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Sausage, kale, & spinach pasta

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So this is absolutely fantastic!!! I found a recipe on Pinterest, and tweaked it to meet my taste buds (and you know you're jealous of my fine china, hehe!)! 

21 day fix approved! 1 yellow, 1 green, 1/2 red, 1/3 blue

 

Ingredients:

• 1 box whole wheat or whole grain pasta. I prefer whole grain ziti
• 1 pound lean turkey, chicken, or "clean" pork sausage (we butcher our own, so I used our pork sausage)
• ½ green container sundried tomatoes. You can find them in the produce section that are in a bag. Don't get the kind in a jar that's filled with olive oil.
• 1½ green containers kale
• 1½ green container spinach leaves
• ½ cup shredded italian blend cheese. You can either use the already shredded kind or grate your own.
• 1 tbsp whole wheat flour
• ⅓ cup organic milk 

Directions

1.     Boil your pasta according to package directions. Before draining, reserve 1 cup of the water for the sauce for later on. This is really important!

2.     In a separate skillet, sauté the tomatoes, kale, & spinach in about a tablespoon of olive oil, just until tender. Remove from skillet.

3.     Cook sausage in large skillet. Once browned, remove the sausage from skillet. I normally take a plate & cover it with about 4-6 paper towels, then dump the sausage on the paper towels. This soaks up the excess grease.

4.     Add a tablespoon or less of olive oil or EVOO to the pan the sausage was just in (if necessary), and add the flour, stirring constantly to form a roux.

5.     Stir in the milk, leftover starchy “pasta” water, and cheese. Stir until thickened slightly.

6.     Add the vegetables, sausage, and noodles, and stir to ensure everything is coated evenly.

7.     Use your green container to portion out one serving.

New Year New You!

I decided to go back and dig out my very first before picture from my start of Focus T25 in January 2014. I remember joining my first challenge group completely blind, having no idea what I was doing, had never done a home fitness program before the whole way through, and I had never even heard of Shakeology or clean eating! But I was definitely at the breaking point where I had to do something and I had to do it now! I was absolutely miserable; I felt horrible all the time, I constantly had to buy new (bigger) clothes to replace the ones I was outgrowing, and I had a horrible attitude about everything.

 
Though I had a gym membership, living so far away from it wasn’t working for me to get there consistently. I knew myself; I knew I would stick with it for a week or two at most and then quit! So I figured this was a better bet because I also didn’t have the confidence to work out in front of other people. I was afraid I would be judged for being so overweight, when in high school I had been so very thin. We didn't have a designated area for workout space but I made room in our living room, pushing the coffee table to the side.
Every morning at 4:30 I would drag myself out of bed and press play! It was ugly. I was out of shape, I cried, and I wanted to quit! But the one thing I kept saying is this, "I wanted to change more than I wanted to stay the same." My husband and I want to be parents some day, and I needed to make this change to a) make getting pregnant a little easier, b) have a healthier pregnancy once we do conceive, and c) lead the kind of healthy life we want for our kids some day. I don’t want them to grow up seeing mommy crying when she looks into a mirror. I don’t want them to have the same kind of negative feelings about themselves that I did. I want them to be healthy, and be able to run around and play like kids should do.
So every day I pushed play, and I had faith in the process! I knew that if I followed the workout calendar and the nutrition guide I would get results. It was tested and proven! For me going to the gym meant wandering around aimlessly doing random machines hoping what I was doing would produce results. Then I would come home and eat back all my burned off calories because I had “earned it”! I had no idea how nutrition played into my results.
So 60 days later, 20 lbs gone, faith in the process, a genuine love for challenge groups and coaching I became a believer! I was skeptical that a home fitness program would work but honestly when you make fitness, nutrition, and accountability the way that Beachbody does it, the only way you won't succeed is if you don't follow the plan!!!!!
I am a believer! The cool part is that I get to inspire hope and change in others now too!
January 5th------> It's your time! ARE YOU IN???? It's time to believe that you are meant for CHANGE, HEALTH and a life FULL OF ENERGY!
New YEAR, NEW YOU!!!!! 

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30 Day Push-Up Challenge!

We're starting this June 1, 2014! Who is in???

Need a bigger challenge? Check out my website for a Beachbody challenge. www.beachbodycoach.com/anezatpyne

Focus T25

Focus T25 is the brain-child of superstar trainer Shaun T. Workouts are only 25 minutes long and you'll leave in a puddle of sweat and burn a bunch of calories!

There are two phases: alpha and beta. Both are five weeks long and each week rotates through the different workouts. The alpha round is a lot of cardio, and beta round incorporates hand weights into some of the exercises in addition to the cardio-based formula.

This was an AWESOME program, and I lost 25 pounds by combining it with clean eating!!!

