Fit Is The New Black

Breakfast:

Strawberry & Banana

Smoothie, made with:

7-8 Frozen Strawberries

1 Banana

2 cups of unsweetened vanilla almond milk

Honey

1 Scoop of Vanilla Vegan Protein Powder

Lunch:

Salad, made with:

2 Cups of mixed greens

5 cherry tomatoes

1 TBS of hummus

1/2 avocado

Onions

1 roasted beet, sliced up into chunks

Dinner:

1 Veggie burger with:

4 cherry tomatoes

1/2 avocado

Hummus

Breakfast: Avocado mashed with hummus and raisins.

Workout

4 miles jog

Weighted squats

Underhand cable pulldowns

Forward and backward lunges

Side leg raises

Donkey kicks

Lower ab raises

Weighted Russian Twist

Seated Cable Rows

Weighted Crunches

Weighted leg extensions

Lunch: Some Kind of Wonderful Smoothie

(Recipe)

½ block of silken tofu

½ cup of blueberries

1/3 cup of mango chunks

½ cup of 100% pinapple juice

Honey

2 TBS of Vanilla vegan protein powder

Dinner: Scrambled tofu w/spinach, tomatoes,  and hash browns.

Fit is the New Black has a new column!!! I get a lot of questions via my Tumblr about fitness and diet. I’ve always made it clear that I am not a licensed professional, but I think people come to me because they know I’m living the stuff I talk about and that I give honest and personal answers, oppose to the tired ‘eat a balanced diet and be active’ thing so many sites and magazines give. I use to post my workout and diet every day on Tumblr, but after awhile I got tired of that. Seriously, my routine and diet can stay the same for months. Who wants to read about me running 4 miles again?

Well, apparently some of you do, which is why I’ve created the page ‘Workout With Me & Eat With me’. It will be updated 1-2 times a week, appearing as an additional feature post, as well as a link to the post in its allotted section (on site NOT TUmblr).

The purpose of the section? Just to give a little glimpse into what I do on a regular basis; homemade fitspiration, if you will. I won’t post every single workout or meal I have, but like I said, you’ll get a glimpse in the day of my life. Please share your workout routines with me, questions, and anything else you feel moved to do. The whole point of this site is to build a community of fitness and health enthusiast. Now, without further ado, here are some of the workouts and eats I’ve been enjoying the last few days.

Sunday’s workout consisted of 30 minutes on the elliptical, doing a series of hills with resistance. I also covered 4 miles on the treadmill, jogging and walking. To top it off I performed back extensions with 60 pounds, as well as leg extensions with 10 pounds. I filled my day with protein drinks and smoothies, started with a protein shake of vegan protein, unsweetened vanilla almond milk, vanilla vegan protein powder, 1/2 a scoop of muscle milk, flax seed, honey and ice. Later I had a fruit smoothie made with a packet from the Kaeng Raeng cleanse I did, extra strawberries, 2 TBS of vegan protein powder, fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, and some pineapple juice. I finished the night off with a Cesar salad at the diner.

[caption id=”attachment_1511” align=”aligncenter” width=”500”] Apparently I’m doing a tribute to bumble bees all over the world. So much black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow.

Working on make my abs more defined. Peach Perfect Protein Shake

Top photo is of me doing doing leg lifts to work my lower abs. I hate them but they work! If doing them on the floor hurts your back or bum, try doing them on an abench or mat. Second photo is a pre-workout protein shake, made with vanilla vegan protein powder, unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 2 TBS of chocolate muscle milk, PB and a ton of ice. I’ve been on a kale chip kick recently, hence the third photo. Someone tell me why I pay $8 bucks for these things when I can make them myself. Correction, my mom, a fabulous cook, can make them for me. Please ignore the random shot of my nails. I take photos of them compulsively. The last photo is another liquid creating-blueberries, banana, pineapple juice, and protein powder. Yum, yum, yum. Hope you liked the first edition of Eat & Workout with me. Let me know what workouts you are doing. Tell me what you’re eating. I’m weird. These things really interest me.

Menu

Soy latte

Blackberry Surprise smoothie-Learn the surprise on Thursday!

