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Dive bombers

Place your hands shoulder width apart. Slowly dip your chest towards the ground and make a U shape with your body movement. As your head finishes the U shape, reverse the movement.

This targets your chest and arms.

It’s a total killer!

(I wish I could make the gif as one long one, but the file size was way too big)

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amanda-actually: I’m re-posting this with the recipe attached for those who are asking :) This has been my go-to lunch or dinner lately, and I don’t see it changing anytime soon. It is ridiculously delicious and filling, with 300-500 cal (depending on whether or not I use avocado) and 40 grams of protein! Omnomnomnomalomlomlom Here’s the Recipe!: I use: Pam bell peppers of various colors sweet peppers onions zucchini (green and/or yellow) mushrooms chicken breast or ground turkey breast plain greek yogurt or cottage cheese avocado kikkoman less sodium stir fry sauce garlic, chili powder, and paprika Cut up all your veggies! I keep a big tupperware full of them already cut up to make this really quick, because I usually only have about 20 minutes to prepare AND eat my lunch. I also weigh out ground turkey (3oz – 100 cal, 20g protein) and freeze it in patties, and I weigh out chicken (4oz – 120 cal, 24g protein) and cut it up into bite sized pieces and separate it by weight into ziploc bags and freeze them, so they’re always ready for me. When I know I’m having this for a meal I will take the meat out of the freezer that morning. Spray a pan with pam and cook the meat, covered, on medium heat. I break the turkey patties up into bite sized pieces. Flip them over after a minute or so. Add the veggies to the pan once the meat is just about cooked through, add the spices (garlic, paprika, chili powder), and cover. Let it cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, and then add some stir fry sauce (you don’t need much, but of course it depends on how much you’re making. I use about a tablespoon when I’m making a single serving) stir it in and cover it again. While all this is cooking, get out a nice big bowl and put some plain greek yogurt in it (I use 6oz – 100 cal, 18g protein) or a half cup of cottage cheese (90 cal, 16g protein) and if you are using an avocado, cut up half of one (or more, if you want!) and throw it in the bowl too. Once the stuff in the pan is looking and smelling super right (and trust me, you’ll KNOW), dump it into the bowl and mix it all together.
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amanda-actually:

I’m re-posting this with the recipe attached for those who are asking :)

This has been my go-to lunch or dinner lately, and I don’t see it changing anytime soon. It is ridiculously delicious and filling, with 300-500 cal (depending on whether or not I use avocado) and 40 grams of protein!

Omnomnomnomalomlomlom

Here’s the Recipe!:

I use:

  • Pam
  • bell peppers of various colors
  • sweet peppers
  • onions
  • zucchini (green and/or yellow)
  • mushrooms
  • chicken breast or ground turkey breast
  • plain greek yogurt or cottage cheese
  • avocado
  • kikkoman less sodium stir fry sauce
  • garlic, chili powder, and paprika

Cut up all your veggies! I keep a big tupperware full of them already cut up to make this really quick, because I usually only have about 20 minutes to prepare AND eat my lunch.

I also weigh out ground turkey (3oz – 100 cal, 20g protein) and freeze it in patties, and I weigh out chicken (4oz – 120 cal, 24g protein) and cut it up into bite sized pieces and separate it by weight into ziploc bags and freeze them, so they’re always ready for me. When I know I’m having this for a meal I will take the meat out of the freezer that morning.

Spray a pan with pam and cook the meat, covered, on medium heat. I break the turkey patties up into bite sized pieces. Flip them over after a minute or so.

Add the veggies to the pan once the meat is just about cooked through, add the spices (garlic, paprika, chili powder), and cover. Let it cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, and then add some stir fry sauce (you don’t need much, but of course it depends on how much you’re making. I use about a tablespoon when I’m making a single serving) stir it in and cover it again.

While all this is cooking, get out a nice big bowl and put some plain greek yogurt in it (I use 6oz – 100 cal, 18g protein) or a half cup of cottage cheese (90 cal, 16g protein) and if you are using an avocado, cut up half of one (or more, if you want!) and throw it in the bowl too.

Once the stuff in the pan is looking and smelling super right (and trust me, you’ll KNOW), dump it into the bowl and mix it all together.

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Girl Growing Small: What's the one piece of advice you wish you'd been given in your mid-twenties?

theangrytherapist:

Don’t worry about where or who you’re going to be in five years. Like high school, you’re going to look back and wish you had done so many things differently. Know that and do them differently now. Focus on what’s in front on you. Work on the relationship you have with…

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girlgrowingsmall: searchingforbliss: peaceloveandhealthyy: Intersting article about weight loss from the New York Times.  You can check out the full thing here http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/science/a-mathematical-challenge-to-obesity.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto I love the last paragraph. My intake varies day by day based on how hungry I am. Some days my net intake is 1000 and other days it’s 1500. It really depends on how much I exercised, my hunger levels, and what I’m doing that day. Don’t beat yourself up if you’re not consistently hitting your “magic intake number” for the day (I’m looking at you 1,200 calories!).
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searchingforbliss:

peaceloveandhealthyy:

Intersting article about weight loss from the New York Times. 

You can check out the full thing here

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/science/a-mathematical-challenge-to-obesity.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto

I love the last paragraph. My intake varies day by day based on how hungry I am. Some days my net intake is 1000 and other days it’s 1500. It really depends on how much I exercised, my hunger levels, and what I’m doing that day. Don’t beat yourself up if you’re not consistently hitting your “magic intake number” for the day (I’m looking at you 1,200 calories!).

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Inspired today!

Finished two liters of water, also slept like 13 hours last night. Working on a grocery list, planning meals… even looking into getting a bike.

Might post regularly again soon. A few reblogs are queued up because… I felt like it.

health-heaven:

Need to know how to freeze foods safely and easily? Click on any photo to see a larger view :)

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Savory Rosemary Sweet Potato Hash Browns

recipeofthemonth:

What do you do when you are going to one of the hottest clubs in Denver to sample new drinks? You go to your friends house to eat sweet potato hash browns and Mickey Mouse pancakes for dinner. My friend Laura is an account representative for Hpnotiq and she is running a contest among some of her accounts to see which club can create the best Hpnotiq cocktail. I am fortunate enough to know Laura and thus fortunate enough to be the official taste tester. I have to admit I don’t really like Hpnotiq because it’s rather sweet but I was surprised at how good a few of the drinks were. Oh, and the hash browns were good too.
  • 2 large Sweet Potatoes
  • 3 sprigs fresh Rosemary, finely chopped
  • 3 cloves Garlic, minced
  • Sea Salt and Pepper
  • Vegetable or Olive Oil for frying

Peel and grate sweet potatoes. Heat a large skillet with a few tablespoons of vegetable oil over medium heat. Add a large handful of grated sweet potatoes and half of the garlic. Season with salt and pepper and toss to combine. Let set and brown in the pan for 10-15 minutes then flip to brown the opposite side. Turn the heat down if you find the potatoes are burning and not browning. 

Garnish with fresh chopped rosemary. 

Laura just moved into a new condo and never cooks. When I asked for a knife to chop the rosemary, she gave me a butter knife. Maybe I should get her a knife as a house-warming gift.

This may have been Laura’s first time making pancakes…from a box.

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Practicing being at ease is much more useful than practicing frustration. When something frustrates or presents itself as a major block, simply back off, wait for your breath to return to a long and deep rhythm, then come back to what you are doing.
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