Fitness fashion of the day!

I'm wearing my Blogilates Train like a beauty to look like a beast tank, sports bra(don't know the brand) and my Under Armor Shorts, Nike Free Run +3 in coral, and my Puma socks.
Also the exercise ball is from Women's Health!

My Foodie Pal for August 2012 Review/Photos

So I heard about this "Foodie Penpal" program through "Rabbit Food For My Bunny Teeth" and im like whoa that sounds AMAZING! Remember back in school when you would get just paired up with a random person somewhere in US and you would send them a letter they would send you one. This is exactly like that EXCEPT the person your sending a box to wont be sending you a box, someone different will be. The Sign Up Period for September is already over(i think) you can refer to one of my earlier blogs where I went more in depth you can read that here  Foodie Penpal ? What? lol Click Here to find out more!

The lady that sent me mine  I JUST LOVED!!! I seriously was super excited to try everything!! I wanted to post a blog post like as soon as I got it! But you have to wait till the end of the month to post it. I'm also waiting to hear back from the girl I sent things to on writing a blog post!

Back to the box, she sent me this really cute little card, that explained everything on the inside. Everything was nicely packaged and wrapped with cute tissue paper and a ribbon.

Roasted Seaweed: This I was definitely curious about, I tried it and it had you know an odd taste not bad but not good.. I think this one may be an acquired taste. I am going to try it a few more times to really see how i feel about it. but def excited because I've never seen or heard of this before!

Pomegranate Raspberry Tea: I LOVE TEA!! all sorts of tea so this was def a plus because I don't have this kind.

LARABAR: I love larabars the Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip was of course DELISH! I just have this thing with Carrot s and carrot cake anything made with carrots in it that isn't a smoothie just I don't know doesn't agree with my taste buds so I passed it along to my mom.

Chocolate Almond Cookies: OMGOSH! these were amazing!!! I couldn't get enough of this, my 2 year old son even loved them! I def need a recipe for this.

All in all I am very happy about this Foodie Pal Program, I am already signed up for this months and I cannot wait!!! :) 

Check more out about Foodie Pal on the Creators site :D The Lean Green Bean

Lunch today!

Half a Turkey burger on a Wheat Bun with tomato lettuce and light honey mustard.

Brunch of the day!

Greek Salad!
I've been in the hospital since Monday so my choices from the cafeteria here are limited LUCKILY they do have salads! Yesterday they weren't as fresh today I was able to get a fresh salad :)

Calories: 427 Fat: 23g Carb:14g Fiber:4g Pro:43g Chol:135mg Sod: 1215mg

What are you eating today?!

Today's lunch!

Yummy salad & Smart Water

Ps make sure I recycle your empty plastic bottles :)

My Weight Loss Goals!!

My weight loss goals:

1.) lose 20-30lbs
2.) be able to run a 5k
3.) tone my lower belly.. that spot is the toughest to tone back up and firm up after having a baby!


Since I am on a weight loss journey, and making healthy choices and lifestyle changes, I have decided to refrain from buying ANY and all new clothes! Unless i absolutley need something, the only clothes I allow myself to buy are delicates and of course workout clothes! those are always necessary! No point in buying nice clothes when in the end when you reach your goal you won't be able to wear them anymore. Also I think its always great to reward yourself when you hit a GOAL! Losing weight is a great reward but come on everyone wants to spoil themselves when they have accomplished something life changing~

-You can do it by the amount of workouts you do, so after 15 workouts reward yourself with something small to start then after 30 go a bit bigger then so on you get the point!

-OR every workout you do put a dollar or five dollars in a jar, labeled something like REWARD for reaching your goal! So after maybe 100 workouts or so you can go and buy yourself something nice with the money you have saved! or continue to save it up and add with every workout you do and get something really HUGE!!! :)

-And of course you can reward your self by weight loss so maybe every 10 pounds do something for yourself :) again none of these rewards should be foods that are bad for you.

SO for me if I am doing my rewards by weightloss:

First 10lbs.- 1 MAC Cosmetics eyeshadow,blush or lipstick I have been eyeing up
Second 10lbs- Nail Polish Rack that fits up to 90 nail polishes YES I have that many.. lol
Third 10lbs- Michael Kors watch I have been eyeing up all summer long!!

If I did it by workouts it would be:

15 workouts- 2 new nail polishes
35 workouts- a new sports bra
55 workouts- manicure/pedicure
75 workouts- Something from lulemon
100 workouts- Get my hair did!!

And if I reach my goal in FULL I would most definitley buy myself a brand new wardrobe(clothes) :) what better way to celebrate your hard work and show it off then with new clothes!!!!!

What are your goals? and how would you reward yourself?!

