I’ve been having some downs lately,
about body image etc, dumb shit. But I got over it and worked out intensely for just about an hour.
- Ripped Week 2 (substituted the easier moves with tough moves from Week 3, cause week 3’s link is being gay, still was hard)
- Sadie Nardini 30 Minute Power Yoga for Weight Loss
Recipe for today’s post-workout shake:
- 8 o.z. unsweetened, all natural almond milk (Almond Breeze is a gr8~ brand)
- 4 ice cubes
- 40 grams EAS Vanilla Whey Protein
- 1/2 Quaker Steel Cut All Natural Oats
- Cinnamon (to taste, add as much as you like)
- Dollop or two of honey
Chop the ice cubes after letting it sit in the milk, ‘specially if your blender sucks. Then add the rest of the ingredients, blend for 30 seconds or until mixture is even (you should see little grainy things evenly spread throughout the drink, not just on the bottom). Enjoy :)
Where do u get ur willpower? I struggle deeply to eat right, i just do outrageous with sizes of meals and portions and moderation. When are good times to eat?
It takes a lot of time and patience. When I first started I had a lot of slip-ups, but over time (and when I say time, I mean like, months) of training myself and educating yourself about nutrition and food portions and exercise etc, you will definitely learn when to say no and when it’s okay to “indulge” every once in a while. It’s hard and frustrating, but it’s most definitely worth it. If you remind yourself of how bad you’ll feel after you overeat or eat unhealthily, and that eating healthy and in moderation is good for your body, it’ll get easier. I tell myself that “abs are made in the kitchen” and that usually almost always helps me to either put down the chocolate or sweet roll and drink a glass of water and have an apple haha.
Good times to eat are within an hour after you wake up, and something healthy! Like steel cut oats with skim or almond milk, honey, and cinnamon. You should be eating every 3-4 hours, an example of a day of intake for me (on my better weeks) would be like this:
5:30 a.m. breakfast: The oatmeal mentioned above, but with water and a banana, then some coffee.
9:00 a.m. snack: Two boiled eggs
10:45-11:00 am lunch: salad(red leaf lettuce, baby tomatoes, broccoli, peppercorn, cut up radish, and squeezed lemon or olive oil/vinegar
3:00 p.m. “second” lunch: vegetable medley(I always steam my veggies, with seasoning) with salsa or hummus, whole grain toast, coffee or green tea (which I drink a lot of)
Workout around 5-7
Post Workout: EAS Whey Protein shake (40 g) in 8 o.z. all natural unsweetened almond milk and a gala apple with all natural, reduced fat peanut butter (no sugar added)
Then sometimes I’ll have a bowl of cereal or something 2 hoursish or so before bed if I’m still hungry. Also LOTS OF WATER allll day. And snacking on things like fruits and berries throughout the day is perfectly fine, I never count those in my intake.
Again, just listen to your body and eat the proportions that are right for YOU.
I hope this helped :)
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