Hello Hi Fit Babes!
Ahh,  so sorry to have missed Motivation Monday yesterday but this week is off to a busy bee start. Hoping the last couple days have treated you well. So to quickly catch you up to speed on workouts + clean eats thus far…

Monday: Legs + Shoulders Circuit
Tuesday: 50 minutes power walking – alternating high/low inclines + lots of stretching & foam rolling. My legs aren’t crazy sore from yesterday’s circuit, but super tight and needed some love.

LS FitTips:
– I moved thru this circuit barefoot (except for the walks, of course). I love (LOVE!) to train barefoot. You can connect to your feet/legs better this way and it truly does work your muscles differently. I definitely rec trying this out! 😉

– Stability Ball Glute/Ham Raises: I held/squeezed a pilates ball between my thighs to get the inner thighs involved – really ups the burn factor. Every time you lift the hips up – squeeze the hell outta that ball between your knees along with contracting glutes & hamstrings. Push up thru yours heels.
– Side lying leg raises: Use a resistance band around the ankles/calves for added resistance
– Squat + Shoulder Press: Lift as heavy as you can with good form. This really gets the core involved in this unilateral press.

Clean Eats

Kicked off Monday morning with this yummy bowl of Oatmeal…
1/4 Cup Gluten Free Oats | 1 TBSN Chia Seeds | 1 Super Ripe & Yummy Banana
| Raw Pecans | Cinnamon + Nutmeg

energy greens | banana | 1 stalk celery | chunk fresh ginger | ground flax | 
cayenne pepper | splash almond milk + water & ice 
aaaand the green smoothie just wasn’t gonna cut it…needed something with a little more substance

 delish combi of black + brown rice & 1/2 avo on top

Veggie Scramble Brek for Din – my fave!!
3 eggs | spinach | mushrooms | banana peppers | topped with avo + grape tomatoes

Not so green, green smoothie due to blueberries for brek this morning. Heaping spoon of chia seeds to keep me full a bit longer

Juice me! <3 one of my faves!
So, today, I was in a super hurry –  literally ran into Earth Fare, snagged this off the shelf and ran out. But, ever since this total sweetie workin’ the juice bar stopped me as I was checking out with a Suja Juice in hand, and said “you know I can make that exact same juice for you, but cheaper”?? uhmm, yes plz!! I’ve been ordering up pretty much this exact same concoction which costs about $3 less and let me tell you….that $3 really starts to add up. Gah, I have the most expensive habits. But…all in the name of good health – it’s worth it, no? Oui.

 and ya know, back at Rush (again)
Tried out their tuna salad for the first time today. pretty good actually – not to mayonnaisey. But I think I’ll stick to their chicken salad options from now on.

Brat + Sauerkraut for din tonight. uhmm, that’s a BIG brat. hah

PS: Both yesterday & today’s midi snack was a hard boiled egg + apple + raw almonds & dried apricots.

I need to get a little bit more work done before hittin’ the sheets.

G’night & much love – xx
LS