Tone Your Chest & Arms/Lift Your Girls WITHOUT the Push-Up Bra

Everyone wants to tone there arms and chest area, so when you wear those cute little strapless shirts and dresses you don't want that weird armpit roll, or flabby arms. You want to rock that strapless piece. Well here are some workouts to tone your arms, chest, upper body etc.  (If you don't have dumbbells you can use hand weights, or ankle weights, also maybe some full water bottles or soup cans?) 

Tricep Dips: These are great for your triceps :) just find a chair, a bed, a park bench. And get to dipping. Do atleast 30 of these! Don't worry they aren't as hard as you think :)

Push-Ups: Of course this would be in here :) they are the best workout for your arms and chest and CORE! Make sure to use great form to avoid injury, also you can do this version or the girl version its ok if you have to do the girl version, you can build up to this. Hold your abs in tight! and don't forget to breath!

Chest Flys: You can do this on the floor or my favorite on an exercise ball! When you do things like this on an exercise ball you challenge your core more :) Again put something of equal weight in both hands (dumbbells, soup cans, water bottles etc.) start with arms out, knees bent, then slowly bring your arms in (hence the fly part) then slowly back out! REPEAT this for about 35 times :)

Bent over Barbell/weighted rows OR Forward Lunge with Weighted Rows: Yeah ok I know hes a guy, but still you get the point. Now you can do either one of these. OR you can do both if you do both then I say 20 reps each. If you choose one of these diff variations to do then do 40xs.

Plank: YES this is in here, I will post a plank or some type of plank in every post I do that includes workouts. Why? You might ask, because they work your arms and your core and your legs same time you can squeeze your booty at the same time to get a little more burn there.

There yah go some of my favorite workouts for the upper body! :)

What I ate for lunch?!

Steamed spinach
Omlette- 1 egg whole, 1 egg white
Seasoned with a pinch of sea salt
A whole grain gluten free rice cake
Topped with low fat cream cheese,blueberries and cinnamon sprinkled on top.

Trim & Slim Your Inner Thighs!

Yeah we all have the dream that our thighs won't touch or rub together when we walk, run or do anything! I have put together a few workouts to helps slim your  Inner Thighs. In order for you to see results you will have to work on your thighs everyday or every other day! You have to work for it to see results!

Wide-Stance Squat: Do about 35 of these

Plie Squat: You don't need to use a resistance band for this! Just do this 25x's and you will definitely feel it!

Squats with ball between thighs do this about 35x's

Leg Raises: This way your getting a burn on both legs!I want you to do atleast 30 of these GO SLOW AND STEADY! The slow you go the more the burn which means better results in the end!

Side Lunge DO 25 on each side, instead of going right to left right to left until you have done 25 on each leg. Stay on your right side for the full 25 NONSTOP then switch to the left and do 25. Trust me its better that way!!!Doing it repetitive on one side then switching has better results because your keeping the muscle moving without a break!

Side Leg Circle: DO this about 40 times on each leg, pace yourself again don't zoom through it!Take it slow nice slow, steady, controlled circles and don't forget to breath!

Scissor Kicks: Engage your core, do NOT push your stomach out. Pull your belly button in and keep lower back pressed to the floor. DO this about 30x's!!

This may look like alot but trust me after a few times you will be able to do these while your laying down watching tv or a movie! I know I do!! 

Remember take it slow and steady, pace yourself, make sure your using proper form, and BREATHE!

Booty Burn Workout

Bridge: Do this 30x's

The Clam with extension: You can add a lower body band for this or you dont. Your choice but do this about 20x's

Donkey Kicks: Do 30x's

Dead Lift with Weights: You can use any weight size you want, I would suggest starting with 5lbs in each hand. If you can't do it with the weights build up to it, If you don't have weights find two things equal in size and weight and use that! :) Do this 25x's

Do a Lunge with a kick: Do this 20x's on each leg

The Superman: DO this about 20x's holding each one for a total of 5seconds

Mountain Climbers: DO 30x's

Remember use proper form, keep your back straight, stay hydrated and push harder. Give it your all! 

Foodie Penpals?? SAY WHAAA?!

SO I received an email from one of the health blogs I follow(just my subscription to receive emails when they update/post a blog). And today's was very interesting, she was talking about a program she had signed up for through another health blog. I just had to check it out.
It was Foodie PenPals by The Lean Green Bean , she started it in September of last year. Every 5th of the month you will receive your penpal via email, including that penpals dietary restrictions and allergies they may have. Then on the 15th of every month, you and your penpal will ship out those goodies in a box to you/your penpal, and on the last day you will do a blog post about the items you received from your Penpal!
The boxes are to be filled with: 
 1.Something written: This could be a recipe, your favorite recipe, what you included in the box, if you included any of your favorite foods in the box? a motivational quote? ANYTHING BE CREATIVE!!!!
 2. The Spending limit is 15$$
 3. you can include local goodies, something your area is most popular for, homemade goodies etc. 
 4. bloggers and blog readers are allowed to participate, if you are a reader you could email the blogger that you got and do a guest post on what you recieved!
 5. you are responsible for your shipping, make sure you pack it well and take into account how fragile it is, size and food life into account. Also don't forget about the flat rate boxes.


