Cinnamon-Bun SHAKEOLOGY

Cinnamon-Bun Shakeology

1 scoop Vanilla SHAKEOLOGY

½ tsp cinnamon

½ graham crackers

4 oz almond milk (I use unsweetened vanilla)

4 oz water

12 oz ice (I like mine thicker like a smoothie)

Why I love vanilla SHAKEOLOGY so much?? Even my kids love it and are healthy!! What better thing to do than to teach your kids to be healthy and set a great example for them!!  My 1 year old does not want to give up this shake for anything!! <3

Get your SHAKEOLOGY now in any flavor of your choice!! 

VANILLA

CHOCOLATE
GREENBERRY
VEGAN CHOCOLATE
VEGAN TROPICAL STRAWBERRY

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Join me in my AUG 12th Fitness Challenge Group! Message me for details!

deidra.penrose@yahoo.com

T25 DAY 7~

Today was the last day for my first week of T25! Today I did my 2 extra workouts to make up for my off days this week, so I did cardio, and abs! They definitely gave me a sweat! Here was my meals plan...

Breakfast: Egg whites with bruschetta, reduced fat feta and 1 slice Ekekiel bread
Snack: black bean chips with laughing cow cheese
Lunch: veggie spicy chicken burger
snack: 2 reduced fat graham crackers with natural Peanut Butter
Dinner: SHAKEOLOGY (Strawberry Cheesecake)
Snack: 1 cup kashi go lean mixed berry Cereal

I do feel like I need to improve since the past few days, I have already fallen off a little.  I am OK saying this because, YES I am A Beach Body Coach, BUT I am also HUMAN!! So, my goal for next week, is to have 1 off meal, and stay on track with ALL of my meals! Now, I will be at the beach, BUT I will be grocery shopping tomorrow for everything I need, so I have NO excuses!!  Also, I will keep up with my water intake!! Water is the only liquid I intake, so I do not have issues with that, it is just the amount that I need, sometimes I forget to drink.. I usually do really well when I set myself up to drink 16 oz water 30 min before I eat.. This helps me get the amount of water in I need, along with helping me stay full for longer! 

Excited to start WEEK 2 tomorrow!!!

Day 5 & 6 T25~

So yesterday, we went away to visit family, and it was not so bad at all! I did not do a workout (Doing them Sat and Sun),  but did eat fairly well throughout the day, considering not being home.  Here was my meal plan:

Breakfast: Shakeology

Snack: fat free string cheese, almonds

Lunch: Chili's- Steak fajita trio without the wraps, sourcream,  or guacamole. Extra water

Snack: salsa and tortilla chips (BAD!! )

Dinner: chicken with veggies from my mother’s garden (a huge zucchini baked with feta and tomatoes) which was awesome!!

I felt like an elephant for eating the chips and not working out did not help one bit.. I think the grease from Chili’s was not the greatest either… Better days ahead.. we’re human, it happens!

Saturday, I woke up early and got my workout in (lower body), then I had a fun event promoting beach body and helping people get healthy!! My fellow coach and I were at Safety Day at a Fire Hall where we had a table and had samples of Shakeology, Shakeology no-bake cookies, and discussed all the workouts and supplements that BEACH BODY has.  Our goal was to find people interested in joining us at our FIT club and to motivate people who are ready to make that lifestyle change, to join us on a journey  to a healthier and more fulfilling lifestyle!

While we were there, we drank some samples of SHAKEOLOGY  (maybe had a total of 1 serving, including 3 small shakeo balls), some BBQ habanero almonds (amazing), and drank lots of water since we were in the heat! 

For lunch we had subway (stuck with whole wheat and 6 in bread- portion control).

 Snack: fat free string cheese

Dinner: Chicken Fajitas with peppers and onion, on whole wheat wrap with salsa and jalapenos!

Now I am drained from today and ready for bed so I can wake up and enjoy yet another beautiful day!! 

Be Healthy With Your Kids While Spending Quality Time!!

Many people say, " I cannot be healthy because I do not have time." or "I work all day and when I finally get a chance to get home, I only want to spend it with them." Here is the thing... if you want something bad enough, you will work for it... end of story.  I have been there, done that. I used up every excuse I could throw out there.  Until I found a way to make it work!! What is wrong with playing with your kids while getting your workout, but both of you enjoying the time spent and getting a good laugh?!? If you can find something wrong with that, please let me know!!  I adore my children, but I also work as a nurse and as a Beach Body Coach, so my time is precious with my kids, but I also realize I need to be healthy so I can live a long life and be around for my children as long as possible! Today, while I felt like I needed to workout , but also wanted to spend time with my son, I came up with ways to do both!!

