Health and Fitness:Goals and cool finds.

Hey everyone =) Hope all is well in your worlds! I am getting in and cleaned up from my workout. This was week two with the trainer and so I thought I would take this time to do a fitness/health blog. I have been consistent in my nutrition and exercise so I am really happy about that. I have been keeping track of my weight and measurements but I will wait to let you all know how much was lost at the end of the month. My workouts have been in a strenth, cardio, strength... pattern focusing on upper body one day lower the next and total body the next. I have been taking the dogs on runs too around our neighborhood and already I have noticed a difference in my endurance. Long way to go but I love it!

I have some finds that I think are really cool so I would like to share. 1st: One thing I have noticed in my on and off attempts at getting healthy is that the more water I drink the easier it is to stay on track.  We were actually talking about this at the gym today too. But it's so easy to go throughout the day without drinking. You just don't think about it, or at least I don't. I was on pinterest yesterday (that thing is SO addictive, it's crazy) and saw these really cool water bottles. They are so simple but really effective. One of those "why didn't I think of that" type deals. She labeled them with the times she wanted to drink the amount of water by. I couldn't find glass see through bottles so here is my verssion:

  Morning, Night, and the middle is for the noon hours. I couldn't think of a noon picture and then I thought, what is more inspiring to me than the journey I have been on and to never go back, so the ribbon and "fighter" in Japanese. You could do your own pictures. I think this is a cool idea.

2nd: Croc Pot Salsa Chicken. If you have days when you are too busy to cook or even days when you know you won't feel like cooking this is a super yummy healthy recipe that I stole from someone who stole who... LOL

Ingredients

3 large chicken breasts

1 container low sugar salsa*

1 can low sodium tomato sauce

2-3 Tbsp taco seasoning* 

Mix well in crock pot and cook for 8 hours on low. Once cooked you should be able to pull the chicken apart easily with a fork.

You can put this stuff on whole grain flats, with veggies and rice, plain, whatever..it freezes as well as packs in lunches nicely too! *To have even more control you could make these ahead of time to have around the house for use.

Last find: The "motivate me" app on play store. It's free and I've had some fun with it the past few days. It has motivational quotes, wake up calls, diet and exercise motivations. You can set them to go off whenever you want. 

Even though it's not New Years, with all that has been going on I want to end this blog with my goals for the future. It's important to me to get to a healthy place and stay there. To never go back to where I was. I can't do it, won't do it, and refuse to put my family in a place that we were these past few months. I encourage you to share your goals with me in the comment section or on facebook and we can help each other stay focused :)

1. Lose weight
2. Become healthier and more athletic 
3. Run a 5k
4. Try to ski
5. Stay consistent with working out and eating right. 

Those are just a few of mine. What are your top 5?  The bean and I are gonna have some pumpkin ravioli for lunch and then off to the library. Hope you enjoy your day and weekend!