Hey guys!
It's been a rough week. So many of my classes have started the final push to end the semester. That means that from here on out, we are all pretty loaded down.
One of the best ways to handle stress is by exercising. I've been trying to fit in plenty of it lately. The best method I have found for working out without hardly any equipment, and no gym membership, is a YouTuber and blogger named Cassey Ho who runs Blogilates. She has a TON of videos and creates workout calendars for each month. Since I'm living in a dorm room, needing a lot of weights and exercise equipment is obviously not going to work for me. Sometimes, all the time I have (and energy I want to spend) requires staying in my room. Her videos are perfect for someone with a small amount of space. If you do her whole routine it is about an hour of work, and let me tell you, it is WORK. Today's workout was too hard for me and I didn't make it all the way through. But, she makes you want to keep going!
If you've been in the search for a good routine that's already planned, Blogilates is the way to go!
Let me know in the comments any of your favorite videos or if you have a workout routine!
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Resolutions
Hey everyone!
I hope your year has started off with a bang! I can't believe its already the start of another year.
That being said, I am not one to make "resolutions", but I recently decided that there were a few things that I would like to improve upon in the next year. But I also want to carry these things with me from now on, so I'm not calling them resolutions, just changes I hope to make.
In the last week, it's finally hit me that my wedding is actually approaching quickly! If I want to get in shape I really have got to start soon! So I started to exercise. I decided to pin some things, and stumbled on Tori's blog.
Her workouts are incredibly simple to follow and she explains the moves before she picks them up to tempo. She also includes music so when I workout, I can just listen to her videos instead of having more than one app running at the same time and over complicating things.
The other thing I'm planning on changing is my diet. I'm not counting on eating well 100% of the time, since I live in a dorm for the majority of the year. Trying to eat healthy without a full kitchen is tough! But I really would like to cut down on the amount of sugar and processed foods I put into my body.
I took pictures of my food the other day and will post those now so that I can make myself accountable to sticking to this plan!
Breakfast was a multigrain cereal mix that I cooked and added pecans, maple syrup, bananas, cinnamon , and a dab of butter to.
For lunch I had cowboy caviar, a recipe I got from my soon-to-be mother in law! It is one of the easiest and best things I've made in a while! I enjoyed it with some chips and a glass of Passion tea from Tazo.
Dinner was so good that I forgot to photograph it. I had salmon with basmati rice and a couple of Brussel sprouts. Usually I can stomach them, but these were frozen steam in a bag, which I do NOT recommend trying.
For dessert I had strawberries with a little whipped cream.
Keep in mind these were not the quantities I ate, just a representation of what I had.
What are your main goals for the year? Leave a comment below to tell me what you hope to change in 2013!
Sincerely, Paige
I hope your year has started off with a bang! I can't believe its already the start of another year.
That being said, I am not one to make "resolutions", but I recently decided that there were a few things that I would like to improve upon in the next year. But I also want to carry these things with me from now on, so I'm not calling them resolutions, just changes I hope to make.
In the last week, it's finally hit me that my wedding is actually approaching quickly! If I want to get in shape I really have got to start soon! So I started to exercise. I decided to pin some things, and stumbled on Tori's blog.
Her workouts are incredibly simple to follow and she explains the moves before she picks them up to tempo. She also includes music so when I workout, I can just listen to her videos instead of having more than one app running at the same time and over complicating things.
The other thing I'm planning on changing is my diet. I'm not counting on eating well 100% of the time, since I live in a dorm for the majority of the year. Trying to eat healthy without a full kitchen is tough! But I really would like to cut down on the amount of sugar and processed foods I put into my body.
I took pictures of my food the other day and will post those now so that I can make myself accountable to sticking to this plan!
Breakfast was a multigrain cereal mix that I cooked and added pecans, maple syrup, bananas, cinnamon , and a dab of butter to.
For lunch I had cowboy caviar, a recipe I got from my soon-to-be mother in law! It is one of the easiest and best things I've made in a while! I enjoyed it with some chips and a glass of Passion tea from Tazo.
Dinner was so good that I forgot to photograph it. I had salmon with basmati rice and a couple of Brussel sprouts. Usually I can stomach them, but these were frozen steam in a bag, which I do NOT recommend trying.
For dessert I had strawberries with a little whipped cream.
Keep in mind these were not the quantities I ate, just a representation of what I had.
What are your main goals for the year? Leave a comment below to tell me what you hope to change in 2013!
Sincerely, Paige
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Healthy Eating?
Hey everyone!
It's been a little while..longer than I had hoped to be away. I got busy and distracted.
But, this week I've been thinking (well, I'm always thinking..but stay with me!) and realized that I keep having all these great ideas, but I lack follow-through. I've been meaning to exercise, eat better, blog more, have better sleep patterns, pray more, the list goes on. I've just been wanting to improve aspects of my life and I even think up a plan of action. But, I never take the actions.
So, I'm wondering if telling my readers this plan will make me stick to it more. I'm hoping it will. If I feel like I'm breaking a promise to you all then maybe I'll be more willing to stick to it? Fingers crossed!
Tomorrow my roommate and I are planning on grocery shopping for our last little bit of the semester. I thought that maybe a good place to start on this new healthier journey would be to share my shopping list.
So here it is: Grapes, Bananas, Carrots, Frozen Spinach, White Beans, Whole wheat pasta, Whole wheat bread, Shredded Cheese, Greek Yogurt, Honey, Walnuts
We still have peanut butter, jelly, brown rice, and some oatmeal packets. I'm planning on eating PB&J's on whole wheat bread, pasta with cheese and spinach, and yogurt with honey and walnuts mixed in.
Hopefully that will constitute a few meals until I can think of more creative ways to eat healthy on a college budget.
Any advice on sticking to exercise and nutrition plans? Healthy, easy recipes?
Leave me a comment below with any tips or tricks!
Sincerely, Paige
It's been a little while..longer than I had hoped to be away. I got busy and distracted.
But, this week I've been thinking (well, I'm always thinking..but stay with me!) and realized that I keep having all these great ideas, but I lack follow-through. I've been meaning to exercise, eat better, blog more, have better sleep patterns, pray more, the list goes on. I've just been wanting to improve aspects of my life and I even think up a plan of action. But, I never take the actions.
So, I'm wondering if telling my readers this plan will make me stick to it more. I'm hoping it will. If I feel like I'm breaking a promise to you all then maybe I'll be more willing to stick to it? Fingers crossed!
Tomorrow my roommate and I are planning on grocery shopping for our last little bit of the semester. I thought that maybe a good place to start on this new healthier journey would be to share my shopping list.
So here it is: Grapes, Bananas, Carrots, Frozen Spinach, White Beans, Whole wheat pasta, Whole wheat bread, Shredded Cheese, Greek Yogurt, Honey, Walnuts
We still have peanut butter, jelly, brown rice, and some oatmeal packets. I'm planning on eating PB&J's on whole wheat bread, pasta with cheese and spinach, and yogurt with honey and walnuts mixed in.
Hopefully that will constitute a few meals until I can think of more creative ways to eat healthy on a college budget.
Any advice on sticking to exercise and nutrition plans? Healthy, easy recipes?
Leave me a comment below with any tips or tricks!
Sincerely, Paige
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