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??

:)

What's for Lunch?

Blueberries and low fat cream cheese on a gluten free vegan organic brown rice cake and half an avocado :)

BURN!! 300 Calories Fast

What are you waiting for? Its not like you have anything to lose.. except calories of course ;p!

Challenge! Do this 3 times instead of 2.

Try doing this 3xs instead of 2!

Can you do it?!

My Before & After

This before was a few weeks after I had my son in August 2011! The After is from around April -May of last year(2011).
I went from over 210 pounds to 148, I ate healthy and stuck to a strict workout schedule. I would alternate between TurboFire & Jillian Michaels! Jillian is a beast as well as Challene! I am still working to a goal of 120-125, I would like to tone up big time and get leaner. Im not perfect I have my down falls, and I slip up sometimes and eat something I shouldn't but we are all human. As long as you don't beat yourself up over those extra calories you shouldn't have eaten but did, it won't mess up your progress. You have to realize it happens and to just work extra hard the next day or that day to make up for whatever it is you splurged on! I drink about 90 oz of water a day! A lot right? I feel like I'm part fish because I have to constantly drink water haa its just so refreshing! Everyday I take 1 to 2,  3-5 mile walks! Sometimes I like to do a HIIT Run where I ran as fast as humanly possible for 1 minute, then I jog for 1 minute and I repeat this for about 15-20 minutes. I eat lots of fruits and veggies and healthy grains! I try to go as Organic and Vegan as possible. I do not eat any pasta, bread, junk food, etc. I do not drink juice or soda or flavored waters or energy drinks JUST WATTTTTTER OR GREEN TEA OR SOME KIND OF HERBAL TEA (without sugar or sweeteners) that's just how I like my tea. I  stay away from processed foods, and sugary foods. I do AB exercises EVERYDAY! the more Cardio you do the more fat you burn off, and when you burn all that fat off you have fantastic abs and that's what I'm aiming for.


Here are more recent pics since this is pretty old!

Just tooken last week or week before?

This was New Years! 2012

March 2012

My main reason for this blog is to document my progress! & also share it with yall and hopefully help out some of you guys on your journey to a healthier you! & so that we can pretty much support each other. Because with a GREAT Support System you can do a lot more then you can alone!

Id love to see anyones progress photos! or hear your stories to feature them on my Blog!!!! 

You can write a comment in the blog and please leave your email address!!!

My Goals: Make July Your B*tch

July Goals


1.I'm not very good at running, I get all heavy breathing, and sweaty and I start to pant a bit.. haa. So my goal is to be able to run at least 1-2miles twice a week!


2. Lose 5-6lbs by August


3. Cut out Chocolate :'( I could cry over this haa I am a chocolate junky, the chocolatier the better, the more sugar the better!! but I know its bad for me and even though it gives me nightmares ITS MY WEAKNESS.


4. Continue to drink 90oz of water daily. & 30+oz of green tea!


5. Workout 6 Days a week! & of course get my rest on the 7th :)


6. Walk  5 miles everyday! heck make it twice a day if I'm feeling brave!

What are your Goals for July?!

Food Porn: What I'm Eating

This was my lunch for today! Quinoa with some Braggs Liquid Aminos, Grilled Cucumbers & Zuchinni with olive oil cooking spray, Whole Wheat Wrap with baby spinach, mushrooms, blueberries, greek yogurt(as a spread), avocado & more liquid Aminos. Then Apple slices with some Cinnamon on top! 


It was DELICIOUS!!! What did you eat today?


xoxo, Lyss

FITBLYSS DEBUT!!

Yes, I totally in some way incorporated my name into my Blog site!! FitBlyss but its pronounced Fit-Bliss :) catchy huh?! yeah i thought so to.
I can't wait to blog intensely on here. & I hope you guys will join me on my journey to a healthier lifestyle, toner body, to be fit and lean and sexxxay. (don't we all?!)
I am a workout Junky! I am always trying new workouts or always moving. I love motivating people.
I will be posting daily recipes, motivation, workouts, and def what I'm eating. I LOVE Instagram'in my meals haa Food Porn!!!!
If you guys want you can email me your Before & Afters & your story!


I love seeing people getting fit. 
Its not a diet its a healthy lifestyle change!!!




Lets get it!


xoxo Lyss