US or Canada Residents can do this, except someone from the US will NOT be paired with someone from UK. Foodie PenPals Post go to that link, if you are from UK and there will be instructions on how YOU can get involved also a form for US residents!!!


I signed up!!! I cannot wait to get an email with my penpal pairing!! this is so exciting!

My lunch today :)

Omelette: 1 whole egg, 1 egg white, and olive oil cookin spray with pinch o sea salt.

Rice cake with the laughing cow cream cheese(light) blueberries and cinnamon sprinkled on top.

And Guayaki Organic Greener Green Tea. With a tbs of Horizons Organic Whole Milk,and a dash of cinnamon.

Snack of the day!!

I heated up a little bit of peanut butter in microwave, cut an apple up into slices drizzled the peanut butter on the apples then sprinkled cinnamon ontop :) I hate peanut butter but the cinnamon some how tones down the taste and smell of the peanut butter

UNJUNKED.UNREAL. Review

I was at my local Walgreens beauty browsing as always and I came across this candy displays. They are called UNJUNKED.UNREAL. They had peanut butter cups(like Reese's cups) a caramel covered chocolate bar(like MilkyWays), Chocolate Caramel Peanut Nougat Bar(like Snickers) and candy coated chocolates(m&ms) and also candy coated chocolate peanuts.

I chose the Candy Coated Chocolate Peanuts Unreal 54 and the Chocolate Caramel Peanut Nougat Bar Unreal 8.

The candy coated chocolate peanuts have 3g of Fiber, 6g Protein, 20mg Sodium, 11g Fat, 16g Sugar, 200 calories.
In a Snickers bar there is 2g Fiber, 4g Protein, 20mg Sodium, 11g of Fat, 22g of Sugar and 220 calories. You make not think this is a big difference but to your body it is.

The Chocolate Caramel Peanut Nougat Bar has 5g Protein, 5g Fiber, 9mg Sodium, 12g Fat, 17g of Sugar and 200 calories. A Snickers Candy Bar has 1.3g Fiber, 4.3g Protein, 140mg Sodium, 13.6 Fat, 28g of Sugar and 280 calories. Again the UNJUNKED UNREAL is the better choice.

Another GREAT thing about this candy brand is its made with NO Artificials, NO Hydrogenateds, NO Corn Syrups, NO Preservatives, NO GMOs. Sounds pretty great to me. The only difference that could put anyone off could be the taste? Well everyone's taste is different. The chocolate caramel peanut nougat bar, it's def hard going up against Snickers!! I mean I even love snickers but I can barely eat them. These UNJUNKED.UNREAL version of snickers is actually good. It's not plain the caramel is chewy or hard.theres a good mix of the peanuts caramel nd chocolate. You should check it out for yourself they were only 2 for 1.79 or . 89 cents each. Also the chocolate covered peanut candies not as good as m&ms peanuts, kinda salty tasting. And it's weird that I'm thinking of Chinese food the chicken and broccoli while I eat these.. Haa

Check them out at getunreal.com

Tea time!

I can't get enough of tea! Not sweet tea(yuck talk about Sugar OVERLOAD) I mean hot tea, I like to drink it with just the tea bag no added sweetner no sugar no agave nectar. I do like to add in cinnamon and honey :) maybe a little bit of almond milk. Aye don't knock it till you try it. :p

The tea I am having now is by Traditional Medicinals! It's an Organic Raspberry Leaf tea that claims to Support the Female System
And it is delicious, I recommend this fr anyone with any issues down there or I'd your like me have had a kid!

Today's linner!! (lunch/dinner)

Yeah I am calling this my Linner! Because I'm having my lunch a little bit late! But will still be having a small dinner!

I'm eating:
-baby spinach (just a handful)
-then I mixed some Braggs Liquid Aminos(3sprays), Greek yogurt( 1tbs) and olive oil(1tsp) as a dressing.
-then topped it off with 1/3 cup blueberries
-dash of sea salt

On the side I am eating half of an avocado, because I can never resist an avocado Haa :):)

What are you eating for Linner?

Altogether this meal is 286 calories :)

Have a healthy fit day!!!!
Fitblyss!

New Workout Obsession

The fitness ball :)
This thing is amazing it makes crunches more effective!! I can't get enough of this Haa I eat my dinner while sitting on it!!! This was originally 22$ I got it for 13$ at TJ Maxx!!!! How awesome is that!!! I urge you to get one of these bad boys! You won't regret it

Workout time!!

Turbofire HIIT 15 I love hiit workouts they are a fast way to get your cardio in for the day and they burn calories the BEST!!!

Beachbody.com/ssylxlyss

Check it out!!

What workout are you doing today??

:)