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Starting T25 again! Who's with me?

Who doesn't LOVE Shaun T!? I DO!

 
The T25 program comes with a great 5 Day Fast Track meal plan. I love it. It gets you to eat the right foods right away.
For those of you who have NO IDEA how to meal plan, how to plan out your grocery list and all that good stuff - T25 has it all there for you. 
It provides you with breakfasts, lunches, dinners and two snacks a day.

So what's the 5 day fast track?

A 1,100 calorie a day plan that contains a healthy balance of protein, carbs and fast.

How will you feel?
You may be a little hungry for the next 5 days. Don't worry - That is totally normal.  Remember, just because your body wants food doesn't always mean you need food.  However, if you are feeling low on energy, lagging in your workouts, or having problems concentrating, you might benefit from a few more calories. You can do this by doubling up on one or both of your daily snacks

What do I drink?

·         Water is best.  Caffeine – free herbal tea is also great.  Coffee is OK with breakfast, btu skip the milk, creamer, and sugar.  Avoid alcohol, sports drinks, juices, and sodas – even diet sodas!

After the first week, I will be moving on to the nutrituion guide included in the program.

Stay tuned! 

Good NEWS!!!! T25 is on sale in April!!! Save $90 on the Challenge Pack!!!! 

Leave a comment if you want more info or email me directly at: evelina.tbb@gmail.com

How to meal plan (quick and easy)

Meal planning, for some, is about as exciting as, washing dishes, taking out the trash, or paying bills. I know because I’ve been there.  It’s a chore.  However, when done right, it can be a quick half hour task that turns your week of, “I don’t know what I’m cooking” to “I know exactly what’s on the menu down to the dressing”. 

 

How do I do that, you’ll ask. 

For me, it is an ever evolving process.  When I started, I searched and searched for the perfect meal planning template.  That alone took me forever. (I don’t know why I thought that if I find that, my problem would be solved…. Silly me).  Along the way, I found many sites that provide meal plans, some free, some at a monthly fee.  I didn’t like any of them because it all seemed like someone else’s dinner that I would never make. It used ingredients I didn’t have, or spices I didn’t know, or the meals were so involved and tedious that I gave up after reading the ingredients! In addition, I was also starting to look for Clean Eating recipes so any old blog wouldn’t do.  Frustrating!!

As I continued my search, I also had to continue making dinners at home… yep…. People get hungry… And as I did that, I realized that I already do a form of meal planning. Maybe it wasn’t as creative or structured as the ones on the blogs I found but if I could just tweek mine a bit I would be good. 

Here’s what I came up with and what I hope helps you.

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• I found the most simple meal planning template I could find.  It breaks down the meals into 6 meals: breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack.  I also incorporate my daily work out at the top of the template. 

• Before I write up my meal plan, I go through everything in my fridge. From the top draw where the eggs are, to the bottom, where all my veggies are.  I check to make sure that nothing has spoiled, nothing is growing mold.

•  As I clean out my fridge, I make a mental note on all the things that I have and don’t have in my fridge. Things that you can usually find in my fridge (depending on the season and sales)

a.    Milk or almond milk

b.    Plain yogurt (2% or 0%)

c.    Hummus cups or just a regular container of hummus

d.    Vegetables ( baby carrots, peppers, radishes, cucumbers, lettuce, mushrooms)

e.    Fruit – apples, mango, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries

•   I do the same thing for my freezer. If I think I can get away with not having to buy meat for that week, I don’t. I usually buy in bulk, portion it out and freeze extra. If I need to go buy groceries, I write out a list and get  what I need for that week, plus anything that’s on sale and can be frozen. 

• Once I have an idea what’s in my fridge, I can start making my meal plan with what I have.  Because I have done this for a little while now, I already know what my snacks will be so I mainly focus on the dinners.

• I usually shop on Sunday, which gives me time to shop, and then prep as soon as I come home from the store.

• I have a few magazines that I like to browse through for ideas. It’s a good idea to invest in a few just to have that resource. 

• Meals – for lunches, I usually do a salad with chicken which I prep on Sunday by grilling or baking it, lettuce, baby carrots, peppers, etc.

• Dinners – I try to prep in advance, so if I can get a tomato sauce ready or veggies cut up for the week, I do that right away.  It saves me time during the week. I am a BIG fan of slow cookers, so on Sunday, after I prep, I usually start a slow cooker meal, which will last well into Wednesday. If necessary, I will cook extra veggies or sides as the week goes on.

• My snacks are usually the same throughout the week. They are NOT to fill me up like dinner, but to keep me going until the next meal. Usually an apple and almonds will do or yogurt with fruit.

Here's an example of a meal plan: 

Other thoughts about meal planning...
Depending on what workout program I am doing, I like to follow the meal plan that is included with the program.  Sometimes, I follow it to a "t", other times I tweak it. It helps me because it is all spelled out to me along with the recipes. So if I'm doing T25, I may follow that plan. When I was doing The 21 Day Fix I would follow the meal plan and recipes from there. 

I hope this helps. 
How do you mean plan? What are your tricks to a quick meal plan?