Life is Peachy smoothie-Recipe will be posted Thursday!

2 Hail Merry raw & vegan chocolate macaroons

Salad made of mixed greens, butternut squash, cherry tomatoes, avocado, and a dressing of dijon mustard, honey, olive oil, liquid aminoes, fig vinegar, and Spike seasoning.

Workout

2.5 mile sprints

20 minutes on elliptical (levels 17, 12 with 6 resistance, 10, 9, and 3 for cool down portion)

Hanging leg lifts

Crunches

Rotary Twist machine with 35 pounds

Lunges

Back extensions with 20 pounds

Arm raises with 5 pounds

Leg lifts on abench

1.5 power walk

I also cleaned the apartment with my boyfriend from 3-6!! We’re talking major mopping!

I’m sick, but I went to the gym because I didn’t go yesterday. Don’t worry, I made sure to sanitized my hands and the machines I used.

4 mile interval jog

30 minutes on elliptical with level 2 resistance when working on glutes

Back extensions with 24 pounds

Lunges

Crunches

Leg raises on stability ball

Crunches on stability ball

Hanging knee raises

Weighted crunches with 30 pounds

Arm raises with 3 pounds

Donkey kicks

Standing side leg raises

Stretches

Lunch

I need to boost my immune system, so a smoothie seemed the best way to go.

Pineapple Blueberry Smoothie, made with unsweetened almond milk, fresh and frozen pineapple, frozen blueberries, a very ripe banana, and some ice.

Workout

1.5 walk

2 miles of running at 5.4-5.6mph

40 minutes on elliptical

.5 mile walk on incline

Crunches on abench

Reverse Leg lifts

Standing side leg raises

Hanging knee raises

Weighted crunches

Lunges

Butt lifts

Food

Soy latte

2 soy yogurts from Stony Fields

Peanut Butter and a protein bar

Mango & Blueberry protein smoothie

Hummus and dried fruit

* Ok, so I start trying to clean eating tomorrow, and seriously I’m trying to do it now and all I can say is WHAH!!! I looked at the sugar content of my yogurt and you know how much a tiny container of that stuff had?? 12 grams!!! What the hell?!?! Soy yogurt is suppose to be healthy.  I still have a bunch in my fridge, but I guess I’ll have to consider them “dessert” until they are done. I’m really going to have to start cooking for this thing to work. Tomorrow I’ll be looking up the “how to” eat clean thing. Perhaps I’ll post on it?

Workout

1 mile power walk

3 mile run, keeping the average speed of 5.6mph

30 minutes on elliptical (levels 5, 10, 12, 17, 9)

Lunges

Rotary twist machine with 35 pounds

Hanging knee raises

Lower leg raises

Back extensions with 20 pounds

Crunches on abench

Arm lifts

Crunches on stability ball

.5 mile walk

Stretches

Food

Breakfast:

Soy latte

Lunch:

Hummus, dried fruit

Dinner:

Scrambled tofu w/veggies, hash browns

Chopped avocado

3 raw/vegan macaroon bites

I’ve been really tired today, but I pushed myself to hit the gym because I know I probably won’t workout tomorrow.

4 mile run

30 minutes on ellipitcal

Toning exercises- you know the drill.

I just made a strawberry & Banana smoothie, but it isn’t that great. I’m out of vanilla protein powder, so there is no real body to the drink. I don’t even want to drink it, but that crap cost money and I need to eat something.

Now I need to get some work done.

I’m thinking of doing a 30 day clean eating challenge. I’ve been eating okay for the most part, but I feel sort of lethargic-probably not enough protein in my diet again.  It would start March 1. Is anyone else interested in that? If you are, message me and I’ll try to come up with something simple enough for everyone to follow/support one another.

I feel like I’ve been MIA lately, guys. I’m sorry. I’ve been spending most of my time writing or traveling, then writing some more. I spend so much time I’m my computer that when it comes time to relax the first thing I want to do is turn the damn thing off!!!

Food Journal

Breakfast:

Soy Latte

Lunch:

Blueberry & Pineapple protein smoothie

Dinner:

Salad made with romaine lettuce, cucumbers, red peppers, 1/2 of a avocado, and onions.

Rice chips