Making Statements, Not Excuses

I just read a post from a friend here about people not doing their research but wonder why things aren’t working. I saw on the Today Show when Jillian Micheals, The training superwoman from what is becoming my favorite reality show "The Biggest Loser", said during an interview…" If it doesn’t have a mom or come from the ground, don’t eat it!" and after reading the book "Natural Cures" I realize that the best way to get back in shape and feeling well all of the time is eating all natural foods. That means 100% natural. Foods that are not processed or made in a factory. I went to a food store that was a co-op and all they sold was organic food, which meant it was planted or raised with no chemicals or preservatives injected in them. Now that also means that it costs a lot more than the other foods, but at this point, its worth it to know that if i pay a little extra money its worth it. And I also learned that the food is not bland or tasteless, in fact it tastes better. So like my friend said in her post, DO YOUR RESEARCH!!

• 1kg Ready to roast turkey breast 
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 1?2 cups Arborio rice
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 1?4 cup fresh sage, chopped
• 60g parmesan cheese, grated
• freshly ground black pepper
• 3 bunches fresh asparagus, stalks trimmed
• 340g jar sun dried tomato and basil sauce

Instructions

Bake Ready to Roast Turkey breast in 180ºC oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven, discard foil and return to oven for a further 30 minutes.

Heat butter in a medium sized saucepan, add garlic and rice and stir for 1-2 minutes to coat rice grains. Pour in stock and stir thoroughly. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until all the stock has been absorbed, about 15-20 minutes. Remove from heat and fork through sage, cheese and pepper.

Microwave or steam asparagus for 2-3 minutes or until just tender. To serve, spoon risotto onto each serving plate, layer with sliced turkey breast, accompany with asparagus and a spoonful of tomato and basil sauce.

I was feeling good all day long yesterday and I was really anticipated my workout. When i got there however, suddenly, I lost the motivation. I shrugged it off and did my stadiums anyway and followed them with a mile run. But it seemed a lot harder without the motivation. It seemed like it took a lot longer. Has this ever happened to anyone. I wake up unmotivated all the time so that’s no biggie, but i never have motivation all day long and suddenly lose it right before the workout.

After a pretty ho-hum first couple of weeks getting settled into the plan, i finally got in a pretty good week in last week. Today i will start the week by doing stadiums and sprints today along with a chest and arms workout today. The sugar and bread restrictions I must admit has been a little harder than i thought it would be but i’m doing ok with it. Still am not at a loss for energy. I finally have my legs back after starting my outside running last week. I’m slowly noticing a few changes, but nothing earth-shaking to report right now. But i still have 5 weeks out including this week so i’ll just keep chugging along. My weight loss goal for this week is again 5 lbs but if i don’t reach it, no biggie.

Well it started Monday when i ran I ran half and halfs. That is sprinting 20 yards and striding out 20 more. Was not as bad as i thought it would be and the legs really were sore afterward. The Wednesday workout I added 100 yard strides. Again the legs were pretty sore but it wasn’t that bad. Today I will try to sprint 50 yards and follw them up with hills. I’m sure by the end of the day i’ll be more than ready for my monthly weekend get-a-way. All in all. I think it will only get better now that i got the first week out of the way. Training legs are neve easy but at the end of the day the results are worth it.

Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about people being hated on because of their decision to do something about their health. We all have them, the people at work who make snide comments and give hateful looks(mostly women) and the people that always say they have better things to do with their time or say that they will leave that to the young guys. The point is these people don’t have the motivation or the courage to do something about looking better, so when someone actually does, they hate the person that does for doing it. Notice these people constantly call in sick or leave the job early because they are sick. These people also are constantly under a lot of stress, are always pissed off about something and complain about everything under the sun. But they wonder why people like us are always in high spirits and have that extra bounce in our step. I personally have this to say to them….BITE ME!! Then I go to the gym and pour all of their disdain for me into my workouts and as I get better and stronger I flaunt it in their face even more. So my advice to you guys that encounter it…don’t get upset over it, Embrace it…Let it be your motivation to kill it when you are in the gym. You’ll feel better at the end of the day.

GRILLED PEACH SUNDAE 

Makes 2 servings

ACTIVE TIME: 10 minutes

TOTAL TIME: 25 minutes

EASE OF PREPARATION: Easy

2 peaches, halved and pitted
1 teaspoon canola oil
2 scoops nonfat vanilla frozen yogurt or fruit sorbet
1 tablespoon toasted unsweetened coconut

Preheat grill to high. Brush peach halves with oil. Grill until tender. Place 2 peach halves in each bowl and top with a scoop of frozen yogurt (or sorbet) and coconut.