Full-Life Detox

Back to the start:

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:31:00 -0400

Tomorrow is this blog’s 1st birthday! I had to go 102 pages back to figure that out, but there it is! And ironically, I’m back where I was when I started—housesitting for my aunt.

Stats wise it doesn’t seem like I’ve made much progress—sure I’ve lost 6 pounds, and ran 175 miles and neither of these things seems like a big achievement. But there are so many other things that I set out to do, and now a year later I find that I’ve accomplished some stuff:

I’ve made and kept doctors appointments.

I’ve found a second job.

I’ve drink more water.

I cook healthy meals, and my fridge is constantly full of produce.

I go to the local farmers market.

I’ve signed up for a half marathon in the fall!

I’ve bought shorts!

I’m still working on encouraging my husband to exercise and eat better—but hey, that reminds me, We finally got married, and did it our way with zero frills.

I bring my meals to work.

I have learned to better manage my finances, and have even started to save for emergencies and grad school!

Here’s to the next year!

Now I’m going to do some Zumba with the dog, before heading in to work! Last night a manager gave me a 10$ gift card for rocking it, and I’m torn between a bag of organic cherries, or looking for some nice matcha tea!

30 second plank today!

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:48:00 -0400

Edit: that honestly seemed like nothing and I’m tempted to double it.

mothernaturenetwork: The health benefits of matcha teaThis...

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:10:47 -0400

mothernaturenetwork:

The health benefits of matcha tea
This Japanese tea holds promise in the fight against cancer, HIV and fat.

lady-brown: curvesporation: girlgrowingsmall: get vs angels’...

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:10:33 -0400

lady-brown:

curvesporation:

girlgrowingsmall:

get vs angels’ workouts HERE

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I needed these in my life.

Eventually, I want to be able to do Insanity.

rachelgetsfit: runningintosunsets: I think I’m going to try...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:54:13 -0400

rachelgetsfit:

runningintosunsets:

I think I’m going to try this! I never do challenges, but this looks doable. Well, at least up through 3 minutes. Could I really do this for 6 minutes? I doubt it, but I guess we’ll see. The other fun part? My husband wants to try it with me!! He never exercises with me so I’m excited when he wants to do things like this with me.

Reblogging this on June 1st, because I didn’t get a chance to do it in May. Planking it up this June. Will blog about it.

run-fit-strong: I want every color of these!!

Wed, 30 May 2012 14:07:19 -0400

run-fit-strong:

I want every color of these!!

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Tue, 29 May 2012 23:20:36 -0400

its-a-wonderland-tea-party: Easy Fruit & Herb Flavored...

Tue, 29 May 2012 21:03:45 -0400

its-a-wonderland-tea-party:

Easy Fruit & Herb Flavored Water

Ingredients

fruit — 2 cups berries, citrus, melons, pineapple…most fruits will work (see recommended amounts in directions)

herbs — a sprig of mint, basil, sage, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, or lavender

water (tap or filtered)

ice

Directions

Supplies needed: 2 quart pitcher or jar with lid; muddler or wooden spoon

General formula for whatever fruit/herb combo you desire.
1. If using herbs, add a sprig of fresh herbs to jar/pitcher; press and twist with muddler or handle of wooden spoon to bruise leaves and release flavor; don’t pulverize the herbs into bits.
2. Add approx. 2 cups of fruit to jar/pitcher; press and twist with muddler or handle of wooden spoon, just enough to release some of the juices
3. Fill jar/pitcher with ice cubes.
4. Add water to top of jar/pitcher.
5. Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.

Suggested flavor combinations:
ALL CITRUS (no herbs) — Slice 1 orange, 1 lime, 1 lemon into rounds, then cut the rounds in half. Add to jar and proceed with muddling, add ice & water.
RASPBERRY LIME (no herbs) — Quarter 2 limes; with your hands, squeeze the juice into the jar, then throw in the squeezed lime quarters. Add 2 cups raspberries. Muddle, add ice & water.
PINEAPPLE MINT — Add a sprig of mint to the jar (you can throw in the whole sprig; or, remove the leaves from the sprig, if you prefer to have the mint swimming around and distributing in the jar). Muddle the mint. Add 2 cups pineapple pieces, muddle, add ice & water.
BLACKBERRY SAGE — Add sage sprig to jar and muddle. Add 2 cups blackberries; muddle, add ice & water.
WATERMELON ROSEMARY — Add rosemary sprig to jar & muddle. Add 2 cups watermelon cubes; muddle, add ice and water.

justdonttellonme: Recipes for smoothies that actually aid in...

