I love snacks. I love treats. Turn a snack into a treat, and i’m in hog heaven! I’ve recently found a wonderful 21 Day Fix approved snack, and I decided to beef it up the other day to make it a treat too!
Here’s what you need…
1 whole wheat flour tortilla ( this one was a small fajita sized, but i’ve used bigger!)
Spoonful of natural peanut butter or other nut butter (around a tablespoon)
Half a banana
1 tsp of chocolate chips ( I may have added a heaping tsp!)
Here’s how it will look assembling the quesadilla!
Then fold tortilla over and warm each side on a grill pan (or regular pan would be fine too). I warmed each side just briefly.
The result is ooey, gooey deliciousness!
21 Day Fix Approved! I’ll take it!
2 Yellow (1 if you leave out the chocolate chips), 1 Purple, and a Tsp.
Wouldn’t it be so awesome if you could get PAID to do what you love? That’s what I do! There’s a few different job titles I go by.. Team Beachbody Coach, Health and Fitness Coach, and my favorite Personal Motivator. Here’s a glimpse into what I do.. I stay at home with my kids and be a mother and a wife, I work out daily from home, I drink Shakeology daily and stay healthy, I spend time “playing” on Facebook meeting new people and motivating others. Most importantly, I just LIVE my life!
Becoming a coach has been the most rewarding job that I have ever had, aside from being a wife and mother.
Almost a year after having my third baby I made the decision that I wanted to get back into shape. I started out doing a Jillian Michaels DVD I already had owned. I was only doing it a few times a week and just wasn’t feeling motivated. My friend and now also my coach, Ashley, mentioned TurboFire to me. She had to talk to me about it a few times over a couple of months before I came around. I was worried about spending that much money on something I was not sure if I was going to stick with. WELL, let me tell you.. one of the BEST investments I have ever made!! I always say I sound like an infomercial… but it is true, TurboFire changed my life!
Now, over a year later I am still going strong working out 6 days a week. I have even ventured off into other programs, including Insanity, Hip Hop Abs, Focus T25, 21 Day Fix, and PiYO. I have learned so much about myself and what I can accomplish. My workouts have become a stress reliever for me in this everyday crazy life. I also feel like I am setting an example for my children by living a healthy and active lifestyle. Most of the time they see me doing my workouts and sometimes join in!
My number ONE excuse for not being able to workout USED to be that I did not have time! Through the help of my coach, Ashley, and also the motivation from Chalene Johnson (instructor of TurboFire) I quickly realized that I needed to make working out one of the top priorities on my list. So for me… this sometimes means the laundry is not folded, and the house is still a mess but I get that workout DONE! There will ALWAYS be other things that need to get done, but we are only given so much time here and I choose to stay healthy for my family.
So after I figured out all of this about myself, I realized I want to help MOTIVATE everyone! I want to help others find their motivation to get moving and get healthy, and THIS is the very reason why I decided to become a coach for Team Beachbody!
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Have I mentioned that I LOVE to bake? Well, I do! It has been cold and rainy the past 2 days, and that just screams “Bake Something”!! to me! I decided to stay away from baking cookies this time since I’ll be making birthday cakes soon. I decided to whip up the kids favorite (okay and mine too) pumpkin muffins! A friend gave me a healthy recipe years ago that she got from a Cooking Light magazine. Here’s a link to see the original recipe..http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pumpkin-muffins-3
Here is what I do…
In a medium size bowl, I mix together all the dry ingredients (flours, sugars, salt, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and baking powder)
Then in another bowl I add the wet ingredients (milk, eggs, canned pumpkin puree, canola oil, applesauce). This time around I was out of applesauce so I added in some low fat vanilla yogurt I had on hand. That worked out perfect too!
Now add the mixed wet ingredients to your dry ingredients.
Spray muffin tins and add your batter!
Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes (10-12 min for mini muffins)
These are wonderful!!! My kids love them!
Here’s the recipe (with the changes I make)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons pumpkin-pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup 1 or 2% milk
2 eggs
1/4 cup canola oil (coconut oil would probably work too, but I haven’t tried this yet)
1/4 cup applesauce (or low fat yogurt works too)
As you might remember reading in my review on PiYO, I didn’t do so well on nutrition over the summer time. It wasn’t that is was ALL bad. It was just all over the place! I found myself indulging more often in comfort foods and eating out more often since moving… it can do that to you! I knew I was feeling bloated and my pants were feeling snug. When PiYO was over, I knew what needed to happen. 21 Day Fix!!!
21 Day Fix is a nutrition and fitness program combined in one. The work outs are not as fun to me as say TurboFire, but they are GOOD, efficient, and get the job done in a quick 30 minutes. There is a modifier you can follow also. The work out schedule looks like this for each week..
Monday: Total Body Cardio
Tuesday: Upper Fix
Wednesday: Lower Fix
Thursday: Pilates Fix
Friday: Cardio Fix
Saturday: Dirty 30
Sunday: Yoga Fix
The last week there is an optional doubles work out calendar that you can follow. Prepare to be SORE the first week! Don’t worry this is a GOOD feeling! Do not be afraid. This means it is working and so are you!
The nutrition plan is the KEY to your success in this program. It teaches clean eating and portion control. You will use color coded containers to measure out your foods. Here is a look at some of the delicious meals I had during 21 Day Fix.. a Taco Salad, roasted bell pepper quinoa with spinach and chicken, and cube steak with spinach and cucumbers.
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The containers do look small, but you can really fit more in there than meets the eye. Again, do not be afraid! You will most likely be eating MORE food than you are used to… it will just be the right foods and the right portions. It really is amazing how simple it works.
So, how did I do in this 21 Days? Well, i did near perfection on the work outs.. only missing one day of a yoga fix. I did not do the optional doubles this time. I was not 100% perfect on the nutrition plan, but came close this time! Life happens, and there were a few slip ups, but I just kept going. Did I see results?
Don’t worry, eventually I will get new work out clothes so you are not always seeing me in the same outfits!!!
We have a crappy scale. It’s just numbers anyways! I’ve never liked scales much. I try and stay away as much as I can. I like to go by how my clothes fit. So, if my crappy scale was being at all accurate.. I believe I lost somewhere around 5 pounds. Losing numbers really wasn’t what I was looking for though. I wanted my pants to be comfortable again, and they are! I wanted to feel better, less bloated, and have more energy. Mission Accomplished!
I finished up this round on September 21st, and started the 22nd back on my first love TurboFire, but i’m going to continue to follow the 21 Day Fix nutrition plan about 90% of the time. It won’t be perfection, but it is a great basis for me to follow and stay on track from here on out. Did I mention there is a maintenance plan you can follow?!! If you are new to my blog, be sure to check out my other topics so you can see my progress over time!
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