The Basics: Building Your Base with an Active Lifestyle, Good Nutrition, and Preventative Care Part IV
Water. What about water?! Well of course water is important! Your body is over 50% water (ranges are from 50-75% on average). You can barely live for 3 days without water, especially if you are me, the perpetually dehydrated. I carry around a 24 ounce water bottle all day. Almost Read More
The Basics: Building Your Base with an Active Lifestyle, Good Nutrition, and Preventative Care Part III
Do you know about the 80/20 rule? Well, as far as nutrition goes, it is recommended that healthy eating occur a minimum of 80% of the time, leaving leeway 20% of the time. I have also heard that when it comes to changing your body, 80% of your weight management Read More
Tight Abs and Butt Workout
Workout 3: Tight Abs and Butt Workout Prepare to work the entire body with this interval workout. Beginners, start off with 30:15 second intervals. Intermediate exercisers, try 45:15 second intervals. Advanced exercisers, try 50:10 second intervals. I would start off with just 2 rounds of the workout and make a goal of performing Read More
The Basics: Building your Base through Spirituality
My Story It is early in the morning. I awaken, and I have just a few moments of quiet thinking time. I am not caught up by the stresses of my day. I am simply thinking. What do I think about? I find these times to be the best opportunity Read More
Snack – Edamame (Soy Beans)
Snack – Edamame (Soy Beans) Ingredients: Frozen edamame (as much as is desired) Kosher salt Garlic Powder Olive Oil (optional) Preparation: Place edamame into a microwaveable bowl. Add salt and garlic powder as desired (these are also optional). Place a plate over the mouth of bowl to seal the opening. Read More
Recipe – Pan Seared Steak, Pork Chops, Lamb Chops with Toppings
Servings: 1-4 Ingredients: 1-4 cuts of the meat salt and pepper to taste 2-3 tbsp. grapeseed oil or vegetable oil 1 cup of water Additional herbs and spices (add as desired based on your taste, or the theme of your meal): Dried onions Garlic powder Add-ons to top meat: Red Read More
Recipe – Simple Pan Grilled Chicken Breasts
Recipe – Simple Pan Grilled Chicken Breasts Serving size: 1-4 chicken breasts Ingredients: 1-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts ¼ cup or less of diced onions, or desired amount of dried onions ¼ cup or less of minced garlic, or desired amount of garlic powder A few sprinkles of paprika on Read More
Recipes – Sweet Corn and Carrots with Ginger; Kale Saute’
Recipe – Sweet Corn and Carrots with Ginger Servings: 2-4 Ingredients: 4-6 carrots, peeled, washed, and sliced into rounds Corn kernels sliced from 1 ear of sweet corn ¼ cup of diced red onion 1 Tsp. of minced ginger with 1 Tbsp. of honey (or other sweetener such as brown Read More
Recipes – Potatoes and Colorful Peppers; Quick Boiled Cabbage
Recipe – Potatoes and Colorful Peppers Serving: 2-4 Ingredients: 2-4 russet potatoes, washed and cubed ½ cup of colorful peppers, diced (red, yellow, green, orange) ¼ cup of white or yellow onions, diced Salt and pepper to taste 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil Preparation: Heat oil in a sauté pan on Read More
Cardio Workout
Here is the cardio workout to go along with the strength workout from July 16, 2012. There are several options for working in the strength and cardio workouts. You can do them both in the same day, or you can have a cardio day, followed by a strength day. The Read More