Strong Girl T-Tapp + Fresh Watermelon Green Smoothie

Bonjour!  This evening's exercise session was T-Tapp's Ladybug Workout - Standing, about a 40-minute routine.  Just me, my sneakers and ladybug towel, Teresa Tapp on my DVD player, a glass of alkaline water and some (magical) Pyruvyl Glycine... I felt like I broke a plateau tonight.  I was seriously doing some strong girl T-Tapp!  You know, activating all of your muscles, including those toes and core, for full fiber fitness.  I've done Ladybug before, but tonight was different... maybe it was the PG!  The Ladybug Workout already takes muscle activation to a new level, building upon the original T-Tapp Total Workout form, and increases lymphatic and neuro-kinetic flow even more.

Last year to date, almost exactly, T-Tapp Trainer Lani Muelrath sent out her FitDream Ezine (Thanks for archiving your newsletters, Lani!) with a testimonial from one of her clients about her thoughts between what she calls "lazy girl T-Tapp" and "strong girl T-Tapp".  Here's the full article on Lani's site: http://thetruthaboutfatlossforwomen.com/2009/09/27/strong-girl-t-tapp

I'm feeling SO much better after my workout!  Next time I'll try to do the entire Ladybug Workout Combo, which includes Standing (40 minutes) and Floor (26 minutes).  The combination is even more intense and focuses on hormonal balance (and release) as well as targeting rib to knee... also known as the "ladybug" area!


Eats

Brekkie

Green Smoothie:

• 1 frozen banana
• A few fresh watermelon chunks
• 2 cups fresh organic spinach
• 1 cup almond milk
• bee pollen and a little honey

Lunch

2 Scrambled Eggs with Organic Romaine and Tomatoes.

Cup of Pacific Organic Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup.

Actually the soup made my tummy ache... and that brand and flavor usually doesn't.  I only ate about half of what you see here.  Not sure if it was the acidity of the tomato or that the soup was "off".

So shortly after lunch I ended up snacking on some Granola.

Dinner on the Cheap

Red Beans, Brown Rice, Broccoli, Jalapeno, Garlic, Green Onion, Cheddar and Sour Cream.

Snack

Spoonfuls of Fresh Peanut Butter and Local Summer Honey.

...what I really want is chocolate...

Healthy Habits

Body Care
Body Brushing & Magnesium Oil: check!
Exercise: Ladybug Workout Standing

Nourishment
Fruits: 3 servings
Veggies: 5 servings
Water: 2 liters

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

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!

Hello Sun Rise!

Yes, I sometimes take photos while driving at 60+ mph.

Healthy Habits

Body Care
Oil Pulling - check!
Body Brushing - check!
Workout - check! I did Ladybug Workout Standing this morning with Margie.

I skipped the sauna today. Could not imagine getting in there when I was already sweating, but you know what... I should have done it anyway.

Nourishment
Water - check! Drank more than 2 liters today. I need more Kangen water! Planning on getting a few smaller gallon or 3 gallon sized jugs this week.
Veggies - check! 5 servings today.
Fruits - check! 3 servings today.

Besides the taco shells I ate at lunch everything else was in line with T-Tapp's God-made Man-made Dietary Guidelines. I did pretty darn good on eating clean today. Will try to move back to more of my healthy eating habits this week... and hopefully get my hands on a blender!

Supplements
Alfalfa - 1/2 a check! Need to get back into my supplement routine. Only got in 3 caps today.
Natural Calm - Raspberry Lemon - check! 1 tsp for now... working my way back up to a full serving.


Eats

Brekkie

Organic Romaine.

Yes, just romaine... munched on in the car while on the way to drop Marcel off at the airport. I am seriously (and I mean seriously) missing my Green Monsters!!! He's visiting with his sister and family in Georgia for the rest of the week. Roxy was begging - literally - for some romaine centers. She loves crunching on them. (Don't tell her, but I'm pretty sure she thinks that it's a "treat"!)

It was an early morning for me!!! I was up by 5:30am. Before the sun! Don't know how other people do that all the time. Ah-hem, Jeanne among other Daybreak Divas! I'd have to be in bed before 10pm to be able to get up this early. Although the traffic wasn't bad at all... that's a plus. AND I got to watch the sun rise... love that!

