Kicking off Tappy Holidays 2010

This holiday season I'm armed with healthy tools to keep me accountable, active and eating veggies.  T'appy Holidays with T-Tapp Trainer Lani Muelrath is a T-Tapper's dream.  Lani created a spreadsheet that gives a weekly outline with some healthy habits including daily exercise, body brushing, eating 7 servings of veggies and having a "gusto" breakfast.  For each activity that you complete you get a certain amount of points.  At the end of the week you tally up your points and see where you fall: Goddess, Diva, Muse or Flirt.  We all want to be Goddesses!!!

This is a wonderful way to keep up with your healthy habits and stay on track with a fitness plan during the busiest time of year!  Tappy Holidays started on Sunday, November 7th.  I technically started on Monday because I was feeling under the weather this weekend and needed to get a newsletter done for work.

Monday, November 8th
So far so good!  Yesterday I got in 6 servings of veggies and my body brushing.  Skipped a gusto brekkie and had a cup of hot coffee (it's cold in Florida!) with cream and raw sugar, plus an organic golden delicious apple once I got to the office.  I was starving by lunch and devoured 2.5 cups of raw salad (romaine, spinach, onion, carrots, cilantro) and 1 cup of homemade pumpkin soup.  That's 5 servings of veggies at lunch alone!  For dinner I made a fresh organic beef chili packed with veggies (zucchini, green pepper, onion, garlic, and kidney beans).  Almost 7 servings, but one short due to skipping brekkie... the most important meal of the day!

No exercise though...very busy day and I didn't make the time for it.  No excuses.


Tuesday, November 9th
I made sure to get in my veggies... 1.5 cups of chopped zucchini, onion and baby bellas accompanied my 2 scrambled eggs with BVI Seasoning and Garlic Pepper.  That's 3 servings of veggies!  For lunch I ate another bowl of my pumpkin soup, which accounted for another 2 servings.  And dinner was more of my beef chili.  I did sneak in a few all-natural gummy bears.

Workout: Basic Workout Plus + floor work (OIP/HF, 15 Crunches, AL, PT, DD) for a 30 minute "free choice" routine.  And got my body brushing in too!


Will keep you posted on my T'appy Holidays progress each week in a wrap-up blog.  For now I'm off to get in more veggies...  staying stocked up on produce is KEY!

Au revoir!

Pumpkin Green Smoothie

Bonjour! I'm trying to split my day into at least 2 separate posts... we'll see how this goes.

I decided to mix some organic pumpkin puree in with my green smoothie this morning.  It came out creamy and super delish!

Eats

Brekkie

Pumpkin Green Smoothie:

• 1/2 can organic pumpkin
• 2 cups organic baby romaine
• 1/2 frozen banana
• 1 cup vanilla almond milk
• cinnamon and nutmeg to taste

Blend and enjoy!

This smoothie was SO good I'm making it again tomorrow!

Lunch

A simple lunch of randomness...

Leftover rotisserie chicken, romaine leaves and 50% reduced fat cheddar.

I'm going to need a snack later...

Healthy Habits

Body Care
Exercise: Basic Workout Plus, first thing this morning.  Why is exercise so much harder when I first wake up?

Nourishment
Fruits: 0.5 servings
Veggies: 4 servings
Water: 1 liter

Supplements
Alfalfa: 3 caps
B-12 Plus: 4 sprays
Cellfood: 8 drops
Emergen-C: 1 packet
Pyruvyl Glycine: 4 sprays
Vitamin D3: 4 sprays


So far so good on meeting my goals today...

• Wake up a bit early -- done!
• Exercise upon rising -- done!
• Complete healthy habits -- working on it!
• Make and drink a green smoothie -- done!
• Skip the sweets (including wine) -- working on it!
• Bring lunch to the office -- done!
• Experiment with a new butternut squash recipe -- working on it!
• Try 2/day blog posting (noon and evening) -- working on it!
• Use the Rebel for photos -- working on it!

Au revoir!
 

Mango Berry Tango

Started my day off right with about 20 minutes of T-Tapp exercise and body brushing, followed by a liter of water and green smoothie!

