eat good yesterday despite not having all the foods I typically have here.  I also did 30 minutes on the stairs.

Today I have more food so I should be all set :D  Today I’m gonna do a 15 minute AMRAP.

The past few days have been pretty trying emotionally but I’m sure things will work out in the end.