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I have been trying/finding new recipes and I am so excited to share these with you!  The 1st one I tried was "Salsa Salmon". Now if you don't like fish/salmon you probably won't like this BUT I promise it's great. Considering it is extremely healthy for you, give it a try atleast. 


-Add a tiny bit of veg oil onto sheet of foil and place salmon fillets on a sheet of foil. I used pepper, canned/drained diced tomatoes, tiny green peppers, chunky salsa (not the whole bottle!). I am sure you could use any salsa you like best. Try to roll the corners of the foil together so it's enclosed and nothing spills out. Pre heat oven to 400 and cook for 25-30 mins & BOOM! Heaven ( :  We added steamed veggies and low fat cottage cheese as sides.

-I made pineapple chicken last night and it was so good. Do the same thing with the veg oil and the foil. Give yourself enough foil to close it up. I cooked the boneless chicken breast on our mini counter top grill until it cooked then I threw it in the foil with whole slices of pineapple, green peppers, pepper, and 1/4 cup of sweet and sour sauce. Stove on 400 and let it simmer together for 35 mins. I also cooked Fit and Active brand brown rice to put under the chicken w/ green beans. The sauce ran together with the rice and it was very good! Husband loved it.

Some helpful tricks I have learned to stop "bad & impulse eating".

1) I know there have been times when you go grocery shopping or you are out and it just hits you " I am starving!". I had just got off work and went to the gym for an hr and still had to run to the store. I was checking out and I could have ate ANYTHING. I got some sugar free gum and popped 2 pieces in. I read that it tricks your stomach into thinking you're eating (enough time to get home and make dinner and not stop for fast food!). Sure enough, 5 mins later I felt fine. I was able to make it home and cook dinner without caving in and buying a Snickers or bag of chips that are ALWAYS there when you are checking out. By the way, don't buy the stuff by the check out lines. Usually, WORST FOOD EVER!! Don't let yourself settle for whats "good" in that moment. You will regret it later. Don't ruin all your hard work over in the moment hungry choices.


2) Before you eat something. Read the INGREDIENTS! I always read what it is made of. You would be so shocked to see how much crap it takes to make a beef patty at most places. It's sick! If the item has a paragraph of items that you can't even pronounce then I am going to say it's not good for your body. PUT...IT....DOWN!!





I am taking the day off today from the gym. I will probably do my stretching for 45 mins tonight. My quads are pretty sore from this week. I kicked major ass at the gym (woot woot!) and I worked through it  yesterday but I know my body and I need to let them rest. Which is fine. Let your body tell you when you need to stop. I try not to take more than 1...2 days at the most off IN A ROW from the gym. Back to my routine tomorrow (;

                         (^ Stretching)  .....Had to add this pic! It cracked me up! lol


Song I just added to my ipod that you might like... Kelly Clarkson - Catch my breath. I love songs that pump you up, make you wanna kick ass & run faster! <3



1 last thing for tonight. I was at CVS when I was buying my foil to cook these great recipes (; anyways, the guy in front of me worked at a gym. The cashier and him were talking how packed the gyms are right now.... New Years resolutioners trying to get healthy they joked. It kinda pissed me off for everyone I know that just started to change their life and get healthy. So what if they started THIS year and waited until now to change and want to workout. They are still doing more than everyone sitting at home eating tubs of ice cream. I hope all of you stick with YOUR plan to change and get healthy. Keep going to the gym. Don't give up in a month like those people were joking about. Think about all the progress you will have made by next year when everyone YOU know will be starting out... then maybe it will be YOU with all the good advice and tips (: Everyone has to start somewhere..... stick with it ladies. Prove everyone wrong but mostly prove yourself wrong when you feel like stopping, because you will.  It takes time but the time and effort you put towards your health is worth every minute.



Over and out readers! xoxo