Mom Works It Out by Angela Gillis

Angela July 17, 2013

FAQ: Do you listen to music when you workout?

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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Angela July 15, 2013

Do you drink enough water?

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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Angela July 11, 2013

Counting my blessings

I must admit the past week hasn’t been kind to me. Things have been kind of rough. I’ve been going through some things that have just consumed me when it shouldn’t. I kind of let other things fall by the wayside. On Tuesday, I vented my feelings and all of the sudden I felt a weight lift off my shoulders. I guess maybe just holding it in was half the problem. I am dedicating this post to counting my blessings from this week. I am thankful for having a good life and my health. I didn’t have such great health…

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Angela July 9, 2013

Blueberry Quinoa Bars

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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Angela July 8, 2013

Yes, I can hear you. My body is …

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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Angela July 6, 2013

July 4th was a bust but I didn’…

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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Angela July 3, 2013

The year of me, him and we

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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Angela July 1, 2013

Notes on the weekend: Friend time and bikes

I spent the weekend visiting my bestie in Austin. We had a birthday pre celebration. My birthday is tomorrow, so we went out to do some shopping for my birthday at the good outlet mall in San Marcos. But all that didn’t happen until I got my morning run in. If you don’t know, I’m training for a marathon and I found a good beginner’s training program from this guy. I’m trying to stick with the plan but it’s always hard because I want to do more. But I have to train hard and SMART, which means I need to…

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Angela June 28, 2013

Giveaway: Rubbermaid Produce Savers

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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Angela June 27, 2013

Froyo, I’m going to quit you!

Froyo (aka frozen yogurt) is my thing. When I was larger, I would sit down with quarts of ice cream and devour them while watching television…along with a McDonalds 20 pack of chicken nuggets, two double cheeseburgers, large fries and just for my own health, a medium order of fries too. Not my healthiest moment, eh? But froyo was/is my trip off the beaten path in our new lifestyle change. I can eat my weight in froyo, run a half marathon and come back for more. (You definitely know what I’ll be eating AFTER I finish my first marathon.) My…

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Angela June 26, 2013

Old school blogging: Angela from A to Z

There’s been this whole old school blogging thing floating around the web and I thought it would be a good things on my blog. Blog readers read the blog, but they don’t really know much about me except I lost some weight and workout A LOT. This is a fun way for you to find out just a little bit more about me. Enjoy! A. Attached or Single? Attached. I’ve been married for 3 and half years. He’s my partner in crime and in weight loss. I could have lost the weight without it, but it would have been much…

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