As I was driving to the gym yesterday, I had a very cheesy thought.
I actually felt overwhelmed with gratitude that I am able to exercise and that I have a wonderful gym to go to with wonderful instructors that I love!
Sounds cheesy, I know.
It really makes me happy though. I’m just so grateful I’m able to go to awesome classes and surround myself with people who are all working hard and trying to improve in some way.
It’s energizing to me.
My instructors all push me so hard too! I love it. I know I could never push myself that hard on my own. Never, ever, ever.
I know exercise is a sacrifice too though. I always have so many other things I could be doing. There’s always something to clean, someone to care for (which I love to do, btw), grocery shopping to do, laundry to be done and a million other things constantly weighing on me.
My “to do” list is never done.
BUT….when I put all those things aside and take the time to exercise, I am a happier, better person because of it. Yay. It really is a stress reliever for me as well. Love it.
So there’s my cheesy thought for the day. 😉
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I’ve been enjoying a lot of yummy, healthy food lately. I can’t tell you how much BETTER I feel when I’m eating healthy food! It’s amazing and I love it. Here’s some of the things I’ve had the past couple days.
I changed my same old, same old breakfast up a bit this morning. 1/3 C. Oatmeal, 1/2 scoop Protein Powder, Strawberries and Chia Seeds! I had 4 scrambled egg whites on the side seasoned with Mrs. Dash and Low Sugar Ketchup! Yum!
Strawberry Chobani Greek Yogurt topped with 1 T.+ of yummy Pumpkin Flax Granola. This granola is SOOOOO yummmy! I really have to be careful or I’d eat the whole box!
A slice of toasted Ezekial bread topped with Dark Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter, Banana Slices and Chia Seeds! YUM!
BTW, Ezekiel bread (made by Food for Life) is amazing!!! It is so healthy, contains no flour, is a complete protein and is just so so awesome. I’m so grateful for companies that make yummy, healthy products! It makes it so much easier to eat well! Click on this link to read more about it if you want. I’m so impressed. Oh, I bought this bread at Sunflower Market, but I know you can buy it at any health food store and I’ve also seen it at Harmon’s (for all you local Utah folk).
I bought the Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter at Sunflower as well. It has no hydrogenated oils or high fructose corn syrup. It’s still high in calories (like all peanut butter), but it is so so so yummy. I’ve loved it as a healthy “treat.” I’m just hoping my kids don’t discover it! So far, I’ve been pretty stealthy in hiding it. Hee hee hee. 😉
Oh, and as you can tell, I’m a little bit addicted to Chia Seed lately. I really really love them and have just been adding them to everything. So awesome.
I’ve of course, been enjoying my protein shakes lately too. I usually try to have one a day. I made a yummy chocolate one yesterday and today.
Just 1 C. Unsweetened Almond Milk, 1 scoop chocolate protein powder, 1 T. Cocoa, 1 T. Ground Flax seed, a little almond extract (love it!), spinach and ice. It’s really really good. In fact it’s so good that my baby commandeered it and would hardly let me take a picture of it!
For dinner last night, we had BBQ chicken, brown rice and stir fry veggies. One of my favs!
I just marinated the chicken in BBQ sauce and cooked it up in a skillet on the stove. For the veggies, I just pulled out all the fresh and frozen veggies I had and stir-fried them up with a little lite soy sauce and seasoned salt. So easy, so yummy, and so healthy! What’s not to love!?
Well that’s the latest!! xoxo
Chia seeds are just amazing in water. I put one scoop in about 20 oz. Of water and then just let them sit for 10 min. They jelly up a little bit…I also add them to recovery drinks. All the electrolytes and especially the potassium helps so much with running and the recovery of my muscles after a hard run. They are the best thing ever.
Thanks for the tips! I’ll have to try them in water! I’m just lovin’ these little power seeds.