Eats

Brekkie

Mango Berry Tango Green Smoothie!

• 1 cup of frozen mango chunks, blueberries and raspberries
• 2 cups organic herb mixed greens
• 1 cup almond milk
• 1/2 Chobani blueberry yogurt

And snacked on some of Healthy Cranberry Mix with added crystallized ginger.

Lunch

Lemon Pepper Rotisserie Chicken and Caesar Salad.

Dinner

Kind of a sloppy presentation, but hey it tasted good...

Two Turkey Tacos with Organic Cherry Tomatoes.

Snack

Ate a little more of my new snack mix with added Cherries.

Healthy Habits

Body Care
Body Brushing & Magnesium Oil: check!
Exercise: T-Tapp Basic Workout Ladybug-Style + Hoe Downs

Nourishment
Fruits: 1.5 servings
Veggies: 4 servings
Water: 2 liters

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps
B-12 Plus: 8 sprays
Cellfood: 8 drops
Emergen-C: 1 packet
Fibertox: 2 caps
Immune Boost: 1 dropper
Pyruvyl Glycine: 12 sprays
Vitamin D3: 8 sprays

Au revoir!

{ weekend } Eating Labor Day

I hope you had a lovely Labor Day weekend. It feels like I ate my way through it!  Lots of carbs -- cereal, granola, pasta, bread -- not enough veggies, only one workout and mostly just relaxed away my days.  Have to say that I don't feel amazing today.  I can tell that I ate too much and I'm not really sure why.  Thought I was getting on track here, but after this weekend... well, it feels like I need to start all over again.  Is it just me, or do we all let it go on the weekends?

Saturday's Eats

Brekkie

Granola, Raw Almonds and Greek Yogurt

Snack

Dried Cherries with a little organic PB.

Then made 1/2 PB &; Blueberry Jam on WW.

Lunch

White Spinach Pizza and Tator Tots.

Dinner

Homemade Fresh Basil Pesto with WW pasta, shrimp and bread stick.

Plus a glass of vino!

Healthy Habits

Body Care

Body Brushing & Magnesium Oil: check!

Exercise: took the day off

Nourishment

Fruits & Veggies: just sad today for fresh produce

Water: 2 liters

Supplements

Alfalfa: 6 caps

B-12 Plus: 8 sprays

Immune Boost: 1 dropper

Vitamin D3: 8 sprays

Sunday's Eats

Brekkie

Green smoothie ingredients:

• 3 cups fresh organic kale
• 1 cup frozen wild blueberries
• a few mint leaves
• 1 cup Original Almond Breeze
• 1 Tbsp organic PB

Snack

Shared this Chobani Blueberry Yogurt with Marcel.

Lunch

Leftover Mac and Cheese.

More granola with almond milk.

Dinner

Baked Pesto Salmon, Steamed Broccoli and Brown and Wild Rice.

And a bread stick with pesto.

Plus a glass of vino!

Healthy Habits

Body Care

Body Brushing & Magnesium Oil: check!

Exercise: Basic Workout + Maxi Max #1 floor

Nourishment

Fruits: 1.5 serving

Veggies: 4 servings

Water: 2 liters

Supplements

Alfalfa: 6 caps

B-12 Plus: 8 sprays

Immune Boost: 1 dropper

Vitamin D3: 8 sprays

Monday's Eats

Brekkie

Green smoothie ingredients:

• 1 cup frozen wild blueberries
• 1/2 frozen banana
• 1/2 cup fresh cucumber
• 1 cup organic baby romaine 
• 1 cup Original Almond Breeze

Plus 2 slices of Ezekiel cinnamon toast with organic PB and local summer honey.

Lunch

2 Angus hot dogs (no bad stuff) on potato rolls with Pesto, Sauerkraut and organic baby romaine.

Dinner

Buitoni Wild Mushroom Ravioli with Pesto.

Plus a glass of vino and one Blue Moon.

Dessert

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream.

And then some Lucky Charms...

Healthy Habits

Body Care

Body Brushing , Oil Pulling & Magnesium Oil: check!

