we had such a great Christmas weekend/week.
we left for my hometown on saturday morning and stayed until tuesday. sunday we spent Christmas with 2 sets of grandparents, and monday night we had a nice dinner and exchanged presents with just the 6 of us (my parents, my brother and his girlfriend, and michael and me).
michael and i celebrate Christmas together on Christmas Eve. we went to our church's candlelight service, which was so great, then did presents and watched movies afterward. it was perfect!
yesterday we celebrated with the seguras, my in-laws. it's always such a fun time with them, especially seeing our nieces and nephew get so excited about gifts.
i'll share a few pictures from our Christmas week later on, but for now i'm focused on healthy eating and fitness! i don't know about you, but after eating what i want and not working out for several days, i'm ready to get back on the wagon.
here's my plan for beating the post-holiday bulge:
- green smoothie overload
- i love green smoothies. my best friend turned me on to these awhile back (see her blog here!) and they are so great for packing in nutrients and not packing on pounds. the recipe i use is very simple: half a banana, half an avocado, half a pear, about 1/4-1/2 cup of plain non-fat greek yogurt, and v8 fusion lite strawberry banana. blend and go! this recipe makes one smoothie. i typically make several at once, put them in mason jars, and keep them in the fridge. they're good for a few days like that. i'm planning on having one for breakfast and lunch today and tomorrow to get my system back in fighting shape. :)
- workout consistency
- i am a huge fan of jillian michaels' workout videos, and i got a new one for Christmas! i've done her 30 day shred video series a couple of times in the past and loved it, so i asked for the ripped in 30 dvd. it's a similar idea as 30 day shred (3 minutes strength training, 2 minutes cardio, 1 minute abs), which i love, but she incorporates different moves, which is nice. i'm pretty sure i could do the entire 30 day shred video by memory, so it's great to switch it up a little. i did level 1 this morning and loved it!
- i alternate days for my early morning workouts...meaning, today i did a fairly intense cardio-based workout, and tomorrow i'll do a more low-impact (less sweaty) workout like yoga, pilates, or my favorite tracy anderson mat workout video. that combination works well for me and helps build and maintain my endurance while also increasing flexibility and sculpting lean muscles.
that's my plan, simple as it may be. i believe that being healthy is about 20% exercise, 80% diet, so i challenge everyone to clean up their food for the next week or 2 especially! this is a great time to make over your meals and start incorporating some sort of daily exercise into your life.
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