Motivate Me Monday

Welcome back to Motivate Me Monday ladies!!




Last week I dared you to eat clean for the week...how did you do?!

I did great!

and made clean french toast a couple times too!

via instagram: CLEAN CHOCOLATE FRENCH TOAST for #breakfast y'all! I was just a little tired of eating eggs and toast every morn. I made this with egg whites, almond milk and cinnamon as your egg mixture. 2 slices of Ezekiel bread. 1/2 banana. PB2 peanut butter. And I didn't have any agave syrup :-( so I made a chocolate sauce with unsweetened cocoa powder, water and stevia sweetener. So good!!!!

via instagram: More clean French toast on this Saturday morn :-) made with egg whites almond milk and cinnamon for the egg mixture. Topped with unsweetened cocoa powdered mixed with water and stevia. #pb2 peanut butter. Raspberries and agave nector as my syrup! I devoured this I think in less than a minute lol!

plus we had a Mexicano night!

via instagram: What's for dinner...mexicano. A stir fry of chicken, bell peppers, Jalopenos, and mushrooms. Topped with organic guacamole wrapped in an organic corn tortilla.

See...eating clean doesn't have to be completely boring!

A lot of you ladies have been asking for a meal plan. I really don't have one and I have no clue how to make one but below is what I could be eating daily. Just make sure you're eating every three hours. I love my overnight oats. I don't even know if this is a balanced meal plan...so don't go quoting me on this!!!

I am not a nutritionist...this is just what I eat personally.

Have fun with it tho. I made one night into mexicano night. change out your eggs one morning for the clean french toast. Change out your chicken for some shrimp over a salad. Follow me on instagram and I'm sure you will find more recipes of what I'm eating. Also, follow other Instagramers that tag #cleaneating . That's what I did.
And if you are looking for a workout routine...I posted this one last year and it's still a great workout.

If you ladies have any questions let me know!

now get your butt to the gym ladies!! AND eat clean again this week!!!

after linking up with Ashley and I today of course!!

xoxo

manda

Motivate Me Monday...

Welcome back to Motivate Me Monday ladies!!

I have to say that I ate clean all week long last week and it felt great! I feel so much lighter.
However I ate pizza today and feel like blah right now...but back to eating clean again this week.

Did you know that I pretty much only cook twice a week?!?!

Prepare your meals!

That will keep you eating better for sure.

I prepare two days worth of meals every day. I cook a ton of chicken and what I don't use for the two days worth of meals...I freeze and use later in the week.

Meal planning and prepping helps keep me eating clean during the week...I don't run out of meals and head to the vending machine for a snack.

Eat 5 to 6 small meals a day...every three hours.

Here are a few of my meals from last week...if you follow me on Instagram...you've already seen these!

1/4 cup egg whites with sauteed veggies and Ezekial bread topped with hot sauce!

overnight oats with blueberries and strawberries

lots of butternut squash in my sauteed veggies!

lean ground turkey meat with sauteed veggies

so what does my grocery list look like?

egg whites

ezekial bread

organic corn tortillas for clean taco days!

tons of chicken, shrimp and ground turkey

almond butter or peanut butter

hot sauce

steel cut oats

almond milk

cottage cheese

vanilla greek yogurt

blueberries

raspberries

strawberries

bananas

avocados and organic guacamole

TONS of jalopenos

precut veggies for stir fry including:

kale

cabbage

squash

zucchini

red potatoes

bell peppers (green and colored)

mushrooms

onions

butternut squash

I dare you to eat clean this week and link up and tell us about it on Monday!

I dare you!!!!

You'll feel great and I swear I had more energy than I have had in a while!

now get your butt to the gym ladies!!

after linking up with Ashley and I today!!

xoxo

manda

Motivate Me Monday...

It has been quite a few weeks since I've done a Motivate me Monday. I guess I haven't felt very motivated lately.

However this last week after eating so much crap...I feel like blah. 

Since I just started back at crossfit...I decided I will be eating clean! We already eat fairly good but I'm really taking it to the next step!

I am buying organic for sure! And not going to eat anything processed during the week. The weekends will be a little different and I wont be so strict. I would go crazy if i couldnt slack at least a little bit.

I have been stalking instagram with people who eat clean and they are such an inspiration!

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Today..I am starting my day off with overnight oats.

Steel cut oats, almond milk, vanilla greek yogurt, strawberries, and a little cocoa and peanut butter.

breakfast is the most important part of the day for sure!! I made them into mini jars because I am eating every three hours as usual! 

Im sure by now there is a photo on instagram ;-)

This is the easiest breakfast ever so no excuses!

now get your butt to the gym ladies!!

after linking up with Ashley and I today!!

xoxo

manda

Motivate Me Monday

It's that time again!

Y'all I have to be honest...I feel gross.

Even tho I have been working out at the gym...I have not been eating the best and I can fell it.

I haven't done crossfit in a few months and I can tell my body has changed. It's not near as fit as it was.

so...I am starting back with crossfit next week.