I can't focus - but I can do Focus T25

   It's a typical Saturday afternoon. I've been doing typical Saturday stuff: cleaning, cooking, laundry, changing sheets, cleaning out cabinets, checking in with my Challengers on FB, posting on my FB Page, cleaning out my refrigerator.
   You know what I realized?   I realized that I cannot focus on one thing for more than 40 minutes TOPS! My attention span to a task at hand is horrible. I mean to get one thing done before I move on but I physically can't. I have the attention span of a toaster.  Every blog article I read, I am told that I should finish a room before I move on to another. Yeah, right!!!! Not me!

If you saw my house throughout the day, it appears that no progress is made.  You can't tell which room I cleaned, vacuumed, and dusted.  You can't tell which laundry is going down to the basement to be washed and which has to be folded.  You also probably couldn't walk through my kitchen because I decided to empty out my cabinets, sort of a Spring Cleaning spur of the moment kind of thing.  I have so much junk in there that to find anything takes a good ten minutes!  My husband, who is more than willing to help, takes no part in this craziness because to his practical, organized mind, my mess, chaos or "a tornado went through this house" look of each room puts him in a frenzy.  He doesn't understand how I get anything done but praises me on a job well done at the end of the day.

And then I realized something else!

I realized that the reason I absolutely LOVE the Beachbody workouts is because they are made for people like me.

Here's why:

1)  They are short. While some workouts are a bit longer, the ones that I chose are 30 minutes. The 21 Day Fix is 30 minutes.  Focus T25, as the name suggests, is 25 minutes.

2)  They are NOT the same workouts every day.  Both of the above mentioned fitness programs focus on different areas of your body each day.  There's a cardio day, "arm day", "leg day", stretch day, Pilates, yoga, etc.  The workouts alternate which is GOOD for me.  I don't get bored.  I look forward to each workout because I haven't seen it in at least a week!. Can't get bored.

3)  Each workout video has different routines within the 30 minutes.  There are sets of exercises usually a minute long. I CAN do a minute.  There's modifiers, and there are people you can follow that challenge you. There is also a calendar which tells me what to do on a particular day.

4) There's a little timer on the screen that tells you exactly how much time is left for each exercise.  See? Isn't that great? Now, every time I do an exercise, I know how much time I have left, I can focus on this goal.

5)  The equipment used in the videos changes as well. In the 21 day fix, you are able to use light or heavy weights.  It changes it up for me so that I don't get bored with the light ones.  I can challenge myself but I can also go back to the lighter ones if I can't handle the heavy.

6)  The trainers "interact" with me.  They motivate me, tell me how much time is left. They tell me to push forward, not to stop. I need that. I would give up way to easily if I had to do it on my own.


7) MEAL PLANS - Have you ever tried to create a meal plan for a week only to find yourself two hours later without one?  Happens to me too. I'll search, and search and then search some more. One website leads to another and I just wasted 2 hours away.  We ended up getting pizza and Chinese a lot.  Not anymore.  The plans that are included in the fitness programs are flawless. I am told exactly what to eat, how much and when.

In case you're wondering... Yes... I had to walk away from this blog article a couple of times. I needed to take a break and come back to it. It's ok though. I get things done. I have figured out that I can handle a half an hour at a time. And that works for me.

The 10 Minute Fix for Abs is PERFECT!

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Project Fit You - New Blog Name and FB LIKE Page

Why this new name????

As many of you know, I have been working at trying to improve myself.  I had my son in 2010, gained a ridiculous amount of weight and never lost it.  Since then, I've tried many diets and fitness programs to help me with the process.  I used to whine and complain about how it's everybody's fault that I am not losing weight without really evaluating what it is that I'm doing wrong! 

Once day, while looking for fitness programs online, I stumbled upon a blog of someone who would end up changing my attitude.  A couple weeks before that, I purchased T25 and it just sat there in my closet.  Her story convinced me and I signed up to do her Clean Eating Holiday Survival Challenge Group.

Within a couple weeks, with her guidance and daily motivation, suggestions and support I started to

1) View food differently

2) I began to plan out my meals

3) I started eating more fruits and veggies

4) I no longer bought junk food

5) I thought about how I can nourish my body vs damaging it.

The list goes on. 

Eventually, I picked up the T25 and worked out.  In February, I purchased the 21 Day Fix and loved it.  So far, I have lost 12 lbs and even though I have a long way to go, I know that this time I will be successful

So, why this page?

Somewhere along the way, I decided that I want to help and inspire others to reach their goals while continuing on my journey to health and fitness.  So join me in my journey to health and fitness & check out my new Like Page on FB - Project Fit You

Let’s do this together.

Join my new Challenge Group

I regularly run Challenge Groups.  Please go to my Challenge Group page to see the types of Challenge Groups you would be interested it. If you don't see a Challenge Group you would like to participate in, let me know in the application what would interest you. :-)

5 Day Fast Track

5 Day Fast Track is the first week to the T25 Fitness Program Meal plan

Vanilla Tiramisu Shakeology

I thought I would give you one of my favorite recipes - Tiramisu Vanilla Shakeology.

As soon as you open the bag of Shakeology, it smells like pudding. Now add all the ingredients and you have a quilt free dessert for breakfast. Only 166 calories! 

 ENJOY