I’m a firm believer that music does help guide a workout so that’s why I’ve put together some songs that may help you push through the best and worse workouts! This is your inspiration to go list! It’s always great to have a good motivational song come on while I’m working out because it sometimes gives me a second wind when I need it the most. When I know I’m going to have a challenging day at the gym or on a run, I will put this playlist on.
What song pushes you through your work out?
I haven’t done a goals post in a while and I thought it is necessary to move forward. Not having a set of clear goals for the month kind of messes with my head and it just seems better when I know I am working toward something. I know that I’m always working toward something, but it’s easier to fudge on those goals when you haven’t written them down and held accountable for them. So here are my goals for August 2013. 1. Not to overly workout. The other day when I was reading Ashley’s blog, she linked to an…
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Most people won’t eat a meal without an animal based protein, I am not one of those people. I will admit I tried the vegetarian thing and it worked out really great but I was a little low energy. When people asked me why I chose to go vegetarian they didn’t seem to like my answer. I just don’t eat a lot of meat. Vegetarianism is something I see is popular among the people who are on a weight loss journey. I think people associate meat with being overweight. It’s something stuck in people’s head. I chose to go vegetarian…
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Sunday I rode my bike 68 miles. That is officially the longest bike ride I’ve ever been on and to say I was nervous was a huge understatement. I teach spin all the time but being on the bike is a totally different thing. Before I get too far into the story, I must share with you the yummy breakfast Willie made me. It was soo good and I think I might make it a race day staple now. He took a Flatout Bread and spread some Better’n Butter (but regular peanut butter would work too) and sliced banana and…
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It’s question and answer time here at We Beat Fat. This week I’m talking about my music. The simple answer to this question is: yes, I do listen to music when I workout. It wasn’t always like that though. When we first started out walking on the treadmill, I watched a lot of television to pass the time. Our gym has the fancy machines with televisions on every machine, so that it made it nice. As I got use to walking on the treadmill, I ended up switching to music because it helped me keep pace. I used my music…
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There are two things that will halt your weight loss: water and sleep. If you’re not drinking enough water something is going on in your body. I’m not going to pretend to know the science behind this and get all technical. That wouldn’t be fun and that would be a step in the wrong information direction for me. I’ve read the articles and studies saying drinking water is better than drinking sugary drinks. Isn’t that a big “duh?” I’ve read consuming water before meals helps you eat less keeping the calorie intake lower than a person drinking alcohol or soda.…
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A couple of weeks ago we had an abundance of quinoa in our house so I wanted to find different things to do with that stuff. There’s only one place to go when you want to get experimental: pintrest! I searched for quinoa things and found plenty of things. Instead of going the savory route, I wanted to go sweet for this super protein food. The whole point of this project was for us to use some protein powder in the pantry, but guess what? I forgot to put it in. This would have had a SUPER protein punch if…
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I don’t think I’ve been taking care of my body lately, but it all stops today. Maybe I’ve been doing too much, but I really don’t think that is the case. I do a lot all the time and I don’t see why it would come up and get me like this. But I’ve suffered a hamstring something. It’s not really keeping me down, it’s just bugging the heck of out me. I know what it happened; I didn’t stretch very well. I was keeping to a very strict stretching and foam rolling routine, but I got off of it…
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I wish I could say my July 4th was the best day, but it wasn’t. I had to deal with some serious issues and that kind of brought me back to a place I haven’t been in years. Sometimes I feel like you can’t escape the past and it’s sometimes hard to move on to a better place because people always remember you as the person you once were. I won’t lie about how I was back then. I was unhappy, miserable and just in an overall bad place. Everything bothered me, therefore I ate my feelings. That means I…
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Yesterday was my birthday! It was a great day so thanks to all of you who wished me great birthday wishes. I would like to share with you that I did amazing things on this day but it was a pretty normal day. I taught two spin classes, went out to eat with my husband and mom and ate my weight in froyo. There were no candles to blow out, no cake, but there was froyo. I couldn’t be happier! I could go on and on about how wonderful that froyo was but I’m sure you don’t want to hear…
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I love my produce! When we go grocery shopping every week the basket is filled with nothing but produce. There are lots of great benefits of eating produce like eating real food, a healthier body and just being able to cook among many other things. The bad thing about buying fresh produce is it will go bad and quickly if it’s not stored properly. I was constantly going to the store to get more produce mid week which can really be expensive. It’s funny because people always tell us to eat healthy but healthy eating is very expensive. Let’s stop…
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