You may think it is silly, but I killed two birds with one stone!!  We had a blast doing it too!!!

I worked out my biceps....

 15 reps x 3 sets does the trick!!

I work out my Quads while also getting my biceps!!!

 I even work out my shoulders!! Yep.. Delts and Triceps too!!

How bout a little push ups to finish off a good workout?!?!

Make it harder and hold one arm and one leg out!! It's all on what you make it!!

He is having WAYYY to much fun with this!!

So this is my life as a MOMMY and a BEACH BODY COACH!! I love my family, but I also love being healthy!!

If you are interested in joining me in my next challenge group and get motivation, accountability, support, nutrition and exercise tips, recipes, and a chance to meet new people and live a healthier lifestyle, contact me!!

Deidra.penrose@yahoo.com

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Can't wait to get to know you and help you on your journey to success!!!

Cinna-Mocha Shakeology!!

Cinna-Mocha

1 scoop Chocolate Shakeology

1 cup skim milk (or almond, or soy milk)

1/4 – 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tbsp instant coffee

Ice to taste

This is for all you coffee lovers out there!!! ENJOY!!!

Watermelon Shakeology!

Watermelon Shakeology!!

1 scoop Tropical Strawberry Shakeology

½ cup watermelon

2 oz water

4 oz almond milk

12 oz ice

BLEND!!!

This is an awesome recipe and is perfect for the nice warm weather!!! I love drinking my shakeo when I am needing a quick snack and running around with the kiddos!!! So convenient and healthy!!!

Fresh Bruschetta

Fresh Bruschetta

So if you know me, I am completely obsessed with bruschetta and feta cheese!! So I felt since I was constantly purchasing it, I need to learn to make it!! I have an awesome garden started, so this is the perfect time for me to make my own bruschetta!! So here is what you need…

INGREDIENTS:

4 medium tomatoes dices into small pieces (I cut out the centers )

½ medium onion diced into small pieces

¼ cup reduced fat feta cheese crumbled

1 tablespoon extra –virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon balsamic vinaigrette

1 tablespoon fresh basil

1 clove garlic chopped

Pinch of Himalayan salt to taste

Pinch of pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS:

Mix all ingredients together, except feta cheese…. I wait until I am ready to serve the bruschetta to mix the cheese in. I also mix all ingredients and place it into the fridge for about 2 hrs prior to serving so the taste settles.

You can use wheat bread or whatever you prefer, but I will say my preference is using Lentil cracked pepper chips!! You get so many for only 120 calories!!!

 Nutrition facts for Fresh Bruschetta per serving:

Calories- 79 grams

fat-4.5 grams

carbs-6 grams

protein-2.5 grams

fiber- 2 grams 

Certified Insanity Instructor!!

Insanity Certified!!

Ok, now I’m catching up.. Last week was a great week.  I took a little road trip to Pittsburgh and got certified as an INSANITY INSTRUCTOR!! I have been working out to Insanity off and on now since my after my first son was born… That was over 2 years ago.  So having done the workout several times, I felt as a BEACH BODY COACH, it is time to instruct others on living the healthy lifestyle and giving people a great challenge to their work out!  INSANITY is the perfect workout for a challenge!!

It is always fun to have a partner along with your journey and I had the opportunity to get certified with my success club partner!! Alyssa and I started just around the same time as BEACH BODY COACHES and have become DIAMOND coaches together!! We are a great team and have awesome memories already as success partners!!

After our workout, we had an awesome dinner with our coach who built the DREAM TEAM (and proud to say my cousin :)) and another Diamond coach on our team/friend and had a wonderful time catching up, learning more information, and relaxing!! Its all about having fun and making your business what you want! Being your own boss has so many benefits and I will say having nice relaxing dinners with the girls is a great perk to my career!!

I am so excited to have the opportunity to help others using the INSANITY work out to help them reach their health and fitness goals!! It will definitely be a challenge for myself with the moves and talking at the same time, but will come with experience and multiple re runs!! I will be searching around the Chambersburg area for a gym to instruct INSANITY at so I will keep you updated!! Until then, I will still of course have FIT club every Wednesday at 6:00 pm at Fayetteville Fire Hall!! If you would like to join me in a workout, message me via email @ deidra.penrose@yahoo.com or via facebook!! Looking forward to helping others achieve their fitness goals!!