Running for the First Time

Last night my beginner bootcamp class went out to the track for the first time in the middle of our class to do a little interval running workout.

We ran the straights and walked the curves. This gets your heart rate high as you are running as hard as possible and then brings your heart rate back down as you walk. Interval workouts burn all that yucky belly fat!


One lady in my class has lost over 100 pounds on her own and joined my class two weeks ago. She was able to run for the first time in 30 years! I was so happy for her - she said it felt amazing and she couldn't believe she had just ran!

I love her story and it inspires me to keep doing what I do!

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Water

Sometimes you can only drink so much water!

When I get sick of drinking water I do half tap water and half flavored water. It's a yummy solution to drinking water!



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Summer Salad

I worked at Market Place Grill in college and practically lived on their "Chicken Berry Salad".

Today's meal is super easy and you can use whatever summer produce is in your fridge (or garden!).

Kraft has a new raspberry vinegarette with poppy-seeds so I was inspired to replicate my beloved salad. This dressing is 1/3 of the calories and 1/4 of the sugar that Market Place's signature blueberry poppyseed salad dressing contains.




First, bake your chicken & slice it into chunks. I did not use any seasoning since the chicken would be going into a salad. I want to taste the yummy salad dressing, not a salty seasoning.



Next, open the fridge and start piling on the healthy toppings!

My salad has:
Mandarin oranges (canned)
Craisins
Apples
Cashews
Blue Cheese
Bacon bits (fake)
Purple Onion
Cherry tomatoes
Baked chicken
Raspberry vinegarrette poppyseed salad dressing





This salad is a great option if you're dieting because it is void of all starchy carbs. However, I can't say that I served this for dinner, my husband called it "shower food".

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Before/After Pictures of Yours Truly

I have been bombarded lately with people asking me to sell several types of shakes for weight loss. I am a huge proponent of eating REAL food and exercising to lose weight. To prove my point, I'm posting a before/after picture of myself.

In order to see a big change in your body you need to give yourself a good 90 days of counting your calories and working out. I have not used any special supplement or started a special diet.

This picture is one week after I had my baby and 100 days later. I've lost 42 pounds and only have 4 to go!

Here's to eating real food, counting your calories and exercising the right way (bootcamp, duh!).


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