Tips for using Your Time Wisely

Fitness should be a part of your everyday life, like eating and sleeping. All you need is 30 minutes of exercise 5-6 each week. But when you're busy, it can be hard fit it in each day. Here are some tips for using your time wisely.

Did you know you're already exercising!!

Are you walking from the car to your office?

Taking the stairs instead of the elevator?

Gardening/mowing or snow shoveling/snow blowing?

Playing with your kids?

Good news — you're working out. Doing everyday activities and chores can improve your health, and burn calories all without going to the gym. 

Now that you know, look for other opportunities to work out while you're doing other things: 

·         While you're on the phone, do simple stretches or walk in place.

·         Do brief neck and shoulder exercises at your office or while you're watching TV.

·         Do squats or jumping jacks during commercial breaks.

·         Try a "squeeze ball" to tone your arms, flex your hands, and relieve stress.  

·         Park your car farther out.

·         Walk to deliver a message, rather than calling.

·         Pace up and down in your office as you read reports or memos.

·         Walk with your kids to the park, their play dates, or school.

Adding these simple activities when you are tight on time or even making them part of your daily routine permanently will all add up to better health. You're off to a great start. Keep going!

Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps

This easy to make meal is not only amazing but it's also 21 day fix approved! Depending on your allotted containers for the day, the ones you will need are red, green and blue (if you use cheese) 

Ingredients:

-1 lbs ground chicken
-Hot Sauce (I use Franks Cayenne Pepper Sauce)
-Romaine Lettuce
-Red Onion
-Carrot Shreds
-Tomato
-Bleu Cheese and/or bleu cheese crumbles
-Himalayan Salt
-Garlic Powder

Directions:

Cook the ground chicken, once cooked, drain the juice/fat then add in some water, just a little. Salt/Garlic powder to taste, then add in the hot sauce. I am terrible at measuring, you don't need all that much but enough to give it a good covering. Let it simmer on low for a few mins. In the meantime, cut up the red onion and tomato and get your lettuce wraps washed and ready to go. 

Layer all your ingredients on your wraps and top with a little bleu cheese or bleu cheese crumbles if desired. I used a tiny bit of a bleu cheese yogurt dressing. Enjoy! :-)

Detoxing  Myths

There are many different types of detoxes, some of the most popular ones being juice cleanses and herbal tea detoxes. With juice cleanses, most of the time you are required to only drink either home made juices or expensive pre-packaged ones, such as cold pressed juices. The trouble with this is that juice cleanses don’t encourage you to eat real food, they work on the idea that drinking enough water alongside the juice will “cleanse” you and help you to lose weight. Yes, you may lose weight, but probably not the way you were wanting to and most gain it all back.

If you are depriving your body of essential amino acids (protein) and fatty acids, and important minerals. Sometime your body can compensate by getting these nutrients from your body’s own stores, such as muscle tissue for protein. Protein is a vital nutrient and your body cannot survive without it. Losing muscle tissue can slow down your metabolism, meaning you burn fewer calories. So once you finish your cleanse, you may be at risk of gaining all the weight back, if not more.

It is important to remember that different food groups provide you with different nutrients that your body needs, so cutting out entire food groups isn't always healthy. For some, this may cause you to feel tired and unable to think clearly, among other symptoms. Cutting out several food groups as part of a detox is certainly not an effective long term solution to weight loss, as you will often be losing water weight and muscle, rather than fat.

At the end of the day, what I want you to realize is that there are no quick fixes. Even if your goal isn't weight loss but you just want to make sure your body is running at 100%, here is the best solution for you. The 3 Day Refresh!

The 3 Day Refresh is a 3-day program of specially formulated shakes, easy-to-prepare clean meals, and healthy snacks that have been scientifically designed to help you break the cycle of bad eating habits, lose weight, detoxify your body, and dramatically improve the way you feel—without starving! So yes, you actually EAT on this program.

I have done the this cleans twice now.  Each time I feel far less bloated and I have lost 4 pounds each time the health way.  With continued healthy eating and 30 minute a day exercise after the cleanse, I have been able to maintain that weight loss.

For more information, watch this quick 3 Day Refresh Video!

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