Having grown up naturally skinny I was often told “wow you must eat nothing but salad!” I didn’t have a salad until I was 17. But as I came up on my metabolism starting to slow down I decided to be proactive and start working out and eating healthier, rather than gaining a bunch of weight and then having to work it all off. Once I noticed I had gained more weight than I felt comfortable in, I went on a super hyper active only organic diet and working out everyday and sometimes twice a day. I was in complete terror of being out of shape and it preventing me from following my dreams as a model. Looking back now on the 10 months that I did that, I had reached where I wanted to be but I was still trying so hard to have that “goal body” that I couldn’t even see that I had achieved it. Which was more unhealthy than anything I could have eaten. As my body was becoming healthier, I was being more unhealthy mentally. Summer came along and there was more time away from home and more fast food, alcohol, and less at home organic meals.
Today, having gone through all of this, I feel that I have sorted out what work outs work for me and what diet I can maintain. I don’t refer to “diet” as what I can and can’t eat, so reading this please keep in mind that when I use the term “diet” I am referring to whatever I do eat, not what I can or cannot eat. I have found lots of healthy foods that taste good are good for my body, and are easy and quick to prepare. But don’t get me wrong I do still enjoy junk food, I ate Papa Johns pizza just last night (not thin crust, not spinach Alfredo, just regular delicious unhealthy junk-food-cheese pizza.) For me, healthy isn’t always, but I do try to make it often. Sorry, Just being honest! You guys have been asking me what it is I do to workout, and what my diet consists of, so in this article I am giving you some insight to my gym-life, and some recipes for my favorite healthy meals. I’ve even made a list of the songs I have on my workout playlist so you can listen to what gets me to run that extra mile and squat that extra set.
Today, having gone through all of this, I feel that I have sorted out what work outs work for me and what diet I can maintain. I don’t refer to “diet” as what I can and can’t eat, so reading this please keep in mind that when I use the term “diet” I am referring to whatever I do eat, not what I can or cannot eat. I have found lots of healthy foods that taste good are good for my body, and are easy and quick to prepare. But don’t get me wrong I do still enjoy junk food, I ate Papa Johns pizza just last night (not thin crust, not spinach Alfredo, just regular delicious unhealthy junk-food-cheese pizza.) For me, healthy isn’t always, but I do try to make it often. Sorry, Just being honest! You guys have been asking me what it is I do to workout, and what my diet consists of, so in this article I am giving you some insight to my gym-life, and some recipes for my favorite healthy meals. I’ve even made a list of the songs I have on my workout playlist so you can listen to what gets me to run that extra mile and squat that extra set.
The Foods:
Again, I don’t always eat as healthy as I could. I do still many eat healthy tough. Starting my morning with Green tea with organic honey from a local farmers market. Here are some of my favorite healthy meals. I absolutely am in love with acai, even though I can’t get it where I live. But I can get acai juices, so what I do is I pour some of the juice into a bowl, add organic granola with hemp, flax, and chia seeds, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple, a banana, and a little bit of honey on top! Its so filling and so nutritious!
A dinner favorite of mine is pasta, ah, I love pasta its my weakness. Half a cup of penne pasta, one cup of steamed broccoli cuts, and maybe some parmesan cheese on top! So easy to make,very little clean up, and its a lot better for you than microwave dinner!
A great and easy to make snack that I love is kale chips. It doesn’t take many ingredients either, some kale, coconut oil, a splash of sea salt even maybe. Lay cut of kale in small pieces on a cookie sheet, pour melted coconut oil over them, bake for 15 minutes. You can munch all day and intact so few calories but so much nutrients!
The Workout:
This is not my entire workout! This is a glimpse into some of the things that I feel do the most for my body. Starting with cardio. My best cardio is running, which sucks I know. But this running workout is the easiest running experience you’ll have I promise.
Walk for five minutes. Run for 3 minutes. Walk for 3 minutes. Run for 3 minutes. Repeat this 5 times, and you will have ran for 15 minutes total! (I usually put the incline on 10 while I do the walking portion to get as much cardio as possible out of simple walking.) After running I bike for 10 miles. I try to stay between 85-100 RPM.
The next part of my workout is quick, and harder.
1 minute doing as many push up planks as possible
1 minute jumping jacks
1 minute mountain climber
1 minute cycling crunch
1 minute high knees
2 sets of 25 toe touch squats
The Playlist:
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