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20 December 2011

Healthy Meals with a Side of Chritmas Cookies

After waking up 20 minutes late and missing my run with my running group (sorry guys), I still needed to do something to get my metabolism going first thing in the morning.

50 High Knees
20 Reach/Calf Raise to a Toe Touch Stretch

I repeated these simple exercises 4 times through as quickly as possible. My heart was pumping when I was done, which was exactly my goal. I then did about 15 minutes of yoga while I was waiting for Doug to quit hogging the shower.

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, the sweets are flowing here in the office! I planned ahead with some nutrient dense meals to try and curb my cravings for the sweat treats. I started my morning with my Tone It Up Meta-D shake and the Tone It Up Slim Down Scramble. All the Tone it Up recipes are available in their nutrition plan which is incredible and I highly recommend purchasing!




I took some Tazo Green Tea in my travel mug and headed to work. I honestly had every intention of having half a grapefruit for my mid-morning snack but instead indulged in a few Christmas cookies. I'm not gonna lie...I have no will power when it comes to cookies.

Lunch today will be left over Chicken Chili. This is my own recipe and it's really quite simple. I load my chili up with veggies! Ingredients are orange and yellow bell peppers, black beans, red chili beans, zucchini, onion, ground chicken, chili powder and cayenne pepper.This dish is packed with protein and fiber! I didn't take a pic of the chili however I do have a pic of my lunch from yesterday.




This is a tossed salad with mixed greens, baby spinach, red onion, yellow peppers, mushrooms, avocado and coconut curry tempeh. No need for dressing with all those flavors!!

Tonight's workout with be very much needed after all of my indulging! I'll probably do a 1 Body Rock workout, 1 Tone It Up workout and 30-45 min of cardio.

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