Anyway, as I promised, here are some of my quick tips, starting with:
Breakfast!!!
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Studies have shown that people who skip breakfast tend to eat more calories later in the day to compensate. You also need a balanced breakfast in order to stay awake (instead of having 3 cups of coffee and crashing later) and have energy for the day. Here are some quick eats for breakfast!
-Apple "sandwiches": Slice apples into their rounds after coring---spread nut butter, add a little granola or dried fruit, and there you go! These are also great snacks.
-Breakfast burrito (quick and dirty way): Pre-cooked bacon (or leftover bacon), scrambled eggs or microwaved egg, cheese, placed in a tortilla and microwaved for 30 seconds.
-Banana pancakes: 1 ripe banana, 2 eggs or 1/2 cup egg beaters, vanilla extract, nutmeg/cinnamon. Mash bananas and mix with eggs until smooth. Makes about 4, 4" pancakes for grab and go!
Exercises!!!
-While watching your favorite show, like Dexter, do several short exercises (jumping jacks, push-ups, burpees, etc.), during commercials, or treat it like a "drinking" game where if something happens more than once, you exercise to it instead of drinking!
-DANCE. I have Dance Dance Revolution, and it can be quite the workout. Playing several songs can get you sweating and your heart rate going! If you don't have this game, don't worry---Make several short playlists of your favorite dance music and do it! I once danced out my anger for over an hour on my bed, and I felt so much better after!
-Sex! Sexual activity, even just kissing is shown to burn calories (about 68 per hour). You don't have to think about the calories burned while "involved", so to speak, because that would take away from the fun! But 1 hour of "vigorous" sexual activity can burn about 150 calories in a half hour!
-Fidgeting. I'll admit, I'm a fidgeter. I always shake/bounce my foot when sitting for long, or kick my legs if I'm laying on my stomach. It won't burn much, but a little extra always helps!
So there you go! Next time I'll offer lunch/snack ideas, and I have some good ones! In the mean time, I want to do a quick review. I know I bring up Trader Joe's a lot, but that's because I love it. I went there a couple days ago and in the sample area fell in love with a mustard. Now, I've always been a yellow mustard kind of a girl. I do like spicy mustards, but in small quantities. I LOATHE honey mustard. But this---this was different. It was magical. Even my mustard loving fiance thought this was the most amazing mustard he's ever had.
This mustard is sweet with a little kick, and only has 10 calories despite said sweetness. It seriously tastes great on everything. I also purchased Applegate Naturals herb turkey breast. I am in love. It has so much incredible flavor, and the mustard complimented it perfectly. It's seasoned with pepper, parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. So you can see how much flavor this has!
The last thing I got was a box of pre-cooked potatoes for convenience. They don't offer cooking instructions---the box just says you can use them how you would any cooked potatoes. I want to have them with beef and carrots, ASAP.
Back to moving now! I should (hopefully) be done moving all the little stuff by tomorrow or Thursday. I am BEYOND excited to move into my new home <3 I hope you all have a lovely week!
-Whit
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