Protein Waffles - A Success!!

I've said about a million times, that I love the Tone It Up ladies! One of their most popular recipes for breakfast seems to be protein pancakes. I am not a huge fan of pancakes, but the hubs just got me a waffle maker. I noticed this post at TIU that someone used their waffle maker to make Protein Waffles.

So, I headed over to TIU to get their protein pancake recipe - which you can get here. I used this recipe, but added some whole wheat flour because I didn't have any bananas to thicken it up. They turned out delicious!!

This is a great healthy and delicious breakfast option!

Look - the waffles are heart shaped - how sweet is my hubby???

P.S. Head over to Tone It Up for great workouts and encouragement!

Motivation to meet Goals

Tone It Up has been an amazing fitness resource! Their latest challenge is the Spring into Bikini Season Challenge. If you're game for some awesome workouts, you should check it out here.

For the beginning of the challenge, they asked the TIU Team to make vision boards to motivate us through our next 8 weeks of the challenge! This was a great exercise in creativity and I thought I'd share :D

Enjoy!

Top 10 Workout Must Haves

Life has sure been busy with school, home, and life. I'm so happy I've gotten into a workout routine where I am working out everyday! It gives me so much energy and it makes me feel really great. Since I spend a decent amount of time working out and in workout gear, I thought I'd share My Top 10 Workout Must Have's:

1. ON Women's Active Sports Bra   2. Tall Running Tights  3. Saucony Women's ProGrid Omni 9 Running Shoe

4. Aveeno Face Continuous Protection Sunscreen  5. A Music Playing Device w/Arm Band  6. Yoga Mat

7. Handweights   8. Workout Capris & Trusty Baseball Cap  9. Sweet Workout Tunes  10.  Workout Resources 


These are what I use on a daily basis. I run, get some other cardio in, and do a lot of strength training.

My favorite product out of all of these are my AMAZING running shoes. I get plantar fasciitis, which is basically when the muscles under your heel get too stressed and have little rips that are really painful. So, to counter this, I need tons of heel padding and support. I have not had a reoccurrence since I switched to my Saucony's!

Tone It Up is definitely right behind my shoes. The awesome ladies over there put out great workouts, know how to motivate people, and provide a great community to get workout support from. It's free and if you're looking for a new kind of working out to get you motivated, TIU is a great place to get started. Go here to check it out.

What are your workout must haves????

Goals, Goals, Goals!

My bestie, Allie, over at A Teaspoon of Life put up her September goals on her blog. To see what she's striving for, go here. To those of you who have only recently been reading my blog, let me explain my wonderful friendship with Allie. We are sisters (sorority sisters) who realized how much we had in common only after I moved away. This means we now text, email, fb, blog, and TIU each other all the time. We talk more now than we ever did in college. This is weird and wonderful. haha.

One of our mutual interests in exercising so we can be healthy and eat delicious food. So, Allie and I became long distance workout buddies. We set goals every week and if we meet all of our goals each week for a whole month, we send each other a present in the mail. Allie is way better at goal setting than me and sets monthly goals as well as weekly goals. In order to try to live up to the awesomeness that is Allie, I'm going to throw out my goals for September, which seem to be going well so far.

Allie uses this sweet acronym for her goals. It is:

S- Specific
T- Time stamped
A- Attainable
R - Reward

So, here are my Setpember goals using Allie's sweet format.

#1 - Meet my weekly workout goals

S - Each week I set a goal of how many times I'd like to work out. So, I'd like to complete each week's goals
T - This means I'll have to work out at least 4 times a week each week.
A - This is doable because I have lots of spare time right now.
R - Not feeling as bad about not working out when we drive all the way to Nor Cal next month (4 days in the car each way)

#2 - Do every Tone It Up Challenge

S-The TIU challenges are really specific, so check in multiple times a day with TIU and do what it says
T - Set aside time each day to do said challenges
A - I'm hoping this is attainable, but it's my first month with TIU, so we'll see.
R - Staying in shape is reward enough!

#3 - Eat healthy

S - Eating health is eating lean, clean, and green. It means no fast food, no fatty comfort foods, and not over indulging on adult beverages.
T - This lasts all month
A - Will power, will power, will power
R - Enjoying myself in Sonoma next month and over indulging in vino while I'm there!

So, these are my goals and I'm hoping they go awesome!!!

P.S. Recipes will be coming soon, I've just been slacking on taking pics :D
P.S.S. If you want your booty kicked, check out the awesome shredmill work out at TIU. Go here for that.

Sunday Runday

Today was Sunday Runday! I got up, leashed up Mack and away we went!

Running lets your mind wander and I found myself thinking about the decade that has passed since 9/11/01. The time has passed quickly with so many  changes along the way. My only hope now as we go forward in this next decade is that America can show even more resilience than we already have and live lives that lit by hope for a better future. I think today's entry over at One Fine Day says it best.

Ghandi also had a good thought:

"When I see despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always."

Since it is Sunday Runday, I thought I'd leave you with this:

I got my miles in this morning. Did you?