Thank goodness.

Even though its hell sometimes...Id rather be beat up by barbells than feel like I'm feeling right now!

so here's some inspiration!

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now get your but to the gym ladies!!

after linking up with Ashley and I today!!

xoxo

manda

Motivate Me Monday!

Hey there!!!

so It's Monday and I am back with Motivate Me Monday!

 

 

 

 

Ok...so I got a lot of comments from you ladies regarding my arms while looking at photos of me in my wedding dress!

 

you can have awesome arms too!!

I promise!!

 

I created this vlog a while back with three different tyoes of push ups that will definitely tone your arms!

 

Also...I have been rowing a TON lately and I really believe this is helping as welll.

 

Click here for a clip if you aren't quite sure how to use the rowing machine.

 

I promise...this is seriously such a great workout...works your whole body...even your butt and stomach! Just be sure to keep your tummy tight the whole time!

 

 

Do these two things and you're on your way to great arms!!

 

 

 

 

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now get your but to the gym ladies!!

after linking up with Ashley and I today!!

 

xoxo

manda

 

Motivate Me Monday - Rowing

Hi ladies!!

Rowing 

is my new fav type of cardio.

I leave the gym drippin' with sweat a I don't normally when I do the elliptical or the stair stepper.

I will be doing tons of cardio from now until the wedding! I went to the gym 6 times last week!

Just set your mind to it and you can do it!

Hope y'all have a great day ladies!!

Link up and tell me about anything fitness related!

Don't forget to visit my co-host Ashley..she is back rom having her beautiul baby girl and ready to get in shape!!!

Xoxo

Manda

Motivate Me Monday

Oh you guys...

For the past two Sundays I have worked out! Normally...I only go to the gym 2 or 3 days a week.

I feel like I've been eating 'not so healthy'.

This week I'm gonna work super hard! Plus...I need to be able to maintain my weight and size because my wedding dress fit perfect a couple weeks ago!

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Hope y'all have a great day ladies!!

Link up and tell me about anything fitness related!

Don't forget to visit my co-host Ashley!!

Xoxo

Manda

Motivate Me Monday...

It's Monday Ladies!

SOOOOOO sorry I wasn't here last Monday.

I had the whole week off last week and didn't get much done at all...not near what I wanted to get done.

We are closing in on the last month of the wedding and I need all the motivation I can get, ladies!

 

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I already know I will be struggling with getting into the gym...but I MUST!

 

Hope y'all have a great day ladies!!

Link up and tell me about anything fitness related!

Don't forget to visit my co-host Ashley!!

xoxo

manda



Motivate Me Monday

It's Monday Ladies!

You know how I touched up last week here on that I was 30 years old?!?!

Well...I am actually loving my 30s so far!
I have noticed such a change since I've been doing crossfit.

I feel like I haven't been in this good of shape in soooo long.

Why in the world did I let me 20's fly by barely working out?

Granted I only make it to a couple crossfits a week but that's better than nothing!

I have so much more confidence in my body when I work out and eat right.

So get off your butt ladies!!! And get movin' this week!

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Hope y'all have a great day ladies!!

Link up and tell me about anything fitness related!

Don't forget to visit my co-host Ashley!!

xoxo

manda

Motivate Me Monday

It's Monday Ladies!

Oh man...

So you ladies know that I have been struggling to get to crossfit lately.

Well I finally made it to Crossfit two times last week...
which was my goal!!!

Yay me!

Why did I ever slack off to begin with?
It felt soooooo good to get back in the swing of things.

I forget how good it makes me feel.
Even tho I may not be able to walk for a couple days or even hold my arms up to wash my hair haha. Yes sometimes its that bad. Even bruises on my collar bone from push presses!

But that's what makes it so awesome.
I know I'm doing my body good!

Now get after it ladies!
This is your week!

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My bachelorette party starts the 17th and I wanna be tip top!!! haha...not that two weeks is gonna do much!

Hope y'all have a great day ladies!!

Link up and tell me about anything fitness related!

Don't forget to visit my co-host Ashley!!

xoxo

manda

Motivate Me Monday...

It's Monday Ladies!

So you may or may not know that Eric and I eat pretty healthy during the week...not perfect but decent.

I prepare all of our meals...even weigh them out!

Then come weekend...we havea big dessert on Friday nights and prob on Saturday as well. Plus our M&Ms on Sunday. We may even get donuts on Sunday too.

I mean...come on...you can't eat strict 24/7.

I would go crazy!

Needless to say...once Monday rolls around...we feel like blah.

So this weekend and going forward...we are going to cut back on how much junk we eat. We'll still get our Friday dessert but in a smaller portion.

I already feel better.

Just by changing a few little things in your diet...you can see so much change.

Diet really plays a huge part...you can work out all you want...but if you only eat junk...you won't see the results you are looking for.

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 Hope y'all have a great day ladies!!

Link up and tell me about anything fitness related!

Don't forget to visit my co-host Ashley!!

xoxo

manda