We are on week three and doing great! I have gained 2% muscle, dropped 3% body fat and have lost 6 pounds, which I did not mean to lose, I’m FREAKIN hungry all the time, though. Rich is losing weight and getting totally cut. Nice! I talked to my partner in this program, Doctor of Chiropractic, Bethany Barnes about this and she suggested getting more good fats. So, today I began adding organic coconut oil to my smoothies. It is really good.
Our daily regime looks something like this:
Wake
Take the two indoor dogs outside
Look at the sunrise
Go back to bed and
Meditate
Read my affirmations
Cook breakfast
Get kids to school with Rich’s major help
Go to teach Hot Yoga (Rich will come to practice because he doesn’t teach as many yoga classes as I do)
Eat a snack usually a GF protein bar and detox tea
Work at my studio, Dynamic Yoga 4 Love
Eat a GF snack
Go home and hang with the kids
Eat another snack, like Hummus and GF crackers or nuts or a shake or green smoothie
Teach another Hot Yoga class
Eat dinner, some days it’s really well rounded on the nights I don’t teach.
Snuggle with kids in their bed
Time to blog or work online
Then its hanging with the hubby
Bedtime in our super comfy ahhh TempraPedic adjustable bed
Read
Update calendar in my iPhone for tomorrow planning
Read affirmations most nights
Sleep
(Today I had a lovely super long hot stone massage by Kristi, Dragonfly Spa therapist at the studio! I’m SORE and totally detoxed!)
Ok here’s two of the latest recipes:
Butternut Squash Soup~ in a high horsepowered blender, it actually cooks! After 8 minutes it’s steaming hot and delicious.
(we double this)
2C vegetable broth or stock
Or hot water with 3 Veggie bouillon cubes
1C baked, peeled Butternut Squash
1/8 small onion, peeled
1/2 medium apple
1/2t onion powder
1/4t nutmeg
1/4t Thyme, dried
1/4t Rosemary, dried
1/4t Marjoram, dried
1/8t White Pepper
1/2t Sea Salt
Place on Speed 1 for 1 min., move to speed 8 to 10 for 6-7 min until steam rises when cracked lid. Add 1/4C heavy cream (leave out if vegan and dairy free). Blend 20 seconds. Serve with GF bread, toasted.
To bake squash:
Preheat oven to 350
Cut in half lengthwise and remove seeds
Cost in coconut oil
Place faced down on pan
Check in 30 min, cut off cooked portions, perk, set aside
Return hard parts of squash to oven may add more coconut oil
Repeat until done (adapted from VitaMix Whole Foods Recipes Cookbook
Otherwise it’s a huge loaded green smoothie and a snack like tonight:
Here’s the latest from my kitchen to you:
Greener Than Green Smoothie
(All ingredients are always organic when possible)
2C Coconut Milk
2-3T Agave Nectar
2-3t Lecethin Granules
3 med Kale leaves
1 cored Granny Smith apple
2 Kiwi- peel if conventional
2 Scoops Juice Plus Complete Protein Powder
1-2T Coconut Oil
12oz glass of filtered ice water
