Day 19 - Hump Day Dinner was Amazing

Today was a great day! 

It was day 19 of my first round of the 21 day fix. When I'm finished on Friday, I will give a total review on the program! Hint ... it's INCREDIBLE! 

I got in my workout for the day with one of my best friends, who is visiting from Iowa and her little one and my oldest, Abbryella, decided to join us! It was awesome! It's a lot of fun and more competitive (we're both college soccer players) when doing it with someone else. 

Here is Kristen, Addison and Abby getting their workout on!

The rest of the day was super relaxing and come dinner time, I was SO excited HA! You'll see why if you try this!

I made a chicken fajita from the chicken and vegetables that we prepped on Sunday. I used 1 red (chicken), 1 green (mixed veggies), 1 yellow (1 small whole grain tortilla) and 1 blue (shredded cheese). 

This was my first time making it, so I wasn't sure how all of the food was going to fit. I put about half of chicken in the tortilla, all the vegetables and all of the cheese, but 1/2 of the blue (cheese) would have been enough. That's good to know though, maybe I'll add some cheese on my lunch. I just ate the rest of the chicken to get my full serving. 

Here is the finished product and it only took ONE MINUTE to prep (measure in containers) and warm up this baby! THAT is why I LOVE meal prepping! By the way, this was incredibly juicy and OMG I want another! haha!

New Program Coming Soon - PiYo!!

There are tons of benefits that come along with doing Pilates and Yoga on a regular basis, that most of us miss out on because those kind of workouts just "aren't our thing." I'm one of those people. If there is a Pilates or Yoga day during my program, I tend to skip it, because I'd rather do cardio or weights. EVEN though I know how important Pilates and Yoga day are for your body to strengthen, lengthen and lean out your body. I've always thought that to get a good workout/results, you had to jump around and gasp for air, but I'm 100% WRONG! It's time we all take note and realize what these kinds of workouts can actually do for our bodies! It's time to embrace PiYo!

What is PiYo?

PiYo is the new Beachbody workout program that is actually a combination of fine moves from Pilates and Yoga. This program specifically focuses on flexibility and strength training and is best for people who would normally get bored with Pilates and Yoga. PiYo workout program is designed to help you lose weight, build leaner mass muscles, and become stronger and more flexible while you enjoy the workouts.

How does PiYo work?

In PiYo, you'll use your body weight to perform a series of continuous moves, targeted specifically to burn fat as you define ever single muscle in your  body. No weights necessary, no jumping, just your body getting hardcore results!

Is PiYo suitable for me?

PiYo is suitable for EVERYONE, with or without experience. Men, woman, young and old! Chalene states that these workouts are low-impact with high enough intensity to be very effective in building muscles while losing weight. There is no jumping required.

What kind of results can I expect?

Problem areas become NO problem. Plateaus are crushed. You'll get sleek, long arms, sexy, flat abs, a tight, LIFTED bum and the confidence that comes from knowing you have worked hard and look and feel your best.


"PiYo gives you hardcore definition, intense calorie burn, and allover strength - without weights, without jumps, and without destroying your body."
- Charlene Johnson, creator of PiYo


Subscribe to my blog and find me on facebook to find out about updates, release dates, etc!! This is going to be like no other program!

Sunday Meal Prep

Ben and I are now almost finished round 1 of the 21 day fix!!! While we didn't stick to it completely, due to a yucky bug hitting everyone the last week, we are still very into the nutritional part of this program. Which by the way is SUPER easy!

When we started, we dove head first and weren't really prepared for some of the changes. After 2 weeks of messing around with different foods and snacks that are 21 day fix approved, we found what we like and what works for us. We are totally a chicken and mixed veggie stir-fry kinda family!

After 2 weeks of getting a little bored with our choices, we sat down and started creating our own recipes with the foods that we loved! I will share some of them as the week goes on and we make/eat them!!

For now, I wanted to show you how we did our meal prep.

Items we used:
- 2 3-lb things of chicken
- whole grain noodles

How we prepped:
- Ben diced all of the chicken into small bite sized pieces and we cooked them up and separated them into containers.
- I cooked the whole grain noodles, just as I would spaghetti noodles, and placed them in a different container.

Next, Ben cut up veggies below:

Ingredients for 1 batch:
- Handful of snow peas
- 1 small red onion
- 1 small white onion
- 1/2 red bell pepper
- 1/2 orange bell pepper
- 1/2 yellow bell pepper

How Ben cooked them: threw all ingredients into our skillet with 1 tsp olive oil and cooked for 2-3 minutes.

We then placed that in it's own container and put all containers in the fridge. Now, we have everything ALREADY cooked for our meals this week. All we need to do is through our recipe ingredients together, heat and eat!!

Meal prepping was my BIGGEST worry as I was waiting for this amazing program to arrive. Now, it's what I look forward to every weekend! Not only do we have everything planned out so we aren't going to the grocery store clueless and getting a bunch of odds, ends and junk, but now we cook as a family, which really helps the little ones get involved with the foods that we're eating as well! Also, there's no "what's for dinner tonight?" It's all planned out and ready to go!!

I will be posting our new recipes as we eat them this week! Subscribe to my blog and stay tuned, they're going to be deliciously amazing and did I mention ... EASY!!