If you're interested in learning more or purchasing the program, check out: http://www.teambeachbody.com/shop/-/shopping/T25Base?referringRepId=362976

Focus T25 Schedule
Alpha Round
Week 1
Day 1-Cardio
Day 2-Speed 1.0
Day 3-Total Body Circuit
Day 4-Ab Intervals
Day 5-Lower Focus and Cardio
Day 6-Measurements & weight
Day 7-Rest

Week 2

Day 1-Cardio
Day 2-Total Body Circuit
Day 3-Speed 1.0
Day 4-Cardio
Day 5-Lower Focus and Ab Intervals
Day 6-Measurements & weight
Day 7-Rest

Week 3
Day 1-Total Body Circuit
Day 2-Speed 1.0
Day 3-Lower Focus
Day 4-Cardio
Day 5-Total Body Circuit and Ab Intervals
Day 6-Measurements and weight
Day 7-Rest

Week 4
Day 1-Cardio
Day 2-Total Body Circuit
Day 3-Lower Focus
Day 4-Total Body Circuit
Day 5-Ab Intervals and Speed 1.0
Day 6-Measurements and weight
Day 7-Rest

Week 5
Day 1-Total Body Circuit
Day 2-Ab Intervals
Day 3-Total Body Circuit
Day 4-Cardio
Day 5-Total Body Circuit and Lower Focus
Day 6-Measurements and weight
Day 7-Rest

Beta Round
Week 6
Day 1-Core Cardio
Day 2-Speed 2.0
Day 3-Rip't Circuit
Day 4-Dynamic Core
Day 5-Upper Focus and Core Cardio
Day 6-Measurements and weight
Day 7-Rest

Week 7
Day 1-Dynamic Core
Day 2-Core Cardio
Day 3-Rip't Circuit
Day 4-Upper Focus
Day 5-Rip't Circuit and Speed 2.0
Day 6-Measurements and weight
Day 7-Rest

Week 8
Day 1-Core Cardio
Day 2-Upper Focus
Day 3-Speed 2.0
Day 4-Rip't Circuit
Day 5-Dynamic Core and Speed 2.0
Day 6-Measurements and weight
Day 7-Rest

Week 9
Day 1-Rip't Circuit
Day 2-Dynamic Core
Day 3-Core Cardio
Day 4-Dynamic Core
Day 5-Speed 2.0 and Upper Focus
Day 6-Measurements and weight
Day 7-Rest

Week 10
Day 1-Rip't Circuit
Day 2-Core Cardio
Day 3-Rip't Circuit
Day 4-Dynamic Core
Day 5-Rip't Circuit and Speed 2.0
Day 6-Final Measurements and weight!!!
Day 7-Rest

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P90X3

If you don't have a lot of time to work out, and still want a great burn and way to really tone those muscles, Tony Horton's P90X3 is an AWESOME workout!!!! These short, targeted, and intense workouts are only 30 minutes long, but work you hard. With these shorter workouts, you'll have no more excuses as to why you can't exercise.

Here's why I love P90X3
1. The time. I work full time, I'm a wife, and I'm also a full time PhD student working on my dissertation. I don't have hours to spend at the gym.
2. The convenience. I didn't need a lot of equipment to be successful with this program. Dum-bells in a few different weights (or resistance bands), a way to do pullups (or a door attachment for a resistance band), and a yoga mat. That's it. I didn't need to spend a ton of money on this stuff either.
3. It's fun! Wait, what?! You read that correctly, this program is FUN! I LOVE Tony Horton and his sense of humor! There were so many of these workouts where I would bust out laughing in the middle of an exercise because he's hysterical!
4. The burn. You will work your tushy off. Though I didn't lose a lot of pounds with this program, I lost a TON of inches and got so so so so so so strong! I have biceps now! I never had them before. I was blow-drying my hair one morning, saw a bicep that wasn't there the week before, and I yelled, "Oh my gosh!" My husband, thinking something was wrong, came running into the bathroom to ask what had happened, as this was like 5:45 in the morning. When I showed him "the guns" he was quite impressed. :-) He has huge arms from working in construction, so they're nowhere near his, but they're still fantastic, nice, lean sexy muscles!
5. The "Whoa, you can do a pull up? But you're a girl!" That's right. You just saw that.
6. The "Holy crap girl, you look AMAZING!" You know it baby! :-) hehehe!

If you're interested in purchasing this program, check out:
http://www.teambeachbody.com/shop/-/shopping/X3Base?referringRepId=362976
 
Here's the "classic" schedule:

Block 1 - Weeks 1-3
Day 1-Total synergistics
Day 2-Agility X
Day 3-X3 Yoga
Day 4-The Challenge
Day 5-CVX
Day 6-The Warrior
Day 7-Rest or Dynamix

Week 4-Transition
Day 1-Isometrix
Day 2-Dynamix
Day 3-Accelerator
Day 4-Pilates X
Day 5-CVX
Day 6-X3 Yoga
Day 7-Rest or Dynamix

Block 2 - Weeks 5-7
Day 1-Eccentric Upper
Day 2-Triometrics
Day 3-X3 Yoga
Day 4-Eccentric Lower
Day 5-Incinerator
Day 6-MMX
Day 7-Rest or Dynamix

Week 8-Transition
Day 1-Isometrics
Day 2-Dynamix
Day 3-Accelerator
Day 4-Pilates X
Day 5-CVX
Day 6-X3 Yoga 
Day 7-Rest or Dynamix

Block 3-Weeks 9 and 11
Day 1-Decelerator
Day 2-Agility X
Day 3-The Challenge OR Complex Upper
Day 4-X3 Yoga
Day 5-Triometrix
Day 6-Total Synergistics OR Complex Lower
Day 7-Rest or Dynamix

Weeks 10 and 12
Day 1-Decelerator
Day 2-MMX
Day 3-Eccentric Upper
Day 4-Triometrics
Day 5-Pilates X
Day 6-Eccentric Lower
Day 7-Rest or Dynamix

Week 13-Victory Week
Day 1-Isometrix
Day 2-Accelerator
Day 3-Pilates X
Day 4-X3 Yoga
Day 5-Dynamix
Day 6-Rest or Dynamix
Day 7-Final fit test & photo shoot

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