srcdoeslife:

I need the reminder.

Afternoon snack. Made a dipping sauce out of chicken peas sundries tomatos and pepper bell. Super easy!

And a big (tuborg beer!) glass of water as well :)

Light and healthy dinner before soccer practice. Avocado, pepper bell, scrambled eggwhites and some cottage cheese mixed with black olives, sundried tomatos and garlic!

thefameofhealthandfitness:

The MARCH MADNESS No Excuses 30 Day Challenge will begin on Thursday, March 1st, 2012 and end on Saturday, March 31st, 2012.

The February NO EXCUSES 30 DAY CHALLENGE was a hit! From the feedback I received and the diaries I read, it seemed like so many people were successful in their own right. Like I have mentioned before, health and fitness is not a diet, it’s a lifestyle. The intentions behind your first 30 days of the NO EXCUSES challenge was for you to connect with who you are, what you want, what motivates you to progress toward your goals, what triggers you to regress from your goals, to take time to reflect, learn a lesson, and do better next time.

NO EXCUSES 30 DAY CHALLENGE Introduction:

With this challenge I will provide some guidelines but please note, I’m not a trainer and I’m not a nutritionist, but I am person who is passionate about health and fitness and I have worked hard to get to where I am.

How you design this challenge is in your hands. I will provide you with some suggestions and examples to help guide (please see all links in this post) you but ultimately you will be the person setting your goals for the next 30 days. You don’t have to prove anything to me or other readers, you just need to prove to yourself that you are capable of doing what you set out to do, because you are. Mistakes, missed meals or workouts, unplanned cheats or temptations might happen. And if it does, don’t focus on the bump in the road, focus on getting over that bump and right back on track. Each meal, workout, hour of sleep, and each day is a new opportunity to learn from your mistakes. It’s an opportunity to reflect on each situation and to devise a plan for success when you get your second chance. There’s always another opportunity for change and become a better version of yourself. Only you know the direction you want to go in and only you know where you’re currently standing.

For the month of March:

1. If you are joining this NO EXCUSES DAY CHALLENGE for the first time please read these guidelines and begin there.
2. If you have already completed the February challenge and now would like to complete in the March Madness Challenge please see below.

MARCH MADNESS!!!

Just like you did for the February Challenge, I want you to revisit your goals.

Think About:

• what goals did I accomplish last month?
• what goals did I accomplish that I would like to maintain?
• what do I need to do this month in order to maintain those goals?
• what goals did I set out to do but still have not accomplished yet?
• which of these goals would I like to pursue further?
• which of these goals is realistic for me to pursue further this month?
• what steps do I need to take to make these goals become habits?
• how did I feel at the beginning of the challenge?
• how do I feel now?
• did I do everything I could last month to reach my goals?
• if not, what can I do better?
• what goals do I want to accomplish in 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, and in 1 year from today?

Remember, you are in charge of the goals you set for yourself. You are the only person who knows what it’s like to be you, what obligations you have, your history, your thoughts, emotions, environment, and everything about your world that makes it yours. I want you to challenge yourself this month and take a risk by raising the bar for yourself.

Please don’t avoid trying something or setting a particular goal because you don’t believe in yourself enough.

Where would I be now if I let my 175lbs self sabotage my dreams? Not here, that’s for sure. I didn’t grow up naturally “athletic” or “fit” but I had a dream to be and I didn’t stop until I made it mine and you can can too!

When I was 18 years old I had to say “Good Bye” to my childhood doctor who knew me since birth. The message he wrote on my card was “Mens sana in corpore sano  = A sound mind in a sound body”

TIP: Make a vision board and put it somewhere you can see it everyday. I have mine above my light switch in my bedroom. Do all that you can and try your best! This is a process and if you keep working hard you will eventually arrive where you’ve always envisioned you would be. Promise! xo

I will tag all my posts under #noexcuseschallenge and they will be filed on my NO EXCUSES CHALLENGE PAGE if you would like to check it out.

Want more information on clean eating? Check out  THE EAT-CLEAN DIET site and read the CLEAN-EATING PRINCIPLES by Tosca Reno.

Here are examples of what my clean-eating meals look like and what my groceries look like.

There are plenty of clean-eating recipes out there but here are some of my favourite clean-eating recipes.

Here are a few sample workouts to get you started. For more health and fitness resources, check out OXYGEN magazine online.

KEY NOTES:

1. Feel free to reblog this post and add on to it or borrow the poster for your first March Madness post which will state all your goals.
2. Just like last time, I will need you to TAG all your challenge posts with #noexcuseschallenge
3. If you would like to specifically get my attention to read your post also tag it with #www.thefameofhealthandfitness.tumblr.com
4. If you are doing MARCH MADNESS (and not starting from the February challenge), please ALSO tag your posts with #marchmadness so people can see how you’ve progressed.
5. Please post at least once a week with an update of how everything is going, if you’re meeting your goals, updating them, or needing support from the group.
6. On March 31st or April 1st please make a REFLECTION post of your journey.
7. Have fun!

runwithrach:

I’m so in love with this recipe from Everyday Paleo.  It super delicious and FAST!  How fast?  I pulled it together before a pot of water could boil for my kid’s Ramen noodles. It’s going in my favorite recipes file.

Must try this !