It’s been one crazy week and it’s only Tuesday! The school year is coming to and end, my son has eight days left of school and his 3rd grade year is over. Where has the time gone? I blink and just yesterday he was crawling around in diapers. Time flies by and when you least expect a year ends and a new one begins. For those of you with kids you can see how quickly time passes.
As the school year comes to an end the majority of my clients and myself included are running around from school open house to recitals and champion games. So what happens? Bad food choices. Let’s face it you barely have time to get your kids lunch packed and ready to go and you forget about yourself. I’ve done this before until I caught myself eating out and on occassion not eating anything. Now that is not an option.
You see, to get your metabolism to really fire up and maintain a well balanced metabolism is to incorporate full body workouts like a Pilates Workout with well balanced food choices. You can be working out for hours and hours and if you aren’t eating the proper foods you wont see much of a change. Those hours and hours of exercising is wasted.
I have heard this so many times, “I’m to busy to east right”, “I’m only going to eat once today”, “I’m not going to have dinner”, “I don’t eat breakfast”, it’s self sabotaging your fitness goals. I have a very close friend who does this all the time, I see her working so hard to get her workouts in but she doesn’t eat.
There’s no way around it, you have to fuel your body and love your body. We only have one body, we can’t exchange it or replace it for a new one so why not take care of it? Whether your doing a Pilates Workout or any other fitness program make sure to eat. By that I mean I proper balanced meal, not fast food or fried greasy food.
Here is a simply salad I prepare, sometimes I get it ready the night before or that very morning while I’m getting my son’s breakfast and lunch ready. It’s quick simple and easy.
– One can of white albacore tuna, packed in water (not in oil),
– 2 tablespoons of vegenaise (same consistency as mayonnaise but it’s gluten free and non-diary)
– cayenne pepper (high in Vitamins A, C, B complex, calcium and potassium)
– Green Onions
– Black Pepper
– Put on top greens (spinach, kale, green lettuce)
– Low fat Raspberry Vinegrette
– 1 Slice of Rasin Ezekiel bread (you can find this at Trader Joes and other healthy markets)
Just in case you aren’t sure what the Ezekiel bread looks like here is a picture of it. It’s flourless so it goes in the refrigerator.
And, By the way, I do eat the whole can of tuna. Generally women aren’t eating enough protein so make sure to have your fair share of protein don’t skip out on what’s good for your body and your toned lean muscles.
I’ll be giving my top 10 best snacks this week so stay tuned!
Terry says
Thx’s for the new lunch idea! That is one of my problems,
Taking time to prepare a decent meal for myself.
I’m a little burnt out chicken salad.
Good to hear from you!
Ter
Julianna says
AweSome Lunch! I packed this for my lunch today Couldn’t help take a few bites – so yummy! Thank you!!!!!! 🙂
Sylvia Favela says
I love this salad! One of my favorites!
Sylvia Favela says
Hi Terry! It’s great to hear from you. This is one of my favorite lunches to make…
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Susu says
What kind of diet do I have to do(please be specific like what ceitarn foods should I avoid and what should I eat and how often?)? And what exercises should I do(please be really specific like you should sit on the floor and get in a straddle position and lean down the center and hold for 30 seconds) PS:I don’t have a lot of money so it has to not cost a lot and it has to be something that I can do in my spare time because I still have school. I want to be more flexible too so what kind of exercises can I do for that? And how can I learn how to dance without hiring a dancing instructor?.
Sylvia Favela says
Hi Susu…what are your goals? are you looking to lose weight, adopt a healthier eating habits?