Tue, 29 May 2012 13:21:07 -0400

justdonttellonme:

Recipes for smoothies that actually aid in weight loss

There are 23 total in the link below, so if the ones I’ve posted here don’t interest you, check out the others to find something you might like~

PEANUT BUTTER AND BANANA

Half of one banana

1/2 cup smooth or crunchy low-fat peanut butter

1/2 cup of non-fat milk

6 ice cubes

1 tablespoon of chocolate whey protein powder

Place all of the ingredients into the blender and blend until smooth.

WATERMELON

6 cups of seedless watermelon, chopped

1 cup of lemon sherbet, non-fat milk, or low-fat vanilla yogurt

12 ice cubes

Put half the watermelon in the blender and blend until smooth, then add half of the ice and sherbet; blend until smooth. Repeat the process with the rest of the ingredients.

KIWI AND HONEYDEW

2 cups of honeydew, cubed

1 Granny Smith apple, chopped

1 kiwi fruit, peeled and chopped

2 tablespoons of sugar

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

1 cup of ice cubes

Place the honeydew, kiwi, apple, sugar, and lemon juice into the blender and blend until it’s smooth, then add the ice cubes and blend until the mixture is slushy.

MANGO SURPRISE

1/4 cup of cubed mangoes

1/4 cup of ripe avocado, mashed

1/2 cup of mango juice

1/4 cup of fat-free vanilla yogurt

1 tablespoon of juice

1 tablespoon of sugar

6 ice cubes

Add all the ingredients into the blender and blend until smooth.

APPLE

1/2 cup of skim milk or soy milk

6 ounces of vanilla yogurt

1 teaspoon of apple pie spice

1 medium-sized, chopped apple

2 tablespoons of cashew butter

6 ice cubes

Place all the ingredients in the blender and then blend until smooth; best eaten with a spoon!

These all look so yummy! I think I’ll try the apple one first… or maybe the kiwi? but the mango peach looks so delicious!! oh no, can’t decide!

FULL SOURCE AND RECIPES HERE

You’re Fitspiration: Back-Strengthening Exercises

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:40:00 -0400

You’re Fitspiration: Back-Strengthening Exercises:

gettonedandfit:

For a healthy back

Good news: a healthy back also helps with joint flexibility and to strengthen of your stabilizing muscles, such as the abdominals. Therefore, all forms of exercise are beneficial.

That said, efforts to train this part of the body helps fight against backaches. A…

kaytastrophe-dekay: This is a super easy to do gentle yoga...

Mon, 21 May 2012 19:39:08 -0400

kaytastrophe-dekay:

This is a super easy to do gentle yoga class. It takes 20 mins and feels like 2 and it will cure your Monday blues. This requires no real equipment (A yoga mat helps but is not necessary and will get you back on to having a good evening. Take care!

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Mon, 21 May 2012 14:15:11 -0400

carolinasummernights: berryhealthy: watch the full video of...

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:03:28 -0400

carolinasummernights:

berryhealthy:

watch the full video of this tone it up workout here!

Omg y’all this burns so good. I just finished and I can actually feel my ass cheeks and abs burning.

The people who made fun of you for eating junk food? They'll make fun of you for turning it down. The people who made fun of you for never going to the gym? They'll make fun of you for making it a priority. So make sure you're doing it for YOU, because those people will never change, no matter how much you do.

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:48:03 -0400

bettermejourney:

Off the grid for a while:

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:57:25 -0400

My last personal post from a month ago was the beginning of a nightmare. I had a bad reaction to the medicines I was prescribed and by the week’s end I was in the ER. Needless to say this had an impact on my work and work out schedule.

To top it all off, job2 started to schedule me for 40 hr work weeks, in addition to the 20hr weeks at my internship. So health issues+60hr work weeks+commute=exhaustion. I started to feel really negative about myself and my time constraints, so I stayed off of fitblrs and told myself that I needed to focus on just managing my work and home lives.