Exercise: took the day off.

Nourishment

Fruits: 1.5 servings

Veggies: 3 servings

Water: 2 liters

Supplements

Alfalfa: 6 caps

B-12 Plus: 8 sprays

Immune Boost: 1 dropper

Vitamin D3: 8 sprays

Au revoir!

Sweet Beets

I never thought I'd say that I love beets, but I do now.  They are such a delicious veggie!  And you can't beet that color. LOL.

Healthy Habits

Body Care
Body Brushing & Oil Pulling - first thing this morning!
Workout/Exercise - Basic Workout Plus (from Tempo 2 - 8 Reps)... workout done while the rice was cooking.

I wasn't going to rush into doing the full workout today.  Mainly because I didn't want to detoxify super fast and get sick again.  Taking it a bit slower this time.

Nourishment
Fruits - check! 3 servings today.
Veggies - check! 2 servings today. (I'm counting the cupcakes!)
Water - check! About 2 liters today.

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps
Natural Calm - Raspberry Lemon: 2 tsp
Vitamin D3: 4 sprays (need a new bottle!)


Eats

Forgot my camera at home!  (Read: I don't have many food photos for you.)

Brekkie

Jamba Juice 16oz Mega Mango Smoothie (Fresh OJ, Pineapple Juice Blend, Frozen Mangoes, Frozen Strawberries) and a Banana & Brown Sugar Steel Cut Oatmeal.


Lunch

I planned on eating a AB& J on WW, but ended up eating a plateful of Jen's Mac & Cheese and spinach dip with tortilla chips. YUM!


Dinner

Organic Black Beans & Brown Rice with Sharp Cheddar, Scallions and Mixed Greens.

Dessert

2 Red Vel-beet Cupcakes.  How could I resist, right?

Holy tastebuds!

Oh my, I have more Red Vel-beet cupcakes (some with chocolate chips!) cooling, creamy vanilla frosting and a light coconut topping.  I'm holding off for another one until tomorrow... and will might bring some to the T-Tapp office to share.

Me: "Hey, you have to eat your veggies!  Have a cupcake."
You:

Au revoir!

Sauna Day!

It's Far Infrared Sauna and Kangen Water day!!!

Exercise

Basic Workout Plus.


Eats

Brekkie

Blueberry Green Monster.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup frozen organic blueberries
• 2 cups fresh spinach
• 1 cup Original Almond Breeze
• 1/2 cup Chobani 0% Plain Yogurt
• 2 Tbsp organic flax
• 1/2 tsp bee pollen

Too much flax today! Sticking to 1 Tbsp from now on.


Lunch

Tabbouleh and Boiled Eggs with Sea Salt.

Supplements

Alfalfa: 3 caps
B-12 Plus: 4 sprays
nutraMetrix® Glucosatrin Bone & Joint Formula: 2 caps
Pyruvyl Glycine: 4 sprays
Vitamin D3: 4 sprays

Water intake: 1 liter

Au revoir!

Took the Night Off

Found a home for my pretty purple rose!

Took last night off of blogging. Sometimes I feel like I just need to live and the blog can wait until tomorrow. We watched some more Smallville episodes and then washed and blow dried Roxy. By 10pm I was too beat to blog...


Workout

While dinner was cooking I did a modified Basic Workout Plus.

• Primary Back Stretch
• Plies
• Reach Scoop
• Jazz Twist
• T-Tapp Twist Stretch (T-Tapp MORE style)
• Hoe Downs
• Step Lift Sequence
  

Skipped out on body brushing today though, oops.


Food Log

Snack

Organic Baby Gala Apple.

Dinner

Organic Black Beans and Brown & Wild Rice.

A repeat of dinner the night before, minus the yummy avocado.

Supplements

Alfalfa: 4 caps
nutraMetrix® Glucosatrin Bone & Joint Formula: 1 cap
nutraMetrix® Isotonix Calcium Complete: 1 serving
nutraMetrix® Isotonix OPC-3: 1 serving

Water intake: 2 liters

Total H20 today... 3 liters!

Au revoir!