Here in Madison, Wisconsin, it finally felt like summer is coming. We had a beautiful weekend. Summer officially starts in about 10 weeks, so I figured for those of you wanting something to work towards and follow along with, I would come up with a 10 week guide to working towards or even reaching yourContinue reading “10 Weeks Until Summer: Week 1”
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To Cheat, Or Not to Cheat?
If you spend any time looking into fitness and health recommendations, you are bound to come across a steamy topic: the cheat. No, this isn’t cheating on your workout partner with another bro – because that is against the bro code, and you only lift with your main bro on bro arm day, bro… SorryContinue reading “To Cheat, Or Not to Cheat?”
How to Survive a Long Weekend Food Fest, and Still Enjoy Yourself
Overview: Portions still matter, calories still matter Maintain healthy eating patterns Be active, however you can Return to your routine as soon as the trip is over Enjoy your vacation guilt free Reuben Sandwich with fries, authentic Mexican fajitas + 20 oz. margarita, Denny’s Grand Slam* and Gino’s East – Chicago’s famous deep dish pizza.Continue reading “How to Survive a Long Weekend Food Fest, and Still Enjoy Yourself”
Eat Your Veggies…Finally!
Eat more vegetables. It can be heard everywhere, and by every expert that has ever written in the pages of fitness and health magazines, spoken on different day time talk shows, and even spoke to you at your local exercise and health establishment. Sure, it sounds like it is a good idea andContinue reading “Eat Your Veggies…Finally!”
SNAP Challenge: Summary
First things first, I want to note that yes, I did not do a full 7 days of eating, but I can promise that I had plenty of food left at the end of day 6 to make it through one more day. The reason I did not complete the final day was because unfortunately IContinue reading “SNAP Challenge: Summary”
SNAP Challenge – Day 6: Breakfast and Lunch
Day 6 started pretty standard, nothing exciting here… 3 eggs, 1 cup veggies, 1/2 cup dry oats. Stats: Prep Time: 6 minutes Calories: 397 Carbs: 37 grams Fat: 17 grams Protein 25 grams In between breakfast and lunch, I got my 2 servings of fruit in. Had one banana at 10AM, and an orange after myContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 6: Breakfast and Lunch”
SNAP Challenge – Day 5: Breakfast
For BFast today I went with a little more creativity and made a 1 egg, 3 egg white omelet with 3/4 cup mixed veggies and 1/4 cup cottage cheese. 1/2 cup dry oats with 1/2 banana. The omelet was pretty simple to make, just sautéed up the veggies, set aside. Poured the egg and whites into theContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 5: Breakfast”
SNAP Challenge: Day 4 – Breakfast and Lunch
Pretty standard breakfast today, 2 eggs, 2 whites, 3/4 cup oats, 1 cup mixed veggies, and water. I figure no picture is needed since there already are 2 pics of the breakfast of champions on here. Stats: Prep Time: 5 minutes Calories: 438 Carbs: 51 grams Fat: 13 grams Protein: 32 grams My early snack wasContinue reading “SNAP Challenge: Day 4 – Breakfast and Lunch”
SNAP Challenge – Day 2: Final
My final snack of the day was another 1/4 cup of cottage cheese. Final Stats and Thoughts: Calories: 1719 Carbs: 288 grams (67% of calories) Fat: 36 grams (19% of calories) Protein: 98 grams (24% of calories) Cholesterol: 377 mg Sodium: 1593mg Fiber: 63 grams!!! Got more calories in today, but not as much proteinContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 2: Final”
SNAP Challenge – Day 2: Dinner
Dinner tonight was pretty much just a hodge-podge of whatever I felt like throwing in a pot. I decided to go with 3/4 cup kidney beans, 3/4 cup dry whole wheat pasta, 3/4 cup of the canned stewed tomatoes, 3/4 cup of frozen brocoli (added garlic powder). Pretty easy prep for this meal. Boiled the pasta forContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 2: Dinner”