Still in need of real substance I stopped at Jamba Juice for a blended breakfast.

Bright Eyed and Blueberry 16 oz Smoothie.

Steel-cut Oats topped with Fresh Banana and Cinnamon Brown Sugar for $2 extra on Tuesdays!

Hands down this oatmeal beats the Starbucks Perfect Oatmeal!

Lunch

Marcel's leftover tacos. These things were HUGE! I stuffed some more of that organic romaine in the tacos and dipped them in guac and a little queso.

Dinner

Fried Egg (in EVOO) on 1/2 Ezekiel English Muffin with more Organic Romaine.

I spent the evening doing what I've been doing for the past two weeks -- cleaning and organizing my stuff. Stuff, Stuff, STUFF!!! It's taking over the planet. Ever see The Story of Stuff? You should check it out.

Well, it's now past 11pm and I'm hungry again... go figure. Time to drink some Natural Calm, water and get some beauty rest. Working out again (or trying to) with Margie in the morning.

Au revoir!

Surprise Boot Camp

This is my new cute ♥ Earth bag from Old Navy.

Happy Earth Day!

Exercise

Body/Face Brushing before leaving my place.

Ladybug Workout Standing with Margie. Guess what... after doing 3 workouts in the past 2 days with Teresa and Kayla, this workout counts as Day 4 of Boot Camp! Surprise. I didn't even mean to do one. Oops. Will be taking tomorrow completely off for sure.


Eats

Brekkie

Pineapple Orange Green Monster.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup frozen organic pineapple
• 1 cup organic OJ
• 2 cups fresh organic spinach
• 1/4 tsp bee pollen
  

Very tart! Wishing I had some Chobani yogurt for this smoothie.


Plus a Grande Unsweet Iced Green Tea.

Snack

KIND Fruit & Nut Almond & Coconut bar.

I practically inhaled this. SO good!

Lunch

Leftovers! A Burger Salad of sorts.

Supplements

Alfalfa: 3 caps
B-12 Plus: 4 sprays
Pyruvyl Glycine: 4 sprays
Vitamin D3: 4 sprays

Water intake: 1 liter

Au revoir!

{ weekend } Lazy Days of March

I ended up doing a whole lot of nothing this weekend, other than relaxing at home...

The weather has been beautiful. Lots of sunshine, clear skies and a breeze.

Here's Roxy, yawning and sticking her tongue out at me!

Saturday, March 13th

Workout

Ladybug Workout Standing + Diva Derriere.


Food Log

Brekkie

Berry Green Monster.

Lunch

Egg Asiago Bagel Sandwich with Baby Tomatoes.

Dinner

Scrambled Eggs and Salad.

Oh, and a little more of that Pistachio Pistachio Ice Cream too...


Supplements

Alfalfa: 6 caps
nutraMetrix® Glucosatrin Bone & Joint Formula: 1 cap

Water intake: 2 liters



Sunday, March 14th

Food Log

Brekkie

PB & Banana Green Monster.

Snack

Shared a Chobani Strawberry Yogurt and Golden Delicious Apple with Marcel.


Lunch

Egg & Cheese on 12 Grain English Muffin with Hummus.

squished:

Snack

Hummus and Whole Grain Pita Chips.

Dinner

Skipped...


Supplements

Alfalfa: 6 caps
nutraMetrix® Glucosatrin Bone & Joint Formula: 1 cap

Water intake: 2 liters

Au revoir!

It Feels Like Spring!

{ it feels like spring by creative thursday }

It finally feels like spring in Florida!!! About time.


Workout

Ladybug Workout Standing + body brushing.


Food Log

Brekkie

Green Monster.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups fresh spinach
• 1 cup Original Almond Breeze
• 1/4 cup frozen berries (the last of them, sadly)
  
• 1 tbsp flax
• 1/3 cup Chobani plain yogurt
  

Lunch

Homemade Chicken Veggie Soup.

I made this last night after dinner. It's delicious!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rotisserie chicken
  
• Purple cabbage
• Red pepper
• Carrots
  
• Garlic
• Fresh basil
  
• EVOO
• Chicken stock
• Seasonings
  

Made enough to last for a few more days...


