Healthy lifestyle

So this time every year i really step up my fitness. I have been active my whole life and to maintain my body i workout all year round. Although through the winter I'm not gonna lie i usually only work out 2-3 days a week and eat anything and everything! So when the weather breaks its always motivation to get it together.. its all about balance!

One thing a lot of people don't know about me is fitness and nutrition really interests me. I am not a reader but i can read a fitness or healthy lifestyle book cover to cover and be totally into it.

All of my fitness/ nutrition knowledge over the years has come from working out with different online trainers, ebook workouts, workout apps, different workout classes, nutrition books, etc. By no means do i know a ton about fitness! I am just really interested and try to keep changing up my routine just by what I've learned all these years.

WORKOUTS:

Currently (and this changes all of the time) i am working out at home with the tone it up girls katrina and karena. Everyday they post a daily workout on their website toneitup.com. This makes it so easy for me to wake up and work out about 5-6 days a week. The workouts range from 30-60 min. Some days are just toning, some days are just cardio, and some days are both. For my cardio, i have an at home treadmill so it makes it super convenient and easy. Although if its warm in the mornings ill take Zara to the park and go for a walk or jog. Lastly i love class workouts! they aren't for everyone but it definitely helps me push myself through an hour workout. I am currently taking pure barre a couple times a week so sometimes ill take my class over the daily workout.

NUTRITION:

For my daily nutrition I try to eat 5 times a day. This includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, and 2 snacks. If I'm going to eat carbs i usually try to have them for breakfast and then smaller light meals at the end of the night. Below i made a list of what my go to breakfasts / snacks are!

Recently brandon and i started ordering from CHEF'D. Its a form or blue apron, hello fresh, etc but they have healthier more dietary options. We were using blue apron for awhile and the meals just started getting too heavy in calories. With chef'd we order 3 meals per week, each meal has 4 servings. So basically i cook these 3 meals and its like a meal prep. They are all between 200-400 calories and we will take them for lunches or have for dinner. Super easy and convient.

One thing I've learned after all these years of trying to constantly eat healthy, is that you always have to be cooking and have a full fridge of fast, healthy meals to grab or you just go for the alternative... pizza.

ok so for BREAKFASTS i like:

whole grain english muffins with peanut butter - sometimes ill add a banana

banana and peanut butter (usually ill eat this no carb breakfast on a morning i amm not going to work out)

egg whites + 1 piece of whole grain toast

If i prep ahead i love an overnight chia-oat bowl

1/2 cup thick rolled oats

1 cup plain unsweeted almond milk

1 teaspoon chia seeds

1 teaspoon real maple syrup

soo good!

SNACKS:

Since i have two snacks a day i try to pick one fruit and one veggie. Usually if my lunch is a salad then ill go for a snack bar and fruit.

snack bars (kind, quest, luna, and cliff bars are my go too)

Apples, bananas, oranges, strawberries, pineapple, watermelon, and blackberries are my favorites.

carrots or cucumbers with hummus.

Along with my 5 meals a day i try to drink 64 ounces of water. This is really really hard for me since all day at work i am talking and have my hands in someones hair! so i try to make up for it on my days off

Hope you guys enjoyed this post! Again i am by no means a fitness guru so somebody who is could read this and tell me I'm doing it all wrong! But i like my routine and it works for me!! happy thursday <3

XO