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Fish, Beans and Rice a la Gayle
olive oil
1/2 each pepper: red, green, yellow (chopped)
1 onion, chopped
One can black beans, drained and rinsed.
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
1/2cup-1cup low sodium chicken broth
Fish (I used talapia)
In skillet, add a little olive oil and onions and peppers. Saute until cooked down. Add black beans and pepper flakes and cook until warmed through. Add broth until slightly soupy (saucy!). Cook for 5-6 minutes and then lay fish on top. Put lid on skillet and turn heat down to low. Cook about 15 minutes (steaming slowly). Salt and pepper to taste. Serve over brown rice. -
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Summer Mud-Slinger 2012! Four months of workouts, nutrition and support - Ending in one DIRTY competition!
Summer Mud-Slinger 2012!
Stop THINKING about it and start DOING it!
Summer is one of the toughest times of year to stay on track with your workouts, your nutrition and your health goals. You need something flexible that will keep you on track while on vacations and at special events. You need accountability, tips and support… and you need to have fun!
Whether you’ve done a mud run before or never even splashed in a mud puddle, you are welcome to join this group and challenge yourself to YOUR fitness level.Our end goal will be to compete in the Goodwill Mud Run on Saturday, September 29th. This program is open to Greenville, SC area residents only.Got a team already? Perfect! Everyone on your team can join!Don’t have a team yet? No biggie - join in and work with us to improve your strength and speed, and we’ll work together to build teams for everyone.What’s included:- Meal planning guidelines, healthy recipes, nutrition tips and tricks.
- Workout plan options for all levels. Or follow your own plan - we’re flexible!
- Group workouts every 2 weeks.*
- Daily online support.
- Live group meetings for accountability and team-building.**
- Two (2) one-on-one phone personal training sessions with me.
- Individual prizes for all who compete (and complete!) the mud run.
What’s required:- Commitment to the program for 4 months.
- Attendance at at least two (2) group workouts.*
- Drinking Shakeology daily for recovery, health and joint support (4 months on Home Direct Auto-Shipment).
- Registration and participation in the final mud run on September 29th, 2012. (registration fees not included)
When do we start? Tuesday, June 12th (Kickoff Meeting)How do I join?Placing your Shakeology order is the first step to going ALL IN and committing to this program.- Go to www.JennBurgessFit.com and click “Shop.”
- Under Nutrition and Supplements, click “Shakeology.”
- Choose Your Flavor: Chocolate (chocolatey), Greenberry (earthy), Tropical Strawberry (fruity)
- Choose Your Serving Size.
- Select Order Type: “Monthly Autoship (includes FREE Shipping)”
- Fill out information and place your order.
- Contact me and tell me, you’re IN for the Summer Mud-Slinger!!!!
FUN FACT: I went to The Rush gym at Cherrydale on Saturday and they are asking $498 for 12 one-hour personal training sessions. The entire $498 is due up-front and will general cover about one month of workouts. The Summer Mud-Slinger program runs for four months and includes one-on-one & group workouts with a certified personal trainer (me!), daily meal replacement shakes, nutritious meal planning guidelines and daily support… and it costs LESS! Plus, it’s broken down into monthly payments (which is a lot friendlier to your budget!).Invest in your health. Invest in your goals. Invest in YOU!
*Group workout tentative dates (all on Saturdays at 9am): June 23, July 7, July 28, August 11, August 25, Sept. 15.
**Live group meeting tentative dates (all at 8:00pm on either Tuesday or Thursday): June 12, July 17, August 9, Sept 6.
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Emotional Eating: Eating Your Fill, but Never Feeling FULL
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about emotional eating. And I mean a LOT. Because I have struggled with it for my entire life. Whether the emotions are happy, sad or even indifferent (boredom, anyone?), it seems I have always turned to food to fill my emotional tummy. And not apples and broccoli. Pizza and alcohol and Chinese food and just about anything that is salty, crispy, ooey-gooey and NOT on anyone’s “diet.”
Since having the twins last year and dealing with postpartum depression along with a few other fun roadblocks in my life, I have done a lot of emotional eating. I set my sights on a target to lose the baby weight and did it! YAY! But then it was back to the crazy battle with food. I love food. And I hate food. And I love it some more. Ugh! So if I want to be healthy and fit and feel great about my physical appearance, why oh WHY do I keep doing this?!
Have you ever thought this same thing? I’m sure a lot of you have… So I thought I’d share some of my own personal thoughts on this topic. Maybe it will spark something in your mind that will help you deal with your own emotional eating. Here’s the typical rundown:
- I tend to have a pattern with my emotional eating. It’s not an all-day affair but usually a dinnertime mini-binge session where I’ll eat half a large pizza and bread sticks and wash it all down with alcohol or soda or something equally as unhealthy. Generally I will eat like this after a day of very healthy eating, watching my calories, counting my Weight Watchers points and planning ahead for a healthy dinner. But as soon as I walk in the front door, something switches. My resolve to eat healthy diminishes and suddenly, without even THINKING, I change my entire plan and decide to eat and drink to my little heart’s content.
- While I’m eating and drinking, I feel relaxed, happy and like I’m in control of my life. The stress fades and I feel like I am finally doing something “for me.” And, even though food and drinks aren’t free, something in my mind puts them in a different category than manicures and massages because Hey, you have to eat, right!? Spending money on THIS “reward” is, therefore, totally acceptable… in my mind… at that moment.
- I go to bed feeling pretty good about things and almost like I’ve somehow “cheated the system” by eating this way. Like I’m getting away with something bad. (but that’s completely illogical since I’m cheating no one but myself)
- The next morning I wake up disgusted with myself. The alarm goes off at 5:30am for me to work out and I think, why even BOTHER with all this exercise if I’m just going to ruin it every night with my terrible food choices?!?! I feel totally out of control and stressed again. I VOW to change my ways and start fresh that day.
So that’s the typical meltdown of my good intentions. Sound familiar?
The real thing I need to figure out is WHY it keeps going in a pattern like this. What does the food MEAN to me? What does it DO for me? Why does it happen at that time of day? And here’s what I’m still discovering, my theory about my own emotional eating:
I am using food as a way to treat myself, focus on me, reward myself for all I do with the boys and at work and home and everything in between. I can’t justify spending the money on luxury items or spa appointments, so I find a way to spend money on myself by buying “necessities” that will (supposedly) make me happy. When I’m eating the unhealthy foods, I feel like I am the boss. I can do what I want, when I want and how I want. I am cutting free of the rigors of counting calories or points. Even as I write this, I am tempted to go home tonight and scrap my healthy meal plan for something that will “relax me” after a long week.
I need to find a way to remind myself at those trigger moments that food is FUEL and is not something to fill a void, relieve stress, reward hard work or anything like that! I need to focus on the good things and not dwell in the stress and current struggles. I need to find delight in preparing something healthy and fueling my body well. I need to stop looking at food as my special treat.
What tastes better than pizza? Being fit and thin and loving your image in the mirror sure does. Going to a dressing room and trying on clothes and LIKING how you look in them. Feeling energized and healthy instead of rundown and sick. Being a positive role model to your kids and friends and family members. SO many things are worth more than the fleeting satisfaction you get from that mound of pasta or giant fried egg roll.
I still have a TON of work to do on this, so I’ll call this Chapter One. Just wanted to get the brain juices flowing! I would love to hear your thoughts! jennifer.m.burgess@gmail.com
