The keys to planning

Just like workout out it is helpful to have a meal plan as well. This will not only help you make easy decisions when it comes dinners and helps save money when you are buying groceries.

I took the time this past week to plan out two weeks of meals and made a shopping list for it. This enables me to not buy things I don't truly need and makes meal time a little less stressful when in a rush.

I am still keeping up with the healthy desserts. I made a pudding dessert last night and it was delicious. It had chocolate and vanilla pudding with strawberries and just a spoonful of whipped cream. It definitely hit my sweet spot for the night.

Behold the healthy carrot cake

So I am successfully back on my kick of finding delicous healthy desserts. I found a recipe for a carrot cake in Fitness Magazine and made it this past week. Each serving is 121 calories, and for a sweet treat it does not taste to bad. I do have to say it tastes better chilled then warm. The frosting you make has light cream cheese in it and with it warm did not taste all that good but as soon as it all chilled it had a much better flavor to it.
The nice part about these recipes are that they are made from scratch. The picture in the magazines always looks better than in person but oh well.

Nutty Carrot Cake Bars

Go to www. diabeticlivingonline.com/recipe/cakes/nutty-carrot-cake for complete recipe.

Stretch to a new healthy you

Stretching is a key component of starting a new healthy lifestyle. Stretching not only reduces injuries it also helps reduce soreness after a workout or a cardio workout.
Are you a person who suffers form chronic lower back pain? Do you realize that it could all be just because your hamstrings are tight?

Here a some simple stretches I challenge you to add into your daily tasks and let me know how they make you feel after a few weeks.

Making time for exercise

As most of you have probably experienced before to acheive a workout goal you must create and plan and stick to a routine. Even for myself as a personal trainer I struggle to make sure I squezz in some worjout or cardio time each day.

I have been working on picking up running though I have made it out three times in the past two weeks. One downside of living in Texas is when your break in the day is at noon it is just a little to hot to be running outside. I need to start schduleing my runs at the end of the day, and stick to it.

Tomorrow I will pick up some ingredients to make another fabulous and healthy dessert. I will keep you posted on how it tastes and how eary or hard it is to make.

New Goals...

So I get on many kick each month and try to stick to it and then end up having so other great idea I want to try. Well I am still doing the "healthy desserts", though i do have to say I eat one quick mocha treat each night and that is enough, so no new desserts yet since I still have a few left but I am sure by the end of this week I will be testing out a new recipe.

I have been out running in the local park these past couple of days and have decided to make it my short term goal to run at least 2-3 times a week this summer in prep for starting 5K's in the Fall. Right now with work I can get off all Saturdays but my goal for my business is to get it to where I train Monday-Friday and have the weekends off. So come septemberish time I will be looking into local and near by 5K's and enjoying running again.

It is a great way for myself to lose the few extra pounds I want to drop and get my legs and abs into runner shape before kids come along.

I must add in this picture, I need to stop taking photo shoots in my bathroom, but I have come to a time in life when I am proud of my body, and for myself and many women that is a big struggle.

Quick mocha Pots de Creme

SO I attemped my first "healthy" dessert yesterday. I found the recipe in Fitness Magazine. I do have to say the recipe was easy to follow and in total I think it took me about 15 minutes. Now after eating one I was satisfied. There was enough chocolate to please my craving and I got to save some for later. Now this recipe I don't think I would make again just for myself but definitely if I was going to a dinner party I would make and bring.

Quick Mocha Pots de Creme
Makes: 15 tarts
Prep: 20 Mins

1 Cup Semisweet Chocolate pieces
1/4 cup whipping cream
1 TBS instant espresso coffee powder
1 2.1 ounce package of baked miniature phyllo dough shells

Melt chocolate, cream, and espresso coffee powder over low heat.
Remove form heat,Let stand 10 minutes to thicken
Spoon into phyllo shells
Let stand 15 minutes
Top with whipped cream just before serving.Mine did not turn out as good as the picture but I was satisfied. I would give this a 3 out of 5.