Monday, September 16, 2013

Simply Carb Cycling

So carb cycling may or may not be something y'all are familiar with so I'll put it simply.

On days you lift heavy eat carbs, on days that you do intervals or rest days eat low carb.

Still confused??

Well a high carb day could look something like this:

  Sweet potato and Chicken

or This:

Steak and Rice (brown)

Add fruit like berries to your diet on high carb days as well!

Just ask yourself when you sit down for a meal, is it a high carb or low carb day, then eat accordingly.

A low carb day could look like this:

A delicious green salad with lots of green veggies and chicken!

Or this
Fish (like salmon) and yummy veggies!


You see people try and make things wayyyyy too complicated. You get overwhelmed and give up because the hopelessness festers and you're brain starts to hurt from over-thinking. Well that just isn't necessary!

Sunday - Low Carb (Rest Day)
Monday- High Carb (Leg day/Crossfit boot camp)
Tuesday- Low Carb (Sprint intervals)
Wednesday -Low Carb (Crossfit boot camp)
Thursday - High Carb (Upper body)
Friday - Low Carb (cardio
Saturday- High Carb (lower body/crossfit booy camp)

Repeat, or adjust your meals to your already existing program, this is just what I do!

There is a lot of science behind it if you're a "why?" person like me just google carb cycling or pick up a book about it over on amazon.com it's pretty interesting stuff!

Hope this helped yall out a little!

And REMEMBER:

No Excuses, No Shortcuts!

xoxo

Jess 

Friday, September 6, 2013

From Thick miss to Fitness how I made my change!

Okay, so it's no secret we as humans are naturally insecure about our bodies but here is the good news, don't like it ?

Then change it! I did
157lbs 31% Body fat to 138.8 21% Body fat!

It's never too late to pick up a great, functional health and fitness lifestyle. This doesn't mean you have to starve yourself or even have big huge hulk muscles! It means a happy, healthy and active lifestyle fit for anyone!

How did I do it? Easy!

Eat clean and lift, no short cuts!

Well you probably;y see me tweet that alot, it's because it's true!

Some items on my grocery list usual consist of:

Veggies:

Asparagus
Spinach
Broccoli
Squash
Zuchini
Onions
Sweet Potato
Mushrooms
tomatoes

Meats:

Lean ground turkey (97%)
 Chicken breast
Fish (Salmon, whiting, swai, cod)

Fruits:
Grapefruit
lemons
limes
avacados
bananas
cranberries
raspberries
blackberries

Supplements:

OhYeah Isolate protein
OhYeah Victory Bars
Multi-vitamins
fish oil (burp free) cause that's gross 
 

 
carbs:
brown rice
ezekiel bread
quinoa
brown/multi grain pastas

Snacks
Greek yogurt
low fat cheeses
brown rice crackers
fiber one brownies
multi-grain chips


This is a happy and super healthy list. Now on off days I have anything from nachos to a big burger, once a week wont kill you!

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