All through out this I managed to eat healthy-ish when I could. But then our trip to Disney came up, and let me say how astonished I was to find that for such a massive international company it was almost impossible to find healthy options at the parks or hotels. The freshest stuff we could find was at the Morocco part of Epcot, everything else was highly processed, fried, and covered in salt. The happiest place on earth needs a menu overhaul.

I went from having fried foods once every few months, to almost daily. It was difficult to keep my water intake up, because of the expense of bottled water and frankly the lines. We all came home from this week long trip exhausted, possibly dehydrated, and just gross feeling.

But it was just the push I needed.

yogi-health: Hip opening poses work to open the joints and...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:01:49 -0400

yogi-health:

Hip opening poses work to open the joints and muscles around the hips. They helps to keep the pelvis and hips in proper alignment, which prevents strain and tightness in that area. Having flexible hips can ease back pain, improve circulation in your legs, help you to walk easier. Hip openers also have mental and emotional benefits. We hold a lot of tension in our hips from stress, anxiety, sadness, fear, and other negative emotions. Once that tension in our hips is released, the emotional benefits are felt. Below is a list of hip opening poses. When doing these poses, concentrate on your breath and relax your body.

Low lunge (Anjaneyasana)

High lunge

Warrior II (Virabhadrasana II)

Lizard pose (Utthan Pristhasana)

Half lord of the fishes (Ardha Matsyendrasana)

Cow face (Gomukhasana)

Pigeon pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana) - (different variations)

Bound angle (Baddha Konasana)

Extended triangle (Utthita Trikonasana)

Happy baby pose (Ananda Balasana) or half

Fire log pose (Agnistambhasana)

Reclining big toe (Supta Padangusthasana)

Side-reclining leg lift (Anantasana)

Big toe pose (Padangusthasana)

Cat pose (Marjaryasana)

Cow pose (Bitilasana)

Extended triangle (Utthita Trikonasana)

Marichyasana I

Head-to-knee forward bend (Janu Sirsasana)

Wide-legged forward bend (Prasarita Padottanasana)

Wide-angle seated forward bend (Upavistha Konasana)

Marichi’s pose (Marichyasana III)

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Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:54:00 -0400

I pulled a muscle in my back. I wasn't even doing anything interesting.

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:49:22 -0400

Now I’m on muscle relaxers, and can’t go back to Job2 until I have a doctor’s release saying that I can lift 50 pounds. At first I wanted to power through it, but it just hurt so much.

My follow up is on thursday, meaning that in the least I’ll have missed tonight’s shift and tomorrow night’s shift. I’m going to try and tough it out at my internship though.

It’s nearly torture to be home this much and not be productive. It was such a gorgeous day, and I couldn’t go and run in it.

searchingforbliss: balancefully: I never liked spinach until I...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:53:40 -0400

searchingforbliss:

balancefully:

I never liked spinach until I made an adventurous decision to buy some at the grocery store anyways… and turn them into Oven Baked Spinach Chips.

Now, spinach is my new best veggie friend. It tastes sooo ridiculously good. Let’s start baking!

Ingredients
• Bucket load of spinach leafs. I am talking about handfuls here!
• A bit of extra virgin olive oil, to coat the leaves. You don’t need a lot - for 400 grams of spinach leaves, I used 1 tablespoon of oil.
• Herbs. I used pepper, curry powder, red pepper powder, garlic powder and thyme.

Directions
1. Preheat oven at 120°C / 250F,
2. Rinse and dry the spinach leafs,
3. Place spinach in a large bowl, pour in some olive oil to coat the leafs,
4. Add herbs, toss it all around,
5. Place some baking paper on a tray, and lay out the spinach nice and evenly,
6. Pop them in the oven for 15-20 minutes. Keep checking on them until they’re crisp!

I could eat buckets of this stuff. Yum! Enjoy your crispy veggies. :)

Ooh must try!

chasefear: This made me smile and laugh so much! :) This is...

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:37:46 -0400

chasefear:

This made me smile and laugh so much! :) This is such a cute running video!