Who DOESN'T want awesome abs?!

Right?! Ask anybody, pretty sure you won't hear very many people say, "No thanks. No awesome abs for me."

SO! Who wants an ab challenge? ME ME ME! Found this 6 week challenge and thought it looked doable and generally awesome :)

I'm going to go ahead and start on Tuesday and just skip the first day so I can just follow this as is, but like it says, you can adjust the days to your personal needs :)

So P90X is going GREAT! Just started Phase 2 yesterday, I can definitely feel myself getting stronger... I did some pull ups a couple weeks ago! Feet on the back of a chair, but still! I'm proud of that :) I also bought a jogging stroller and joined a running group on base. I haven't gone to a workout with the group yet because I am so NOT a runner... YET! I'm working on it on my own, and hope to join them in a workout very soon! I'm up to 1.5 miles now... which may not seem like a lot, but for me it's good! :)

Little man hydrating before a run ;)

Snack Attack!

Let me just start off by saying that 30 squats before every meal is kicking my butt... literally! ;)

So today's topic... SNACKS! I LOVE to snack, I would just eat snacks all day long if I could. One of my current goals is to clean up my snacking habits, so I thought in this post I would make a list of some of my favorite HEALTHY snack ideas :) Little tip before I go into the list, *snack size baggies*! They are the PERFECT size to portion out your snacks. And that way, you can grab a little snack size bag of tortilla chips instead of the entire bag. Portion control! Woo! Okay... so snacks!

-Rice cakes with peanut butter
-String cheese
-Raw almonds w/ dried cranberries
-Turkey roll ups (side note... I'm currently trying to get away from buying pre-packaged lunch meat turkey. So many additives!! I will either be finding an INEXPENSIVE organic brand, or I will be experimenting with roasting my own turkey breast...)
-Sliced peach with cottage cheese
-Tortilla chips with salsa
-Banana w/ peanut butter
-Pretzels (I'm on the lookout for the whole wheat kind)
-Veggie sticks w/ hummus
-Pita bread (whole wheat!) w/ melted cheese, hummus, or peanut butter
-Canned tuna or salmon
-Sliced avocado
-Blueberries dipped in honey flavored Greek yogurt and frozen
-Frozen grapes
-Grape tomatoes
-Strawberries
-Greek yogurt w/ granola or whole grain cereal
-Fruit smoothies
-Peanut butter, banana, oatmeal, almond smoothie
-Hard boiled eggs


I'm also starting to experiment with substitutions in baking. I've found some recipes that don't use butter, oil, eggs, or sugar, but plain Greek yogurt, applesauce, and bananas. My first try will be healthy chocolate muffins! Depending on how my little man is later this afternoon, I will be trying them today! If that doesn't work out, I'll make them tomorrow. I will post pictures and the recipe tomorrow! :)

Happy snacking!

Still here I promise!

I know it's been a while since my last post, but I have still been working out! Today starts week 3 of p90x and I am loving it! Sometimes it's a little hard to fit in, because there are a few workouts that are a little over an hour from start to finish, but with some re arranging I've been making it work for the most part! I took 'before' pictures, and at the end of the first 4 weeks I'll take pictures again and post :)

I figured just because I'm doing p90x doesn't mean I can't post some challenges on here right? Right :) Ok so how about this one!

Pretty self explanatory right? 30 squats before each meal! Earn it!

I find that I snack too much throughout the day, and not the healthiest of snacks all the time! So hopefully this squat challenge will make me think before eating each time, and TOMORROW's post will be all about healthy snack ideas! Woohoo!