Training and Nutrition

If you follow my blog you probably will notice a theme...I like to cook and I generally cook and bake enough on Sundays for the week in preparation of busy days that generally begin at 4:30 am and don't end until my 6 year old decides to put her pretty little head on her pillow:)

Through my own evolution of fitness I have been down many different paths, the most important is setting a good example for my daughter.  I noticed my past behavior patterns and diligence with the food scale, constantly eating every three hours and endless boring hours of "cardio" on one of the numerous hamster wheels at the globo gyms and this did very little to help encourage my daughter and set a healthy balanced relationship with proper nutrition, an active lifestyle and overall health.  As some of you may know I was a Figure competitor at one time...which led me down the path to having a very symmetrical muscular body but also led to a very restricted lifestyle.  I encourage balance now through a different approach that has helped me relax and feel better, have more energy, feel satiated, relived of the guilt I once felt from not doing my "cardio" and countless other fitness faux pas...my new approach seems to be working for me and my clients, therefore I share.  I am not suggesting that all of the other trainers out there that prescribe endless hours of cardio and measured food portions are wrong...I WAS that trainer! What I am suggesting is to allow yourself the opportunity to explore something else...it may work and may lead to more freedom in your fitness, better health and a better body.  You never know until you try.  I attached a few pictures, one of me at one of my competitions a few years ago and one that is more recent.  I work out 1/8 of the amount I did then and do my "cardio" when I want to enjoy the sunshine on my bike or hike with my friends.  I work out for shorter more intense sessions and I enjoy my free time, I also have learned that the extra 3 lbs on the scale is just fine with me and not worth giving my time to the treadmill but instead to those I love.

If you would like to learn more about my "primal" approach please message me or email me...I am always willing to help if I can!  I am no expert and don't claim to be just sharing my experience with those who wish to listen! I included a day in the life of my nutrition focusing on when my body tells me to eat and how much satisfies me...it typically doesn't lie if we are willing to listen and not force feed it myths and misleading often confusing fitness industry jargon.  Eat when you are hungry and stop when you are full, try to eat whole foods free of artificial junk as much as you can then stop and enjoy it.

Upon waking at 4am:
Black Coffee

6:00 am
2 eggs hardboiled

12:00 pm
Can of tuna, asparagus and some salsa

2:30 pm
2 pluots, 10 cherry tomatoes and about 20 almonds (the fresh fruit and veggies were from my friend's garden that she brought by the studio)

6:00 pm
1 and a half organic chicken sausages with a HUGE salad made with kale, baby spinach, fresh basil, avocado, bell peppers, tomatoes, a bit of yam chunks, red onion and topped with balsamic vinegar olive oil and garlic. And a big cup of green tea.
2 cod liver oil supplements
1 ISA genix multi vitamin
1 ISA genix Digestive enzyme

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I did 50 burpees this morning at 5 am as fast as I could getting my heart rate as high as possible...then around 3pm rode my bike leisurely with a friend who I hadn't seen in quite a while and focused on our conversation not my calorie burn...which would have been my only focus back when I was on stage:)

The picture at the bottom of me and my friend Michelle was taken a few months back after adopting my new plan for quite some time...it was on vacation and the only pics I could find of me in a bikini or other similar attire...not quite stage ready but not THAT different and my my life is much less restricted...if you look close you will see that nice cold Margarita by my side:)
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