Supplements

Alfalfa: 3 caps
B-12 Plus: 4 sprays
nutraMetrix® Glucosatrin Bone & Joint Formula: 1 cap
nutraMetrix® Isotonix Calcium Complete: 1 serving
nutraMetrix® Isotonix OPC-3: 1 serving
Pyruvyl Glycine: 4 sprays

Water intake: 1 liter

Au revoir!

Ladybug for International Women's Day

Workout

2 sets of Hoe Downs after lunch.


In honor of International Women's Day I decided to do Ladybug Workout tonight!

I really wasn't feeling that well physically, but needed to move my body. Ladybug Workout was a great mix between rehab, stretching and core building strength moves. I will be keeping this one in the rotation for a little while. I did just the standing portion, which was about 40 minutes.


Food Log

Snack

Chobani 2% Pineapple Yogurt.

Dinner

I experimented tonight with a new recipe - and ended up tossing it out. Messed something up along the way with this Naked Ravioli. It turned out doughy, even after a longer baking time.

:: sigh ::

Thankfully I also made Marcel some stuffed shells. They were delicious!

2 Stuffed Shells, a bite of Naked Ravioli and Salad.

Enjoyed with a glass of Smoking Loon Pinot Noir.


Naked Ravioli look yummy, but failed the taste test.

Supplements

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

Water intake: 2 liters


Mini-workout + massage in the morning... off to bed.

Au revoir!

T-Tapp 60-Day and 30-Day Challenge Winners!

I've been super busy this past week with posting the Challenge Winners, getting their before and after photos side-by-side, success stories proofed and inch loss results in order. The winners are truly amazing this year. I can't wait to meet some of them at the Retreat in 2 weeks!

Get inspired and check our their fabulous success from using the T-Tapp exercise program!

This year we hosted two separate T-Tapp Challenges:
our Annual 60-Day Challenge and a 30-Day Mini-Challenge.

Click the icons below to see the winners and read their success stories!






Congratulations to all the participants!

Killer Workout, Housewarming Party, Relaxing

I slept in... gotta love Saturdays.

11:00am: 1 scrambled egg, FEED Cranberry Coconut Granola


Pre and During Workout supplements:
B-12: 6 sprays
Cellfood: 8 drops
Pyruvyl Glycine: 8 sprays


Ladybug Workout is where its at! I did Ladybug Workout Standing and really pushed my form. That is one killer workout! I think I'm sticking with this one for a while... will alternate with Step it to the Max. I can tell that Ladybug really makes me activate my muscles more - or in a different way than the original T-Tapp workout. It's always a progression... there's always another way to push yourself to the max.

Another one of the beautiful aspects T-Tapp workouts... they only get more challenging as you get stronger because you can focus to push more in a certain area. I love that about T-Tapp. Also love that T-Tapp is a recession proof workout. Buy it once and that's it. No gym membership and no extra costs with unlimited (free tech support), except for that new wardrobe you're going to have to buy because you've lost so many inches. Gotta love that!

Vally & Matty Lookalike Art
Seriously, it looks exactly like them!

{photo credit: kitty genius }

After my workout we headed over to Matty & Vally's Housewarming Party in Dunedin. I've already been to their place, so that was no surprise. But it was also an engagement announcement party (already knew that one too)!!! I'm so happy for them.


3:30pm: snacked on some dried veggie chips on the drive over

Ingredients: Sweet Potatoes, Squash, Carrots, Taro, Green Beans, Canola Oil, Dextrin, Sea Salt.

I'm in love with these veggie chips!

4:30pm-6:30pm: 1 lite beer and a smorgasbord of food, starting with...

Also split another mini-cheeseburger slider with Marcel, ate some more fresh fruit, another crab thingy, 1 sausage ball, and 2 small glasses of champagne. Everything was delicious! And after my tough workout today I don't feel the least bit "guilty".


8:30pm: more veggie chips + Sabra Roasted Pine Nut Hummus, 1 lite beer

That is one yummy snack!

9:30pm: whole wheat angel hair pasta with broccoli, oregano olive oil, garlic, parmesan cheese and spices

Evening supplements:
Alfalfa: 3 caps


Water: 1.5 liters


Tomorrow I'm working a little OT to make some progress on my newest project... posting the 2009 60-Day Challenge Winners asap. They will be up quickly this time, as I promised!